>> James: OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN INCREDIBLE
ACTOR AND SINGER YOU KNOW FROM FROZEN 2, THE WRESTLER AND
WESTWORLD, WE ARE SUCH FANS AT THE SHOW, THE SPECTACULAR EVAN
RACHEL WOOD IS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.
HOW ARE YOU, EVAN, HOW NICE TO SIGH, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'M GOOD, YOU KNOW, HANGING IN THERE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE,
YOU KNOW.
>> James: I FEEL LIKE YOU WEREN'T HERE THAT LONG AGO AND
YET IN THE SAME TIME IT FEELS LIKE IT WAS A DECADE AGO.
>> YEAH, WHAT IS THE SAYING, THIS AREA, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN
THE LONGEST FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE.
IT SEEMS TIME IS ALSO ON ALL OF US, I THINK.
>> James: NOW YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING WHICH I SORT OF WUSH I
HAD DONE AT THE START OF LOCKDOWN.
YOU DECIDED TO START GROWING YOUR OWN GARDEN.
HOW IS IT GOING.
>> I DID.
IT IS GOING REALLY WELL.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO KEEP ANYTHING ALIVE.
I KILLED EVERY PLANT AND FOR SOME REASON THIS LIKE PRIMAL
INSTINCT KICKED IN WHEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT
SOIL AND SEEDLINGS.
AND NOW I HAVE MULTIPLE PLANTS, HERBS.
VEGGIES, MY SON GOES OUT THERE AND PICKS RAW VEGETABLES AND
EATS THEM NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M DRYING HERBS.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS IS CONCERNED THAT I'M BECOMING A WITCH.
IT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.
>> WOW.
THAT'S QUITE THE TURN, ISN'T IT, FROM DRYING OUT SOME HERBS TO
BEING A WITCH.
NOW YOUR SON YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOUR SON IS SEVEN YEARS
OLD.
DOES HE UNDERSTAND THAT HIS MUM IS ONE OF THE STARS OF FROZEN 2?
>> HE DOES UNDERSTAND.
AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED RECORDING FOR FROZEN 2 I
OBVIOUSLY LEARNED THE SONG AND I TESTED IT OUT ON HIM FIRST AND
WOULD SING IT TO HIM WHEN HE WENT TO BED AND THAT WAS OUR BED
TIME ROUTINE.
AND THEN WHEN WE WATCHED THE MOVIE IT WAS OUR BED TIME
ROUTINE.
IT WAS, MY CHARACTER WAS PUTTING THE KIDS TO BED AND SINGING THE
SONG AND HE WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, IT IS ANIMATED WHAT WE
DO AT NIGHT.
SO LIKE THIS IS JUST OUR BED TIME, AND THEN I THINK HE
FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND HE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO SAY THIS SO I WON'T SAY IT
BUT HE GETS QUITE EMOTIONAL EVERY TIME HE HEARS SHOW
YOURSELF, ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS NOW BUT IS HE ALSO TIRED
OF HEARING THE SAME SONGS.
I THINK AT FIRST IT WAS LIKE SING ME THE LULLABY.
IF I HAVE TO HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME, LIKE PLEASE STOP.
>> James: IT WILL COME BACK AROUND.
>> I WAS COOL FOR A SECOND AND NOW, NO, NOT COOL ANY MORE.
>> James: NOW I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T THINK THERE AS MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THIS AT HOME
WATCHING, YOU WERE INCREDIBLY INSTRUMENTAL IN PASSING A LAW
RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALLED THE PHOENIX
ACT.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE THING THAT YOU'VE
DONE.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW,MENT EXPLAIN WHAT THE PHOENIX ACT IS.
>> WELL, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT-- CRIMES HAVE A TIME
LIMIT ON BEING ABLE TO REPORT.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPORT CRIMES
OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
AND I, MYSELF AND A AM A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND BY THE TIME I HAD SORT OF RECOVERED FROM WHAT HAD HAPPENED
AND PROCESSED THE TRAUMA AND FELT SAFE ENOUGH TO COME FORWARD
MY TIME HAD RUN OUT.
AND I, THAT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO ME.
SO I PUT A TEAM TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A
HALF ON THE BILL CALLED THE PHOENIX ACT WHICH WOULD EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU HAD TO REPORT WHICH IS CALLED THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, TO GIVE VICTIMS MORE TIME TO COME BACK
FROM THE TRAUMA AND FEEL SAFE AND THERE IS CERTAINLY MORE WORK
TO BE DONE.
BUT WE PASSED A LAW UNANIMOUSLY IN CALIFORNIA.
AND NOW THE VICTIMS HAVE FIVE YEARS TO REPORT INSTEAD OF
THREE.
SO WE GOT TWO EXTRA YEARS.
(APPLAUSE) >> IT'S.
>> James: THAT IS A BRILLIANT THING, THAT IS SO INCREDIBLE.
THAT, IS SO BRILLIANT, WELL DONE.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE THING TO DO WITH YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW MOVIE KAJILLIONAIRE,
TELL WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> IT IS SUCH A HARD MOVIE TO DESCRIBE BECAUSE IT IS A MIRANDA
JULY FILM.
SHE CREATES HER OWN WORLD FOR YOU TO FALL INTO LIKE WES
ANDERSON IS A WES ANDERSON.
MIRANDA IS SO U LEAK NEE-- UNIQUELY HERE IN TONE, IT
IS ABOUT A FAMILY OF DRIFTERS, REALLY BAD CONARTISTS AND THEIR
DAUGHTER, MY CHARACTER, IS NAMED OLDOLIO.
AND SHE KNOWS THAT SOMETHING IS MISSING IN HER LIFE BUT CAN'T
QUITE PUT HER FINGER ON IT.
AND IT IS SORT ABOUT HER JOURNEY, THAT SHE NEVER REALLY
FELT TRUE AFFECTION OR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND ALL THAT
SORT OF CHANGED WHEN SHE MEETS MELANIE WHO IS PLAYED BY GINA
RODRIGUEZ.
IN A NUTSHELL THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
>> James: AND YOUR CHARACTER, YOU'VE CHOSEN, YOUR CHARACTER
SPEAKS IN QUITE A DIFFERENT WAY THAN YOU DO.
SHE SORT OF HAS EYE DEEPER VOICE, RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU-- IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WORK WITH A DIRECTOR AND BE
LIKE I FEEL LIKE SHE SHOULD TALK LIKE THIS.
>> WELL MIRANDA AND I DID SORT OF START BUILDING HER FROM THE
GROUND UP THE SECOND I SIGNED ON TO DO THE FILM.
WE WERE REHEARSING, WATCHING VIDEOS.
WE WERE, AND MIRANDA HAD SUCH A VISION FOR THIS CHARACTER.
BT SHE ASKED ME IF I COULD DO A LOWER VOICE AND THE FUNNY THING
IS, I'M A SINGER LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A NATURALLY VERY LOW VOICE.
BUT I WAS TOLD THAT IF I WANTED TO HAVE A HEALTHY SINGING VOICE
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO GET RID OF THAT AND SPEAK IN A HIGHER
REGISTER.
AND WHEN I TOLD THE DIRECT THARY SHE WAS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, CAN
I HEAR YOUR REAL VOICE.
AND I SAID WELL, I MEAN I GUESS IF I COULD SPEAK IN MY NORMAL
VOICE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE DOWN HERE.
AND SHE SAID CAN YOU GO EVEN LOWER THEN THAT, AND I AM LIKE
LIKE DOWN HERE.
>> AND SHE WAS LIKE THAT IS THE VOICE, THAT'S IT.
DO THAT.
AND THAT IS SORT OF HOW WE ENDED ON HER VOICE.
>> James: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FILM.
YOUR PERFORMANCE AS ALL OF YOUR PERFORMANCES ARE, IS ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT.