WELCOME BACK.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEXT GUEST.
HE IS A TALENTED MEXICAN ACTOR, DIRECTOR, AND
PRODUCER.
YOU KNOW HIM FROM PROJECTS SUCH AS "AMORES PERROS," "Y TU MAMAAÁ
TAMBIEEEÉN," AND "MOZART IN THE JUNGLE."
HE STARS IN A NEW MOVIE, "DESIERTO."
PLEASE WELCOME GAEL GARCIIIÍA.
BERNAL!
♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: WE CAN SHAKE HANDS, JUST TO STAY WARM.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOUR NEW MOVIE IS CALLED "DESIERTO."
TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I DON'T WANT TO CHARACTERIZE IT.
GO AHEAD.
>> BASICALLY, IT'S ABOUT A GROUP OF MIGRANTS THAT ARE GOING FROM
MEXICO TOWARD THE UNITED STATES, THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF
LATIN AMERICA, AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, AS THEY'RE CROSSING THE
BORDER IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PART WHICH IS THE ARIZONA
DESERT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS VIGILANTE, IN A WAY, STARTS
KILLING THEM.
>> Stephen: THAT'S PLAYED BY JEFFREY MORGAN.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HE'S HUNTING THEM, REALLY.
>> HUNTING THEM.
>> Stephen: THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TIME TO BE RELEASING
THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IMMIGRATION IS SORT OF THE HOTTEST TOPIC IN
OUR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE RIGHT NOW.
DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE HIS CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE WALL, AND
STOPPING WHAT YOU CALL MIGRANTS, WHAT OPPONENTS OF IMMIGRATION
WOULD CALL ILLEGALS.
HOW IS HE PERCEIVED IN MEXICO?
DO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM AT ALL?
>> WELL, AT THE BEGINNING, THERE WAS AN IGNORING FACTOR.
IT WAS A BIT LIKE IS THIS A JOKE?
THIS MUST NOT BE REAL.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Stephen: THAT WAS THE REACTION HERE, TOO.
>> IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS THAT, AND, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S
CHANGED INTO THIS KIND OF NERVOUSNESS HERE AND ANGER,
ALSO, BECAUSE THE FIRST THING HE SAID IS -- YEAH, THE FIRST THING
HE SAID WHEN HE WANTED TO BECOME THE CANDIDATE, NO, HE SAID
MEXICANS ARE RAPISTS -- >> Stephen: DRUG DEALERS,
MURDERERS.
>> AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE GOOD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF
PURE CHANCE.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU ONE OF THE GOOD ONES?
>> WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE -- I DON'T KNOW,
IT'S, LIKE, YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
OF COURSE, IT'S NOT SEEN IN A GOOD LIGHT IN MEXICO.
NOT ONLY THAT BUT ALSO THE WAY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS TREATED THAT
ISSUE, THE HATE SPEECH HE'S BEEN SORT OF SPREADING.
SOMETHING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO HASN'T DONE A VERY GOOD
JOB AT STOPPING AND POINTING OUT.
SO WE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT, YES.
I CAN TALK FOR ALL MEXICANS, WE ARE INCREDIBLY UPSET, AND
ANGERED AS WELL.
>> Stephen: WELL, THIS MOVIE IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM FEEL
ANY BETTER BECAUSE JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN IS A MONSTER IN THIS
MOVIE WHO IS HUNTING PEOPLE COMING OVER THE BORDER.
IT'S REALLY A HORROR MOVIE IN A WAY.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE AND ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED
TO SAY ABOUT IT BEFORE WE GO IN?
YOU WERE ONE TO HAVE THE MIGRANTS COMING ACROSS THE
BORDER WITH YOUR WIFE?
>> HE'S RETURNING TO HIS HOME BECAUSE HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES IS WHERE HE HAD A SON AND HE WAS DEPORTED, LIKE SO MANY
ARE DEPORTED.
>> Stephen: HE WAS PICKED UP BY ICE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND BROUGHT BACK TO MEXICO IF.
>> EXACTLY, HE'S COMING BACK TO SEE HIS SON.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
JIM?
( BREATHING HEAVILY ) ( SOUND OF BABY LAUGHING )
>> Stephen: AND THAT TEDDY BEAR IS HIS SON'S.
>> THAT TEDDY BEAR, HE'S RETURNING IT TO HIS SON.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YEAH.
THE DOGS IN THE FILM ARE INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE DOGS?
BECAUSE I JUST GOT ACTING LESSONS FROM EMILY BLUNT.
>> YEAH, RIGHT.
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THE DOGS?
CAN'T SAY IT ON TV?
IS IT RUDE?
>> IT'S TOO PRECIOUS.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE SECRETS?
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY LICK THEMSELVES.
WHAT IS THE SECRET?
( LAUGHTER ) LET ME PLAY THE DEVIL'S
ADVOCATE.
40% OF THE NATION LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE VOTING FOR DONALD
TRUMP AND THEY WOULD SAY A COUNTRY WITHOUT BORDERS IS NOT A
COUNTRY.
AND THEY CAN SAY WE CAN MAKE A HORROR MOVIE ABOUT NOT BEING
ABLE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY BY THE SPREAD OF IMMIGRATION BY NOT
BEING ABLE TO VET WHO'S COMING IN HERE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT THEM MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT WHAT
DISTURBS THEM?
>> YOU DON'T NEED A MOVIE.
IT'S A NEGATIVE MIGRATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES.
THERE IS MORE PEOPLE RETURNING TO MEXICO FROM THE UNITED STATES
THAN PEOPLE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM MEXICO NOW.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
IF WE'RE CRIMINALIZING MIGRATION WHICH IS A NATURAL PHENOMENON,
WHICH IS WHY HUMANS STILL EXIST ON EARTH AND, ECONOMICALLY, THE
WORLD NEEDS THIS FLOW OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE
CRIMINALIZING THAT NATURAL FLOW OF PEOPLE SO MUCH THAT WE'RE
FORCING THEM TO BE IN THE SAME HANDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS, IN
THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT TRAFFIC WHATEVER IN THE MOST BASE OF
SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, LIKE VERY OSTRACIZED FROM SOCIETY.
AND ALL THE MIGRANTS ARE DOING -- WE ALL COME FROM
MIGRANTS.
WE ARE MIGRANTS, OUR KIDS WILL BE MIGRANTS.
( APPLAUSE ) THE JOURNEY THESE PEOPLE ARE
DOING IS THE MOST BENIGN JOURNEY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE
THEIR FUTURE BETTER WHICH MEANS THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY.
>> Stephen: YOU YOURSELF STILL LIVE IN MEXICO AND ARE A MEXICAN
CITIZEN, RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHALLENGE AND HONOR TO
PLAY ZORO NEXT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LIKE THE MARY POPPINS OF MEXICO.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HOW IS YOUR Z WITH A SWORD?
IS IT GOOD?
>> IT'S GOOD.
BUT I THINK IF THEY'RE LOOKING FROM THAT SIDE, I HAVE TO DO IT
THE OTHER WAY.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> LOVELY TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
>> STEPHEN: "DESIERTO" WILL BE IN THEATERS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER
14.
GAEL GARCIIIÍA BERNAL, EVERYBODY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.