( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "STAR TREK," "THOR:
RAGNAROK," AND "THE LORD OF THE RINGS."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," KARL URBAN!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG FOR ME TO INTERVIEW YOU.
I'M THRILLED TO FINALLY MEET EOMER, MARSHALL OF THE MARK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: LET'S JUST GET A LITTLE BIT-- JUST FOR ME, JUST
FOR GRANDPA, LET'S GET A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE HERE.
>> LOOK AT THE HAIR.
>> Stephen: IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.
BUT IT WAS 20 YEARS, 20 YEARS THIS YEAR SINCE THE RELEASE OF
"THE TWO TOWERS" WHICH YOU FIRST APPEAR IN.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SHOOT THAT MOVIE-- MOVIES?
>> MOVIES?
THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCES OF MY
CAREER.
I WILL NOT LIE.
I MEAN GETTING TO WORK WITH PETER JACKSON, WHO IS LITERALLY
LIKE EINSTEIN WHEN IT COMES TO FILM.
AND WORKING WITH THE LIKES OF VIGO MORTENSEN AND ALL THOSE
GUYS.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: WAS IT LIKE BEING AT CAMP AT ALL?
BECAUSE YOUR HOME COUNTRY OF NEW ZEALAND IS SO BEAUTIFUL-- IT'S
THE MOST BREATHTAKING COUNTRYSIDE I HAVE SEEN.
>> IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
I SAW MORE OF MY OWN COUNTRY SHOOTING THAT MOVIE FOR THREE
YEARS THAN I DID FOR LIVING THERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
THEY WOULD LITERALLY PUT OW A HELICOPTER OR A LITTLE CESSNA
AND FLY YOU TO SOME REMOTE LOCATION.
YOU WOULD LAND IN A SHEEP PADDOCK, AMIDES ROCKS AND SHEEP,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHOOT IN THE MOST WILD LOCATIONS.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT-- COULD YOU RIDE A HORSE BEFORE?
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE HORSE MASTER.
COULD YOU RIDE BEFOREHAND?
>> NOT VERY WELL.
I HAD TO TRAIN FOR IT.
I WAS BAD.
I HAD TO TRAIN FOR SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS TO GET TO A POINT WHERE I
COULD HOLD-- RIDE THE HORSE WITH ONE HAND AND THROW THE SPEAR
AND, YEAH, WE GOT THERE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY
WERE SHOOTING THOSE SCENES AND HAVE THEM SAY, "OKAY, LET'S
BRING IN THE DOUBLE."
YOU WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.
EVERY TIME YOU WERE OFF SET, YOU WANTED TO BE ON SET.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU IN THE BIG CHARGE DOWN THE HILL?
>> YES, I WAS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE LARGEST CAVALRY CHARGE EVER CAPTURED ON
FILM.
WAS THAT TERRIFYING?
>> ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING.
I REMEMBER-- THERE WAS ONE POINT-- BECAUSE THEY-- WE
ACTUALLY SHOT THERE, BY AND LARGE, A LOT FOR REAL.
OBVIOUSLY THEY AUGMENTED IT WITH A TON OF C.G.I., BUT IT'S
DANGEROUS STUFF.
I REMEMBER LOOKING OVER TO THE SIDE AS WE'RE CHARGING DOWN, AND
THERE'S THIS, LIKE, LITTLE PONY THAT'S SHOOTING PAST, AND
THERE'S THIS LITTLE HOBBIT THAT'S RIDING.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE DOUBLES.
AND HE BAILS AND JUST TUMBLES.
AND HE DIDN'T GET HURT, THANKFULLY, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS NO
JOKE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF A PROJECT THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON
FROM THE DRIVER WHO DRIVES YOU TO SET TO THE PERSON WHO'S
COOKING YOU LUNCH HAS A COPY OF THE BOOK AND IS SO INV INVESTEDN
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?"
"WE'RE SHOOTING THE SEEN WHERE EMORMEETS ARGON."
"THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SCENE.
DON'T MESS THAT UP."
OKAY, GREAT, NO PRESSURE.
>> Stephen: LAST WEEK WE HAD ON YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMAN, ROGET
"WHITE ME.AND I FEEL LIKE EVERYN THERE KNOWS EACH OTHER.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WERE IN RAGNAROK, BUT DID YOU KNOW HIM BEFORE
THAT?
>> WE HAVE FIVE MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT, YES, I DO KNOW T TAIKA, I O KNOW HIM, OUR MOTHERS WERE
FRIENDS.
AND WE USED TO HANG OUT WHEN-- WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
WE USED TO GET FIRECRACKERS AND PUT THEM IN COKE BOTTLES AND
EXPLODE THEM.
>> Stephen: JUST LIKE AMERICANS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
THIS SHOT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS-- WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
THIS IS YOU AND TAIKA.
>> RIGHT, THIS IS A MOVIE WE DID CALLED "THOR: RAGNAROK."
AND HE IS-- HE'S SHAVING MY HAIR IN THAT.
WHICH, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF I'M THINKING, HE INSISTED THAT HE
WANTED TO DO IT.
>> Stephen: DID HE DO A GOOD JOB?
>> IT'S A TERRIBLE JOB.
AND IT'S A BUZZ CUT.
YOU GET CLIPPERS AND YOU SHAVE.
IT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.
HE GOT A QUARTER OF THE WAY THROUGH AND GOT CALLED BACK TO
SIT TO DIRECT THIS MOVIE.
I WAS SITTING THERE WITH A QUARTER OF A BUZZ CUT.
>> Stephen: THE SERIES IS NOW IN SEASON THREE, "THE BOYS."
AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) EXACTLY.
MY FEELINGS EXACTLY.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT, PLEASE TELL THEM WHAT IT'S
ABOUT.
>> "THE BOYS" IS A SHOW THAT IMAGINES A WORLD WHERE
SUPERHEROES EXIST, EXCEPT THE SUPERHEROS IN OUR SHOW ARE AS
MORALLY BANKRUPT AS MANY MODERN CELEBRITIES AND POLITICIANS.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> AND I PLAY THE LEADER OF A VIGILANTE GROUP WHOSE JOB IT IS
TO TAKE THEM DOWN.
>> Stephen: TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK A LITTLE BIT.
>> TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE YOUR OWN POWERS THIS YEAR.
YOU GET A-- YOU GET A CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: SO YOU GET YOUR OWN POWERS.
AND I THINK THIS IS YOU EXERCISING SOME OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM.
>> YEAH.
YEAH, RIGHT?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE THING IS WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING THAT, IT IS SO
RIDICULOUS.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE US LASER SHOOT EACH OTHER?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: WHAT DO I DO?
>> FOLLOW ME.
YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK REALLY INTENSE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> NOW, THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE ON SET WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING
LASER POWERS AT EACH OTHER.
OKAY.
ARE YOU READY?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> AAAHHH!
THAT'S GOOD!
WHOA.
>> Stephen: I FELT IT.
>> DID YOU FEEL THAT.
>> Stephen: I NEED SOME VISINE.
>> IT'S INTENSE.
>> Stephen: WE'LL PUT THE SPECIAL EFFECTS IN LATER, RIGHT,
TOM?
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE US LOOK RIDICULOUS, ARE YOU, TOM?
RIGHT?
>> Stephen: I RECENTLY FOUND OUT HOW YOU WIND DOWN WHEN
YOU'RE NOT ON SET, AND I RESPECT THIS ENORMOUSLY.
YOU LIKE TO FISH.
AND TELL ME-- TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
IT'S JUST A LITTLE FISH.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU FISHED YOUR WHOLE LIFE?
>> NO, I ONLY REALLY STARTED...
SORT OF MIDWAY THROUGH WHEN A FRIEND OF MINE WAS WILDLY INTO
IT.
WE WENT SURFING AND FISHING TOGETHER.
AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW.
THAT IS A KING FISH, TOUGHEST FIGHTING FISH IN THE SEA.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL ONE.
I HEAR YOU FISH, TOO.
>> Stephen: I DO.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT, SO I HAD THIS
PRINTED UP.
THAT'S ME WITH THAT.
LOOK AT THAT BAD BOY, RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S A DECENT FISH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SPOT TAIL, SOMETIMES CALLED A CHANNEL
BASS, BUT YOUR FISH IS NICE, TOO.
I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU FISHING.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU FISHING.
IF WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY LET'S DO THAT.
IT'S NOT A COMPETITION, THOUGH, IS IT?
>> Stephen: NO, RIGHT NOW IT'S A TIE.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO FINALLY MEET YOU.
SEE YOU ON THE BOAT.
NEW EPISODES OF "THE BOYS" ARE AVAILABLE FRIDAYS ON PRIME
VIDEO.
KARL URBAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY STEPHEN SANCHEZ.