HAILY, YOU WERE 14 WHEN YOU GOT YOUR FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION FOR
"TRUE GRIT."
LOOKING BACK, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT NIGHT?
>> OH, BOY.
I REMEMBER BEING INCREDIBLY HUNGRY BECAUSE THE WHOLE DAY
OF -- I MEAN, IT WAS AN ENTIRE DAY OF GETTING READY AND YOU
FINALLY GOT THERE AND YOU SAT DOWN AND I WAS JUST SO HUNGRY.
MY FAMILY WAS WITH ME, MY MOM SITTING NEXT TO ME.
LUCKILY, SHE HAD SNACKS BECAUSE IT'S MOM.
>> James: GOOD FOR HER.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED YOUR MOM.
>> I KNOW, RIGHT?
>> James: ALWAYS.
AND I HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND ME.
MINA WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND SHE CAUGHT WIND OF THE SNACK
SITUATION, AND I JUST REMEMBER HER TURNING AROUND BEING, LIKE,
MOM, WHAT SNACKS DO YOU HAVE?
AND I WAS, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THEM.
MOM, GIVE HER ALL THE SNACKS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: THE MOVIE COMES OUT
ON FRIDAY AND ON FRIDAY YOU HAVE ANOTHER EXCITING PROJECT.
YOU ALSO ON "THE MORNING SHOW" WHICH IS ON APPLE TV PLUS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW, IN THE SHOW, YOU PLAY THE
TALENT BOOKER OF "THE MORNING SHOW."
>> YEAH.
>> James: NOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN AND GLIMPSED THAT WORLD, DOES IT
MAKE YOU SEE THIS WORLD DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU COME ON
THIS SHOW OR MORNING SHOWS.
>> I HAD NO IDEA HOW BRUTAL IT WAS.
CERTAINLY IT'S SET IN THAT WORLD, IT'S VERY CONTEMPORARY, I
GUESS EVERYBODY IS SO AMBITIOUS AND EVERYBODY GETS UP SO EARLY,
I DON'T THINK I REALIZED.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A MORNING SHOW, BUT THAT WEAR AND TEAR AND HOW
AGGRESSIVE EVERYTHING IS.
I DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT AS A REAL JOB, BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN
TO WORK ON.
>> James: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE YOU JUST
BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
>> YES ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> James: LOOK AT YOU HERE WITH PRINCE CHARLES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TELL US ABOUT -- IT'S AN AMAZING
THING!
IT REALLY IS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT DAY.
WHAT WAS THIS DAY LIKE?
>> IT WAS A CRAZY DAY.
I WAS GOING WITH MY MOM AND DAD TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE, BIG DEAL.
BIG DEAL.
WE GOT A TAXI, A BLACK CAB FROM THE HOTEL WHERE WE WERE STAYING,
AND WE GOT DROPPED OFF AT THE WRONG ENTRANCE IS THAT.
.>> James: OH, NO.
WE WERE DRESSED UP, THERE WERE ALL THESE BARRIERS, WE GOT
THERE WITH OUR HATS DISHEVELED BUT WE MADE IT.
>> James: WHAT DID PRINCE CHARLES SAY TO YOU?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE SAID, I LOVED YOU IN "DR. WHO."
>> James: AMAZING!
I NEVER HAD HIM DOWN AS A DR. WHO FAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE'S THE PRINCE OF WALES AND IT WAS FILMED THERE, SO THAT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WIT MAYBE.
>> James: MAY BE.
HAILY, YOU MADE A DECISION RECENTLY, MONTHS AGO TO GET YOUR
EARS PIERCED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> YES.
>> James: WHICH SOME PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE LATE IN
LIFE.
>> YES.
>> James: WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?
WERE YOU SCARED OF THIS?
WHY WAIT SO LONG?
>> WELL, OKAY, SO -- WELL, MY MOM WANTED ME TO BE OLD ENOUGH
TO MAKE MY OWN DECISION ABOUT IT.
SO WHEN THAT TIME CAME, I DECIDED I WAS TOO INDECISIVE TO
DECIDE IF I WANTED TO GET THEM DONE.
SO I WAS JUST I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL ME IN A
ROLE.
IT WASN'T HAPPENING.
I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAID I NEED A LITTLE
SOMETHING-SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY LIFE, SO I PIERCED MY EARS.
THE MET BALL HAPPENED A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER.
I DIDN'T LISTEN, THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO KEEP THEM IN THREE
MONTHS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS SIX WEEKS.
THEY TOLD ME THREE OR FOUR MONTHS.
I TOOK MINE OUT THE NEXT DAY.
I THOUGHT, GREAT.
DIDN'T WORK SO WELL.
I LITERALLY COULD FEEL MY HEART BEAT IN MY EAR LOBE BECAUSE I
JUST PUT IN THESE THINGS.
>> James: THEY LOOK WONDERFUL.
GREAT.
>> James: BUT SO DID ALL THE FAKE ONES YOU WERE WEARING
BEFORE THAT.
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS?
>> Reggie: YES, I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING EXTENSIVELY TO
PRESENT THIS QUESTION FOR BOTH OF OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING.
( DRUM ROLL ) WE ALWAYS DO THAT.
GOOGGUGU ATU WHICH COMES FROMOUT AFRICA, WE WORKED ON PITCH
PERFECT -- IS IT 2 OR 3?
>> I DON'T KNOW, ONE OF THEM.
>> James: I THINK IT WAS 3.
>> Reggie: SO TOGETHER WE DID THAT.
IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, DO YOU THINK IT'S -- ALL THAT STUFF'S
GREAT?
>> I THINK YOU'RE MY HAIR INSPIRATION FOR THE DAY, FOR
SURE.
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
MY ANSWER WOULD PROBABLY BE YES.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: PROBABILITIES ARE
CORRECT.
>> James: THE PROBABILITIES ARE ALL CORRECT!