Let's talk about your new movie, Palmer.
I love this movie so much.
I love you in it.
Tell everybody about Palmer.
And I can't wait for them to see it.
Well, thank you so much.
It really was a passion project for me.
I got my hands on the script.
And it's just really special.
It's the story of a man that I play, just
coming out of prison after 12 years,
and coming back to a small town in the rural South.
And sort of a football God who had everything going for him
and ended up in prison.
And now he's just trying to get his life back together.
And, through a series of events, he
ends up with this eight-year-old boy.
Single mother to the boy, with a substance abuse problem,
kind of abandons him.
And they stay right next door.
And my character ends up with this boy.
And not sure what to do at all.
And he's a boy who likes the things
that he likes and is being bullied
at school for those things.
And these two characters come together.
And my character sort of becomes a father figure to him.
And he gives my character a lesson
in real love and acceptance.
And, in the end, a real meaning for my life.
So it's truly, truly a touching story.
It is.
And the relationship between you two is adorable.
I love that it has such a great message.
And I'm glad you wanted to be a part of it.
Because it really is important to send this message.
And, not only is it a beautiful movie, but, you guys,
you get to see him naked in it.
So, in case you don't care about the story at all,
it's like "Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The relationship.
And stuff."
And, now.
The tattoos on your body.
I know you have some tattoos.
But were they all yours?
No.
I had a great makeup team put some more ink on me.
Some fake ink.
All right.
We're going to take a break.
We're going to meet your co-star, after this,
who I cannot wait to meet.
Now we want to introduce you to his co-star.
He's so good in this movie.
Please welcome eight-year-old writer Ryder Allen.
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Ryder.
HI, Ryder.
It's nice to meet you.
You too.
I heard that you had a vision board.
And one of the things on the vision board
was being on this show.
That is a true fact.
Look at you in the right bottom corner, there.
Yeah, someone showed me.
I love that.
Thank you so much.
I love that you wanted to be on the show.
And, as soon as I saw you in the movie, I wanted to meet you.
So it worked out.
How long have you been acting?
About three years, now.
What made you want to get into acting?
I have a sister.
And she did acting.
And I would go with her and I'd go on the auditions
that she went on.
And I liked dancing, too, because she did dancing.
But I found it a little more attracting to go to acting.
Because I feel like it's a lot more fun.
And just so fun to film and stuff, that experience.
And, I'm not going to lie.
It pays much better.
Yeah.
Saving up for college, people, don't judge me.
Oh, Ryder.
I knew you wouldn't let me down.
And this is your very first movie.
And to be acting in a movie like this, with Justin Timberlake,
is pretty cool.
Yeah.
Justin, when you saw him, did you know right away,
this is the guy?
I did.
Our director, [? Fisher ?] Stevens, he went nationwide.
Huge casting call.
And we were getting to the end of the process,
and Ryder was one of the last young actors that we saw.
And, when he got there, it just felt
that it was pretty obvious.
He's got an intuition and an ability.
He's just got it.
The kid's got it.
And we instantly had a great chemistry.
And we just knew.
We just knew.
Yeah.
Well, you can see that, in the movie, the chemistry
between the two of you.
And it's so important.
And this role I mean, you had to be the exact right person.
And you were.
I can't imagine anyone else playing that role.
You were so good in it, Ryder.
I just loved you.
Did you love playing that character?
Yes.
Yeah, I bet.
And it's a great message.
Ryder, did you know who Justin was before this?
No clue.
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No, in a way.
Because I watched Trolls, and stuff.
But I didn't know it was Justin playing that role
or singing that song.
But, obviously, that ended in about two seconds.
As soon as he told you who he was?
No.
My mom did.
So, Ryder, your character loves dolls and princesses, and gets
picked on because of it.
What did you think of that?
I thought it was wrong that he got bullied for that.
And how I like to think about Sam,
is that he's not different from other kids.
Yeah.
Yes.
I loved that line in the movie, when
he says "There hasn't been a boy, a member of that club.
And what do you think of that?"
And you said, "Well, then I'll be the first."
And I just thought, that's the way to look at it.
That's so great.
Justin, tell everybody what your favorite toy was, growing up.
Well, when I was young I had a Cabbage Patch doll
by the name of Ackerly.
And he did not leave my side.
And, Ryder, do you have a favorite toy, now?
Yes.
So this is a Japanese toy, so I'm not sure
if you're really going to know what it is.
But it's called Bakugan.
Yeah, well, I do know what it is.
Because I heard that that's your favorite toy.
So we got you something.
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What?
We're going to send you all of these.
I'm not just putting them here so I keep them
and you just see them.
Like my cake?
They're all going to you.
And, then, I'm going to send Justin the rest of this cake.
Palmer will be available on Apple TV
Plus, starting January 29.
I highly recommend it.
It is a beautiful, beautiful movie.
We'll be right back.
Thank you both.