>> Stephen: WE'RE BACK WITH COLIN FARRELL, AND BRENDAN
GLEESON, THE STARS OF "THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN."
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER CHARACTERS, WHICH IS INISHERIN,
A CHARACTER, THE PLACE IS. IT'S AN IMAGINARY ISLAND.
IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST, BUT IT WAS SHOT IN THE ARYAN
ISLANDS, RIGHT. >> WE SHOT IN INISHERIN ISLAND,
AND ACHILL ISLAND. >> Stephen: HAD YOU LIVED IN
THAT REMOTE AREA BEFORE? YOU'RE BOTH FROM DUBLIN.
>> WE HAVE A PLACE OUT WEST. >> I GO OUT WEST A LOT.
I FIND IT'S KIND OF LIFE BLOOD BLOODIN A WAY.
AND I'VE BEEN ON INISHERIN BEFORE, AND ACHILL NOT SO MUCH.
I HAD BEEN IN ICHIL BUT I HAD NOT SEEN IT BECAUSE IT WAS MIST
AND RAIN. WHEN I SAW IT, IT WAS
JAW-DROPPING TO SEE THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATIONS WE WERE
GOING. >> SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND WE WERE LAUGHING ABOUT IT EARLIER.
WHEN MARTIN PUT THE PUB ON A PLACE THAT IS ON THE EDGE OF THE
WORLD, AND MY ONLY REACTION WAS CONGRATULATIONS.
IT WAS LIKE-- >> HE DID, WHEN HE SAW THE SET
THE FIRST DAY, IT WAS LOVELY. HE WENT UP TO MARTIN AND SINCERE
SAID, "CONGRATULATIONS." AND IT SEEMED TOW FITTING
BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE THE BALLS OF MARTIN AND THE PRODUCTION
DESIGNER TO BUILD THIS PUB THAT IS NO LONGER THERE ON THIS BLUFF
20 FEET AWAY FROM THE FRONT DOOR WITH THE ATLANTIC AND DROP-OFF
AND CLIFFS AND WAVES COMING IN CONSTANTLY.
JUST OUTSIDE THE PUB DOOR, THE WAVES CRASHING DOWN.
IT'S LIKE THE WAVES AND OCEAN WERE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INNER
TURMOIL THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY FELT.
A LOT OF THE FILM ABOUT OPPRESSION.
THE STUFF THAT IS KEPT DOWN. >> HE SHOT IT CINEMATICALLY, AND
IT WAS EPIC IN NATURE. EVERYTHING WAS AT THE EXTREME.
THE BEAUTY AND THE PLACE WAS EXTREME.
THE HURT THEN THAT APPEARED TO BE A SMALL HURT IN A SMALL STORY
IS ELEVATEED IN THE WAYS-- HE WAS LITERALLY PUSHING EVERYTHING
TO THE EDGE. AND WE NEARLY FELL OFF AT ONE
STAGE BECAUSE THERE WAS A STORM AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE COULD
DO THE INSIDE IN THE PUB. BUT THE LIGHTS WERE BLOWING
HALFWAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
YOU COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BECAUSE THE RAIN WAS COMING
DOWN. BUT WE WITH GOT MAGNIFICENT
WEATHER. >> IT WAS LIKE GREEK ISLANDS
THAT SUMMER. IT WAS UNHEARD OF THE WEATHER WE
HAD. WE COULDN'T FIND LINE.
THE SUNSETS WERE INDIGO AND AMBER.
AND IT WAS JUST MAGNIFICENT. BUT THE PEOPLE OF PARTICULARLY
THE FIRST ISLAND WE WERE THERE FOR SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS, THE
PEOPLE OF INISHERIN, SEVEN 50 POPULATION YEAR ROUND YOU KNOW,
AND THEY JUST WELCOMED US INTO THEIR LIVES DAILY AND IT WAS SO
BEAUTIFUL. >> AND THE SAME WITH ACHILL.
THE PEOPLE WERE-- AND IT WAS ONE OF THE-- THE ONLY RESERVATIONS I
HAD WAS THAT BECAUSE INISHERIN IS NOT AN ISLAND, IT IS A
MYTHICAL ISLAND, IT IS A MYTH CALCON TEX THAT THE PEOPLE OF
THE ISLAND WE WERE ON THAT WOULD IN ANY WAY FEEL THAT WE WERE
TRYING TO MAKE SOME COMMENT ON WHERE WE WERE BECAUSE NOTHING
COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE WAY IT WAS.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WHERE A COMMON LITTLE SPIRIT AND ALL
THAT KIND OF STUFF WAS EVERY DAY.
>> YUP. >> AND WE'D SEE EACH OTHER
PASSING ON THE ROAD. >> SEE EACHING, "HEY, BRENDAN,
HEY, COLIN. OF IT WAS GREAT.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE OTHER CHARACTER.
THE DONKEY. >> JENNY.
>> IS THAT THE CHARACTER'S NAME OR THE DONKEY'S.
>> ONE AND THE SAME. I COULDN'T SEPARATE THE TWO AT A
CERTAIN POINT. SHE WAS SO ON.
>> THIS IS YOUR DEAR FRIEND. >> WE'RE FRIENDS.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOUR COMPANION IN THE MOVIE.
>> AND WE HAD A GOOD FRIENDSHIP UPON UP UNTIL A POINT.
>> Stephen: WHAT POINT? >> AND THEN-- AND THEN IT JUST,
YOU KNOW, KIND OF FELL APART ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY OF
THE FILM. AND SHE STARTED, SHE WAS ALL--
>> IT TURNED OUT SHE DID NEED A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE.
( LAUGHTER ).
JENNY THOUGHT SHE'D FILL THAT GAP.
( LAUGHTER )
>> SHE DID. >> Stephen: THERE ARE A LOT OF
ANIMALS IN THE FILM. >> SHE KICKED ME.
HIS DOG BIT ME. THERE'S A HORSE IN THE FILM THAT
TRIED TO REVERSE ME ON THE CART INTO THE ( BLEEP ) ATLANTIC
OCEAN. ( BLEEP ).
( BLEEP ). ( BLEEP ).
I PUT THE "E" IN QUERY QUICKLY. >> Stephen: I'M GOING TO BE
VERY KURGS WHETHER CBS-- >> I THINK WE'RE ALREADY.
( BLEEP ). >> Stephen: WE'LL FIND OUT.
WE'LL FIND OUT. >> Stephen: LOVELY TO HAVE
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE. "THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN" IS
IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
COLIN FARRELL AND BRENDON GLEESON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN PAUL MECURIO.