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00:05From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York,
00:09it's Late Night with Seth Meyers.
00:12Tonight, Charlize Theron.
00:15From Over Your Dead Body, director Yorma Taccone.
00:18An all-new Closer Look.
00:25And now, Seth Meyers.
00:28Good evening, everybody.
00:29I'm Seth Meyers.
00:30This is Late Night.
00:31We hope you're doing well.
00:32And now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news.
00:34President Trump reposted a 2004 New York Times article yesterday
00:39on Truth Social about the high ratings
00:41for The Apprentice Season 1 finale.
00:44Okay, I get that he's a very old man,
00:47but why is his life flashing before my eyes?
00:53That's right.
00:54President Trump reposted a 2004 New York Times article
00:57on Truth Social about high ratings
00:59for his reality TV series, The Apprentice.
01:01Well, yeah, it was 2004.
01:02Back then, even this got a second season.
01:07President Trump was set to attend a private dinner today
01:09at the U.S. Institute of Peace,
01:11which he recently renamed after himself.
01:13That's right.
01:14He renamed dinner after himself.
01:17Please join me tonight for a very special Trump meal.
01:22So, President Trump was set to attend a private dinner
01:24at the U.S. Institute of Peace,
01:26which he recently renamed
01:27the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace.
01:30All right, when is he going to stop naming stuff after himself?
01:34It never works out.
01:38Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
01:41signed an order today to reclassify marijuana
01:44and said the Justice Department is, quote,
01:45delivering on President Trump's promise
01:47to improve American health care.
01:49Yes, it's great news if your doctor is concerned
01:52that you're not getting enough cheese dust.
01:56Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
01:59pushed back this week against claims
02:01that President Trump has sidelined him
02:02because he thinks Kennedy is making him look bad.
02:05Yeah, if anything, he makes Trump look good.
02:10He looks like a catcher's mitt wished to be a real boy.
02:17According to a new study,
02:18salmon exposed to cocaine in the water
02:21can swim longer distances.
02:23In fact, they'll just keep going
02:25until they find an ATM.
02:28Oh, okay, I'll call the guy back.
02:32The Trump administration has reportedly
02:33in advance talks to provide a rescue package
02:36for Spirit Airlines to help the carrier avoid liquidation
02:39because if Spirit Airlines goes out of business,
02:42I lose, like, half my monologue.
02:47A toad rescue group in England has reported
02:50that this was the best year for mating toads since 2012.
02:55But, uh, don't tell that to Arnold.
03:10I don't know how I thought our toad joke would go.
03:16Looking at it now, I realize
03:17there's a pretty low ceiling on it.
03:20I didn't... You know what I will say?
03:21I didn't expect you guys to have sympathy for Arnold.
03:26That's really... That was the one reaction
03:28I wasn't ready for.
03:30I thought you might like the joke,
03:31you might not like the joke.
03:33I didn't think all of you, all of you collectively,
03:35would be like, no, Arnold.
03:38You'll meet someone one day, Arnold.
03:43And finally, an upstate New York bakery
03:45has gained attention online
03:47after making a sword-shaped loaf of bread
03:50to celebrate the Buffalo Sabres hockey team.
03:52Oh, that's what that is?
03:59Thank God.
04:00I thought we were going to have to blur that for broadcast.
04:04Oh, and that makes it look even worse.
04:07Unblurring. Now it really looks...
04:08All right, never mind.
04:09That was a monologue, everybody.
04:10Here we go.
04:13We've got a fantastic show for you tonight.
04:15She's a tremendous actress.
04:17You know from films such as Monster,
04:19Atomic Blonde, and Mad Max Fury Road
04:21as she stars in and produces Apex,
04:24which premieres on Netflix this Friday, April 24th.
04:28Charlize Theron is back on the show, everybody.
04:31We go ahead from Espinel MacGruber,
04:33The Lonely Island,
04:35The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast.
04:37His new movie, Over Your Dead Body,
04:39is in theaters Friday.
04:40My very good friend Yorma Tacconi
04:42is on the show, you guys.
04:45Hey, if you live nearabouts Denver, Colorado,
04:50or Albuquerque, New Mexico,
04:51I will be doing a stand-up next month.
04:54Over there for tickets and more,
04:55head over to SethMeyers.com, everybody, for that.
04:59Moving on, you guys.
05:00Republicans are fuming
05:01over Donald Trump's failed gerrymandering strategy,
05:04which could cost them their jobs in November.
05:06Meanwhile, the Trump family is facing backlash
05:08after cashing in on government contracts.
05:11For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
05:17There's a lot going on right now.
05:19Fuel supply shortages, cabinet turmoil,
05:21war spiraling out of control.
05:23But we have to start off with the biggest news of the day.
05:25After 12 straight losses,
05:26the New York Mets won a baseball game, baby.
05:30As you may know, as you may have heard,
05:33there's been some concern here at Late Night
05:35that we might have been responsible
05:36for the Mets' losing streak
05:37because Mr. and Mrs. Met
05:39came to visit our set on opening day.
05:41And they gave cue card Wally a Mets jersey,
05:44even though Wally is a Yankees fan.
05:46So the rest of my crew decided
05:47that if the Mets lost one more game,
05:49the only way to break the curse
05:50would be to burn Wally's Met jersey
05:54with Wally inside it.
05:57But now the Mets have won,
05:58which means Wally survived.
05:59How does it feel, Wally?
06:00Yeah, not great, Seth.
06:01My friends were going to burn me on live
06:04and light me on fire.
06:05Yeah, yeah, yeah, but they didn't.
06:06So what are you complaining about?
06:07They soaked it in gasoline.
06:09The fumes are giving me a headache.
06:10Yeah, I know.
06:11But Wally, as we've said before,
06:12you are a Yankees fan, so you...
06:15I deserve it.
06:15That's right.
06:18By the way, there's been a lot of speculation
06:20about who cursed the Mets.
06:21I mean, was it us?
06:22Was it New York Mayor Zoran Mondani?
06:24But we here at Late Night have another theory.
06:26In 2006, the Mets were eliminated
06:29from the playoffs by the Cardinals
06:31when their star player, Carlos Beltran,
06:32struck out looking.
06:33It's one of the Mets fans' most painful memories.
06:35It started a decade-long spiral for the team.
06:38Now, I'm going to show you a picture
06:39of that horrible moment.
06:41See if you spot any familiar faces.
06:44Oh, my God!
06:48Oh, my God!
06:54He is like Forrest Gump,
06:57but only for bad stuff.
07:00My favorite part of that picture
07:01is how Trump's not even wearing any Mets stuff.
07:04Not wearing a raincoat.
07:06He's just standing there in a suit
07:07at a baseball game
07:08like a business angel of death.
07:12It's like a horror movie
07:13where some teenagers steal cufflinks
07:15off a dead body,
07:16and then they see this dude everywhere they go.
07:19I'm telling you, Jaden,
07:20he was at the party.
07:24Of course, it would make sense
07:25that Trump would curse a baseball team
07:26because he curses everything he's involved in.
07:28The only person who ever benefited
07:30from Donald Trump's success
07:31is Donald Trump.
07:32Everything else he touches turned to s**t.
07:34I mean, look what happened
07:35when Trump started a gerrymandering war
07:36with Democrats.
07:37President Trump is all in
07:39on a Texas Republican plan
07:41to redistrict the state.
07:43The president said he thinks
07:44the redrawing districts at this time
07:47could net five extra GOP seats,
07:51which could be enough
07:52to hold the House majority
07:54in the midterms.
07:56I think we'll get five,
07:57and there could be some other states.
07:59We're going to get another three
08:00or four or five in addition.
08:02Texas would be the biggest one,
08:04and that'll be five.
08:05We have to gerrymander to the tilt.
08:09Why?
08:10Because the Democratic Party
08:11cannot be trusted
08:12to be the opposition party anymore.
08:15They have to have a permanent minority.
08:18Yeah, Democrats can't be trusted anymore.
08:20They jacked up gas prices,
08:22started a reckless war with Iran,
08:23pissed off Canada,
08:24threatened to invade Greenland,
08:25and passed a law
08:27where you can only dance with your arms.
08:30Trump looks like one of those
08:32Chinese marathon-running robots
08:33if only the top half worked.
08:39So that was Fox host Jesse Waters
08:41last year saying Republicans
08:42should rig congressional maps
08:43to make it impossible
08:44for Democrats to win.
08:45The Democrats responded
08:46with their own gerrymanders,
08:47like in Virginia,
08:48where there was a vote on Tuesday
08:49to redraw the lines
08:50in favor of Democrats.
08:52Let's tune in
08:53to see who won that battle.
08:55Fox News alert.
08:56According to the AP,
08:57voters in Virginia
08:58have approved Democrats' plan
09:01to gerrymander
09:02congressional districts 50 to 49.
09:04This could flip four House seats
09:06from Republican control
09:07to Democrats.
09:08First of all,
09:09I just want to say
09:10to the Fox executive
09:11who decided Jesse Waters
09:12should be the one
09:13who was on air
09:13to deliver that news,
09:14I mean, bravo.
09:15The only way those two clips
09:16could have been any better
09:17is if the first chyron
09:18said around
09:19and the second one
09:20said finding out.
09:21And now,
09:23like clockwork,
09:24Republicans are angry
09:25at Trump for starting
09:26a dumb gerrymandering war
09:28that they're now losing.
09:29One Republican member
09:30of Congress told Axios,
09:31I think it is
09:32a mistake in hindsight.
09:33They thought they could
09:35just do Texas
09:35and nobody else
09:36is going to respond.
09:37We started a war
09:39and you've got to play chess.
09:40Think three or four moves ahead.
09:42And that's the problem.
09:43You're talking about Donald Trump.
09:44The man can't play chess.
09:45He's always playing
09:46Hungry, Hungry Hippos.
09:49And you just know
09:50that when Trump plays,
09:50he tips the boards
09:51so the marbles
09:52go toward his hippo.
09:53Although this is pretty cool.
09:54There's a new special edition
09:55where the hippos
09:56are replaced by Trump
09:57and the marbles
09:58are replaced by hamburgers.
10:04That was our entire
10:05graphics budget for the year.
10:08All 25 bucks
10:09went right.
10:12So Republicans
10:13are now on the verge
10:14of losing the House
10:15because of Trump's inability
10:16to think ahead.
10:17But if you're a Republican
10:18member of Congress
10:19who's about to lose your job,
10:20don't worry.
10:21The Trump family
10:22is still making bank.
10:24The use of humanoid robots
10:26on the battlefield
10:27as they play an expanded role
10:29in America's national security.
10:31Foundation Future Industries,
10:33a robotic startup,
10:34aims to develop
10:35these autonomous
10:35humanoid robots.
10:37The company just secured
10:38a $24 million contract
10:40with the Pentagon
10:40for its phantom robot
10:42to begin tests
10:43with the Marine Corps
10:44and help troops
10:45breach enemy sites
10:46more safely.
10:47Joining us now
10:48is Foundation Future Industries
10:49founder and CEO,
10:50Sankat Patak,
10:51and the company's
10:52chief strategy advisor,
10:54Eric Trump,
10:55President Trump's son.
10:56Congratulations to you both.
10:58Thank you so much
10:58for being here.
10:59Now, for anyone surprised
11:00that Eric Trump's title
11:02is chief strategy advisor,
11:04I can explain.
11:05It was too hard to fit
11:06dip who just happens
11:07to be the president's
11:08son on a business card.
11:09Also, she for real
11:11said congratulations
11:12to you both.
11:13Where were Hunter Biden's
11:15congratulations
11:15when he sold
11:16one of his paintings?
11:18At least when Hunter
11:19sold a painting,
11:20it wasn't to the government.
11:21You didn't see it
11:22hanging behind Joe Biden
11:24on the wall
11:24of the Oval Office.
11:25Yeah.
11:26Yeah, my son painted
11:27like Hunter painted
11:28that one.
11:30It's a weird,
11:31it's a weird floaty tree.
11:34Yeah, I like it.
11:35I'm not kidding around.
11:38Only $24 million.
11:39That's a steal.
11:42Try, try, yeah.
11:45Try to get a weird floaty tree.
11:48They're less than $24 million.
11:51And one more thing,
11:52this company that just got
11:53a massive Pentagon contract,
11:55it makes humanoid robots,
11:57and it's run by a Trump.
11:59I just hope our enemies
12:00don't discover the robot's
12:01fatal flaw.
12:02They can only move their arms.
12:05Ooh, looks like we had
12:07a little graphics money
12:08left over.
12:10So the president's family
12:12is dining at the taxpayer
12:13trough.
12:13Meanwhile, the rest of us
12:14are getting hit
12:15with price hikes
12:16and supply shortages
12:18as a result of Trump's
12:19war with Iran.
12:20Global markets reacting
12:21to the latest instability
12:22in the Strait of Hormuz.
12:24Gas prices now averaging
12:25$4 a gallon,
12:27up more than a dollar
12:28since the war began.
12:29It's not just oil and gas,
12:31it's also fertilizer
12:32and urea and nitrogen
12:33and helium
12:33and all these critical
12:34components that go
12:35into everything that you
12:36and I have in our homes
12:37and are about to buy
12:38at the grocery store.
12:39Jet fuel prices have
12:40nearly doubled
12:41and production largely
12:42halted in the Gulf.
12:44Recovery could take months.
12:46Airlines worldwide
12:46are feeling the impact.
12:48More than a dozen
12:49major carriers,
12:50including Delta and United,
12:51have already cut flights.
12:53The struggling discount
12:54carrier Spirit Airlines
12:55could get a $500 million
12:57bailout from the Trump
12:58administration.
12:59The company has already
13:00filed for bankruptcy twice
13:01and now faces new challenges
13:03like higher jet fuel costs
13:05due to the Iran war.
13:06Man, I knew Donald Trump
13:07was on tilt,
13:08but I didn't think
13:08he'd buy Spirit Airlines.
13:11Imagine if things
13:12were going bad already
13:13and your spouse came home
13:14and told you that.
13:15Honey, I know you've been
13:16having some money troubles,
13:17but I think I figured
13:18a way out of it.
13:18Are you familiar
13:19with Spirit Airlines?
13:21Honey, put the knife down.
13:24So now we might spend
13:25half a billion dollars
13:26to bail out an airline
13:27because of a war we started.
13:29And even Republicans are mad.
13:30Ted Cruz called
13:31the Spirit Airlines bailout
13:32an absolutely terrible idea.
13:34Remember, this is Ted Cruz.
13:35Ted Cruz has Donald Trump's
13:36back all the time,
13:37but even he can't go
13:38with him on this.
13:39You know, he's like,
13:40Mr. President,
13:40you need to focus
13:41on bringing prices down.
13:42And Trump's like,
13:43I have a plan.
13:44The federal government
13:45is going to take over
13:45T.J. Maxx.
13:48No, Mr. President.
13:49It's the, Ted,
13:50it's the max
13:50for the minimum, Ted.
13:53The max for the minimum,
13:54the minimum price.
13:56Trump knows how much
13:57of a mess this is.
13:57He's so desperate
13:58to wriggle his way out of it
13:59that now he's threatening
14:00to shoot at Iranian ships
14:02in the Strait of Hormuz
14:03and generally just posting
14:05like a maniac.
14:05He said, quote,
14:06I've ordered the United States Navy
14:08to shoot and kill any boat,
14:10small boats,
14:11though they may be,
14:12their naval ships
14:13are all 159 of them
14:15at the bottom of the sea.
14:16That is putting mines
14:17in the waters
14:18of the Strait of Hormuz.
14:20He went on to say
14:20there is to be no hesitation.
14:22And later in this post,
14:23said he's ordering
14:25that activity to continue
14:26at what he called
14:27would be a tripled up level.
14:29Tripled up?
14:30Again, my man is on tilt.
14:32He sounds like a degenerate gambler
14:34who's losing at the craps table.
14:35Come on, lady luck.
14:37Seven out.
14:38Hey, let's call it a night, Donnie.
14:39No, my luck's about to change.
14:41I know it.
14:42I'm going to triple up.
14:45Snake eyes.
14:46Snake eyes.
14:46I didn't know Stephen Miller
14:47is here.
14:50The same strategic genius
14:51that started
14:52a gerrymandering war
14:53is also the one
14:54that started the Iran war.
14:55And in both cases,
14:56Trump is losing badly.
14:57But he doesn't care
14:58because while everyone else suffers,
15:00his family is cashing in,
15:02a.k.a. his two...
15:03Humanoid robots.
15:06This has been
15:06A Closer Look.
15:11We'll be right back
15:12with Charlie is Down.
15:19For more of Seth's
15:20Closer Looks,
15:21be sure to subscribe
15:22to Late Night on YouTube.
15:32Our first guest tonight
15:33is an Academy Award-winning actress
15:35and producer you know
15:36from films such as
15:37Monster, The Old Guard,
15:39Bombshell, Atomic Blonde,
15:40and Mad Max, Fury Road.
15:42She both produces
15:42and stars in Apex,
15:44which premieres on Netflix
15:45this Friday, April 24th.
15:47Let's take a look.
16:05Mom!
16:20Please welcome back
16:21to the show,
16:22Charlize Theron, everybody!
16:38Come on, though!
16:40It's so nice to have you back!
16:41It's nice to be back.
16:42As we can tell
16:43from the clip,
16:44this is about
16:45a super chill vacation.
16:46Yes.
16:47Yes, it is.
16:48Your dream vacation.
16:49Yeah, it's a vacation gone right.
16:51And meeting new friends.
16:53Meeting new friends!
16:53Yes!
16:55Making memories.
16:56Oh, my God.
16:57It really is like...
16:58You know, I watched it
16:59and I was like,
16:59I gotta camp more.
17:02I gotta camp more
17:03in places where
17:04the phones don't work.
17:06Oh, my God.
17:07I hope we don't change
17:09people's ideas of camping
17:11because camping's beautiful.
17:13It is, but it is a lot...
17:14Minus the serial killer.
17:15Yeah, there is a serial killer
17:16element to it.
17:17It is weird how, like,
17:18a place that's considered
17:20beautiful and scenic
17:21and where people go hike
17:22and can turn into
17:23where a serial killer
17:24leaves their bodies.
17:25Yeah.
17:26Well, you know,
17:27it goes to the old adage,
17:28like, serial killers
17:28can ruin anything.
17:31You know what I mean?
17:31No matter how beautiful it is.
17:33It is a good adage.
17:33They always say.
17:34That's like,
17:34when they're saying,
17:35like, should you invite one?
17:36They're like,
17:37just remember.
17:38You're playing with fire.
17:39Yeah, they have a way
17:40of turning things around.
17:42Yes, really quickly.
17:42You've been doing
17:43a ton of press about this,
17:45and so I just feel like,
17:46I just want to, like, chill.
17:48I don't want to make you feel
17:48like you have to sell
17:50this show anymore,
17:50this movie, excuse me.
17:52It's, yes.
17:53You've earned it.
17:55Because there's so much,
17:55you have to do so much in this.
17:57I really appreciate it.
17:57You had to rock climb?
17:59Yeah, I had to, like, do...
18:00There was kayaking?
18:01I had to.
18:01Like, my little fingers.
18:03I will say,
18:04that is the part of rock climbing
18:05that I,
18:06that's the part that I think
18:07is the most uncomfortable.
18:08Yeah.
18:09Yeah, I'll tell you,
18:10the worst part, actually,
18:11is the chalk
18:12that you have to put
18:13on your little fingertips.
18:15I don't like that.
18:15It's like chalk down a,
18:17you know, nails down a chalkboard for me.
18:19I don't like dry,
18:20chalky things on my fingers.
18:22Yeah.
18:22I don't know if I could
18:23ever really be a rock climbing.
18:25Were you ever, like,
18:25a rock wall person
18:26at a gym before this?
18:27Okay.
18:28Never gone.
18:28Okay.
18:29But I do love it.
18:30Now I still do it.
18:31Gotcha.
18:32Yeah.
18:33There's a, you know,
18:33I don't want to give much away,
18:34but it does,
18:35it opens with a real,
18:36again,
18:37nothing in this movie
18:39is this the good version of.
18:43Which is what makes it so great.
18:45The only thing where you're like,
18:46you know what I would like to do
18:47that's in that movie
18:48is escape.
18:50That's the one activity
18:51that you really do well
18:52in this movie.
18:53It's a lot, yeah,
18:54it causes a lot of angst,
18:55this movie,
18:55but in the best way.
18:56It's really,
18:57I mean, it's so,
18:58and I mean,
18:58I want to, obviously,
18:59like, your character's
19:00not having a lot of fun.
19:01This movie is so much fun to watch.
19:02Oh, thank you.
19:03Like, it is just,
19:03like, exactly,
19:04like, the minute it starts,
19:05you, like, totally,
19:06you know exactly
19:06you're in safe hands.
19:07Yeah.
19:08You're wonderful.
19:09Taron's so good.
19:09Taron's amazing in it.
19:10He's such a lovely person.
19:11He's such a maniac in this.
19:13It's scary.
19:14It's really scary
19:15when you meet, like,
19:15a really nice actor
19:16and then they do
19:17like that.
19:18Yeah.
19:19And there's also...
19:20Did I know you?
19:21Yeah.
19:22And there's not a lot
19:23of other actors in it.
19:24Like, you know,
19:25after, like,
19:26half an hour in.
19:26No, it's just us.
19:27Yeah, so you can't even
19:28look to another actor
19:29and be like,
19:30what the going on with Taron?
19:32You know exactly
19:33what the set was like.
19:34You have it down.
19:35That was it.
19:36You, I wanted to ask,
19:38you did a fantastic,
19:38I highly recommend
19:39an interview on The Daily.
19:42And one of them,
19:43you talked about your mom
19:44and what an incredible
19:44person she is.
19:45But there was a story
19:46I wanted to ask you about
19:47that I found very funny,
19:48which is you started
19:49as a dancer
19:50and then,
19:51well, there were two things.
19:52One, you said you got
19:53too tall to dance.
19:55I mean, like,
19:56there are tall dancers,
19:58but it's harder.
19:58It's a lot harder.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Because your feet,
20:01which are, like,
20:01the key thing,
20:02they're so far away.
20:04Like, the communicate,
20:05like, that to, like,
20:07this part to talk to them
20:08is like...
20:11I have no dancer training,
20:13so I don't know
20:14if that's right,
20:14but it seems,
20:16it seems like
20:17it's the reason.
20:18You have it correct.
20:19That is what it is.
20:20There was, like,
20:20a very harsh Russian woman
20:21that told you, like,
20:22your brain is too far away.
20:25Your brain is too far
20:27from your feet.
20:28It's no easy way
20:29to say this, Charlize.
20:30This is exactly what it is.
20:32That is exactly what it is.
20:33You said that your mom
20:34was the one
20:35who recommended acting,
20:35but you did say that,
20:36like, when she said,
20:38like, you should do this
20:39because you were always
20:39so good on stage,
20:40she also, like,
20:41shared with you
20:41that she maybe didn't think
20:42you were the best dancer.
20:44My mom is, uh,
20:46she doesn't know how to lie.
20:47Yeah.
20:47And she does not know...
20:48Which, by the way,
20:49I think is, like,
20:50ultimately a good quality.
20:51It's a great quality.
20:52From a parent especially.
20:55Yeah.
20:56I can take it better now,
20:58but, yeah,
20:59when you're little,
20:59you're just like,
21:00hmm.
21:01She was honest, though,
21:03and I don't think...
21:04You know, I think
21:05I was an okay dancer.
21:07I worked very hard.
21:08Yeah.
21:08But I wasn't very...
21:10My technique was never great.
21:12And were you, like,
21:13were you cognizant of that?
21:14Like, when you looked around
21:15a room of other dancers,
21:16were you like...
21:16I think so.
21:17I tried very, very hard.
21:19I worked very hard.
21:20Right.
21:20You never want to, like,
21:21go see, like, a dance show
21:22and then be like,
21:23you know what?
21:23They worked very hard.
21:26You can see...
21:27You know what?
21:27You can see on their faces
21:29how hard that was for them.
21:30Their brains are really connecting
21:32to their feet.
21:32And that tall girl,
21:33I felt bad,
21:34because you can see her feet
21:37were getting messages
21:38so much later
21:39than the short girl's.
21:41A little slow to the feet.
21:43A little slow to the feet.
21:44She was just like...
21:46She said this thing.
21:47I mean, I didn't elaborate on this,
21:50but she used to say,
21:51you know,
21:52I used to know
21:53when you were coming out on stage,
21:54because I could hear you cough.
21:55Oh, my God.
21:56And it was, like,
21:57so crazy,
21:57because I'm not talking.
21:58But it was like,
21:59the nerves were kicking in
22:00and I was getting...
22:01She's like,
22:01that's when I knew
22:02you were going to come out
22:03and, like, be a character.
22:04Like, you were going to be really good.
22:05Because I would, like,
22:05do a little cough in the wings.
22:08And that part I knew
22:09I was good at,
22:10because I remember being on stage
22:11and being in the state,
22:13like, the state of, like,
22:14what athletes talk about.
22:16Like, that flow state
22:17where you're not even thinking
22:19about anything.
22:19You're just in it.
22:21I love...
22:22I love that part of it.
22:24It, by the way,
22:24that is the sweetest thing
22:26and a reminder of, like,
22:27how parents are just, like,
22:28tuned into their children
22:29more than anything else.
22:30If they are, yeah.
22:30When you realize...
22:31Like, when your parent
22:31tells you something, like,
22:32oh, when I heard a cough,
22:34and you're like, oh, my God.
22:35She remembered that.
22:36Yeah, like, a thing
22:37you might not even notice
22:38you were doing.
22:38I now notice that I do it
22:40when I make a movie, too.
22:41Like, right before we roll,
22:42I do this little thing
22:43where I cough.
22:45That must have been rough
22:46during, like, COVID.
22:49I made so many movies
22:51during COVID sets.
22:53Like, all of us.
22:56Did you...
22:57How many of these...
22:58How many practical stunts
23:00were you doing?
23:00I mean, I think last time
23:01you were here,
23:01we were saying that
23:02you kind of always have
23:03just recently had a surgery,
23:05but I think this...
23:06You kind of escaped this one
23:07without a major?
23:08Nothing major,
23:09but I did have two surgeries
23:10on my right arm,
23:11on my elbow, yeah.
23:12And was it from
23:13specifically this?
23:15Yeah, I got yanked down
23:17right into, like,
23:18a nice big steel bolt
23:19in the floor.
23:20Just right into it.
23:22Yeah.
23:23So you do a lot of,
23:25you know,
23:25I will say,
23:26the other thing I liked
23:27about that interview
23:27is you did say
23:28that, like,
23:29your dance training
23:29is actually really helpful
23:30for these sort of
23:32stunt-heavy physical films,
23:34but yet you still seem
23:35to, like, keep getting hurt.
23:41Is it...
23:42Am I supposed to feel good
23:43in this interview?
23:44I just want to know
23:46what you're...
23:47Like, what am I...
23:48And when it's over,
23:48I would like you to fill out...
23:51We would really welcome...
23:52We would welcome
23:53a Yelp review.
23:53Okay, got it.
23:54Fantastic.
23:57I think that...
23:59I will be honest.
24:00I am very accident-prone.
24:02Yeah.
24:03Very.
24:03And have been my whole life.
24:05My mom would say,
24:06if there were 500 people
24:08in a room
24:08and something were to happen,
24:10it would happen to you.
24:11And it's true.
24:12Yes.
24:12I would go on, like,
24:15class...
24:15Like, we had...
24:17Like, it was more camping.
24:18What do you call it?
24:19Like, summer camp
24:19when you go away in America?
24:22Yeah.
24:22Okay, so we went, like,
24:24right into the bush.
24:25Like, so deep into the bush.
24:26I sounded like Donald Trump
24:27there for a second.
24:30And I would come home
24:31always with, like,
24:32a bandage or something.
24:33I mean, terrible things.
24:35Like, terrible things.
24:36Like, falling with a glass
24:37in my hand
24:37and cutting my finger off.
24:40And it's...
24:40No, it's okay, guys.
24:41I'm used to it now.
24:43It's all right.
24:43It's all right.
24:44It makes for
24:44a really good dinner conversation.
24:47But so I know that about myself.
24:49So when people say,
24:51this has never happened,
24:52I go,
24:53but it will happen with me.
24:54Right.
24:55Yeah.
24:55So let's prepare for that.
24:57I'm definitely clumsy.
24:59Yeah.
24:59And one of my three kids
25:01is very...
25:01Like, definitely has my clumsiness.
25:03And, like, sometimes we will...
25:04And it's, again,
25:04it's like your cough.
25:05Like, when we hear our son
25:06coming down the hallway,
25:07like, the telltale sign
25:08is he's coming.
25:09Is the moment where he's like,
25:10Ow!
25:11And it's just like this.
25:12It's just a hallway.
25:14And he came in the other night.
25:15And he's like,
25:15Well, I was on my way here.
25:17And surprise, surprise,
25:18I stubbed my toe.
25:19And we're like,
25:20Even he knows it's like a joke now
25:21that he can't even walk down a hallway.
25:23Oh, yeah.
25:24Some of us just are, you know?
25:26We're just more accident prone.
25:27But I think it's also just
25:29par for the course.
25:30I just, I like,
25:31I don't mind it.
25:32Do you get,
25:33like, when there's a movie like this
25:35where, you know,
25:36obviously there's like the acting element of it,
25:38but then the physical challenge
25:39of the stunts and stuff,
25:40does that,
25:40is that exhilarating,
25:41getting ready for a movie like this?
25:42Yeah, because I mean,
25:44the reason why I love this movie so much
25:47and movies where I've done action,
25:49I love action movies
25:50when you can,
25:51when you can use the action as narrative
25:54and it doesn't feel compartmentalized.
25:56Like the movie stops
25:57and action happens
25:58and then the movie picks up again.
26:00And I like the challenge
26:01of looking at physicality
26:02and how you can tell stories through it.
26:03I really do love that.
26:05That's when my brain
26:05really connects to my feet.
26:07Yeah.
26:08We can see it.
26:09We can see it on screen.
26:10Yeah.
26:10I'm always like,
26:11I'm like,
26:12look, you can see they're talking.
26:13You can literally see my eyes.
26:16It's such a wonderful film.
26:17It's just so lovely to have you here again.
26:19Thanks so much, Charlize.
26:20Oh, it's so nice to be here.
26:21And nobody better.
26:23Charlize Theron's Apex
26:25premieres on Netflix
26:25this Friday, April 24th.
26:27Stick around.
26:43Our next guest is an Emmy-winning,
26:45Grammy-nominated comedian,
26:47director, and writer.
26:48You know from his work
26:49on Saturday Night Live
26:50and MacGruber
26:50as one-third of The Lonely Island
26:53as one-fourth
26:54of The Lonely Island
26:55and Seth Meyers' podcast.
26:56His new movie,
26:57Over Your Dead Body,
26:58is in theaters Friday.
26:59Let's take a look.
27:00What gives you the right?
27:04What gives you the right, Dan?
27:06My!
27:07Yeah!
27:16Ew.
27:21Okay.
27:23Please welcome back to the show
27:24our very good friend
27:25Yarm and Dakota!
27:27Thank you!
27:43What's up, Yarm?
27:44What's up, Yarm?
27:45Hi, Seth.
27:45You brought me a burrito.
27:46I did, but I'm not burrito-brained.
27:49Promise.
27:49You sometimes...
27:50We've learned from the podcast
27:51that sometimes when you have
27:52too much burrito,
27:53you get bad at answering questions.
27:55Yeah.
27:55Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:56But you decided to risk it.
27:57Had a full one, actually.
27:59So we'll see what happens.
28:00I saw you Tuesday this week.
28:03Yeah.
28:03For the first time
28:04since you had a very traumatic thing happen.
28:07You know, I mean, all joking aside,
28:09we were all very worried.
28:11Tell everybody what happened to you
28:12eight months ago.
28:13Okay.
28:14This is almost exactly eight months.
28:16On Friday,
28:17when Over Your Dead Body comes out,
28:18April 24th,
28:20it will be exactly eight months
28:22since I fell off a ladder
28:24about 15 feet.
28:25I would say, like,
28:26so right about there.
28:27Yeah, thank you.
28:30And I shattered my pelvis.
28:33It was described as exploded.
28:36When a doctor says exploded...
28:38That's what he said.
28:39Yeah, I know.
28:40And that's, like, bad.
28:41Yeah, real bad.
28:41Because he's like,
28:42you know I tried to come up
28:43with a bunch of other words.
28:45Like, I settled on exploded
28:48because nothing else came close.
28:50What's funny is that, like,
28:51on the other side,
28:52it was just regular break.
28:53So it was like,
28:54oh, that's nice.
28:55Yeah, when that's the good news.
28:57That was the good news.
28:58So I shattered my sacrum, as well.
29:02Pelvis on this side
29:03just detached from my spine.
29:06Yeah, I'm getting
29:07a lot of good reactions here.
29:09This is the best.
29:10Yeah.
29:11I should have told them
29:11without you knowing,
29:12just applaud after everything you say.
29:15Woo!
29:16All right!
29:17Exploded!
29:19Yeah, so, I mean,
29:20I really could have died.
29:21We didn't even realize
29:22how dangerous it was.
29:23Well, here's, I mean,
29:24so this gives you one sense of it.
29:26So you're hanging lights
29:27on this farm.
29:27Yes.
29:28And the reason I wanted
29:29to show this picture
29:30is because look at how nice
29:32the lights look.
29:33I mean, like, come on.
29:35That's worth it.
29:35Wouldn't you explode
29:36a pelvis for this?
29:39Now, here's the other one.
29:40You sent us this.
29:41And this is when,
29:43especially because of, like,
29:44where the basketball hoop is.
29:45Like, I genuinely was like,
29:47oh, I cannot.
29:48I'm so happy you are alive.
29:50Yeah.
29:50Because that is,
29:52when you think of that fall.
29:53Okay, so this was, like,
29:55a picture that was taken
29:56in my phone,
29:57and then the very next photo.
29:59So this is one photo
30:00in my phone,
30:01and then the very next photo
30:02is this photo.
30:04Yeah.
30:04Yeah.
30:05Now, I will say,
30:06we, Andy, Akiva,
30:08and I remarked all the time
30:09that, not that we would
30:10wish this upon you,
30:11but among the four of us,
30:12you are the most wired
30:15for a positive recovery.
30:17You have, like,
30:18I mean, I say this
30:19as a huge compliment.
30:20Like, you immediately
30:21had sort of an optimism,
30:24and I wouldn't say
30:26you were joking about it,
30:28but then you would always
30:29remind us that you were
30:30on a ton of painkillers.
30:31A ton of painkillers.
30:32And still am,
30:33to be fair.
30:34I mean, like,
30:35I was on the pod,
30:36like, two days after we were,
30:38yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:39We were like,
30:40well, we're obviously
30:41going to have to cancel the pod,
30:42and then, like, a day later,
30:43you're like,
30:43I think I can make it.
30:45This is Seth's impression of me,
30:47and I don't know
30:48if I like it.
30:49I'm a little bummed,
30:50because I will say,
30:50you talked like this more
30:51when we met,
30:52and I'm realizing
30:53you don't talk like it anymore.
30:55It's fine, yeah.
30:56Yeah.
30:56I think it's actually...
30:57That was, that is,
30:58that's the sound you made
30:59when you fell off the ladder.
31:00Like, oh, ah!
31:01It's more the core of my being.
31:03It's the core of your being.
31:04Some people,
31:05you did make some purchases
31:08on painkillers.
31:09Okay.
31:09You do blame this on,
31:10because I will just say,
31:11real quick,
31:11you bought dumb
31:13even before you fell off.
31:14Yeah, yeah, big time.
31:15Big time.
31:16So, but this is,
31:17you're going to blame this one
31:18on the painkillers?
31:19I, yeah.
31:21Yeah, let's go with that.
31:22Okay, so tell it real quick.
31:23Okay, so,
31:24this is also like,
31:25two days after I have the surgery.
31:27They say,
31:27that's when you buy.
31:28Yeah, oh, yeah.
31:29So, I got on Craigslist,
31:31which is where you buy cars.
31:32Yeah.
31:33And, uh...
31:34You went to,
31:35there's a,
31:36the portal is Craigslist
31:37slash Hurt.
31:38Yeah.
31:39Yeah, exactly.
31:40Yes, exactly.
31:41So, so, I was into key trucks.
31:44I don't know if you know
31:44a key truck.
31:45I know.
31:45It's a Japanese work van.
31:47Okay.
31:47Which is like a dinky little,
31:49it's like a two-seater,
31:50right-hand drive.
31:51And so, of course,
31:52I was like,
31:52well, I'll get one of those,
31:53like a right-hand drive car,
31:55you know?
31:55And so,
31:56so I,
31:57I talked to this woman
31:59from Japan
32:00who was importing cars.
32:01I, I,
32:03I buy this car.
32:05The, the,
32:05the funniest part of this story.
32:07Why didn't, like,
32:07people take away
32:08your, like, computer?
32:10Or your phone?
32:11That's a really good question.
32:12Like, why do they even
32:12give me a computer?
32:13No, I know.
32:14Yeah.
32:14Yeah.
32:14So, I, uh,
32:16I purchased this car.
32:17It gets delivered
32:18to, to, uh,
32:20New Haven,
32:20like where I'm at.
32:21To the hospital.
32:22Well, here's what happened.
32:24Is that, like,
32:24I met an orderly
32:25named Ranuel.
32:26Hi, Ranuel.
32:27Uh, and he,
32:29I was like,
32:29wait, what do you do
32:30when you're,
32:30you're off time?
32:31I mean, like,
32:31you're not just, like,
32:32you know,
32:32taking my temperature every day.
32:34And he was like,
32:34he was like,
32:35uh, yeah, I wrap cars.
32:36And I was like,
32:37that's great.
32:38So, wrapping cars
32:39is, uh, like,
32:41designing the outside?
32:42Yeah, exactly.
32:43Exactly.
32:43So, so, I.
32:44Don't act like
32:44we all know
32:45what you're into.
32:47You don't,
32:47you guys don't know that?
32:48You guys don't wrap
32:49right-handed Japanese cars?
32:51Dinky Vans, keys,
32:53come on.
32:53Who are you dudes?
32:55So, I got it,
32:56I got it wrapped
32:57with Ranuel.
32:57It was getting delivered
32:58to Ranuel's, like,
33:00shop that he was in.
33:00So, this is what it looks like
33:01after Ranuel wrapped
33:03your Dinky Van.
33:04Yep.
33:04Yep, it's looking good.
33:06But my son was like,
33:07it needs a dragon.
33:08And I was like,
33:09so this is an original.
33:10My friend Olney designed this.
33:11Yeah.
33:11Pretty cool.
33:13Um, and the funny part was,
33:14is that as it was being delivered,
33:16I was trying to pay the guy
33:18who was delivering it
33:19from Pennsylvania.
33:20I was, like,
33:20getting his Zelle information,
33:22but I was also getting an enema
33:23while it was happening
33:25in the, in front of my hospital bed.
33:27And I was like,
33:28I was like,
33:28oh, wait, hold on,
33:29just one second.
33:30I, like, I, I just need to get,
33:31and I was like,
33:31you know what, I gotta go.
33:32I gotta go.
33:33So, yeah.
33:34I mean, who,
33:35who among us
33:36hasn't had that happen
33:37while buying our,
33:38while buying our wrapped
33:40Japanese van?
33:41Um, all right,
33:42I have a ton of questions
33:43about your fantastic movie.
33:44We'll be right back
33:45with more from Yorma.
33:58Welcome back to Late Night, everybody.
34:00We're here with Yorma Ciccone.
34:02We got a fantastic movie.
34:03It won the Audience Award
34:04at South by Southwest.
34:05Congratulations.
34:07Thank you, guys.
34:09It's a very funny movie.
34:12It is a very violent movie.
34:14It really is.
34:15It's scary at times.
34:16Yeah.
34:16Um, and it's kind of
34:17unlike anything I've seen recently.
34:20So, just bravo.
34:21It's so well done.
34:22Uh, it was,
34:23it's based on a Norwegian film.
34:25Yes.
34:25And were you a fan
34:26of the Norwegian film?
34:27Uh, hugely,
34:28which is, uh, really scary
34:29to, like, even want to make
34:31a remake to, to begin with,
34:32but, like, to also be
34:33a fan of the original.
34:34What I loved about
34:36the original, though,
34:37uh, is that the structure
34:38of it is so surprising.
34:40I mean, you saw it.
34:41Yeah.
34:41Like, it's, uh,
34:42and it goes places
34:43that you don't expect.
34:43And as audience members
34:45these days, like,
34:46knowing so well,
34:48like, how you think
34:49a story is going to move,
34:49it's really nice to see
34:50something that's sort of
34:51surprising.
34:51Can, how much of the plot
34:53are you comfortable saying
34:54based on the clip
34:55we've shown?
34:55It's about a,
34:56it's about a married couple.
34:57Yeah.
34:57And they each have plans
34:59over the course of a weekend.
35:00Yes.
35:01It's Jason Segel
35:01and Samara Weaving,
35:02and they, and they have
35:04conflicting plans
35:05to kill each other.
35:06Yeah.
35:06Yes.
35:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:08It's relatable.
35:09Yeah.
35:09It's pretty relatable.
35:10Uh, and, uh, yeah,
35:12so that's ultimately
35:12what they're up against
35:13and then hijinks ensue
35:15once they decide
35:16to kill each other.
35:17Yes, it's, I've been saying
35:18it's like almost
35:19three movies in one.
35:20Like, it sort of goes
35:21from, like, thriller,
35:23suspense kind of thing
35:24into almost like a,
35:25not to ruin anything,
35:25but like a home invasion
35:26thing into, like,
35:27an action movie.
35:28Yeah.
35:28Like, it just goes
35:29tons of different places.
35:30You also,
35:30it takes place
35:31in upstate New York,
35:33yet you filmed it
35:34in Finland.
35:35Yes.
35:35Is it harder
35:36to get actors
35:37to agree to do a film
35:39when they have
35:39to go to Finland?
35:41Uh, when the option,
35:43the other option
35:44was Winnipeg.
35:45Yeah.
35:45So, like, I think
35:46that it was
35:47a little easier.
35:48Yeah.
35:49Nothing wrong
35:50with Winnipeg.
35:51No, you already
35:51stepped in it, buddy.
35:52Good luck
35:53with your future
35:54in Winnipeg.
35:55Of your audiences
35:56in Winnipeg.
35:57But, yeah,
35:58so, like, you know,
35:59it was a cabin
36:00on a lake.
36:01Finland has, I think,
36:0317,000 lakes
36:04and beautiful cabins
36:05everywhere.
36:06Like, almost everybody
36:06has, like, their own
36:07little, like, family cabin
36:08there.
36:09You learned some
36:09pretty cool Finland.
36:10Finnish, I should say.
36:11You learned a little bit
36:12of the language.
36:13People were enthusiastic
36:14to tell you.
36:15Yes.
36:16Yes.
36:17Okay, we're going
36:17to talk about this.
36:18Well.
36:21So, my name
36:22is Finnish, right?
36:23Okay.
36:23Jorma?
36:24Yes.
36:24Jorma is how
36:25you pronounce it,
36:26apparently.
36:26Yeah.
36:28But it's
36:29accidentally Finnish, right?
36:30Your parents didn't
36:31give you a Finnish name.
36:32Well, they gave me
36:32a Finnish name,
36:33but I was named
36:34after a guitarist
36:35from the Jefferson Airplane.
36:36It's a 1960s
36:37psychedelic rock band.
36:37Gotcha.
36:38I don't know
36:39if I can sing it,
36:39but, like,
36:39don't you want
36:40somebody to love?
36:41You can't.
36:42You can't sing it?
36:43Okay.
36:43Bleep.
36:44Bleep all that.
36:47Oh, you thought
36:48you didn't know
36:48if you could legally
36:49sing it,
36:49and I was saying,
36:50I didn't think.
36:53I was saying,
36:54technically,
36:55I don't feel like
36:56that's in your register.
36:57Yeah.
36:58You can go
37:00legally go crazy.
37:02They're not going
37:03to think it's
37:03their song.
37:06Got it.
37:07By the way,
37:07when you name
37:08your son after
37:10the guitarist
37:10in Jefferson Airplane,
37:11he buys this.
37:14I do think
37:15you sort of
37:15become your name,
37:16and I'm definitely
37:17weirder for it.
37:18So, I met
37:19quite a few people,
37:20like, my first week
37:21that I was there,
37:22and they were
37:23very excited
37:24to meet me,
37:25and they thought
37:26it was very funny
37:27that my name was Yorma.
37:28Spelled the same way?
37:29Yorma, yes.
37:29Wow.
37:31It's a Finnish name.
37:32So, like, so I,
37:34and I was like,
37:34what's so funny?
37:36And they were like,
37:37oh, well, now,
37:39Yorma means, like,
37:40how to put this,
37:42like, a really,
37:44really large penis,
37:46basically.
37:47Like, and I had people
37:48act it out.
37:49Like, they were like,
37:49it's like a veiny,
37:50like, it was like a,
37:52two people,
37:53two people.
37:53Act it out?
37:54Yeah.
37:55It's so funny
37:56that you'd be like,
37:56I don't know what you mean,
37:58big penis.
37:59I need more information.
38:00Like, oh, cool,
38:01let me use my arm.
38:03Yeah, what's really funny.
38:04Why did it become
38:04a recent slang?
38:06I don't,
38:06I have no idea.
38:07I'm not Finnish, man.
38:08Yeah, but you were talking
38:09to a dude who had his arm out.
38:11You didn't want to ask
38:11a follow-up?
38:13I will tell you this.
38:14Last year in Finland,
38:16zero people named
38:17their son Yorma.
38:18Really?
38:19Yeah.
38:19Not a popular name anymore.
38:20Wow.
38:21Yeah, the bottom fell out.
38:22You know what's really funny
38:23is that I told my dad
38:24this story, too.
38:24I was like,
38:25you know what my name means?
38:26But he was like,
38:26I didn't know that.
38:28I was like, yeah, yeah.
38:30I didn't think you'd find out.
38:31I didn't think you did.
38:32Yeah, let's full steam ahead.
38:33I like that he was just like,
38:35we've been waiting
38:35for you to find out.
38:37We thought it would be easier
38:39if it came from a man
38:40at a bar.
38:42On shrooms.
38:43When,
38:44you also have a very
38:45exciting thing coming up.
38:46You've thrown out
38:46the first pitch
38:47at a Mets game.
38:47Oh, my gosh.
38:48When are you doing that?
38:49That's tomorrow, guys.
38:50Tomorrow?
38:51Yeah.
38:52When?
38:54From falling off a ladder
38:55to...
38:56From falling off a ladder,
38:57from being on the mound.
38:57When is the last time
38:58you threw a baseball
38:5960 feet and 6 inches?
39:01You know what's really funny
39:02is that the moment
39:03that it was told to me
39:04that I was going to be able
39:05to do this,
39:06I was like,
39:06that's awesome!
39:07And then I was like,
39:07oh, my God.
39:08Yeah.
39:08I don't know if I can do this.
39:11Never?
39:11I think.
39:12I'm very excited.
39:13You're just going to let it rip,
39:14right?
39:14Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
39:15Yeah, you got to let it rip.
39:16Yeah, you know me.
39:16I go hard.
39:17Yeah, you're like,
39:17hey, what's up?
39:18I'm your man.
39:19You know what it means.
39:22There's a...
39:23You know Diaz,
39:24who was their relief teacher?
39:26He had a song
39:27that was this Timmy trumpet.
39:29Sure.
39:30I can sing that one.
39:33Jesus.
39:34But I was like,
39:35maybe that should be
39:35my walkout music
39:36to really let people down.
39:38That'd be very funny.
39:39You got to do it.
39:40It's going to be
39:40a turtleneck and chain.
39:41All right.
39:42I can't wait.
39:43Buddy, I love you so much.
39:44The movie's fantastic.
39:45Everybody's got to check it out.
39:46It's so funny.
39:47It's so good.
39:48You guys,
39:48this is Yarmick Kony.
39:49Over Your Dead Bodies
39:51and David Stroud.
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