LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT,
HE'S THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED STAR OF MOVIES LIKE SELMA,
NIGHTING GALE AND A UNITED KINGDOM, WELCOME THE CHARMING,
THE MAGNIFICENT DAVID OYELOWO.
HEY!
♪ THERE HE IS.
>> THERE HE IS.
>> James: HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND.
>> I'M VERY WELL.
>> James: YOU LOOK SO WELL.
>> I AM WELL, I AM WELL.
>> James: YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE LOOK YOU HAVE GONE FOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: WHAT A TRIUMPH.
>> I KNOW I WAS SEEING YOU.
>> James: WELL, AND WHAT A WEEKEND.
WHAT A WEEKEND.
>> OH MY GOODNESS.
>> James: TO BE IN ITS STUDIO.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS, HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE.
>> WELL, I HAD HAD TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE NEWS CAME WHERE I WAS
GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO CHECK.
SO I DIDN'T SLEEP VERY WELL THOSE FIRST FEW NIGHTS AND I
CHECKED EARLY ON THE MORNING ON SATURDAY, STILL NO NEWS AND
WITHIN ABOUT 45 MINUTES I CHECKED AGAIN AND LOW AND
BEHOLD, THERE WE ARE.
>> James: IT WAS JUST SO SHALL.
>> RESULTS, AS THEY SAY.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY.
NOW YOU BECAME AN AMERICAN.
>> I DID.
>> James: AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, BACK IN 2016.
WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A CITIZEN?
>> WELL, I DID THIS FILM SELMA WHICH IS ALL ABOUT VOTING
RIGHTS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
(APPLAUSE) AND IT JUST FELT VERY
HYPOCRITICAL TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, DO THAT IF I FILM AND
NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
SO MY WIFE UNDERSTOOD WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THAT DONE.
>> James: WHAT DO BRITISH PEOPLE SAY TO YOU WHEN YOU TELL
THEM THAT YOU ARE NOW AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
>> WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
>> James: YEAH.
>> BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE COMPLETE REVERSE WITH AMERICANS.
>> THAT IS SO AMAZING THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN, THIS, TO BE
AMERICAN IT IS JUST LIKE I CAN'T TELL YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
BRITS AND AMERICANS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
>> James: NOW YOU POSTED A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM.
>> OH NO, WHICH ONE.
>> James: NOT ONLY MY IDENTIFIES, I THINK MANY
PEOPLE'S EYES I THINK THIS IS A VIDEO THAT MAY HAVE PUSHED BIDEN
OVER THE TOP.
LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK.
>> YES!
>> James: I MEAN DNS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME, JOE, YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> James: CAN I BE HONEST, IF I LOOKED LUKE THAT I WOULD NEVER
WEAR A SHIRT.
I WOULD NEVER BE CLOTHED FROM THE WAIST UP.
I WOULD COME UP WITH SO MANY AH, I WAS JUST IN A TERRIBLE.
>> OH NO.
>> James: I WAS FUSHING AND THE LINE CAUGHT MY SHIRT.
AND I DIDN'T HAVE ONE AT HAND.
BUT I WILL BE HERE LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
I MEAN YOU ARE IN SUCH INCREDIBLE SHAPE.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I WILL TAKE IT.
I TALK IT MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF MY KIDS BY THE WAY.
>> James: WHY.
NICE USE OF CHAGRIN, BY THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: A LOVELY USAGE.
>> THANK YOU, YOU WOULD APPRECIATE IT I KNEW YOU WOULD.
>> James: IT IS NOT LOST ON ME.
>> NO-- .
>> James: WHY ARE THEY NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT?
>> WELL, AS MOST PARENTS KNOW, ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE DOING
HOMESCHOOLING, THEY ARE AT HOME DOING THESE ZOOM CLASSES AND MY
KIDS, HAVE I THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER.
MEW ELDEST TWO PARTICULARLY ARE VERY INTO BAGS KET BALL,
FOOTBALL, TRACK, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT
OVER THE LAST FEW MOPTS AND SO THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME SORT OF
TEENAGE RIPPED SHAPE AS THEY USED TO BE.
AND THEIR DAD IS.
AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL.
>> James: BUT THE-- IS THIS FOR A PARTICULAR PROSWRECT?
>> YEAH, I IN-- .
>> James: THAT IS NOT EASY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
>> NO, NO, NO.
I AM GOING TO BE PLAYING-- SUGAR RAY ROBINSON THE BOXER IN A FULL
AM SOMETIME, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
SO I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
ACTUALLY BECAUSE HE WAS A MASTER.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT OVERNIGHT.
BUT YEAH, I ALSO, THAT WAS BRITISH COLUMBIA, I WAS DOING A
FILM OUT THERE.
AND THAT GUY NEED TO BE IN SHAPE AS WELL.
SO I HAVE LOTS OF EXCUSES.
>> James: SO HOW IS YOUR BOXING.
>> IF IS PRETTY GOOD, I WON'T DEMONSTRATE ON YOU.
>> James: YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE OF COVID.
OTHERWISE-- OTHERWISE I WILL PUT YOU ON YOUR BACK, MAN.
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: NOW YOU RECENTLY CELEBRATED YOUR 22nd WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT.
I HAVE MET YOUR WIFE.
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL.
HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?
>> WE MET AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATER.
>> James: REALLY.
>> YEAH, IN THE U.K. WHEN WE WERE 17 AND 18.
AND DOING THE THREE PENNY OPERA.
WE WET DURING A MUSICAL.
>> James: WOW, WAS IT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?
>> FOR HER, YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE.
>> James: I WALKED IN, PULLED THE SKIPPING ROPE OUT.
PUTTY IN MY HANDS.
>> NO, SHE IS GOING TO WATCH THIS, AND SAY YOU LIED ON
TELEVISION.
NO, ACTUALLY IF IT WAS SO FNEE, SHE WAS A MESS WHEN SHE WAS A
TEENAGER.
JUST SCRAG ELY HAIR, TERRIBLE POSTURE.
AND THEN SHE SANG, SHE HAS THE MOST AMAZING SINGING VOICE.
AND I REMEMBER SEEING HER SING FOR THE FIRST TIME, OH MY
GOONSD, I COULD HELP WITH THE POSTURE AND THE HAIR CAN BE
DEALT WITH BUT THAT VOICE.
AND SHE IS STUNNING, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JRS THAT IS AN
INCREDIBLE AGE TO MEET.
BUT ALSO THE SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HAD, SO WHAT IS THE TRICK
TO THE 22 HAPPY YEARS.
>> OH GOSH, WE MADE THIS NAIVE PROMISE TO EACH OTHER.
AND I SAY NAIVE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A TRICKY TO MAINTAIN IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT OUR PROFESSION.
WITH HE WERE BOTH ACTORS, BOTH AS PUREEING ACTORS AND THOUGHT
WOW, THERE IS A LOT OF SNRORS THAT PROFESSION.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO.
IT SEEM JUST SEEMED PRACTICAL TO SPEND LESS TIME APART.
WE VOWED WE WOULD NEVER BE APART FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS EVER.
AND WE HAVE MANAGED ST FOR-- 2 FOR 22 YEARS NO MAT ARE WHERE WE
ARE IN THE WORLD, WE WILL FIND EACH OTHER.
I WAS DOING A FULL AM IN SOUTH AFRICA.
MY FAMILY WAS IN L.A WE MET IN NEW YORK ON THE
13th DAY.
THERE WAS WIRCH TIME SHE WAS DOING ALICE IN WONDERLAND FOR
TIM BURTON AND THE SHOOTING DAY CHANGED AND WE MISSED IT.
IT WAS 14 DAYS AND 11 HOURS AND WE WERE SO KRAWSHED BECAUSE
THAT-- CRUSHED WE SAID THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> James: I THOUGHT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY 14 DAYS, 11 HOURS.
>> NO, WE BROKE THE PROMISE.
>> James: NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW MOVIE COME AWAY.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND
WHO YOU PLAY.
>> IT IS BRILLIANT, YOU HAVE ALEX FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND
AND MYSELF AND ANGELINA JOELIE PLAY THEIR PARENTS AND OUR
FAMILY SUFFERS A TRAGEDY.
AND YOU SEE HOW OUR KIDS COPE WITH THIS TRAGEDY THROUGH THEIR
IMAGINATION, YOU SEE THE ORIGIN STORY OF BOTH NEVERLAND AND
WONDERLAND AND THEY USE THAT TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES LEGAL.
>> James: YOU AND ANGELINA JOELIE WERE FRIENDS BEFORE THIS.
>> YEAH.
>> James: HOW DOES THAT FRIENDSHIP HAPPEN?
HOW DID YOU PLEAT?
>> WE MET AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY, A VERY SWANKY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
WE JUST GOT TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS AND THE CHALLENGES OF
RAISING KIDS ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD AND ENDED UP HAVING
THESE PLAY DATES, SHE HAS SIX, I HAVE FOUR.
THESE VERY RAUCOUS TEN STRONG, TEN CHILDREN STRONG PLAY DATES
AND THEN SHE ALSO SAID TO ME THAT NO ONE EVER OFFERS HER
INDEPENDENT FILMS AND NO ONE, SHE NEVER GETS TO PLAY A MOTHER
EVEN THOUGH SHE IS FAMOUSLY A MOTHER.
SO THE SCRIPT CAME THAT WAY AND I OFFERED HER A TWO FER.
AND WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF SENDING HER THE SCRIPT SHE SIGNED ON.
>> James: I DON'T KNOW IF I AM COOL OFF NO DO THAT WITH
ANGELINA JOELIE.
I DON'T NO KNOW IF I AM.
I MET HER ONCE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED.
>> James: SHE WAS REALLY LOVELY, OH, HELLO YOU AND I WENT
DSH DSH AND SHE WENT, ME AND MY KIDS LOVE WATCHING YOUR SHOW.
AND I WENT, I LIKE WATCHING YOUR SHOW.
>> AND HAVE YOU DONE YOUR BIT AND I WANT NO, HAVE YOU DONE
YOUR BIT.
AND THEN SHE REALIZED THAT I WAS JUST SAYING EVERYTHING SHE WAS
SAYING BACK TO HER.
AND SHE WENT WELL, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> AND I WENT NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> AND THAT WHAT THAT.
>> AND I'M NOT IN A FILM WITH ANGELINA JOELIE.
>> THAT IS THE RESULT OF BEING THAT WAY.
>> I SHOULD HAVE VUS SAID YOU SHOULD PLAY MORE MUMS WITH NANCE
IS WHAT I DID.
AND HERE WE ARE.
>> James: THE FILM IS GREAT AND ARE YOU SO GREAT.
AND WE LOVE THAT YOU ARE HERE, WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME