-Welcome back to our show. -I'm happy to be here.
-Thanks for always coming on. You know we love you here.
Man, you're phenomenal in "The Batman."
-Thank you. -You were unbelievable.
I can't wait to get in and talk to you about that.
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I'm just so happy. I'm like, "Go, Zoe! Go!"
You just crush it.
But I also -- It's a big -- That's this weekend.
It's going to be the biggest movie.
I'm so excited about it.
Then, next weekend, you're hosting "Saturday Night Live."
-Uh-huh. [ Cheers and applause ]
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-Why are you -- Why would you
put this much pressure on yourself?
-I don't know.
This was a horrible, horrible plan.
-Yeah, because then you can only enjoy that for a week,
because you've got to get right into -- It's a lot work.
-I'm so scared and so excited.
I keep on asking, like, friends of mine who have hosted.
I'm asking for some comfort or something.
-Yes. -And I tell them I'm scared.
And they all say, "You should be scared."
-Oh, my God. No, no, no.
-Not one person has said like, "Just relax.
You're going to be fine."
-Oh. I'm going to tell you right now, you're going to be so fine.
You're awesome. You got this.
-Will you come do a skit with me?
-Yeah, of course. I would do anything with you.
Yeah. -Really?
-I would do anything you want me to do.
You don't have to ask twice. -Okay.
-You kidding me?
-Put you on the spot in front of everybody.
-The stuff that we've done on our show together, yeah,
the least thing I can do is do you one favor.
Yeah. -That would be amazing.
-If you ever need -- But I'm telling you,
you're going to be set.
You don't need me. You have -- It's the best cast.
They have the best writers, producers.
You're in good hands.
-I'm just scared I'll, like, slip or something.
-No! On live TV? That would never happen.
Oh, my God. I think you're going to nail it.
I think you're just a natural.
Every time you come on the show, you just steal the whole show.
We all love you. -Aww, you're very sweet.
-But you really -- But you are --
Honestly, this thing just kind of went around recently.
It's footage that --
-Oh, boy. -Yeah, it's -- No, it's great.
-It's cute. -It's cute.
-Okay. -It's you as a child.
-Being a ham.
-Yeah, but you were being -- Where were you at?
At a VH1 thing or something?
-Yeah, my dad, I think, was doing an interview for VH1,
and I think he went to the bathroom,
and then I was like, "It's my turn!"
-And you were 7 years old. -Something like that.
-And they were like, "Hey, while your dad's away --"
-They're like, "Who is this child?"
-Yeah, they're like, "Can you sing something?"
And you just hopped up, and you're like,
"I'm going to do 'No Scrubs.'"
This is real. Check this out. Here's baby Zoe Kravitz.
-♪ I don't want no scrubs ♪
♪ A scrub is...get no love from me ♪
♪ Sittin' on the passenger side of his best friend's ride ♪
♪ Trying to holler at me ♪
-Yeah!
-"Am I on TV?" -"Am I on TV?"
-Why am I wearing a tiara?
-Yeah, why were you wearing -- -I don't know.
-Because you're just a cute -- "Am I on TV?"
-"Am I on TV?" -The cutest kid ever. Come on.
Let's talk about "The Batman," because last time, I think,
you were here, you were filming, and --
You were in the middle of filming.
You can't say anything, obviously, no spoilers.
-Yep.
-But this is two years in the making.
-Yeah, I got the job in 2019. -Wowzers.
-And then we got down for six months because of COVID.
And, yeah, it's been a long journey.
-Yeah. -It's been wild.
-And did you know that you were going to be up for Catwoman?
Did you -- How did this come about?
-No.
-Did you push for it and you're like, "I got to do this"?
-No. I got a phone call.
My agent told me that I was on the list of actors
they were looking at.
And even that would have been enough.
To be on that list was pretty wild.
And then I flew out to L.A. to meet
Matt Reeves, the director, and loved him
and just loved his vision.
-How is he?
-He's a wonderful human, wonderful director,
cares so much.
He wrote the script, as well.
So, I was just -- I just wanted to work with him.
-And did you know Robert Pattinson before?
-I knew Rob.
I knew Rob just from -- I don't know -- around.
-Been around? Yeah. -Yeah, around.
-But had never worked with him. And I'm a huge fan of his work.
And I had to camera-test with him, and that was kind of funny.
Just to camera-test with someone you know
dressed up as Batman, and you haven't seen them a while --
-He was dressed as Batman?
-Yeah, they put him in, I think, George Clooney's suit.
But then you kind of catch up.
You know, you're like, "So, how you been, you know?"
-He's like, "I'm alright. Yeah, yeah. No, yeah.
-"I'm Batman."
-"Oh, yeah, I'm Batman, I guess."
Yeah, yeah." It's wild.
But -- Wait. So, you do the screen test.
You walk in, he's dressed as Batman?
-Yeah. Only from the waist up, by the way.
He was wearing sweatpants at the bottom.
-Oh, my God!
You've seen something no one's ever seen --
Batman wearing sweatpants.
-Like, casual Batman.
-Casual Batman. That's in the sequel.
-Yeah, for sure.
-Wait. So, you go in, you go, "Oh, my gosh."
That's -- I mean, that's acting right there.
I mean, you got to go in there, and you're like,
"Hey, let's just go for it,
because I know you, and now you're Batman."
-Like, he was so good that I actually --
I was so scared that I was gonna just be thinking like,
"Oh, my God. It's Rob dressed as Batman.
That's weird." -Yeah.
-But he was so wonderful that I totally forgot it was him,
actually, which was really impressive.
-Yeah, he, honestly, is amazing.
But you're amazing, as well, in this.
It just all works.
And I -- You just go into this world
and you forget who -- That you know anyone.
I'm like, "Oh, these are just great actors in this."
-Oh, I'm so happy to hear that. -Oh, I loved it.
And I was like, "Okay, now, if I was cast as Catwoman --"
-Which you might -- Which you still might be.
-I was on the list. -You're still young, Jimmy.
-My agent called me, as well. I know. I was so nervous.
I was like, "Oh, my God.
Don't get me in the room with Rob."
Oh, my God.
"Because I'm wearing sweatpants, as well."
But I would study -- I would study cats.
-I did that.
-I would drink milk out of a bowl.
-I did that. -You did not.
-I did. -You drank milk out of a bowl?
-Maybe.
I'm method, dude. -Me too, man.
Dude, I'm so into -- You don't --
Well, I mean, no spoilers. Yeah, anyways...
-I hung out with cats. -Yeah.
-A lot.
-See, that's where I'm -- As I'm thinking now,
I think I'm allergic to cats.
-Which is why -- Which is the only reason
you didn't get this part.
-Thank you. -Yeah.
-And that's like -- But then also
more of a challenge for the role for me.
But I would be like -- I do like cats because they're curious.
I find them interesting.
I feel like they could kill me any two seconds.
-I was really inspired by that.
I watched a bunch of cat videos, feline videos,
watching them fight.
And what I was so interested by was the fact that you can --
You can't read their face at all,
which is why I think people are kind of creeped out by them.
But you can't tell what they're going to do.
-They go, "Oh, my gosh. Kitty loves me."
-Yeah, Then, all of a sudden,
the kitty scratches your face out.
-Kitty scratches your face out, yeah,
and be like, "Get off," like, and then leaves.
-Yeah. They don't care. -No, they don't --
-They don't care.
They were the hardest thing to control during the shooting.
We were doing, like, crazy stunts,
and, like, all that was fine.
But then, like, getting a cat to stay in one place -- impossible.
Impossible. -There's no actor cats.
-No. We -- I -- They tried to get me to "know the cats"
that were Selina's cats.
And it's funny.
They would say, you know, "Training at 1:30
and then rehearsal at this time and then cat time."
And I was like, "What's cat time?"
And it was just putting me in a room with a bunch of cats,
with the cats that were going to be my cats.
-Thinking that it might help.
-But the cats didn't care. -No, they're cats.
-I was just sitting here,
and the cats would just walk away.
It did nothing. It did nothing for --
-They did -- Well, they did great in the movie.
If the cats are watching, you did a great job.
-You guys are amazing.
-When we come back,
I want to show a clip from "The Batman."
More with Zoe Kravitz after the break, everybody.