>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME DEV PATEL.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU
>> HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
>> Stephen: I'M DOING FINE.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M SO NERVOUS BACKSTAGE I TORE THE BACK OF MY BLAZER.
I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO FIDGET ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HULK OUT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S SO FIGHT.
FASHION THESE DAYS!
>> Stephen: DO YOU LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OR COW LIVE IN
ENGLAND?
>> I MOVED TO L.A., YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU DID?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU LIKING IT?
>> IT'S GOOD.
I MOVED THERE TO DO A SHOW CALLED "NEWSROOM."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> AND YOU BECOME A LOCAL HIRE SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO DRIVE
YOURSELF TO WORK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THEN I JUST-- YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF SUCKED ME IN.
>> Stephen: DO YOU MIS HOME AT ALL?
DO YOU HAVE FAMILY OVER THERE?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S-- IT'S-- WHEN I GO HOME IT'S LIKE-- DOING A
PRESS JUNKET ALL OVER AGAIN.
MY MOM IS YOU KNOW -- >> SHE SITS YOU DOWN--
>> SHE'S IS QUITE A LIVELY CREATURE, AND SHE KNOWS EVERYONE
WHERE WE LIVE.
AND I GO THERE AND THERE ARE AUNTIES AND UNCLES AND NEXT-DOOR
NEIGHBORS AND THE POSTMAN.
>> Stephen: A LOT OF US FIRST MET YOU IN "SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE," AND WE'VE SEEN YOU IN A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE
YEARS, BUT NOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I'VE GOT TO SAY, YOU HAVE BULKED
UP.
>> NOT ANYMORE.
I'M BACK TO MY DEFAULT SKIINESS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE BIGGER IN THE FILM AND YOU HAVE GROWN THE
BEARD.
DOES YOUR MOM LIKE THE NEW LOOK?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
PUBERTY.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT TOOK HER A WHILE TO GET USED TO BUT IT'S GREAT BECAUSE I HAVE
THESE REALLY BIG, LIKE, FLOPPY EARS, SO IT KIND OF HIDES THEM A
LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS NICE?
>> Stephen: SINCE YOU-- SINCE YOU GREW THE BEARD, DO YOU GET
PULLED OUT FOR "RANDOM CHECKS "MORE OFTEN THAN YOU USED TO?
DO YOU GET-- DO YOU GET STEREOTYPED LIKE THAT?
>> I'VE HAD ONE OR TWO RANDOM CHECKS.
>> Stephen: I NEVER HAVE HAD ONE.
I WONDER WHY?
>> THERE'S ONE TIME I WAS TRAVELING FIRST CLASS, I WAS
RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE PLANE, AND I'M LIKE, "GOD, YOU MADE IT,
THIS IS AMAZING."
AS SOON AS I GET OFF THE FLIGHT, THE OFFICER IS LIKE, YOU, COME
HERE."
I'M LIKE, "WAIT, THERE'S A HANDLER HERE LOOKING AFTER ME."
>> Stephen: AND THE FLIGHT WAS OVER?
>> YEAH,.
>> Stephen: WOW, YOU STOLE SOME COCKTAIL NAPKINS.
COME ON.
OVER HERE, BUDDY.
LET'S DROP THE DRAWERS.
THE MOVIE IS CALLED "LION."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND IT'S A TRUE STORY OF A-- IT WAS A YOUNG MAN
IN A-- A BOY.
HE'S IN INDIA.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND HOW DOES HE GET TO AUSTRALIA?
>> SO, BASICALLY, THE FILM STARTS WITH A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD
BOY, AND HE WAS SCAFAGING FOR FOOD WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER ON
THE TRAINS.
AND HE GETS LOST ON ONE OF THESE AND GETS HURDLED ACROSS INDIA.
AND WHEN HE FINALLY GETS OUT OF THIS TRAIN, HE'S IN A PART OF
THE COUNTRY THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW.
HE CAN'T SPEAK THE LOCAL DIALECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HIS MOTHER'S NAME.
HE CALLS HER "UMMY," WHICH MEANS MOM.
HE GOES THROUGH THIS HORRENDOUS ORDEAL.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TALE OF SURVIVAL AND HE GETS ADOPTED BY
A AUSTRALIAN FAMILY AND GROWS UP IN HOAB ART, TASMANIA.
AND HE USES GOOG GOOGLE EARTH WHICH JUST CAME OUT TO LOCATE
HIS REAL MOTHER.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES HE DO THAT?
>> HE FIGURES OUT HOW LONG HE WAS ON THE TRAIN FOR AND HE HAS
AN INCREDIBLE PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY AND HE REMEMBERED PART OF
HIS PAST VISCERALLY.
AND THE TRAIN PLATFORM THAT HE GOT LOST AT HAD THIS WATER TANK.
HE REMEMBERED BATHING IN A CERTAIN RIVER WITH HIS BROTHER.
AND HE-- THE APP COMES OUT, AND HE DECIDES TO CREATE A SEARCH
RADIUS, AND STARTS ZOOMING IN TO EVERY SINGLE PIXEL.
BACK THEN, GOOGLE EARTH WASN'T AS DEVELOPED AS IT IS NOW.
THERE WERE JUST THESE BLURRY PIXEL S.
>> Stephen: HE RECOGNIZED THINGS FROM ABOVE.
>> YEAH, YEAH AND-- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: AND HE FINDS HIS FAMILY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
SO YOUR ADOPTIVE MOM IS NICOLE KIDMAN IN THIS.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT WAS THAT?
PRETTY EXCITING.
>> IT SOUNDS CRAZY TO HEAR THAT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
DO YOU-- YOU'VE GOT A GREAT AUSTRALIAN ACCENT.
DO YOU DO AUSTRALIAN THINGS?
DO YOU GO SURF?
>> NO.
THE FIRST SCENE THAT I COME INTO THE FILM I KIND OF EMERGE FROM
THE WATER AND IN THE SCRIPT HE'S LABELED AS THIS REALLY KIND OF
COOL SURFER AT EASE WITH NATURE.
AND I'M ABSOLUTELY BEEPING MY PANTS-- MY WETSUIT, I SHOULD
SAY.
I'M NOT A VERY GOOD SWIMMER, AND WE'RE IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN
TASMANIA AND THE WATER IS LIKE TWO DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES DEEP.
>> Stephen: IS THAT HOW YOU MEASURE THINGS IN LONDON.
( LAUGHTER ) ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) TWO DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES DEEP.
THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT TO US.
BUT, THERE ARE SHARKS DOWN THERE.
>> YEAH, AND THE STUNT GUY WAS LIKE, "OH, YOU DON'T NEED TO
WORRY ABOUT THE GREAT WHITES.
IT'S THE BULL SHARKS YOU'VE GOT TOW WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'VE
GOT A LOT OF TESTOSTERONE.
AND IF THEY WANT WANT TO-- IF YOU'RE CURIOUS AND YOU SEE THE
FIN, THEY'LL NIBBLE YOU, BUT IF THEY WANT TO GET YOU, YOU WON'T
SEE IT COMING."
AND I'M LIKE, OH, (BLEEP) MAN.
I'M PROBABLY THE ONLY INDIAN DUDE WHO HAS EVER BEEN HERE.
IF THEY WANT SOMETHING SPICY THEY'LL PROBABLY COME TO ME.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
"LION" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
DEV PATEL, EVERYBODY!