WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
WE'RE HERE WITH THE LOVELY AND TALENTED MELISSA McCARTHY.
OCTAVIA SPENCER SAID YOU LIKE GAME NIGHT.
>> WE LIKE OUR CARS, GUYS.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID IT CAN GET KIND OF SERIOUS.
>> DID SHE SAY THAT?
>> Stephen: SHE DID.
DID SHE SAY HOW IT GOT SERIOUS?
>> Stephen: SHE DID NOT.
HOW DOES IT GET SERIOUS?
>> SHE'S LOVELY.
LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY AND MOVE ON.
>> Stephen: SURE.
THAT'S NEVER A GOOD WAY TO BEGIN A CONVERSATION.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT THE SAY SHE'S LOVELY.
NOW...
>> SHE'S GREAT.
OCTAVIA SPENCER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SHE'S THE MOST COMPETITIVE -- AND WE'RE NOT PLAYING FOR MONEY.
IT'S LITERALLY LIKE ME AND MY MOM AND MY CHILDREN PLAYING UNO
OR MAYBE RUMMY, THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVE.
SHE SMACK TALKS ON A CONSTANT THING, LIKE MY MOTHER AND MY
KIDS ARE THERE AND IT'S, LIKE, PLAY IT, PLAY IT AND MEAN IT!
PLAY IT AND MEAN IT!
SHE GOES AND GOES AND I'M, LIKE, YOU'RE SCREAMING AT MY MOM!
AND SHE GETS -- SHE'S GOT A POWERFUL VOICE.
IT GOES SO HIGH THAT AT ONE POINT I WAS, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
IF WE SHOULD KEEP PLAYING AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, NO, IT'S FINE.
THIS IS FOUND.
COME ON, WOMAN!
AND SHE IS INTENSE TO PLAY WITH.
>> Stephen: DOES SHE WIN?
YEAH, SHE'S REALLY LUCKY.
( LAUGHTER ) I WAS IN VEGAS WITH HER ONCE,
AND THERE WAS LIKE FOUR OF US SHARE AGO ROOM AND WE WOKE UP
AND WE WERE, LIKE, OH, MY GOD, OCTAVIA IS NOT HERE.
SHE'S MISSING!
WE'RE PANICKING.
SHE'S NOT A BIG GO-OUT PERSON.
WE'RE, LIKE, OMIGOD!
WE'RE RUNNING DOWN, LOOKING ALL OVER FOR HER.
IT'S FULLY THE MORNING, SHE'S BEEN GONE ALL NIGHT.
WE'RE IN A PANIC.
AND WE'RE LIKE WHAT'S THE HUBBUB AT THIS TABLE AT 6:30 IN THE
MORNING.
OCTAVIA AND A OLDER KOREAN MAN WAS SITTING AT A TABLE THAT'S
ROPED OFF.
HE'S PLAYING $1,000 A HAND AND HE THINKS SHE'S HIS GOOD LUCK
CHARGES WHICH SHE PROBABLY WAS BECAUSE SHE'S MAGIC WHEN SHE
GOES TO VEGAS.
HE REQUESTED THE TABLE BE CLEARED, THE STAKES GO UP TO
$1,000 A HAND BUT SHE COULD PLAY $5.
THERE WAS A CROWD AROUND THEM.
EVERY TIME HE WAS GOING TO PLAY, SHE'S LIKE, YOU GOT THIS, YOU
GOT THIS.
PLAY IT, YOU KNOW, PLAY IT!
AND SHE'S COACHING AND COACHING.
WE WERE ALL PANICKED AND WE WERE, LIKE, OH, SHE'S JUST BEEN
ROPED OFF AT A TABLE.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO GO TO VEGAS WITH HER.
DO YOU GO TO VEGAS OFTEN?
>> TWO OF MY FRIENDS LIVE THERE.
THEY WENT LIKE THIS TO OCTAVIA, PULLED THE SLOT MACHINE AND WON
$1,000.
NOT KIDDING.
I'M SETTING HER UP TO NOT EVER BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH A CASINO
AGAIN.
>> Stephen: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO TRANSITION OUT OF THAT TO OUR
NEXT SUBJECT.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M RACKING MY BRAINS.
>> OCTAVIA CAN LEAD INTO ANY CONVERSATION.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW
ROLE, A SERIOUS ROLE THIS TIME.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR CHARACTER?
>> IT IS LEE ISRAEL.
>> Stephen: BASED ON A TRUE STORY, RIGHT?
>> IT IS, A REAL "NEW YORKER," SUCCESSFUL BIOGRAPHER, FELL ON
HARD TIMES IN THE '90s AND WAS NO LONGER KIND OF FOUND VIABLE
TO WRITE, THEY KIND OF THOUGHT SHE WAS OBSOLETE AND KIND OF
BACKED INTO A CORNER, COULDN'T MAKE HER RENT, WAS HAVING A
DIFFICULT TIME.
SHE WAS A GREAT WRITER, VERY WITTY, VERY DIFFICULT AND A VERY
PRICKLY PERSONALITY, AND SHE STARTED FORGING LETTERS FROM
SOME OF THE GREATEST WRITERS WE HAVE -- DOROTHY PARKER,
HOWARD -- AND WAS CAUGHT BY THE F.B.I.
>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CLIP HERE WHERE SHE SLIPPED UP A
LITTLE BIT, I THINK, IN THIS CLIP, AND SHE'S BROUGHT IT TO
ANOTHER AN ANTEQUARIAN DEALER?
>> YES.
IT'S BEEN WORKING FOR HER.
OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS SHE WROTE 400 LETTERS.
SHE GOT CAUGHT.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM?
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THAT CLIENT WHO KNEW NOEL COWARD AND
HE SAID THAT MR. COWARD WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AS EXPLICIT AS
HE WAS REGARDING HIS -- ORIENTATION.
IT WAS ILLEGAL IN THOSE DAYS AND, ANYWAY, APPARENTLY THE
LETTER IS A FAKE.
>> I'M SHOCKED.
I MEAN, MY UNCLE WOULD BE APPALLED.
>> YOU MEAN YOUR COUSIN.
ES, MY COUSIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY AVUNCULAR TOWARD ME.
>> Stephen: DID SHE GO TO JAIL?
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU.
>> Stephen: "CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?" IS IN THEATERS THIS
FRIDAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
MELISSA McCARTHY, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ONE OF THE TWO DOPE QUEENS.
PHOEBE ROBINSON, STICK AROUND!