>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY GUESTS TONIGHT ARE EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
GREEDY, NEEDY, BACK-STABBING, MORALLY BANKRUPT, BUT
RIDICULOUSLY RICH, CHARACTERS ON TV.
PLEASE WELCOME FROM THE BELOVED EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES
"SUCCESSION," BRIAN COX, KIERAN CULKIN, J. SMITH-CAMERON,
SARAH SNOOK, MATTHEW MACFADYEN, NICHOLAS BRAUN, AND ALAN RUCK!
THERE YOU GO.
PLEASE, RIGHT HERE, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS EXCITING.
( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERING )
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, ALL, FOR BEING HERE.
I THINK YOU CAN TELL THAT I'M A HUGE FAN, OR ELSE YOU WOULDN'T
BE HERE.
( LAUGHTER )
JEREMY STRONG, WHO PLAYS KENDALL.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE DID SEND IN A VIDEO TO
EXPRESS HOW SAD HE IS HE COULDN'T ATTEND.
THANK YOU, JEREMY.
THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE )
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: NOW, THERE ARE SHOWS THAT MATCH A MOMENT IN THE
WORLD, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE MOMENT IS, BUT IT DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE A GREAT MOMENT.
TO SEE ALL THESE RICH PEOPLE GOING THROUGH ALL THIS EMOTIONAL
TURMOIL AND WEAKNESS AND INSECURITY, BUT THERE'S A PON
GRAPHIC QUALITY OF WANTING TO SEE THEIR LIVES.
IT'S LIKE SCHEUDEN-FREUD.
WHO AMONG ALL THESE TERRIBLE PEOPLE-- ALL THE CHARACTERS, NOT
THE PEOPLE.
>> THEY'RE NOT TERRIBLE AT ALL.
>> Stephen: WHO YOU MIGHT THINK MIGHT BE THE WORST OF ALL
OF THEM.
LET'S START WITH YOU, SARAH.
WHO DO YOU THINK THE WORST CHARACTER IS?
>> HE'S LOOKING AT ME RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T SAY IT.
.CAN YOU SAY "DAD."
>> Stephen: REALLY, YOU THINK LOGAN IS THE WORST CHARACTER?
>> I THINK SO.
>> Stephen: BRIAN, DO YOU THINK LOGAN IS THE WORST
CHARACTER?
>> OF COURSE HE'S NOT.
HE'S VERY MISUNDERSTOOD.
HE REALLY IS.
HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN.
>> Stephen: DOES HE!
>> HE DOES LOVE HIS CHILDREN.
>> Stephen: WOW!
>> I WAS TOLD THAT VERY EARLY ON.
I WAS TOLD THAT BY-- BECAUSE I I ASKED THE QUESTION, "DOES HE
LOVE HIS CHILDREN," AND JESSIE ARMSTRONG, OUR CREATOR AND SHOW
RUNNER SAID, "YES, HE LOVES HIS CHILDREN."
BUT THEY'RE JUST ALL PAINS IN THE ASS.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS WE LOVE WATCHING ALL
OF YOU INSULT EACH OTHER.
THERE IS SOME TRULY, ABSOLUTELY, HARL-RAISING, SKIN-PEELING
THINGS THAT GET SAID TO EACH OTHER, YOU SAY TO EACH OTHER ON
THE SHOW.
WE HAVE A LITTLE CLIP OF SOME OF THE BEST.
>> ( BLEEP ).
>> YOU MUST BE SO OUT IN THE COLD.
>> OH, HERE HE IS, MR. POTATO HEAD.
MY PLASTIC ADVERSARY.
>> THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T HATCH A PLAN WITH ( BLEEP ) PANCAKE.
>> BUCKLE UP.
( BLEEP ) I LOOK AT YOUR FACE, AND NO OFFENSE, I SEE DEAD
BABIES.
>> HE SAID THAT TO BE NICE.
WHAT I THINK HE WISH TO SAY IS HE WISHED MOM GAVE BIRTH TO A
CAN OPENER BECAUSE AT LEAST HE WOULD BE USEFUL.
>> IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, ( BLEEP ) OFF.
( APPLAUSE )
TALKING TO ACTORS OVER THE YEARS, THAT PEOPLE, FANS ON THE
STREET WANT THEM TO YELL THINGS AT THE FANS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT THE CHARACTERS YELL ON THE SHOW ALL
THE THE TIME.
KIERAN, WHAT DO PEOPLE ASK YOU TO YELL?
>> I HAD A MOMENT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I WAS WALKING DOWN THE
STREET WITH MY VERY PREGNANT WIFE AND TODDLER, AND THERE WAS
THIS REALLY NICE OLD LADY, PROBABLY MID, LATE 70s.
AND SHE SAID, "OH, MY GOD, 'SUCCESSION'.
I LOVE YOU ON THE SHOW."
AND I SAID, "( BLEEP ) YOU."
AND SHE SAID, "THAT'S AMAZING.
( BLEEP ) HAVE A GREAT DAY."
>> Stephen: THAT'S A NICE PERK.
THAT'S A NICE PERK.
I'M CURIOUS, NICK WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE CALLED
( BLEEP )?
>> HE CALLS ME IN THE MORNING AND STARTS THE DAY WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: ACTUALLY ( BLEEP ).
YOU RUN THROUGH THE SCRIPTS AND YOU SAY, "WHAT DO I GET TO CALL
PEOPLE TODAY?
WHAT ARE THE THINGS I GET TO SCREAM AT SOMEONE ELSE?"
>> UH, NO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I MEAN, KIERAN JUST COMES UP WITH TERRIBLE THINGS ANYWAY.
IT'S LIKE I JUST WAIT FOR WHAT KIERAN IS GOING TO SAY WITH NO
FILTER.
>> HE'S AN ARTESIAN WELL.
>> I LIKE TO SAY, "OH, THE WRITERS TELL ME TO CALL YOU
THAT."
>> Stephen: WHO SWEARS THE MOST IN REAL LIFE.
>> YEAH, I'VE ALREADY-- ON YOUR SHOW I THINK I'VE SAID ( BLEEP )
A FEW TIMES ALREADY.
IS THAT ANOTHER ONE?
>> Stephen: WHAT?
>> WHAT?
DO YOU GET BREPPED.
>> Stephen: NOT ON THE BROADCAST.
WHEN WE GO ON THE AIR, NONE OF THEM WILL BE THERE, I PROMISE
YOU THAT.
>> IT WILL BE A QUICK SHOW.
>> Stephen: IT WILL GO ALONG.
BRIAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AMERICANS AND THEIR
ABILITY TO SWEAR.
>> YES, YES.
AMERICANS-- CAN I SAY THAT-- YOU'LL CUT THIS, WON'T YOU?
>> Stephen: YES.
>> BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY NAUGHTY.
>> Stephen: I HOPE SO.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE VERY NAUGHTY.
AMERICANS CAN'T SAY THE WORD ( BLEEP ).
( BLEEP ).
( APPLAUSE ).
>> YOU SAID IT.
>> I CAN SAY IT.
>> THEY WOULD RATHER ( BLEEP ) THEIR MOTHERS THAN SAY
( BLEEP ).
( APPLAUSE )
TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOUR-- EVERYONE'S FAVORITE
"SUCCESSION" COUPLE.
STICK AROUND.