>> Stephen: HEY!
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACADEMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "LABYRINTH," "A BEAUTIFUL
MIND," AND "SNOWPIERCER."
SHE NOW STARS IN "TOP GUN: MAVERICK."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE LATE SHOW, JENNIFER CONNELLY
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HI!
>> Stephen: HI.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
>> NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU!
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE YOU BACK.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE STARTED OFF YOUR SUMMER IN A BIG WAY BECAUSE
THE TOP GUN OVER THERE, THE "TOP GUN: MAVERICK, SIX-MINUTE
STANDING OVATION IN THE END AND THOSE FRENCH DON'T GIVE THAT
AWAY FOR NOTHING.
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
THE ENERGY WAS PALPABLE, UNBELIEVABLE.
I'VE SEEN THE MOVIE THREE TIMES WITH AUDIENCES.
>> Stephen: YES.
AND EVERY TIME, PEOPLE ARE JUST READY TO HAVE A GREAT TIME
IN THE MOVIE THEATER, I THINK.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN IT IN AN I MAX?
I HAVE BEEN TOLD GO SEW THAT.
>> YES.
I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE FLYING SEQUENCES
IS SO IMPACTFUL.
>> Stephen: IT ALL HAPPENS.
ALL THE ACTORS PLAYING PILOTS WENT THROUGH TRAINING, THEY'RE
UP THERE IN THE PLANES AND YOU CAN FEEL IT.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO ASK A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION -- AT
ANY POINT IN THIS MOVIE -- AND DON'T GIVE ANYTHING AWAY -- BUT
AT ANY POINT, DOES ANYONE IN THIS MOVIE T TAKE A HIGHWAY TO E
DANGER ZONE OR AN OFF RAMP TO A PERILOUS JUNCTION OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
IS THERE DANGER ZONE IN THE MOVIE?
>> SO MUCH DANGER ZONE.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
THEN YOU GO TO LONDON.
THE ROYAL PREMIERE.
>> THE ROYAL PREMIERE.
WHICH IS VERY SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: WITH KATE AND WILLIAM.
HAD YOU EVER MET THEM?
>> I HAD NOT.
>> Stephen: YOU MUST LOVE THIS PHOTO.
TELL THE FOLKS.
>> THE LAST TIME I WAS AT A WORLD PREMIERE WAS IN 1986, AND
I MET DIANA FOR THE MOVIE "LABYRINTH," WHICH I WAS A
TEENAGER WHEN I MADE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A NICE PHOTO.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) YOU CAN SEE HOW PINK MY CHEEKS
ARE.
I WAS SO OVERWHELMED MEETING HER.
>> Stephen: SHE SEEM NICE?
HE WAS IMPECCABLE.
SHE WAS IMPECCABLE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT SO BAD YOURSELF HERE.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: AGE 16, THAT'S THE SAME YEAR "TOP GUN" CAME OUT.
>> SAME YEAR, A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA THERE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU WATCH THE ORIGINAL BACK IN THE DAY.
>> I WATCHED THE ORIGINAL BACK IN THE DAY AND I'VE REWATCHED IT
SEVERAL TIMES.
>> Stephen: I BET.
IS THERE SHIRTLESS VOLLEYBALL IN THIS ONE?
>> THERE MIGHT BE SHIRTLESS SOMETHING OR ANOTHER.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HAD YOU MET TOM --
I CALL HIM TOM -- HAD YOU MET TOM CRUISE?
I HAD NEVER MET HIM.
>> HE'S EXTRAORDINARY.
I HADN'T.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU NOT CROSS PATHS BY ACCIDENT.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT.
THE PREPARATION, THE SKILL, EVERYTHING IS EXTRAORDINARY.
BUT I MET HIM AND MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS KIND OF THE
TAKEWEAR, WHICH IS I NEVER MET ANYONE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC THAN
EVERYTHING THAN TOM CRUISE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
I THINK FOR ME IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE TEETH.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
SUCH BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S TRUE.
YOU'VE GOT TO GRANT ME THAT.
>> BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NO SLOUCH YOURSELF.
THOSE ARE NICE GNASHERS.
( LAUGHTER ) "TOP GUN," THE ORIGINAL, AND
THEY REALLY KICKED IT UP A NOTCH.
BUT YOU'RE NOT A HUGE FAN OF FLYING?
>> NO, I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF FLYING, AND I ACTUALLY WENT
THROUGH A STAGE ARE I WAS INCREDIBLY BAD AT FLYING.
IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIC FOR ME AND ANYONE NEAR ME ON AN AIRPLANE.
I LITERALLY GOT TO A POINT WHERE I -- IT STARTED WITH A BANG ON
ONE FLIGHT WHEN WE TOOK OFF AND I JUST DECIDED IT WASN'T OKAY
AND I SHOUTED THAT IT WASN'T OKAY TO THE WHOLE PLANEFUL OF
PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOUTED WHAT, THIS ISN'T OKAY?
>> HELP!
HELP!
AND NO ONE CAME BECAUSE WE WERE TAKING OFF.
>> Stephen: AND YOUR NAME WAS ON A LIST SOMEWHERE.
>> IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A BAD CHAPTER.
>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A PILOT, BUT DID YOU GO UP AND
FLY WITH THE JETS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BUT THERE WAS A VERY LOVELY SCENE
WHERE TOM AND I ARE IN THIS PLANE, WE'RE SUPPOSED COBB JUST
SITTING ON THE TARMAC AND HE STARTS TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS
PLANE, IT'S A P51, A VINTAGE PLANE, IT HAPPENS TO BE HIS
PLANE AND HAVE I EVER DONE ANY AEROBATIC FLYING AND AM I
INTERESTED IN AEROBATIC FLYING AND I START TO BECOME SUSPICIOUS
I'M GOING TO BE DOING AEROBATIC FLAYING AND I SAID, AM I?
HE SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
WE'RE GOING TO DO VERY GENTLE, GRACEFUL ROLLS IN THE PLANE
AND -- >> Stephen: WOW.
-- AND IT'S TOM.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COOL AROUND HIM.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
O I DIDN'T SAY, HOLD ON, WAIT, I HAVE A TERRIBLE FEAR OF
FLYING.
I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S COOL.
IT WILL BE GREAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU TAKEOFF AT THAT MOMENT?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT MAYBE HE TRAPPED YOU AND SAID LET'S GO.
>> NO, THEY PLANNED FOR IT.
>> Stephen: WAS IT BEAUTIFUL AND GRAISMS AND EVERYTHING YOU
WANTED IT TO BE?
>> HONESTLY -- LOOK, WE STARTED, AND HE STARTED THE ENGINE AND
FLAMES BURST OUT.
THAT SURPRISED ME DEFINITELY.
>> Stephen: BUT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
>> EVIDENTLY, YEAH.
HE FORGET TO TELL ME THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
IT ACTUALLY WAS.
WE TOOK OFF AND IT WAS DAWN AND WE WERE IN THE DESERT AND IT WAS
KIND OF BEAUTIFUL.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
TOM, I'LL GO UP WITH YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) JUST TRYING TO TEMPT HIM IN SOME
WAY.
YEAH.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL
ASK JENNIFER IF SHE, LIKE TOM, DOES HER OWN STUNTS.
STICK AROUND.