>> Stephen: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS,
CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN
OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTOR WHO HAS STARRED IN "BOOGIE NIGHTS,"
"CHICAGO," AND "STEP BROTHERS."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOHN C. REILLY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> WOW!
THAT'S A NICE WELCOME!
>> Stephen: IT IS.
I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE, STEPHEN!
>> Stephen: THANKS, WE FRESHENED IT UP, GAVE IT A COAT
OF PAINT.
>> YEAH!
>> Stephen: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE MET
YOU LET ALONE INTERVIEWED YOU.
>> I CAN'T EITHER.
WE WERE TRAIPSING THE SAME STREETS OF CHICAGO BACK IN THE
DAY.
>> Stephen: YEP, I LIVED IN CHICAGO FROM '84 TO '95.
>> A LOT OF OVERLAP.
I WAS IN COLLEGE FROM '83 TO '87.
WE'VE BORED THEM ALL, BY THE WAY. HERE ARE OTHER NUMBERS,
'85, '86!
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
I WAS DOING A LITTLE THEATER, BUT I WAS DOING IMPROV SHOWS,
ANNOYANCE, IMPROV IN SECOND CITY, WHAT WERE YOU DOING?
THERE IS THEATER AND IMPROV IN CHICAGO.
>> YEAH, THERE WAS THE PATH.
YOU COULD GO TO SECOND CITY AND DO IMPROV THAT WAY.
I KICKED MYSELF.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHICAGO IMPROV
DURING MY TIME BECAUSE I WAS BUSY IN THEATER SCHOOL,
WHATEVER, WORKING FOR A WEDDING KATEIER.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A CATER WAITER?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU GOOD?
HUNDREDS OF WEDDINGS.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU GOOD?
I WAS OKAY.
I DIDN'T CLEAN THAT TUCKS ONCE THE ENTIRE TIME I WORKED FOR THE
COMPANY, THOUGH.
I WOULD LET THE CAKE STAINS SLOWLY DISSOLVE INTO THE PANTS.
>> Stephen: IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A PATTERN AFTER A WHILE.
YOU LOOK LIKE AN AP APPALOOSA PO WERE YOU DOING THE FANCY STUFF
LIKE THE GOODMAN THEATER.
>> IS THIS YEAH, WENT TO THE GOODMAN SCHOOL OF DRAMA, DEPAL
UNIVERSITY, WORKED FOR STEPPENWOLF.
>> Stephen: WAS MALKOVICH THERE AND GARY COLE?
>> YES, DID A PLAY WITH GARY COLE, GARY SINISE, MALKOVICH.
I THOUGHT OF MALKOVICH WHEN I WAS DOING "STEP BROTHERS"
BECAUSE -- ( LAUGHTER )
-- I'LL GET THERE, BELIEVE ME.
THERE WAS A LEGEND MALKOVICH WAS DOING THE CURSE OF STARVING
CLASS, AND IT WAS A RUMOR HE PEED ON STAGE EVERY NIGHT.
I SAID, NO WAY, I WOULD HAVE SUCH A SHY WEINER.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!
THAT'S METHOD ACTING!
SO I WAS DOING "STEP BROTHERS" AND THERE WAS A SCENE WHERE I
NEEDED TO FART AND I DID IT ON COMMAND, ON CAMERA, ACTUAL FART.
( APPLAUSE ) I'VE GOTTEN TO A MALKOVICH LEVEL
NOW BECAUSE I CAN CONTROL MY BODY LIFUNCTIONS.
>> I HAVE TO IMAGINE AT A CERTAIN POINT YOU'RE PLAYING
WITH FIRE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO FORCE
THAT.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU STILL GOT IT?
NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LOOK, PEOPLE
ALREADY KNOW, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH IT, "CASUALTIES OF WAR,"
"BOOGIE NIGHTS," "STEP BROTHERS," RACKET RALPH, CYRUS,
THE LOBSTER.
BUT CHICAGO SURPRISED ME BECAUSE YOU'RE MR. CELLOPHANE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND NOT THAT YOU COULDN'T PLAY THAT PART, BUT UH
DIDN'T SEE YOU AS A MUSICAL THEATER GUY.
>> WELL, MY RUSE TO MAKE YOU THINK I WAS A SERIOUS ACTOR
PREVAILED BECAUSE I ACTUALLY GREW UP DOING MUSICALS FROM THE
TIME I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD UNTIL I WENT TO THE GOODMAN SCHOOL OF
DRAMA AT DePAUL, I DID NOTHING BUT MUSICALS.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYS I DID WAS, SPEAKING OF
CHRISTMASTIME, IT'S CHRISTMAS NOW.
THIS PLAY CALLED CHRISTMAS EVE IN A TOY SHOP, BUT IT WAS A
STRAIGHT KIND OF PLAY ABOUT A TOY-MAKER, AND I PLAYED THE
TOY-MAKER AND IT WAS TOYS COME TO LIFE, BUT THE DIRECTOR WAS,
LIKE, THIS ISN'T JAZZY ENOUGH.
PEOPLE WILL NOT WANT TO COME SEE A PLAY THAT'S NOT A MUSICAL.
WE'RE GOING TO AD ADD THE SONGS FROM PIPPEN.
( SINGING ) WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH
THE TOY SHOP?
I DON'T KNOW!
>> Stephen: THE SONGS FROM SWEENY TODD!
>> EXACTLY.
WE JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A MUSICAL THAT YOU LEAK?
IS THERE A PART IN A MUSICAL YOU GO, LIKE, MAN, IN MY HEART OF
HEARTS, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY, NO MATTER WHO IT IS.
LIKE ELIZA DOOLITTLE.
>> I'VE SAID IT TO THE WORLD SO MANY TIMES AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN
ME THE PART, NATHAN DETROIT IN GUYS AND DOLLS RIGHT HERE IN
NEW YORK CITY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU WOULD BE
FANTASTIC.
>> PUT ME IN, COACH, I'M READY TO PLAY.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
YOU'RE PLAYING ONE OF THE GREAT COMEDIANS OF ALL TIME WITH STEVE
COOGAN IN THE FILM "STAN & OLLIE."
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND IT'S ABOUT LAUREL AND HARDY, AND I'M
HOLDING UP THIS PHOTO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO REMEMBER
WHO LAUREL AND HARD ARE, BECAUSE SOME YOUNG PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW.
MY BIRTH IS DECADES PAST THEIR DEATH, AND THEY WERE GIANTS.
>> THEY WERE MASTERS OF COMEDY.
THEY FIGURED OUT THE ANCIENT CLOWNING SECRETS.
>> Stephen: IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE A MARTIAL ART.
>> IT KIND OF IS BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PRACTICE AND
REHEARSAL AND, YOU KNOW, BUT MOST YOUNG PEOPLE, WHEN YOU SAY,
LIKE, THE FAT GUY AND THE SKINNY GUY, OH, YEAH, YEAH, THEY KNOW
THE GRAPHIC IMAGE, BUT I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT THIS FILM COMING
OUT BECAUSE IT REMINDS PEOPLE WHO THESE GUYS WERE, AND THEY
WERE TWO OF THE GREATEST COMEDIANS THAT EVER LIVED.
CERTAINLY THE GREATEST DUO THAT'S EVER WORKED TOGETHER, AND
INSPIRED EVERYONE FROM THE SIMPSONS TO TIM AND ERIC TO, YOU
KNOW, KEY AND PEELE AND ANYONE IN COMEDY NOW OWES A DEBT TO
LAUREL AND HARDY.
SO IT'S A REAL MISSION WE'RE ON WITH THIS MOVIE, NOT JUST
GETTING PEOPLE TO SEE IT BUT TO REMEMBER THE LEGACY OF LAUREL
AND HARDY.
IF YOU WATCH A YOUTUBE SHORT OF THEIRS, I GUARANTEE YO YOU'LL LA
OUT LOUD.
LET'S SAY HELPMATES WHERE OLIVER IS TRYING TO CLEAN UP BEFORE HIS
WIFE GETS HOME AFTER A HUGE PARTY.
HE ASKED STAN TO HELP HIM AND THE HOUSE GETS BURNED DOWN BY
THE END OF THE SHORT, BUT IT'S REALLY FUNNY TO BE THE WAY
THERE.
>> Stephen: THE MOVIE EXPLORES THE HATTER PART OF THEIR CAREER.
WE HAVE A CLIP.
CAN YOU SET UP WHAT'S HAPPENING?
>> YEAH, LAUREL AND HARDY WORKED EXCLUSIVELY TOGETHER FOR THEIR
ENTIRE LIVES EXCEPT FOR ONE FILM WHERE STAN LAUREL MOVED TO
ANOTHER STUDIO AND OLIVER WAS STILL UNDER CONTRACT, SO HE
COULDN'T YET.
HE MADE THIS FILM WITH OTTOMAN AND THAT'S THE SOURCE OF
CONFLICT IN OUR FILM AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS A FIGHT
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THAT THEY HAVE IN PUBLIC WE HAVE ONE
THINS THEY'RE KIDDING BUT THEY'RE NOT.
>> FRIENDSHIP?
WE'RE FRIENDS BECAUSE HAL ROACH PUT US TOGETHER AND THE ONLY
REASON WE STAYED TOGETHER WAS BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE WANTED IT.
I HAVE REAL FRIENDS AND, YES, WE PLAY GOLF, AND WE GO TO BALL
GAMES, AND WE HAVE SAUERKRAUT ON OUR BRATWURST.
>> PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER OUR MOVIES LONG AFTER YOU'VE
FINISHED YOUR HOT DOG.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING?
YOU'RE JUST A LAZY AS WHO GOT LUCKY BECAUSE YOU MET ME.
LUCKY.
>> TO SPEND MY LIFE WITH A HOLOMAN WHO HIDES BEHIND HIS
TYPE WRITER?
YOU'RE NOT REAL, STAN.
YOU'RE HOLLOW.
YOU'RE EMPTY.
>> I LOVED US.
YOU LOVED LAUREL AND HARDY.
BUT YOU NEVER LOVED ME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YEAH, IT GETS PRETTY SERIOUS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S LOVELY.
YEAH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NICE MEETING YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> IT'S A REAL PLEASURE, STEPHEN.
>> STEPHEN: "STAN & OLLIE" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
JOHN C. REILLY, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR JEFF FLAKE.