♪ ♪ ♪
>> SORRY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
GROUP CAPTAIN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
MIKE, HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GOOD!
>> Stephen: WHO-- WHO ARE YOU?
>> IT'S HALLOWEEN, SIR!
>> Stephen: I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE DAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU PORTRAYING?
WHO IS YOUR COSTUME?
>> DO YOU KNOW THE MOVIE "A BRIDGE TOO FAR?"
>> Stephen: I KNOW THAT MOVIE WELL, EXACTLY.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE ENGLISH GUY WHO HAS THE UMBRELLA AND HE
WALKS UP TO THE THING LIKE THIS AND HE PUTS IT ON THE BRIDGE AND
HE GOES, "TWO TANKS ARE COMING."
( LAUGHTER )
GOD'S SAKE, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE AN UMBRELLA?"
AND HE'S DYING AND HE GOES, "TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M ENGLISH!"
( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS ARE ENGLISH JUDGE RIGHT?
YOU HAVE A BIT OF AN ENGLISH POOL.
>> BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE BRITISH.
I'M A BRITISH CITIZEN, TOO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING UNDER THERE?
>> JUST MY HAIR.
>> Stephen: JUST YOUR SKULL.
I LIKE THAT MOVIE-- I CAN HELP YOU OVER HERE.
I LIKE THAT MOVIE BECAUSE JAMES CAAN PLAYS A CHARACTER NAMED
EDDIE-- OH, YEAH.
JAMES CAAN PLAYS A CHARACTER NAMED EDDIE-- OH, MY GOD!
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: A SPOFT TEA?
A SPOT OF TEA?
THAT'S VERY NICE.
YOU'RE IN THE NEW MOVIE "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: BUT OF COURSE YOU'RE ALREADY ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT SONG IN A DEEP AND ETERNAL WAY FOR MANY PEOPLE.
>> JUST GROWING UP IN THE SUBURBS OF TORONTO AND, YOU
KNOW-- YEAH, RIGHT?
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
HUGE SUBURB FANS HERE.
>> YEAH.
SUBURBS.
NOT URBAN, NOT THE FARMLAND.
IN TORONTO...
( CHEERS )
VALLEY PARKWAY.
( CHEERS )
RHAPSODY" CAME ON, AND I WAS IN MY BROTHER' BROTHER'S' COROLLA T
VOMIT STAIN ON THE SIDE THAT TURNED INTO-- IT LOOKED LIKE
ELVIS AS A CAMEO.
IT LOOKED LIKE SCARBOROUGH WEDGEWOOD, YOU KNOW.
IT WAS JUST THIS STAIN.
AND "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" CAME ON, AND MY BROTHER PULLED OVER, AND
FROM THAT MOMENT ON EACH OF US HAD A GALILEO
♪ GALILEO, GALILEO, GALILEO ♪ >> Stephen: YOU WERE ASSIGNED
ONE OF THE FOUR GALILEOS.
>> AND I HAD A CHANCE TO BE, YOU KNOW, WRITE AND BE IN A MOVIE
"WAYNE'S WORLD."
AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, I WOULD LOVE THAT TO BE THE SONG."
AND THE STUDIO WENT, "NO."
AND I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO?"
AND THEY HAVE SAID, "WE WANT GUNS AND ROSES."
WHO I LOVE, BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING I GREW UP WITH.
I FOUGHT HARD FOR THAT TO BE THE SONG, "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY," TO
THE POINT-- I'M NOT VERY BRIGHT SOMETIMES.
I WENT, "I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIE."
AND LORNE MICHAELS SAID LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, "YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN NAY MOVIE, YOU'RE NOT LIKELY TO BE IN A MOVIE, AND NOW
YOU WON'T NUMBER A MOVIE."
AND I SAID, "OH, YEAH."
AND THE SCARBOROUGH IN MY CAME OUT.
LOR, IN E SAID, "IF YOU FEEL THAT PASSIONATELY ABOUT, YES."
SO IT GOT IN.
IN THIS MOVIE I GOT A CALL DO YOU WANT TO BE IN A MOVIE CALLED
"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY."
YOU HAVE THE EMI EXECUTIVE WHO SAYS, "YOU CAN'T HAVE "BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY" ON YOUR ALBUM.
AND I SAID YEAH.
THEY HAD, "DO YOU WANT TO READ THE SCRIPT?
DISM AND I SAID, "NO, I'M IN.
TELL ME WHEN AND WHAT TO WEAR."
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TWO CLIPS HERE.
FIRST I WANT TO SHOW THIS CLIP FROM "WAYNE'S WORLD."
♪ I SEE A LITTLE SILHOUETTE OF A MAN
♪ WILL YOU DO THE FANDJANGO.
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING VERY, VERY FRIGHTENING.
>> GALILEO.
>> GALILEO ♪ >> Stephen: MAGIC.
"WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE."
GOOD SONG.
>> GREAT SONG BUT NOT ANYTHING I GREW UP WITH.
>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER YOU PLAY IN THE MOVIE-- WHAT'S HIS
NAME?
>> HIS NAME IS RAY FOSTER.
HE'S MADE UP.
HE'S A COMPOSITE OF MANY, MANY EMI PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM WITH THE SONG?
WHY WON'T THEY ALLOW IT ON THE ALBUM?
>> YOU KNOW KIND OF LIKE THE FATHER IN "BILLY ELLIOT," "NO
SON OF MINE IS GOING TO DO BLEED BALLET."
THAT KIND OF THING.
I DECIDED TO BE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE-- YOU KNOW, "GO ON
STAGE WEARING THEM KECKS.
YOU SEE THOSE NAUGHTY BITS."
THIS IS THE KIND OF ATTITUDE BROUGHT TO THIS EMI EXECUTIVE.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> BOHEMIAN.
>> RHAPSODY.
WHAT IS THAT?
IT GOES ON FOREVER.
SIX BLEED MINUTES.
>> IF YOU THINK SIX MINUTES IS FOREVER?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE IT AS OUR SINGLE.
>> NOT POSSIBLE.
ANYTHING ON OVER THREE MINUTES AND THE RADIO STATIONS WON'T
PROGRAM IT.
JOHN.
>> WE NEED RADIO FORMAT IS THREE MINUTES.
>> I HAVE TO AGREE WITH RAY.
>> WHAT ABOUT "I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR."
LOVELY.
WELL, THAT'S THE KIND OF SONG TEENAGERS CAN CRANK UP THE
VOLUME IN THEIR CAR AND BANG THEIR HEADS TO.
"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" WILL NEVER BE THAT SONG.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT'S SWEET.
THAT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT MOMENT.
NICE TO HAVE THAT MOMENT.
>> TO ME IT'S, LIKE, GROWING UP IN TORONTO IT'S LIKE WOULDN'T IT
BE GREAT IF YOU'RE EVER IN A MOVIE.
YOU'RE IN A MOVIE.
YOU HAVE THAT SONG, AND YEARS LATER-- I'M 55-- YOU GET THE
CALL, "DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT--" IT'S LIKE A
SNAKE EATING ITS OWN TAIL.
AND MY HEAD IS-- IT'S JUST SO SATISFYING.
THE MOVIE-- AND I'M NOT REALLY A HARD ASSESS MAN BUT I HAVE TO
TELL YOU, THIS MOVIE IS FANTASTIC.
IT REALLY IS
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIOPIC, BUT WHAT THEY MANAGED TO DO, IN
"MAMA MIA" THE MUSIC OF ABBA, IT'S A FICTIONAL FAMILY, THE
MOVIE ABOUT QUEEN IS THE MUSIC OF QUEEN.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF IT.
RAMI MALEK IS FREDDIE MERCURY.
HE STAYED IN CHARACTER ALL DAY.
I NEVER GOT TO MEET FREDDIE MERCURY AND I FEEL DI.
HE WAS BRILLIANT IN THIS FILM.
I'M CANADIAN AND WE'RE NOT SO GOOD AT THE HARD SELL, BUT I
HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S FANTASTIC.
AND I'M THRILLED TO BE PART OF IT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE WITH
ANOTHER PHYSICIAN WHICH BLEW MY MIND TO HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE
WITH.
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD A CORRESPONDENCE WITH GEORGE
HARRISON BEFORE HE DIED.
>> DI.
COMING FROM LIVERPOOL PARENTS, GEORGE AND THE BEATLES
REPRESENTED, LIKE, THE BEST OF OUR GENE POOL.
( LAUGHTER )
HAVE A SENSE THAT THE BEATLES KNEW I EXISTED.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SIX FACES IN LIVERPOOL, AND I HAVE ONE OF
THEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
( LAUGHTER )
AND I REMEMBER BEING IN LIVERPOOL FOR "WAYNE'S WORLD"
AND SEEING THE-- YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN SAID, "HI, HOW ARE
YOU," WITH MY FACE.
AND THE DRIVER SAID, "YOU ALL RIGHT, MIKE?"
MY FACE.
A GUY IN A CHIP SAYS, "HEY, MIKE, YOU ALL RIGHT?"
MY FACE.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT I HAD THE GEORGE HARRISON FAMILY FACE.
MY DAD LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE GEORGE HARRISON SO GEORGE WAS
ALWAYS MY FAVORITE.
I WAS DOING "OUGHTIN POWERS 3" AND WE WERE DOING THE FAKE START
AUSTIN PUSSY, TOM CREWS, GWYNETH PALTROW, DANNY DEVITO, STEVEN
SPIELBERG IS IN IT.
AND WE STARTED SHOOTING AND IT WAS RAINING.
AND I SAID IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS MOVING THE SCHEDULE
AROUND TO HAVE THEM COME OUT.
AND THEN I SEE GEORGE HARRISON HAS DIED.
I STARTED CRYING.
I SAID, "THIS IS THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE."
WE GET ON SET, JAY ROACHE, GOT TOWELS TO CLEAN UP THE RAIN.
HE BOUGHT TOWELS, LIKE, AT A ROADRUNNER.
AND I GOT A CALL FROM GAVIN DEBECKER, AND HE SAID, "SEE YOU
THERE."
AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO KILL ME.
HE'S A SECURITY SKY GOOI, WHY WOULD HE CALL.
WE SHOOT THE SCENE AND GAVIN DEBECKER SAID, "HERE, THIS IS
THE LAST LETTER GEORGE HARRISON EVER WROTE TO YOU."
>> Stephen: WHAT DID IT SAY?
>> >> IF SAID, "DEAR MIKE, I HAVE
BEEN LOOK ALL OVER EUROPE FOR A MILIEU DOG BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND
IT YET.
I KNOW YOUR PARENTS ARE FROM LIVERPOOL, BUT NO SCOTTSSTER
WOULD SAY FREAKING, BUT FREAKING-- HE'S REFERENCING A
LYRIC.
THAT LETTER, I-- IT BURNED IN MY HANDS.
IT'S NEW IN A FRAME IN MY HOUSE, LIKE WHAT THE CONSTITUTION IS
IN, YOU KNOW.
( LAUGHTER )
AMAZING.
THEN I WAS TOLD BY GAVIN WHEN HE WAS IN MEETINGS FOR THE
BEATLES-- BECAUSE ALL THE BEATLES HAD TO GET TOGETHER AND
HAVE BOARD MEETINGS, BUT HE HAD LOST HIS VOICE BECAUSE HE WAS
ILL.
HE HAD DR. EVIL DOLL AND THE ONLY THING HE WOULD SAY IS HE
WOULD PULL THE CORD AND SAY, "WHY MUST I BE SURROUNDED BY
FREAKING IDIOTS."
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
IT'S-- IT'S--
I DON'T KNOW-- IT'S-- I MEAN, THAT'S THE GREATEST THING THIS--
I DON'T EVEN HAVE WORDS.
>> Stephen: YOU JUST WON LIFE.
YOU JUST WON LIFE RIGHT THERE.
>> I FEEL THAT FOR A MULTITUDE OF OTHER REASONS, BUT CERTAINLY,
LIKE, THE BEATLES ARE PRIMO.
GEORGE WAS THE MAN.
>> Stephen: "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
MIKE, LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR.