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WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACADEMY AWARD- WINNING
WRITER, ACTOR, AND DIRECTOR YOU KNOW FROM "WHAT WE DO IN THE
SHADOWS," "THOR: RAGNAROK," AND "JOJO RABBIT."
PLEASE WELCOME, TAIKA WAITITI!
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DELIGHTFUL?
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GETS A STANDING "O," BABY.
>> LOOK AT THAT!
LOOK AT THAT!
>> Stephen: NOW, FANS OUT THERE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
FORTHCOMING THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER.
YOU WROTE, DIRECTED, AND ARE IN.
IN THE TRAILER, IN THE TRAILER OUT THERE, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A
LITTLE TASTE OF THE FULL THOR.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THOR IS BUCK NAKED.
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WAS THIS-- THIS WAS YOUR IDEA, I ASSUME, BEING THE WRITER AND THE
DIRECTOR.
>> IN THE MOVIE, IT'S NOT 56ALATED.
YOU GET THE FILL HEMSWORTH.
THE FULLWORTHINESS.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A PATTERN THERE.
>> THERE'S A PATTERN.
>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THE FRONT?
IS THERE A FRONT SHOT?
>> UH...
>> Stephen: DO WE SEE MJOLNIR.
>> MAYBE IN IMAX.
NO, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A PATTERN--
>> THERE'S A PATTERN.
>> Stephen: THIS IS FROM RAGNAROK.
YOU SHOWED US HULK BUTT IN THAT.
>> SOME WILL SAY IT'S AN OBSESSION.
I WILL SAY IT'S ART.
>> Stephen: THE DAVID HAS A BARE BUTT.
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THOUGH, WITH CHRIS, I MEAN, HE'S WORKED
SO HARD ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- >> Stephen: SO MANY SQUATS.
>> IT'S SO MANY SQUATS.
IT WOULD BE DEPRIVING HUMANITY IF I DIDN'T SHOW THAT.
>> Stephen: NOW, WHEN YOU'RE WRITING THIS, YOU WROTE THIS
SCRIPT, DO YOU EVER INDULGE NLIKE, FAN THEORIES?
LIKE, DO YOU EVER LISTEN TO WHAT THE FAN THEORIES ARE ABOUT THE
SCRIPT?
DO YOU GO TO THE INTERNET AND SAY, "THAT'S A GOOD IDEA."
>> I LIKE TO LISTEN TO THE FANS AND THEN TROLL THE FANS BACK A
BIT, BECAUSE IT BRINGS ME SOME BIT OF OF JOY.
I DON'T HAVE MANY JOYS IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE MY KIDS AND TROLLING FANS.
BUT I LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY-- WHEN I DID RAGNAROK, THERE
WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I DID, WHAT I HAD DONE
BEFORE.
AND THEY SAID, "HE'S GOING TO RUIN THOR."
AND I WOULD WRITE BACK, "OH, I'M GOING TO RUIN IT ALL RIGHT.
100%.
I'M GOING TO RUIN IT FOR YOU."
AND I WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANTED
UNTIL I GIVE IT TO YOU."
I KNOW, I KNOW, IT'S RUDE, IT'S RUDE.
BUT IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FANS ARE, AGAIN, THEY CAME AROUND ON
RAGNAROK.
THEY LOVED THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS FILM.
>> Stephen: DID YOU DRAW ON ANY ACTUAL NORSE MYTHOLOGY?
THERE REALLY IS.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FILM, IT'S LIKE WE ASKED A BUNCH OF
SIX-YEAR-OLDS WHAT THEY WANTED IN A MOVIE, AND WE JUST SAID
"YES" TO EVERYTHING.
IT'S LIKE-- IT IS--
IT'S SO RIDICULOUS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> A VIKING SHIP BEING TOWED THROUGH SPACE BY TWO GIANT
GOATS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THOR RIDES AROUND ON IN THIS MOVIE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S FROM MYTHOLOGY,s RIGHT?
>> THAT'S FROM MYTHOLOGY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> SOME SAID IT'S TOO MUCH.
BUT, NO, WE TOOK IT FROM MYTHOLOGY.
SO I DON'T EVEN-- YOU GUYS PROBABLY ALL LOVE LOKI.
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BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IN MYTHOLOGY, LOKI, AT ONE POINT,
TURNED HIMSELF INTO A FEMALE HORSE, HAD SEX WITH, LIKE, A
SERPENT, AND THEN GOT PREGNANT.
AND THEN GAVE BIRTH TO AN EIGHT-LEGGED HORSE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> WHY WAS THAT NOT IN AVENGERS?
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>> Stephen: WOW.
>> WE'RE GOG START A PETITION.
WE NEED TO SEE TOM HIDLESTON PREGNANT WITH A HORSE.
>> Stephen: FEET UP IN THE STIR UPS.
>> AND WE'VE GOT A HOOF.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER HOOF!
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
CAN YOU TELL US THE MOMENT HERE?
>> OKAY, I'M SO NERVOUS ABOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
THIS IS A CLIP, AND IT'S A CROWD SCENE.
IT'S MY CHARACTER, KORG.
I'M NOT JUST A VOICE, GUYS.
I'M IN THE SCENES.
I'M ACTING.
I'M ACTING MY HEART OUT.
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THEY JUST-- THEY JUST... SO THOR AND I, IN THIS SCENE, AND
IT'S...
HE HASN'T SEEN JANE FOSTER, HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, FOR MANY YEARS.
AND IT'S HIM CHECKING HER OUT.
>> Stephen: AND SHE NOW HAS A DIFFERENT IDENTITY.
>> SHE NOW IS HOLDING HIS HAMMER, AND SHE IS THE MIGHTY
THOR.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> THAT'S THE EX-GIRLFRIEND, IS IT?
>> THE OLD EX-GIRLFRIEND.
>> JODI FOSTER.
>> JANE FOSTER.
>> THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.
>> THAT MEANS ESCAPED.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> MUST BE HARD FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR EX-GIRLFRIEND AND YOUR
EXHAMMER HANGING OUT AND GETTING ON SO WELL.
WHAT YOU UP TO?
>> COME TO DADDY.
>> THERE YOU ARE!
HEY!
I WAS JUST CALLING YOU.
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>> Stephen: NOW, WE ALL KNOW KORG.
>> THE-- THE MOVIE IS LONGER THAN.
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>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT.
WE ALL KNOW KORG.
WE ALL LOVE KORG.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WHY DOES KORG HAVE A NEW ZEALAND ACCENT?
>> BECAUSE I'M SO LAZY AS AN ACTOR, IT'S THE ONLY ACCENT I
WANT TO DO.
ALSO, THE NEW ZEALAND ACCENT IS TOW BEAUTIFUL.
LISTEN TO IT.
LISTEN TO THE WAY I'M SPEAKING.
IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR EARDRUMS MASSAGED TO DEATH.
>> Stephen: I MAY HAVE SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE BUT I LOVE
HOW YOU ALL PRONOUNCE WHAT WE CALL A SHORT "E."
SAY THE GIRL'S NAME IS B-E-T-H.
>> BITH.
>> Stephen: I LOVE IT.
>> I HAVE ADJUSTED MY ACCENT IN AMERICA, BECAUSE THE WAY I
NORMALLY SPEAK, YOU GUYS WOULD NEVER UNDERSTAND A THING I WAS
SAYING.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU SLIP INTO UNINTELLIGIBLE KIWI.
>> IF I TALK IN MY NORMAL ACCENT, THIS IS HOW I NORMALLY
TALK WHEN I'M BACK HOME.
AND EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND ME WHEN I'M BACK HOME.
THIS IS THE WAY THAT I SPEAK.
>> Stephen: SO, IT'S JUST MUMBLING.
IT'S JUST MUMBLING.
THAT'S NOT AN ACCENT.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN THERE.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: I'M OBSESSED WITH YOUR--
>> THE NEW ZEALAND ACCENT IS JUST MUMBLING, BUT IT'S
BEAUTIFUL MUMBLING.
IT'S TURNING MUMBLING INTO AN ART FORM.
>> Stephen: MY HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION DOWN THERE IS PETER
JACKSON, A LOVELY FELLOW, HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS
TIME.
DID YOU TALK TO HIM AT ALL ABOUT SHOOTING SPECTACULAR MOVIES LIKE
THIS, LARGE-SCALE FILMS, OR ANYTHING?
>> YEAH.
I-- I HAD SOME-- I HAD SOME GOOD CHATS ABOUT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO
DO THOR.
ALSO, WHEN I DID "WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS," WHEN JEMAINE AND I
WERE SHOOTING THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY TO DO THAT FILM.
AND "THE HOBBIT" HAD JUST WRAPPED SOAP OUR PRODUCTION
DESIGNER-- MAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD TELL THIS-- OKAY, BUT I
WILL.
OUR PRODUCTION DESIGNER IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT TOOK HIS CREW "THE
HOBBIT" STUDIOS AND STOLE ALL OF THE DISMANTLED, BROKEN-DOWN
GREEN SCREENS.
AND TOOK ALL OF THE TIMBER, AND WE BUILT A HOUSE.
WE BUILT THE HOUSE, AND "WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS" IS BUILT OUT
OF "THE HOBBIT'S" GREEN SCREEN.
AND I HAD NEVER TALKED TO PETER JACKSON ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE KNOWS.
I LIKE TELLING AT PARTIES, THAT STORY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY KNOWS.
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QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE TAIKA WAITITI,
EVERYBODY.