>>> SO, BEAR GRYLLS IS A GLOBAL
ADVENTURER, A SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER AND ONE OF THE MOSTS
SOLDIER AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SURVIVALISTS.
FAMOUS SURVIVALISTS.
NOBODY ELSE BUT BEAR GRYLLS COULD FIT THAT DESCRIPTION.
HE IS BACK WITH A NEW SEASON OF
HIS SHOW "RUNNING WILD WITH GARY
GRYLLS," AS HE GUIDES ACTORS
THROUGH THE WILD.
AND WE MEAN DANGER OF THE WILD.
AS ACTOR GORDON LEVITT LEARNED,
IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO LEAVE THAT
AT HOME.
AT HOME. >> TRUST THE TREE.
TRUST YOURSELF.
TRUST YOURSELF.
WERE ALL GOOD. >> JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS.
THE REASON IM NERVOUS IS
BECAUSE I CAN TELL HES NERVOUS.
>> MY INSTINCTS ARE SAYING, DONT DO THIS.TS ARE SAYING,
DONT DO THIS. DONT DO THIS.
>> YES.
>> YES. PLEASE WELCOME BEAR GRYLLS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I LOVE THE WAY YOU CUT IT,
JUST AT HOLY.
>> DOES HE LIVE?
HE LIVES.
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS FOR THE SWEAR WORD.T THAT WAS FOR THE
SWEAR WORD.
>> THAT, TOO. >> TO ME, HIS INSTINCTS WERE
DEAD-ON.
DEAD-ON.
I SHOULDNT BE DOING THIS. THIS IS VERY WRONG. THIS.
THIS IS VERY WRONG. AND CELEBRITY AFTER CELEBRITY,
JULIA ROBERTS, KERI RUSSELL, JAKE GYLLENHAAL, WILL FERRELL.
THEY ALL GO OUT THERE WITH YOU
ON THESE CRAZY ADVENTURES.
DO YOU WORRY THAT YOU MIGHT KILL
ONE OF THEM OFF?
>> I WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF
THINGS.
THINGS.
FOR YEARS, WE DID THE SHOW "MAN VERSUS WILD" WHERE I WAS ON MYN
VERSUS WILD" WHERE I WAS ON MY OWN.
OWN.
AND THEN, "RUNNING WILD" WERE
TAKING AMAZING PEOPLE FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO THE PEOPLE
YOU NAMED.
YOU NAMED. AND SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE TO BE ON
IT.
IT.
AND THE CREW ALWAYS JOKE IN THE
OLD DAYS, IT WAS LIKE, THERES A CLIFF HERE, A TREE AND A ROPE A
CLIFF HERE, A TREE AND A ROPE AND I GO -- GOOD.
AND OFF WE GO.
AND THEN, SUDDENLY, YOU HAVE
THESE PEOPLE ON THE ENDS NOW
THAT ARE LIKE, THATS GOOD.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> YOU HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT.
WE NEVER GET COMPLACENT.
I TELL THE ACTORS THAT WERE
HERE TO HELP YOU HAVE A GREAT
ADVENTURE.
ADVENTURE.
>> AND TO CHALLENGE YOU, IS IT
TRUE YOU HAD A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE WITH JAKE GYLLENHAAL?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
THERES BEEN A LOT OF NARROW ESCAPES OVER THE YEARS.RROW
ESCAPES OVER THE YEARS. JAKE IS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE
EVER DID.
EVER DID.
AND I REMEMBER THE EARLY DAYS,
WE WOULD HAVE THE CONFERENCE CALLS ON WITH THE AGENTS AND
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
AND THEY SAY, CAN YOU GUARANTEE US 100% THEYRE GOING TO BEANTEE
US 100% THEYRE GOING TO BE SAFE?
SAFE?
AND I WOULD GO, NO. YOU CANT.LD GO, NO.
YOU CANT.
YOURE DEALING WITH THE WILD.
AND STUFF HAPPENS.
YOU HAVE DANGEROUS ANIMALS, WHITEWATER RAPIDS, YOU NAME IT.
THERES A PAUSE ON THE END OF
THE PHONE AND, SAY, GET BEAR OFF
THE CONFERENCE CALLS AND WELL
DEAL WITH IT.
JAKE, WE GOT CAUGHT IN A
HURRICANE IN ICELAND, ONE OF THE
WORST WINTER STORMS THEY HAD HAD
FOR TEN YEARS.
WE WERE UP THIS MOUNTAIN GETTING
BLOWN SIDEWAYS BY
100-MILE-PER-HOUR-PLUS WINDS.
100-MILE-PER-HOUR-PLUS WINDS. WE HAD A LOT OF THESE THING OVER
THE YEARS.
THE YEARS.
>> GOOD TIMES.
>> SEASON FOUR OF THE SHOW, EVERYBODY IS STILL SMILING.
WERE ALL A BIT OLDER AND A FEW
MORE WRINKLES AND STUFF BUT
REALLY PROUD.
REALLY PROUD. THE SHOW IS AN EMPOWERING
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE.
>> NOT ONLY IS IT EMPOWERING, BUT IT GIVES THE ACTOR A CHANCE
FOR INTROSPECTION.
FOR INTROSPECTION. YOU SAY, DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY
ITS COVER.
ITS COVER.
YOU CAN HAVE THE TINIEST, SKINNIEST CELEBRITY, YOU KNOW,
WOMAN, VERSUS THE BIG, YOU KNOW,
MASCULINE MAN WITH THE MUSCLES
AND IT DOESNT TELL YOU HOW
TOUGH THEYRE GOING TO BE OUT
THERE.
>> THE GIRLS ARE ALWAYS TOUGHER.
ILL TELL YOU THAT.
I DONT KNOW.
IVE LEARNED NOT TO JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER.OT TO JUDGE A BOOK
BY THE COVER. AND AS YOU KNOW, STRENGTH IS ALL
ABOUT THIS, RATHER THAN THAT.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THE WILD
BECAUSE ITS EASY TO BE
POSITIVE, OR GREAT WHEN THE SUN
IS SHINING.
IS SHINING. AND THE TIRED, AND YOURE
THIRSTY AND YOU HAVENT SLEPT,
YOU DONT KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE
LIKE.
LIKE.
ITS ALL ABOUT THIS. >> THATS ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING TIMES.
INTERESTING TIMES. LENA HEDI OF "GAME OF THRONES"
OPENED UP ABOUT HER BATTLE WITH
DEPRESSION.
DEPRESSION. COURTENEY COX MADE NEWS ABOUT
HER COMMENTS ABOUT AGEING IN
HOLLYWOOD.
HOLLYWOOD.
THE ACTORS FEEL AT HOME WITH YOU, UNTIL YOU MAKE THEM EAT
THIS STUFF.
THIS STUFF. CAMEL INTESTINAL FLUID.
UNDIGESTED SEEDS FROM A PIGEON
CARCASS.
CARCASS.
WHAT IS THE MOST DISGUSTING
STUFF OUT THERE?
>> WE CANT TALK ABOUT THIS TOO
MUCH.
NOBODY WILL COME ON THE SHOW
AGAIN.
THE MOST DISGUSTING, FIRST, YOU
ARE RIGHT.
IT IS A SAFE PLACE FOR THESE
GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT STUFF.
AND I ALWAYS SAY THE WILD IS
REVEALING LIKE THAT AND ITS AN HONEST PLACE.E THAT AND ITS AN
HONEST PLACE.
AND IT DOESNT JUDGE PEOPLE. AND THE HEART OF "RUNNING WILD"
IS HAVING THOSE HONEST
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS.
AND THIS SEASON HAS BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL ONE LIKE THAT.
AND YOU SIT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
THERES NO NICETIES.
ITS NOT LIKE A CHAT SHOW.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE AN HONEST, YOU
KNOW, CONVERSATION.
KNOW, CONVERSATION.
>> WE HAVE SOME HONEST CONVERSATIONS HERE.EST
CONVERSATIONS HERE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> YOU HAVE DAYS. >> I WATCH CHAT SHOWS AND ITS
ALL ABOUT THE JOKES OR THE
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. ACTUALLY, THE CONNECTIONS WITH
PEOPLE HAPPEN IN THE SMALL
MOMENTS IN LIFE, DONT THEY?
>> THE WAY YOUR CONVERSATIONS
MAKE ME FEEL IS THE WAY I FEEL
WHEN I LOOK AT THE HORIZONS BY
MYSELF.
MYSELF. I HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
WAS IT THE PIGEON CARCASS?
>> IT WAS A GOAT TESTICLE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
BEAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DONT FORGET TO CATCH THE SEASON