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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, it's Late Night with Seth Meyers, tonight, Anya
00:13Taylor-Joy, actor and director, Sean Hattesey, an all-new closer look, and now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, everybody.
00:29I'm Seth Meyers.
00:30This is Late Night.
00:30We hope you're doing well.
00:31And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:34When asked during a press conference today with the Japanese Prime Minister why he didn't
00:38tell U.S. allies before attacking Iran, President Trump said that he wanted to be a surprise
00:44and added, quote,
00:45Who knows better about surprise than Japan?
00:49Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?
00:53I don't know.
00:54I guess because neither of you had been born yet?
00:56What are you talking about?
00:58Do you mean the movie Pearl Harbor?
01:00Because Japan didn't do that.
01:02We did that to ourselves.
01:04During the same press conference, President Trump praised the Japanese Prime Minister's
01:08understanding of English and added, quote,
01:10I haven't picked up your language.
01:12Oh, nobody thought you had picked up Japanese.
01:15You already have your hands full with English.
01:18Nothing bad can happen.
01:20It can only good happen.
01:24Salient point.
01:26When asked today if he'll send more troops to Iran, President Trump said, quote,
01:29If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you, which was extra rude considering who asked.
01:38During his confirmation hearing yesterday for Homeland Security Secretary, Oklahoma Senator Mark
01:43Wayne Mullen said that when he was first elected to Congress, he did not know how to tie a tie.
01:48Yeah, I think we made it clear that's not disqualifying.
01:51I mean, the dress code is slowly turning into custody hearing casual.
01:58In a post yesterday on Truth Social, President Trump called on Colorado officials to release former county clerk and election
02:04denier Tina Peters,
02:06who was convicted of tampering with voting machines because he's clearly going to need her during the midterms.
02:14During the Shamrock Bowl ceremony on Tuesday, President Trump said that he feels like he has Irish blood and added,
02:20quote,
02:20I'm not too far. I have Scottish blood. Is that good or bad?
02:24And long story short, we're in another war.
02:30California Senator Adam Schiff is set tomorrow to hold a hearing to build support for a federal film incentive with
02:35the pit star Noah Wiley.
02:37But if you wanted to get Congress running smoothly again, you should bring her.
02:42That's the one who gets done.
02:47According to a new survey, the most popular puppy name in the country is Luna,
02:52while the least popular is still Ghislaine.
03:00To be honest, I mean, if Ghislaine got lost, you wouldn't, like, walk out and yell that name.
03:06That dog's gone.
03:09270 people dressed like the Nintendo character Mario recently gathered in New York at a GameStop store.
03:15Of course, if you want to see a gathering of 270 Marios, you can just check out New Jersey.
03:25And finally, a Florida pawn shop employee was recently arrested for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 worth of jewelry.
03:31Even worse, she only offered herself two grand for it.
03:36Just like some pawn shop humor.
03:38That was a monologue, everybody. We are.
03:41On our way, we got a great show to be tonight.
03:44She's a fantastic actress.
03:46You know from The Queen's Gambit, A Furiosa, A Mad Max Saga, and The Menu.
03:51She's back as the voice of Princess Peach in the Super Mario Galaxy movie in theaters April 1st.
03:56Anya Taylor-Joy is here, everybody!
03:59You know him from shows like Animal Kingdom, Southland.
04:03He's currently starring in The Pit with new episodes Thursdays on HBO and HBO Max.
04:09You can see him in Ready or Not 2 Here I Come, which is in theaters this Friday.
04:13Sean Hadassi is also joining us!
04:17I am going to be in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 11th.
04:21Two stand-up shows at the Midland Theater.
04:24The Late Show is sold out.
04:25But good news, there are still tickets for the early show.
04:27For tickets and more dates, head over to SethMyers.com.
04:30I am looking forward to getting to Kansas City.
04:33Moving on, as oil and gas prices continue to soar amid the war in Iran,
04:38Donald Trump and MAGA are now insisting that paying higher prices is your patriotic duty.
04:43For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
04:49You may not remember this little forgotten piece of history,
04:52but Donald Trump campaigned on lowering prices.
04:54I know you're thinking to yourself,
04:55What? I don't remember that.
04:57I thought he campaigned on starting a war with Iran, building a ballroom,
05:00putting his name on the Kennedy Center,
05:02and making the Oval Office look like the inside of a fancy chocolate wrapper.
05:07But it's true. If you dig deep into the history books,
05:10you can find one, maybe two examples of Trump promising to bring down prices.
05:15And since he rarely mentioned it, I'm sure this montage will be short.
05:18I will immediately bring prices down starting on day one.
05:22Bring down the prices of all goods.
05:25Groceries, cars, everything.
05:27Everything from electricity rates to groceries, airfares and housing costs.
05:32We're going to get your energy prices down.
05:35A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.
05:39Everything from hot dogs to bacon and eggs and everything.
05:44Bacon hasn't come down, apples haven't come down, lettuce.
05:47Your prices weren't quadrupled for a sausage?
05:52For a piece of lettuce? For an apple?
05:55Bacon, lettuce, tomato.
05:58Bacon? We don't order bacon anymore.
06:00It's too expensive, right?
06:02But it's all up too much and we're going to get it down.
06:04You look at car insurance.
06:06I couldn't believe when I looked at those numbers this morning.
06:08I was studying numbers and I looked at the car insurance numbers.
06:11It's incredible.
06:12Oh, my God, inflation is so bad, even our montages are up 20%.
06:17Also, maybe some people believe you've been in a grocery store due to your impressive ability to list all three
06:23items on a BLT.
06:25But nobody believes you were studying car insurance numbers.
06:30Were you online trying to get the best rate for you and Melania?
06:33Mel? Mel?
06:35Do you have any outstanding tickets?
06:39Mel, I can't hear you when the door's closed.
06:42Well, if you won't answer me, I'll just ask the general.
06:45So, Trump literally said he would bring down the price of everything from groceries to housing to cars to insurance
06:51to gas to electricity to Tic Tacs.
06:53This is Tic Tacs, right?
06:55This is inflation.
06:57This is Tic Tacs.
06:58This is Tic Tacs.
06:59This is Tic Tacs.
07:00This is inflation.
07:01That's not inflation.
07:02Tic Tacs just come in different sizes.
07:04You can tell this guy's never actually bought anything for himself.
07:08Imagine if you took him to a Cold Stone Creamer.
07:11You'd blow his mind.
07:13You used to be able to love ice cream in America, but now, thanks to inflation, you can only like
07:18it.
07:18And it comes in the little cup with the plastic hat.
07:21We don't like the plastic hat, do we?
07:23Sometimes it's hard to get it off because your hand died three months ago and you can't get it off
07:29with your dead hand.
07:30So you stare into the plastic hat and you're sad because you got to have it.
07:36Things come in different sizes.
07:38You, of all people, should know that.
07:40You were just explaining that concept the other day.
07:42These gorgeous B-2 bombers.
07:44Give me that bomber, Andrew.
07:46This looks small, but in person it's very big.
07:51Here's a tip.
07:52Put that on your Hinge profile if you want to get banned immediately.
07:58The point is, Trump said he'd lower the prices of everything.
08:01So let's check in on the price of everything and see how much cheaper everything is now.
08:06But I don't want the anti-Trump bias of the woke, lamestream libtards in the media.
08:12I want the truth from Fox News.
08:14Come on, Fox News.
08:15Give it to me straight.
08:16How awesome are prices now?
08:18We are waiting on the producer price index out any second here.
08:22Cheryl Cassoni with the numbers.
08:23Cheryl.
08:23These numbers are much hotter than expected, guys, for February PPI.
08:28Month over month, a seven-tenths of a percent jump.
08:31Street was looking for a gain of three-tenths of a percent.
08:34Year over year, we came in 3.4 percent annualized basis.
08:39The street was looking for 2.9 percent.
08:41That's the reading that we got the month prior.
08:42So, again, hotter than expected.
08:44Yeah, this is not good.
08:45We're going to see the markets off today.
08:47This is going to be negative for the markets.
08:49And we're going to see...
08:50We're going to probably see the markets ticking down even further,
08:53you know, in the next couple of days.
08:54So this is not good news.
08:56Oh, next time Trump holds up a container at Tic Tacs,
08:59we're going to have to zoom in to see it.
09:04Now it's just tick.
09:05They had to get rid of the tack.
09:07It's very sad.
09:08We miss tack.
09:09We love tack.
09:10But he's gone.
09:11Soaring oil prices won't just be bad at the pump.
09:14Lots of other stuff will be affected, too.
09:16Gasoline prices is what we talk about
09:18because it's the most salient price across the economy.
09:21But fertilizer, diesel, all the things that go into our food
09:26that, you know, help comprise airfare prices.
09:30Like, we're talking about an economic-wide shock.
09:33The contagion is pretty enormous
09:35because it also has an impact on all of those refined products
09:39like jet fuel, like plastics, as well as fertilizer.
09:43Okay, so what?
09:44It's just stuff like fertilizer, plastic, and diesel.
09:46It's not like we have that many products in our economy
09:48that are grown in fertilizer delivered via trucks or planes
09:51that use diesel or jet fuel and are stored in plastics.
09:55In fact, I can't think of anything that fits that description.
09:57Does anyone have any ideas?
09:59Hot dogs, sausage, eggs, apples, lettuce, tomato, bacon, Tic Tacs.
10:04Oh, no!
10:06Not hot dogs, sausage, eggs, apples, lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, Tic Tacs.
10:11You guys, that's my favorite sandwich at Crazy Dave's Heart Attack Diner.
10:16The war is having a massive impact on the prices Trump promised
10:18to bring down, prices that weren't coming down even before the war.
10:22So now MAGA is changing its tune.
10:23In 2024, they said a vote for Trump means lower prices.
10:26In 2026, they're saying it is your patriotic duty to pay higher prices.
10:31As far as the oil prices, people just need to stop panicking.
10:34It's worth it to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
10:37So if I have to pay a little bit more for gas, I'll do that.
10:40You got to pay the price, I mean, in order to have long-term stability.
10:43The disruptions in the global markets are real and may be painful,
10:47but the long-term benefits, again, are incalculable.
10:51There may be some sacrifices to be made at the pump on a temporary basis.
10:54I'm willing to pay 30% or 30 cents more at the pump
10:57to make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.
11:01To win in life, you got to suffer short-term pain for the long-term gain
11:04or short-term pain for long-term gain.
11:07Freedom is not free.
11:09Americans are going to have to make some sacrifices.
11:11This is short-term, and I'm asking you to just trust the man, okay?
11:16Trust the system. Let him cook.
11:18Let him cook? He's not a point guard on a heater.
11:22He's a 79-year-old man.
11:25Besides, he can't cook. Gas is too expensive.
11:27I saw him trying to cook a hot dog with a magnifying glass in the sun.
11:32I really can't get over how brazen and shameless the lying is.
11:35They said they would lower prices on day one.
11:37Now they're telling everyone to suck it up and stop panicking over prices
11:40that are rising because of a war they started.
11:43And when asked what they're going to do about it,
11:45they just blame someone else.
11:46Look, gas prices are up, and we know they're up,
11:49and we know that people are hurting because of it,
11:52and we're doing everything that we can to ensure that they stay lower.
11:55I will say, you know, the president said this, and I certainly agree with it.
11:58This is a temporary blip, okay?
12:00What happened under the Biden administration is that gas prices were high for four years.
12:04Are you still talking about Joe Biden?
12:07No one even remembers he was president, including him.
12:12He forgot midway through the debate.
12:15Hey, what's going on? This is for presidents.
12:19I shouldn't be up here.
12:21You guys are the ones who said you'd bring prices down,
12:23and now you're doing the opposite.
12:25You can't blame Biden for that. Even your own voters blame you.
12:28I'm in Millersburg, Pennsylvania.
12:29The reason I'm here is it's a swing district.
12:32Pennsylvania's 10th district in a swing state.
12:34President Trump won this district by about five points.
12:37We wanted to talk to people about their feelings about gas prices, about the work.
12:41If you could say something to President Trump
12:43and he was going to hear you right now, what would it be?
12:46You are a worthless pile of .
12:51And you voted for him how many times?
12:52Three times. That was my bad.
12:55Apparently, I'm an idiot.
12:57Man, it is so refreshing in 2026 to hear anyone say,
13:01Apparently, I'm an idiot because, like, we're all idiots, but in 2016,
13:05everybody stopped admitting it.
13:06You know what, ma'am? I'm going to go out on a limb
13:08and say you're actually a hero and we should all take a page from you.
13:11If someone ran for office right now with the slogan,
13:13Apparently, I'm an idiot, they would have my vote.
13:16Now, today, Trump spoke from the Oval Office.
13:19He had an opportunity to address voters who believed his promises
13:21and are now disappointed.
13:23And as if to prove he's an idiot who apparently doesn't know it,
13:26he failed to provide any reassurance.
13:29The building you see over there is under budget
13:32and ahead of schedule. That's the ballroom.
13:34When Americans were pinched by recession,
13:36Bill Clinton said, I feel your pain.
13:38Trump says, the ballroom will be soundproof,
13:40so I'll never hear your anguish cries.
13:43Also, seriously, dude, stop talking about the ballroom.
13:45Nobody cares about the ballroom.
13:46Besides, with these prices, what kind of food are you going to serve
13:49in the ballroom?
13:50Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Ballroom.
13:53If you look at the menu, you'll see a beautiful meal of exactly
13:56one egg and one Tic Tac.
13:59I know that seems small, but...
14:01In person, it's very big.
14:03This has been A Closer Look.
14:08We'll be right back with Andy Taylor. Enjoy, everybody!
14:31Welcome back, everybody.
14:32Apparently, one of my writers, John Lutz,
14:34has something he needed to tell me right now,
14:36and it couldn't wait.
14:37That's right. You know, Seth,
14:39you are now my emergency contact.
14:42Yeah, I don't want that responsibility.
14:45That's what my mom said, too.
14:49Lutz, was that it? Because clearly it's not.
14:52No, it's not, Seth.
14:54I also thought you might like a can of bubbly sparkling water!
15:03All right, yeah, all right.
15:04Sounds fun. What kind do you have?
15:06Well, I have three limited-edition flavors
15:08inspired by the Super Mario Galaxy movie.
15:10We've got Meteor Melon, Cosmic Swirl, and Dragon Fruit Stardust.
15:16Yeah, well, you know what? Those do sound good.
15:18And did you know that you can get bubbly like this,
15:20as well as the full lineup of character cans
15:22delivered in as fast as an hour
15:24by using Walmart Express Delivery?
15:26Hey, that sounds a lot like my new business.
15:29Oh, God, I'm sorry, everyone.
15:31Yes, Wally, what new business?
15:33Wally-Mart Delivery.
15:36Wally-Mart, is that just because your name
15:38is kind of like Walmart?
15:40Sorry, Seth. Got an order. Gotta go.
15:44Did you just... Sorry. Lutz, did you just order
15:48some more bubbly sparkling water from Wally?
15:51I did, I did.
15:55Uh...
15:56So what do, uh...
15:57What do you talk about now without the cue cards?
16:02I don't know.
16:08Well, the weather is crazy, right?
16:12Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it is.
16:18Is that a new shirt there?
16:19No.
16:20Special delivery!
16:21Oh, hey, all right!
16:23Here you go, buddy.
16:25Wally, is this just a bunch of used paint cans?
16:28Yeah, I just grabbed whatever I saw backstage.
16:29I can't compete and be as fast as Walmart Express Delivery.
16:32That's why I bought this an hour ago!
16:35Oh, all right, nicely done.
16:37Wally, go back to your cue cards so we can finish this.
16:39Yeah, Wally!
16:40Hey, Lutz.
16:41Oh, sorry.
16:42I got this, all right?
16:44Thanks, Wally.
16:45Head to walmart.com or your Walmart app
16:48to order bubbly sparkling water.
16:50No calories, no sweeteners, no gravity.
16:52All smiles. Thanks, Lutz.
16:54No problem.
16:56And don't miss Super Mario Galaxy Movie
16:59only in theaters beginning April 1st.
17:02Cheers!
17:03Cheers!
17:03We'll be right back, everybody.
17:05Cheers!
17:07Cheers!
17:08Cheers!
17:08Cheers!
17:20Cheers!
17:23Cheers!
17:24Cheers!
17:25Tonight is a Golden Globe-winning, Emmy-nominated actress.
17:28You know from her work in Dune Part II, Furiosa,
17:31a Mad Max saga, The Menu, and The Queen's Gambit,
17:35she returns as the voice of Princess Peach
17:37in the Super Mario Galaxy movie, which is in theaters April 1st.
17:41Let's take a look.
17:42You're missing your own party.
17:44Well, the crazy thing is, today's not my real birthday.
17:48It's just the day the toads found me.
17:52They have no idea where I came from.
17:57I guess since it's not your actual birthday,
17:59you don't want a present.
18:01Mario!
18:02Alright, fine, fine.
18:14I love it.
18:16Please welcome back to the show, Anya Taylor-Joy, everybody!
18:34How are you?
18:35I'm good, thank you. How are you?
18:37I'm wonderful.
18:38It is lovely to have another film in this canon.
18:41It is a favorite in our household, the first one.
18:44I know.
18:44And animation must be a nice thing to do,
18:46because I feel like you've done a lot of, I don't know,
18:49very taxing films.
18:50Blood, gore.
18:50Yeah, blood, gore.
18:52Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:53Like, full deserts, a lot of sand.
18:55I don't know what it is about somebody with my complexion
18:58that makes you think she's perfect for the desert.
19:00Yeah.
19:01We got to get her out in the sun.
19:04Exactly.
19:05I guess it's like the dirt really shows up,
19:07you know what I mean, and really pops.
19:09They just don't want to spend extra on the budget.
19:11They just want to make it go all the way.
19:13No, it's wonderful, and I think what I really love about it
19:16is because animation takes such a long time,
19:20I'm often working on separate projects,
19:22and then I get to come back and visit Peach,
19:24and that's really nice.
19:25Oh, that's very nice.
19:26Yeah.
19:26And is there something about being in a sound booth?
19:29One, it's obviously a lot more, you know,
19:31a clean environment than you're used to as we've established.
19:33What is something we might not know that's, like, fun
19:36about doing a voice for, like, a character in an animated film?
19:39It's super fun, but I will say the first time I ever did
19:42a session, I did not realize how taxing it would be,
19:46because you're yelling continuously the whole time.
19:50I think the first time I ever did it, I threw up.
19:52I'm pretty sure. Like, I drank so much water, and I was like,
19:56gotta, gotta do it. And at the end of the session,
19:59they do something called efforts. Have you heard of this?
20:01Yes. Oh, no. Please explain efforts.
20:04Okay. Well...
20:05It doesn't, like, because I will say, I'm like,
20:07what I wouldn't give to do a voice in an animated film,
20:10and then I hear about the efforts, and I'm like, no, thank you.
20:12Well, it's... I mean, efforts are effortful,
20:15so you do it at the end of a session,
20:17and it's essentially, like, the action sequence,
20:21but you're doing it standing by yourself in a booth,
20:24so you're like...
20:27And you're just doing that for, like, half an hour,
20:32which makes you feel really cool.
20:33Yeah. It is, because, again, like, a lot of times, like,
20:36look, as a performer, you often have to, like,
20:38take yourself out of how dumb you must look.
20:40But, like, being in a sound booth, being like...
20:43Like, that's just so hard.
20:45I think you have to lightly disassociate,
20:47and then, you know, you kind of visit yourself back,
20:49and you think, God, I hope no one ever sees this,
20:52because they do film them, so...
20:56It's nice to have you in New York City.
20:58You came here the first time as a teenager?
21:00Is that accurate?
21:01I did. I came here for the first time when I was 14, I think.
21:06And did anything important happen the first time you came here?
21:08It did. Do you guys remember Ricky's?
21:12Here's Ricky's. I remember the logo, Ricky's.
21:14So there's Ricky's.
21:15Okay, so I saw Ricky's as soon as I arrived in New York,
21:17and there was something about it that just...
21:19It called to me, and I thought,
21:22Okay, I'm in New York.
21:23I'm gonna be who I've always wanted to be.
21:25I need pink hair.
21:26Gotcha.
21:26And so I ran in, grabbed some pink hair dye,
21:29went to a Chipotle, and dyed my hair pink
21:31in a Chipotle bathroom.
21:32Wow.
21:33Yeah.
21:35So, I mean, that's the only nice story
21:38I've ever heard that takes place in a Chipotle bathroom.
21:43It worked out.
21:44Now, was it just that you were like,
21:46I need to do it right now and, like, couldn't wait
21:48until you were, like, in a better location?
21:50I think my fantasy of New York was,
21:53I'm gonna come here and everything's gonna make sense,
21:55and I can't wait to be this next version of myself.
21:58And that version of myself had to have dip-dyed pink hair.
22:02Gotcha.
22:03You've obviously changed your look a lot in movies.
22:05Yeah.
22:05Are you someone that also in, like, regular life,
22:07do you like to make a sort of wild swing
22:09for a different look?
22:10I used to.
22:11I mean, I've had very dark hair.
22:13I've had silver hair with no eyebrows.
22:15That was a phase.
22:17But I had to stop because my hair grows really quickly,
22:21and for a while I was dying my hair like a dark brunette.
22:26And I went to dinner with a friend of mine,
22:28and at the end of this dinner he leaned forward
22:29and he was like,
22:30I just want to make sure that you're okay
22:32because maybe this is all a bit too much for you.
22:35And I was like, no, no, no.
22:36I'm having a good time.
22:37I'm adjusting. It's fine.
22:38And he was like, Anya, your hair is falling out.
22:41When you're blonde and you have dark hair,
22:44as it grows out, looks like you're balding.
22:48So I put an end to that.
22:50It grows so fast it happens over the course of a dinner.
22:55Apparently.
22:56It's like, Anya, between the apps and the main course,
22:59you have a bald spot.
23:01You are the youngest of six.
23:03Yes, I am.
23:04And I was going to ask how they feel about your films,
23:07but also how did they feel about, like, silver hair and no eyebrow?
23:11Like, were they, like, were they supportive of your new looks?
23:15I had silver hair and no eyebrows for my brother's wedding.
23:17I'm not sure he was that pleased.
23:19Gotcha.
23:20But, you know, they're very supportive.
23:22I'm always impressed at which characters they really gravitate to.
23:27Peaky Blinders is huge in Argentina.
23:30Uh-huh.
23:30That's potentially the worst character I've ever played.
23:32My family loves it.
23:34That's great.
23:35Loves it.
23:36No, so they like a little villainy.
23:37Yeah.
23:38Yeah, they like a little bad scene.
23:39That's very...
23:40I like that about them.
23:41Your dad was a power...
23:43Yeah.
23:43So, first I read he was a power boat racer.
23:46Yeah.
23:47And I didn't quite know what...
23:48How would you explain that to people before I show a photo?
23:51Okay.
23:53So, imagine, like, a giant surfboard, but with huge mosters
23:58and you have, like, small walls around it, and you're just flying across the water.
24:02Yeah, like, flying seems like an exaggeration, but this boat's not touching the water.
24:08So, your dad would do this.
24:10Yeah.
24:10And you know how...
24:11You know it's not safe when they're like, yeah, we'll put a cigarette on the side of it.
24:14We'll, like...
24:15My dad's actually the first South American Marlboro man.
24:18Is he really?
24:18Like, he really went for it.
24:19Yeah.
24:20So, you have a real...
24:20Like, your dad's a guy.
24:21He's my favorite person on the planet.
24:24I mean, basically, you're...
24:25Like, your dad's the most interesting man in the world.
24:27No, for real.
24:28Yeah.
24:28For real.
24:29He's gonna love you saying that, by the way.
24:31Okay, great.
24:31Like, that's...
24:32Yeah, they...
24:32Those guys tend to like when they hear it.
24:34I just want major points.
24:36So, thank you, Seth.
24:37No, wait.
24:38When...
24:39Did you ever get to go on a boat like this with him, or is it...
24:41No.
24:41Okay.
24:42As you said, my dad has six kids.
24:44My mother put an end to this.
24:45Okay, gotcha.
24:46At a certain point.
24:47Right.
24:47But I've seen videos of him racing, and it's so funny because it looks so cinematic
24:52and it looks so cool.
24:53Yeah.
24:53But all you can hear is my mother going, oh, no, Dennis.
24:58Don't, Dennis.
25:00Wow.
25:00I will say, based on everything you said, I was not picturing Dennis.
25:09Dennis Allen Taylor, my friend.
25:11I mean, I know he's so happy.
25:12I might need to rescind my earlier comment.
25:17We talked about Queen's Gambit, how you did learn to play chess for that show.
25:21I did.
25:21Do you still play?
25:22You know, this may sound a bit overdramatic, but that character was somebody who I gave so
25:27much of myself to that I really had to take, like, a real break for a while.
25:33Because it just...
25:34I was too close to it.
25:36But I did just play my first game again this Christmas, and it feels good to be back.
25:40That's great.
25:40Mm-hmm.
25:41Your husband and you have the same birthday.
25:43Yeah.
25:44That's fascinating to me.
25:45Is it good or is it bad?
25:46Because I can see it one way or the other.
25:48I love it.
25:49Okay.
25:49He turned 30 two years ago, and I got to plan him, like, the most fun surprise birthday party.
25:55But we...
25:56It's nice because we get to celebrate twice.
25:59And clearly, you know, we're narcissists.
26:02So, like, it works out.
26:04Right.
26:04So you won't, like, do a group party, it sounds like.
26:07You're like, we're going to have our own separate...
26:09Well, the thing is, I did such a good job for his 30th birthday that it's my 30th this year.
26:13Yeah, yeah.
26:13And I'm like, I'm going all out.
26:16Yeah.
26:16Well, as is, you're right.
26:18Thank you, my friend.
26:20Tell him.
26:20Absolutely.
26:21I mean, I just hope your whole family is watching, and I want them to all get this feedback.
26:27Yeah.
26:28Thanks for being here.
26:29Congrats on the film.
26:30I'm so excited for my kids to see it.
26:32Thanks so much.
26:32Always a pleasure.
26:33Anya Taylor-Joy, everybody.
26:35The Super Mario Galaxy movie opens in theaters April 1st.
26:38We'll be right back with Sean Patterson.
26:40Have a seat.
26:58Our next guest is an Emmy-winning actor and director.
27:01You know from shows like Animal Kingdom and Southland.
27:04He's currently starring in The Pit.
27:06New episodes premiere Thursdays on HBO and HBO Max.
27:09You can also see him in Ready or Not 2, Here I Come, which is in theaters Friday.
27:13Please welcome to the show, Sean Addisi, everybody.
27:30Please.
27:31Wow.
27:32I'm so happy you're here.
27:33I'm thrilled to be here.
27:35Congratulations.
27:36That response.
27:36Yeah, they're a good group.
27:37They're a good group right here.
27:39Congratulations on the success of The Pit.
27:41This is such a fantastic show.
27:43And Dr. Jack Abbott is just a fantastic name.
27:47It's, I mean, look.
27:48The character description, obviously, Jack Abbott, great.
27:51But it said,
27:53attending physician, Jack Abbott, 40s, handsome with an edge.
27:58Yeah.
27:59Like, I mean, it's not Dr. Michael Rabinovich.
28:03Yeah.
28:03Dr. Robbie.
28:04Yeah, no.
28:05This guy's got edge.
28:06This guy's great.
28:07Yeah.
28:08They're setting it up pretty well.
28:09And we're also talking backstage, you know.
28:11And based on the pilot, there was no sense of how big a character this is going to be,
28:15how popular a character this is going to be.
28:17I mean, again, in show business, you never know.
28:19But it must be such a fantastic ride to especially realize, like, how much the fans enjoy this character
28:24and how important he's become to the show.
28:25Yeah, the fans.
28:26I mean, yeah.
28:28I'm in five episodes.
28:29Yeah.
28:29So it's like...
28:31It kind of feels like I'm a big part of the show, and I guess his presence is there.
28:36But really, I'm not.
28:37Yeah, no.
28:38And they don't pay you when it's just your presence.
28:41No.
28:41Yeah.
28:42When you're like, I feel like they were thinking about me, they're like, yeah, we're not paying
28:45you, man.
28:46Not at all.
28:47Noah obviously has a lot of experience with this sort of thing, but he's very good at
28:52picking up the medical lingo.
28:54Is that something that has rubbed off on you?
28:58Uh, no.
28:59Okay.
29:00It seems so intimidating.
29:02I really struggle with it.
29:03Yeah.
29:03It takes a lot of repetition.
29:05And he's got, like, this photographic memory that he can learn it the night before or even
29:13the day of.
29:13And he just...
29:14It's perfect.
29:15Take one.
29:15And for me, I really work hard on it.
29:18And I repeat it.
29:19And I still bomb.
29:20Inevitably, I'll be, like, saying, resuscitative hysterotomy.
29:23And then, like, I'll freeze.
29:25And it's terrifying.
29:26I heard that on ER, Clooney didn't love the medical jargon.
29:30Yeah.
29:31He would hide, like, sides around and, like, you know...
29:34Yeah, well, then you should do that if Clooney can do it.
29:37I think I should.
29:37Yeah.
29:38I think that's the way to do it.
29:39You're kind of the Clooney of this show.
29:42Sean, let's not bury the lead here.
29:45Unbelievable.
29:46Yeah.
29:48I don't know how this happened, man.
29:49I really...
29:50I honestly...
29:52There are obviously tons of medical advisors on set.
29:55Yes.
29:55I read a lot about that.
29:56What I didn't realize is a lot of the background actors
29:58are also medical professionals.
30:00So they can provide an assist maybe at times you need one.
30:04And we do, often.
30:05Like, the phased array probe will be needed, and I'll grab,
30:08like, whatever, a Kelly clip or something.
30:11And they'll be like, no, no, no, you need this.
30:13And they sort of just hand it to me gently.
30:15And, yeah, I mean, all the...
30:17A lot of the nurses in Trauma One are real ER nurses.
30:21So they know what's going on.
30:22They help us get there.
30:24And then the background actors in general,
30:26not all of them are medical,
30:27but they've been there since the beginning
30:29because it all takes place in one day.
30:31Right.
30:31So they're so much part of the ensemble.
30:34It's really a terrific collaborative set.
30:36A lot of moving pieces.
30:38Obviously, I think one of the things people love about it,
30:40it's so kinetic, you know, moving cameras.
30:43You directed an episode.
30:44You've directed other things, but was this...
30:46Was the level of difficulty with this higher
30:48than what you've done before?
30:49It's just so different.
30:50You know, we're in one location.
30:52It takes place.
30:53You know, we shoot it in order, which is rare.
30:55But you're right.
30:56It's all about the choreography
30:57and sort of understanding the set.
31:00And as an actor on the show,
31:01even though I bomb some lines here and there,
31:04I understand it.
31:05And, yeah, it really is a...
31:07The key is taking one scene from the next
31:10and keeping it sort of flowing.
31:12But also, you don't want it to be too perfect.
31:14You want it to seem kind of like, you know...
31:15Right. A little, yes.
31:16A little chaotic, a little shaggy.
31:19Exactly.
31:19You also had to direct.
31:20You were in the episode you directed, correct?
31:22I was.
31:22How did you do?
31:23Um, I...
31:25Um...
31:26Were you easy?
31:26Were you easy to work with?
31:29You know, it's sometimes when I'm not directing,
31:34they'll say, you know, we do two takes and move on.
31:37But with me, I gave myself another chance.
31:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:40Absolutely.
31:41You're like, oh, you're aware you have more to give.
31:43I have that right, you know?
31:45I heard at the Critics' Choice Awards,
31:48the producer, one of the producers for K-pop,
31:51Demon Hunter, took a fall.
31:52And, like, Noah ran to her aid.
31:54Like, actually, like...
31:55Yeah.
31:56I mean, he's really full of himself on this side.
31:59I was there, and he was, like,
32:02immediately checking her vitals.
32:04Like, seriously.
32:05And I was in the background,
32:06and she was, like, looking at him, and I don't...
32:10It was this moment of, is this real?
32:13Is this Dr. Robbie?
32:14Yeah.
32:15And I just kind of was like,
32:16I need to get out of this picture.
32:19Yeah.
32:20Now she's, like...
32:21She's back home being like,
32:22Dr. Jack Abbott is not a good doctor.
32:25He vamoosed right away.
32:26And he's not.
32:27Like, if my wife asks me, you know, medical things,
32:30and really, like, there's...
32:31I don't have this skill.
32:33Yeah.
32:34You know, I don't have it.
32:35By the way, in this day and age,
32:37when someone admits they don't know something,
32:39like, you deserve a standing ovation.
32:40Thank you!
32:41I mean, everybody...
32:46Only because...
32:47Only because if I looked like this,
32:49I would want you to show it.
32:50There was a moment...
32:51You had a shirtless moment, and...
32:53You became very memeable.
32:55This is...
32:56I mean, this is the really funny thing,
32:59is Dr. Robbie had a moment where he also saw it,
33:02and, like...
33:03What was that?
33:05Like...
33:05And I will say that, like,
33:07as good as Noah is at saying medical jargon,
33:11on this day, he couldn't walk through...
33:15We did it, like, 25 times.
33:17I'm serious.
33:18The outtake reel must be very, very good.
33:21Well, I hope somebody gets their hands on that.
33:22I got a lot more to ask you.
33:23We'll be right back with Sean after this.
33:37I have your sister, Grace.
33:42Don't you worry, she's doing...
33:44Uh-huh.
33:45Well, she's doing just peachy.
33:49Go on.
33:52Grace?
33:54Grace?
33:55Yeah.
33:57If you don't return to the lobby within the next 10 minutes,
34:00she dies.
34:01Grace, just leave me.
34:03Grace, just leave me.
34:04After she's dead, I'm gonna find you, Grace,
34:06wherever you are, and I'm gonna kill you.
34:08So, if you wanna save your sister,
34:10get your ass to the lobby.
34:15Hey, welcome back.
34:16We're here with Sean Haddenby.
34:17That was a clip from Ready or Not 2.
34:19Here I come.
34:20This is an incredibly fun horror comedy.
34:24No expectation, I think, at the time,
34:26there was gonna be a sequel.
34:27And it's delightful.
34:28This is about a very bloody, murderous game of hide-and-seek.
34:32Totally.
34:33Yeah.
34:33The opposite of what Dr. Abbott is doing over there.
34:37Weirdly, equally bloody.
34:39But, yeah, a lot of similarities.
34:41Yeah.
34:41But, you know, a big, I mean, it is, it is hysterical.
34:44It's, uh, the fans of the first movie,
34:46I think they're gonna be really excited.
34:48Yep.
34:48It's terrifying.
34:49Um, I saw it the first time in a small screening
34:52with, like, five people.
34:53Well, five people.
34:54It was, like, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle.
34:56Yeah.
34:57But it, it, I was, like, I had all these regrets of, like,
35:00I just wanted to see it.
35:01And now.
35:02And I did.
35:03Oh, you went?
35:03I did.
35:04We had a screening at South by Southwest,
35:06a premiere of 1,200 people,
35:08and it was such an electrifying screening.
35:10It's really fun.
35:11I had so much fun.
35:12It is, uh, yeah, it really has an understanding
35:14of what a horror fan wants in a movie
35:15and that collective fear and delight.
35:18Delight.
35:19Blood.
35:19Lot of blood.
35:20Lot of blood.
35:21And...
35:21You have boys.
35:22Are they excited when you do a movie like this?
35:24They are.
35:25Um, my 8-year-old will not see it, Finn.
35:28Uh-huh.
35:28But he probably would if we would let him.
35:30Okay, gotcha.
35:31Oh, he will not see it due to you, not due to Finn.
35:34No, he...
35:36You will not see it due to Kelly.
35:38Yeah, okay, gotcha, yeah.
35:39Yeah.
35:39Got it.
35:40But, uh, Leo, my other son, 13, will see it.
35:43And my oldest, Cassius, was 18 when I got the part,
35:47and he was familiar with the first.
35:48And he was like, you're doing what, man?
35:50You're...
35:50He couldn't believe it.
35:51He was so excited.
35:52Oh, really?
35:53Oh, he was so excited.
35:54And was it...
35:54It sounds like maybe you hadn't heard that a lot
35:56from Cassius over the years.
35:58Never.
35:58Never.
35:58First time being impressed.
36:00He's like, good for you.
36:01You might make it, Dad.
36:02Exactly.
36:03You might actually got...
36:04You mentioned Sarah Michelle Gellar.
36:06Yeah.
36:07The fantastic Sarah Michelle Gellar.
36:08She plays your sister in the film.
36:10Correct.
36:12Um, had you worked with her before?
36:14No.
36:14In fact, that was the first time we met flying over to film
36:18in Toronto.
36:18Okay, gotcha.
36:19Yeah.
36:20And so where were you guys talking the first time?
36:22Did you just meet her on the plane?
36:23I think I met her in the lounge on the way in L.A.,
36:26and then we kind of, like, flew, and then we got there,
36:28and there was a whole immigration thing.
36:30Somebody said something stupid about Canada,
36:32and then there was, like, issues.
36:33Yeah.
36:34You know what I mean?
36:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:35Plus, you're like...
36:36Also, you're, like, going to play murderers, you know?
36:38Yes, totally.
36:39Yeah.
36:40Like, I feel like there's...
36:41Customs maybe could, like, pick up on a vibe like that.
36:44For sure.
36:45And we were, like, figuring out, like, you know,
36:47what kind of...
36:47You know, what this relationship looked like.
36:49But, you know, there's so many powerful people in the world.
36:52This family comes from a lot of power and wealth.
36:54Yeah, you play...
36:54It turns out Murderous High to Seek is a game of the wealthy.
36:57It's a game of the wealthy, and there's a lot of...
37:00When crafting a character like this, I mean,
37:03there's a lot of people out there to draw from.
37:06Yes.
37:07You know what I mean?
37:07Are you saying in the modern American world, there are...
37:10Yeah.
37:10All over the place, really.
37:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
37:12Okay, that's safer.
37:13Yeah.
37:15All right, we have a friend to come.
37:17Yes.
37:18And what better thing to do than to use this time to burn him?
37:22Well, so here's the thing.
37:23Like, he loves you, right?
37:25That's very kind.
37:25His name is Ethan Antonucci.
37:27He works with the Game of Thrones.
37:29Yes.
37:29He was a writer.
37:30So you guys had some exchange.
37:31You sent him a hat.
37:32I'm a huge fan of that show, and I was very lucky.
37:36I was very happy to connect with somebody who worked on it.
37:37He wears the hat, and you sent him a letter.
37:39He framed it.
37:40That's great.
37:40I would be...
37:41If, like, you disappear or something, you know, Henry,
37:45the producer could look to him.
37:47Oh, interesting.
37:48Interesting.
37:49So he's already a suspect for a crime that hasn't happened.
37:52Yes, yes, yes.
37:53But he loves you, and so that makes this all the better.
37:55So he's a friend that you watch a lot of TV with,
37:58based on his photos.
37:59We watch a lot of TV, and he stayed with us during COVID.
38:01Okay, gotcha.
38:02Because he didn't want to get any...
38:03Somebody in his family got sick, so he stayed with us.
38:05And so at 7 o'clock every night, we would sit around,
38:07and my family loves him.
38:09He's a great guy.
38:10He's hilarious.
38:11He wears a fanny pack, like, not ironically.
38:14Great.
38:14You know what I mean?
38:15He's the kind of guy that, for the premiere of South by Southwest,
38:17he bought a ready-or-not T-shirt to wear it under the blazer.
38:20Already?
38:21He is a great...
38:22He buys merch before opening.
38:23Exactly.
38:24Yeah.
38:24I love him so much, and he loves you.
38:26Which is weird, because you don't...
38:27What you're choosing to show is not an amount of love.
38:31Well, I also love to make fun of him.
38:33Yeah.
38:34You know what I'm saying?
38:34And so, anyways, we would be sitting around,
38:36and at 7.15 every night, he would fall asleep.
38:40So you start watching TV.
38:42This is...
38:42All right, so here's one, and that's a...
38:45Is that your son?
38:47Yeah, that's Leo.
38:49And then, by the way, it doesn't seem like he senses danger.
38:52So it just became this kind of thing.
38:54I mean, whole family.
38:56Like, we could just...
38:56I don't know quite what he's wearing.
38:58It seems like he slept so long...
39:00He slept so long in this one, he grew a mustache.
39:03Oh, that's from a different time.
39:05But, you know, it...
39:05But what happened was, I took these photos.
39:08Yeah.
39:09And you know how, years later, like, iPhoto sends you a memory?
39:12Yeah.
39:13So this memory collage came to me with, like, acoustic guitar music,
39:17and it was just Ethan sleeping, so...
39:20It really is not...
39:21I mean, I...
39:21This is, uh...
39:22I really want to show one more, because, you know,
39:24when you think of a lovely...
39:25Remember that time he felt...
39:26He would have loved...
39:28Afterwards, they were like,
39:29You could have met Batman and Spider-Man.
39:31He's like, You should have woke me up.
39:32Um, congrats on the movie.
39:34Congrats on the show.
39:35It's so nice.
39:36You're so happy.
39:37You guys are Sean Hadesi.
39:39New episodes of The Pit from your Thursdays, HBO,
39:41TMI.
39:42So, here I come.
39:43If you're seeing this on Friday, we'll hear right back.
39:57I want to thank my guest, Andy Taylor, Joy, Sean Hadesi.
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