>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"!
THERE YOU GO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND
TONY AWARD WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "WESTWORLD," "NO TIME
TO DIE," AND "THE FRENCH DISPATCH."
HE HAS JUST NARRATED A NEW DOCUSERIES ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CALLED, "LINCOLN'S DILEMMA."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, JEFFREY WRIGHT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> YEAH!
THAT GROOVE GOT ME, MAN.
THAT GROOVE WAS KILLIN'!
>> Stephen: HEY, NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: WE HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER IN TOO LONG.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: BUT BEFORE THE INTERESTING TIMES WE LIVE IN
CALLED COVID.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND, OBVIOUSLY, ALMOST LIKE -- LEGALLY, I ALMOST
HAVE TO ASK EVERYONE WHO GOT THROUGH THIS WHO SHOWS UP ON
THIS SHOW, WHAT DID YOU DO TO STAY SANE THAT ENTIRE TIME?
>> I'M NOT SURE I DID, STEPHEN.
I'M NOT SURE I DID STAY SANE.
BUT, YEAH, I GUESS THE LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER WAS THE BEFORE
TIMES.
>> Stephen: RIGHT, SEASON TWO OR THREE OF "WESTWORLD,"
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF KEPT ME GROUNDED IS I HAD THE
GOOD FORTUNE TO STAY BUSY.
>> Stephen: YOU SURE DID, MAN.
THERE YOU GO.
OH, JUST A BOND MOVIE.
NO TIME TO DIE.
JUST FRENCH DISPATCH, JUST A LITTLE PART CALLED COMMISSIONER
GORDON IN THE BATMAN SERIES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> WELL, IT WAS THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: THIS ONE RIGHT HERE?
>> YEAH, WE WORKED ON BATMAN FROM JANUARY 2020 UNTIL
MARCH 2021 WITH A BREAK IN BETWEEN, BUT WE WORKED PRETTY
MUCH THROUGH THE LOCKDOWNS, THE TEETH IN THE PANDEMIC, AND IT
WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE
WORKING, BUT IT ALSO GAVE US SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON THAT, YOU
KNOW, KEPT YOUR MINDS OFF THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WAS -- YOU
KNOW, THAT EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD WAS EXPERIENCING.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY ALL THESE SUPERHERO MOVIES ARE
SHOULDED IN A LOT -- SH RULED IN A LOT OF SECRECY.
WE'VE SEEN CLIPS AND TRAILS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE MOVIE AND YOUR ROLE
AS COMMISSIONER GORDON?
>> ACTUALLY LIEUTENANT GORDON.
IT'S YEAR TWO IN BATMAN STORY, PRE-COMMISSIONER DAYS,
LIEUTENANT, WHICH IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT LIVES HIM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THINGS, HE'S STILL A COP ON
THE STREET.
THE STORY REALLY HACKERRENS BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF D.C., THE
DETECTIVE COMICS OF IT ALL.
IT'S A BIT OF A MURDER MYSTERY.
IT'S A THRILLER THAT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A BATMAN MOVIE.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
IT WAS TRICKY MAKING IT, I HAVE TO SAY.
WE MADE CERTAIN SACRIFICES.
WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO.
WE FOCUSED ON THE JOB WE WANTED TO DO TOGETHER.
YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE BATMAN?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS MUCH AS YOU WANTED TO SEE
IT AND, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO PROTECT ONE
ANOTHER, PROTECT OURSELVES, AND REALIZE THAT WE WERE TOGETHER
AGAINST THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS WAS THE ENEMY, AND THE FOCUS.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK JEFFREY WRIGHT ABOUT THE NEW
PROJECT "LINCOLN'S DILEMMA."