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Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 2026 Episode 47 - Lena Dunham, Karl Urban
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00:30Hey, Seth Meyers, this 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 Daily Mail article in Truth Social yesterday
00:38that claims he is a cousin of Britain's King Charles and said,
00:42quote, I've always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace.
00:46Oh, yeah, buddy, we can tell.
00:49You're making Buckingham Palace look like a tasteful split-level ranch house.
00:55President Trump hosted a state dinner last night
00:58at the White House for Britain's King Charles,
01:01and the dress code for the event was Whitey.
01:04Sorry, that says White Tie.
01:07White Tie.
01:14Snuck a Red Fox joke in.
01:17During last night's state dinner at the White House,
01:20King Charles gifted President Trump a gold bell from an old submarine called the HMS Trump.
01:25And what better gift for a guy who's way underwater?
01:31Whole joke.
01:33Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted yesterday for posting a photograph on social media
01:38of seashells that spelled out the numbers 86-47,
01:42which prosecutors claim was a threat against President Trump.
01:46Oh, come on, that's not a threat.
01:47That's something your mom has framed for the guest bathroom.
01:51The only way that's a threat to President Trump is if he has a shellfish allergy.
01:5786 just means to remove something.
01:59I worked at a lot of restaurants, and when the manager said 86 the salmon,
02:02nobody thought he meant assassinate the salmon.
02:06The salmon seem too much.
02:11President Trump said yesterday that Iran has asked the U.S.
02:15to lift a naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz.
02:17Unfortunately, if there's one thing Trump can't do, it's open up water.
02:24New York City's first full-fledged casino opened yesterday in Queens
02:29and features more than 240 table games.
02:32Great news if you're from Queens and you love hitting on 16.
02:40That's about...
02:41Believe it or not, that's what I thought the ceiling of your reaction would be.
02:47A sheep in Vermont recently gave birth to a batch of six lambs.
02:51Well, there might have been more, but the doctor fell asleep.
02:59Yeah, no, why?
03:04That's how bad this week has been.
03:06My writers are doing sheep-counting jokes.
03:09And also that my writers think a doctor comes
03:15to deliver sheep.
03:17They're like...
03:17They hear a...
03:19Ooh.
03:23Nah, call the O-B-G-Y-N.
03:30S-O-B-G-Y-N.
03:32Sheep.
03:38Where are we?
03:41Cancel.
03:46You guys were like, you booed that joke too back,
03:48and then we're like, oh, well, it gets worse.
03:52The makers of Coors Light announced today
03:54they will launch their first-ever zero-alcohol beer.
03:57So if you want the taste of Coors Light without getting drunk,
04:00you may already be drunk.
04:04A Florida woman was arrested recently
04:06after she allegedly snorted coo-
04:08A Florida woman was arrested recently
04:13after she allegedly snorted cocaine in an Uber,
04:16complained that the air conditioning was too hot,
04:18and later attacked the driver,
04:20which in Florida still gets you four stars.
04:25I do know people who call it cocaine.
04:28But I appreciated that our audience might not,
04:31so I go in.
04:34Coming to the party later?
04:35Are you going to have a cocaine?
04:38And finally, today was singer Willie Nelson's 93rd birthday.
04:41If you forgot, don't worry, so did he.
04:44Hey, oh, yeah, my birthday, oh, well.
04:51That was a monologue, everybody.
04:52Hey!
04:54Got a great show for your night.
04:57You know it from Girls, Too Much,
05:00as well as her films, Tiny Furniture,
05:02and Catherine A Called A Birdie.
05:04Her memoir, Famesick, debuted at number one
05:07on the New York Times bestsellers,
05:09and Lena Dunham!
05:11Our friend Lena Dunham is back on the show.
05:13And you know him from the Lord of the Rings
05:16and Star Trek franchise,
05:17as well as his starring role as Billy Butcher on The Boys.
05:20He's starring in Mortal Kombat 2,
05:22which opens in theaters May 8th.
05:24Carl Urban is joined in the show.
05:25So excited to be here.
05:28Before we get to all of that,
05:32I feel like I should, you know,
05:35it's not a bad Willie Nelson.
05:38Oh, my birthday.
05:40I forgot my birthday.
05:43It's pretty good.
05:44Was it the right time to do it?
05:46No.
05:47I'm just saying, like,
05:48let's just roll past what a good Willie Nelson did.
05:51Moving on.
05:52Donald Trump got roasted by King Charles
05:54over his $400 million golden ballroom,
05:57which Republicans are now insisting
05:58should be funded by taxpayers.
06:00For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.
06:05Donald Trump desperately wants to be a king.
06:09We all know this.
06:10He loves pageantry and fanfare
06:12and putting his face and name on everything.
06:14His official store sells everything
06:16from Trump golf balls to Trump beer koozies
06:18to Trump pickleball paddles
06:20to Trump dog collars,
06:21which you can get in three sizes,
06:23poodle, Doberman, and J.D. Vance.
06:25And now he's doing the same thing
06:28to official government documents.
06:31A series of U.S. passports
06:32with an image of President Trump
06:33on the inside cover
06:34will be issued this year
06:36as part of the nation's 250th anniversary.
06:39This is just another example,
06:40the president adding his name
06:41or image to government items.
06:44You may remember him adding his likeness
06:45to the National Park Pass
06:47right next to George Washington.
06:48And back in February,
06:49a large banner was hung
06:50outside the Justice Department
06:52with his face on it.
06:53Trump would be the first living president
06:54to have his image inside of a passport.
06:57The passport joins a growing list
06:59of things named after Trump
07:02just this term.
07:03We do have the rolling ledger
07:05of how Trump is doing
07:07compared to his predecessors
07:09in terms of naming things
07:11after himself.
07:13Everybody's at zero.
07:15And Trump is at ten.
07:17While in office.
07:18It's the only measure
07:20by which Trump is doing better
07:21than his predecessors.
07:22And we're only 15 months in.
07:24By the time his term is over,
07:25we're all going to live
07:26in the United States of Trump,
07:27take swims in the Gulf of Trump,
07:28and when you need to take a dump
07:30in a public park
07:30instead of a port-a-john,
07:32you'll have to use a port-a-trump.
07:34And by the way,
07:35who the hell wants Trump's
07:37scowling face on their passport?
07:39Based on how he's treated other countries,
07:41that thing is going to be
07:42like a Disney Fast Pass
07:43right to the cavity search line.
07:47I'm not great at accents,
07:49but here are some of the things
07:50you can expect to hear
07:50at airports across the world
07:52when they open this up.
07:53Mon dieu!
07:55Got him himo!
07:57Ay, Dios mio!
08:00Take a look at this mug!
08:02That last one was
08:03Logan Airport in Boston.
08:06Now, if you're worried
08:07you're going to be stuck
08:08with Trump's face
08:08on your passport,
08:09there's good news.
08:10You only get this special edition
08:13in one place.
08:14They will be issued
08:15to citizens who apply
08:16in person
08:17at the Washington, D.C.
08:18passport office.
08:19If you would rather
08:20get a standard passport,
08:21you can apply
08:22at any other office
08:23or online.
08:24So you better move fast
08:25because lines are forming never.
08:29Look, I'm not saying
08:30people won't want this passport.
08:32I'm just saying
08:32I find it hard to believe
08:33there are many MAGA diehards
08:35willing to drive
08:36all the way to D.C.
08:37just to get one.
08:37I mean, there are other ways
08:38to tell a customs agent
08:39you're a Trump fan.
08:40For example, when they ask
08:41what the purpose of your visit is,
08:43you can say
08:44it's a good question
08:44and people have been
08:45talking about it
08:46more and more.
08:47Am I going to see the sights
08:48or am I visiting family?
08:49It's definitely something
08:50we're looking into
08:51and you're going to be
08:52very surprised
08:52when you hear the answer.
08:54And then, you know,
08:54you'll get your second
08:55cavity search.
08:57We already checked him, Dave.
08:59We'll check him again.
09:01The point is,
09:02Trump loves king stuff.
09:03He loves his face
09:04on documents.
09:05You can tell
09:05he's always happiest
09:06when he goes abroad
09:07and other countries
09:08treat him like he's royalty.
09:09In South Korea,
09:10they gave him
09:10an actual golden crown.
09:12In Saudi Arabia,
09:13he was welcomed
09:14by an honor guard
09:15wielding golden swords.
09:16In Qatar,
09:17he was greeted
09:17by a parade of camels,
09:19although there was
09:20a brief international incident
09:21when one of those camels
09:22ended up in RFK Jr.'s fridge.
09:26Camel meat is actually
09:27very high in amino acids.
09:30It tastes almost
09:31as good as raccoon.
09:47And Trump clearly loves
09:49the royal treatment.
09:50We appreciate those camels.
09:51I haven't seen camels
09:52like that in a long time.
09:53What do you mean?
09:54You haven't seen camels
09:56like that in a long time.
09:59I haven't seen camels
10:00like that since the time
10:01my dad paid a stranger
10:03to take me to the circus.
10:05Oh, we had a time,
10:07lefty and me.
10:07I called him lefty
10:09because about after
10:1015 minutes with me,
10:11he left.
10:13So Trump's trip
10:15last year to the UK,
10:16the mother of all monarchies,
10:17should have been his peak,
10:18but it didn't go quite as planned
10:19because the UK
10:20is a free society,
10:21so he faced massive protests,
10:23both from people
10:23who projected an image of him
10:25with Jeffrey Epstein
10:26onto Windsor Castle
10:27and from horses,
10:28one of whom took a dump
10:30right in front of him.
10:37When Trump saw that,
10:39he was like,
10:39a camo would never.
10:42But this week,
10:43Trump got a redo
10:44for his royal visit
10:45when King Charles came to the U.S.
10:46and Trump pulled out
10:47all the stops,
10:48including some stops
10:49I didn't know existed.
10:50King Charles and Queen Camilla
10:52arriving to a red carpet
10:53welcome here at the White House.
10:55They were greeted with renditions
10:57of the British and U.S. national anthems
10:59when they landed
11:00at Joint Base Andrews.
11:01He and the Queen
11:02are going to be honored
11:02at a rare state dinner
11:04here at the White House tonight,
11:05so lots of pomp and circumstance.
11:08Yesterday,
11:08the royals joined the president
11:10and the first lady
11:11for afternoon tea.
11:12They also toured the South Lawn
11:14to see the new White House beehive
11:17that is constructed
11:18in the shape of the White House.
11:20Wait, what?
11:20There's a beehive
11:23in the shape of the White House?
11:24So even the bees
11:25are getting a ballroom now?
11:28And let me just say,
11:29I for one don't care
11:30if the White House has a beehive.
11:32I just pray Trump
11:33doesn't do that thing
11:34he's doing with the ballroom
11:35of claiming every president
11:36before him wanted a beehive
11:37in the shape of a White House,
11:39but he's the only one
11:40who can get it done
11:41because he's the first president
11:42who is good at beehives.
11:45Because if he did,
11:46you know, it would sound like this.
11:47They've wanted a beehive.
11:48Here, we don't have a beehive.
11:50They've wanted a great beehive.
11:52And we're building,
11:53we're going to build
11:53the greatest beehive.
11:54Anywhere in the world
11:56they've wanted a beehive.
11:57At the White House,
11:58we're going to make
11:59and build a beehive.
12:02Actually, it would be pretty fun.
12:04I hope it happens.
12:04It's pretty fun.
12:05So the stakes were high.
12:06This trip was an effort
12:07to reset U.S.-U.K. relations,
12:10which had been rocky.
12:10Unfortunately,
12:11there were still some screw-ups.
12:12The District of Columbia
12:13is scrambling
12:14to fix a major mix-up
12:15after putting up
12:16Australian flags
12:17instead of British flags
12:19near the White House
12:20ahead of King Charles' U.S. visit.
12:22Fifteen Australian flags
12:23were briefly included
12:25among more than 230 Union Jack flags
12:27put on display
12:28to welcome King Charles.
12:29You'd think it would be
12:30an easy mistake to spot
12:31since the flags look
12:32different.
12:35These are national flags.
12:38You get just the one design.
12:41It's not like Major League Baseball
12:43where you have alternate away flags.
12:45Speaking of,
12:46have you seen the new alternate uniform
12:48they're making the Mets wear clown suits?
12:52So the flag mishap was awkward,
12:54and things got even rockier
12:55when Trump cut in front of Camilla.
12:58Cut right in front of her
12:59while shaking hands
13:00with White House staff.
13:11He cut in front of her
13:13like they were in line for cake
13:14at a five-year-old's birthday party.
13:17Also, why would you cut
13:18in front of a guest
13:19to shake hands
13:20with people you see every day?
13:23Be like,
13:23if I introduce someone
13:24to come on this show
13:25and then instead of getting up
13:26to say hi to them,
13:27I just ran to shake hands
13:28with cue card Wally.
13:30No one looks at a Wally
13:32before I do!
13:41Don't clap for Wally
13:43and ruin my vibe!
13:46But beneath all the pageantry
13:48and fanfare,
13:49there have been moments of tension.
13:51Trump's been lobbing insults
13:52at the UK
13:53for not coming to his rescue
13:54during the Iran War.
13:55He even claimed
13:56that without the US,
13:57Europeans would all be speaking German,
13:58but Charles had a comeback
13:59premised on the fact
14:01that parts of North America
14:02were of course colonized
14:03by both England and France.
14:05You recently commented,
14:06Mr. President,
14:07that if it were not
14:08for the United States,
14:09European countries
14:10would be speaking German.
14:13Dare I say
14:14that if it wasn't for us,
14:15you'd be speaking French.
14:17Oh man,
14:18when Trump heard that joke,
14:19I guarantee he fake laughed
14:20so hard
14:21because he definitely
14:22didn't get it.
14:25Well said,
14:26what though?
14:28And let me just say,
14:29can you imagine Donald Trump
14:30trying to speak French?
14:31He can barely speak English.
14:32In fact,
14:33there are times
14:33when he's speaking English
14:35and it sounds like
14:36he's trying to speak French.
14:38Known or suspected gang members.
14:41The oranges,
14:42the oranges of the investigation,
14:46the beginnings.
14:46Saudi Arabia and Russia
14:48will repeat your...
14:50Donald Trump's
14:52very, very large brain.
14:55This is me.
14:56I hear.
14:57Controlled by large learners,
14:59unelected regulators
15:00and regulators.
15:02The learners
15:03and regulators
15:05suspect is that
15:07Donald Trump
15:07has a very large brain,
15:08no?
15:10But Charles saved
15:11his best line
15:12for Trump's obsession
15:13with building
15:14a White House ballroom,
15:15which involves
15:16demolishing the East Wing.
15:17The king reverenced
15:18the War of 1812
15:19when British forces
15:20burned down
15:21the White House.
15:22I cannot help noticing
15:24the readjustments
15:26to the East Wing,
15:27Mr. President.
15:30Following your visit
15:31to Windsor Castle
15:32last year.
15:33And I'm sorry to say
15:35that we British,
15:36of course,
15:36made our own
15:37small attempt
15:38at real estate
15:40redevelopment
15:40of the White House
15:41in 1814.
15:44Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:46Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:49Oh, Charles,
15:50your punchlines
15:50are like sex with Melania.
15:52I don't get it.
15:59But the timing
16:00of Charles' ballroom jab
16:01must be especially
16:02wounding for Trump,
16:03given that the entire
16:04Republican Party
16:05is now falling in lockstep
16:06behind Trump's
16:07ballroom demand
16:08after the shooting
16:09at the White House
16:10Correspondents' Dinner.
16:11A lot of senators
16:11and representatives
16:12are now saying,
16:13this is why we need
16:14to get the ballroom
16:15back up and running.
16:16We've got to build
16:17that ballroom
16:17as soon as possible.
16:18The ballroom
16:19will be a solution
16:21for this.
16:22Being more prepared
16:23means having a facility
16:24like this ballroom.
16:26This is one of the reasons
16:27why the president
16:27has been pushing
16:28to build this ballroom
16:29at the White House.
16:31The president is right
16:32about this,
16:32having the ballroom
16:34on the White House grounds.
16:35A ballroom
16:36is imperative.
16:38The American people
16:39elected no?
16:41No.
16:45You forget
16:46that the American people
16:47elected Donald Trump
16:48to do three things.
16:49Build a golden ballroom,
16:51put his face
16:52on the passports,
16:54and get on
16:55by a royal horse.
16:58You remember now.
16:59You remember now.
17:02How is this
17:04their biggest priority?
17:05Gas is at its highest point
17:06since the Iran war started,
17:08and a majority
17:08of Americans say
17:09their financial situation
17:11is getting worse,
17:11which is the highest ever
17:13in polling,
17:13and you think
17:14the thing that's going
17:15to solve our problems
17:16is a golden ballroom
17:17that no one else can use?
17:19The only way any of us
17:20will ever see
17:20the inside of that ballroom
17:21is if we find
17:22a Trump passport
17:23with, like,
17:24a golden ticket inside,
17:25and he gives you a tour
17:27like he's Willy Wonka,
17:28and this is the beehive.
17:29This is where we make
17:31the delicious honey
17:31for our chocolate bar.
17:32You want to meet
17:33the Oompa Loompas?
17:33Marco, JD,
17:34come out and sing.
17:38But, at the very least,
17:40this dumb vanity project
17:42was supposed to be funded
17:43by private donations,
17:44not taxpayers.
17:45Well, you'll never guess
17:46what happened this week.
17:47Republicans changed their tune
17:49and said,
17:49we, we should pay
17:51for the ballroom
17:52that none of us asked for.
17:53A group of Senate Republicans
17:54is pushing to fund
17:55the construction
17:56of President Trump's
17:5790,000-square-foot ballroom
17:58using taxpayer money.
18:00The effort's being led
18:01by Senator and close
18:02Trump ally Lindsey Graham.
18:04We're going to introduce
18:05legislation that would
18:07authorize $400 million
18:09to be spent to secure,
18:12to build the presidential
18:14ballroom.
18:15Underneath, there will be
18:16a lot of military stuff.
18:18There will be a Secret
18:19Service annex.
18:20The estimate is $332 million.
18:23We're going to do $400 million
18:24because I think it's probably
18:25going to take more.
18:26Private donations can be used,
18:28but I think they should be used
18:30for buying China
18:31and stuff like that.
18:32They can use donations
18:34to buy China
18:34because I ain't giving them mine.
18:36I need my China
18:38for my dinner parties,
18:39even though my Meemaw
18:40keeps telling me
18:40no one's ever going to
18:41come to my parties.
18:42Maybe they'd come
18:43if you'd stay in your room
18:45instead of traipsing
18:47around the dinner table
18:48with your nightgown
18:49half open.
18:52asking everybody if you want
18:54to open it up to see
18:55your military stuff.
18:59The old dust bucket.
19:04And now Republicans...
19:07No, it didn't go bright!
19:10And now Republicans are
19:12seriously trying to claim
19:13that this is actually a gift.
19:15The ballroom is a gift
19:16to the next president.
19:17The next time that we have
19:18a Democrat president
19:19and Democrats who are
19:21going to receptions
19:23and parties at the White House,
19:24they're going to love
19:25the big, beautiful ballroom
19:26that Donald Trump built
19:28for them and for the country.
19:30I mean, it's a...
19:30It's something that I think
19:32we can all look forward to
19:33and celebrate.
19:34No, we can't
19:35because none of us
19:35can use it.
19:36Also, he's not going to leave it
19:38in a usable condition
19:40for a Democrat.
19:42He or his supporters
19:43are going to march in,
19:44smash all the windows,
19:45flip over the tables.
19:46The only invite Trump's
19:48going to make is to the horse
19:49he met in England.
19:51Tell him to do a couple of laps
19:53and do his worst.
19:55Americans are more pessimistic
19:56about their financial situations
19:58than they've ever been
19:59in the history of polling,
20:00but Trump doesn't care.
20:01There's one thing he can say
20:02he accomplished as president,
20:03putting his name and face on things.
20:05When it comes to everything else,
20:06it turns out his promises
20:08were emptier than his...
20:09A brain.
20:10This has been
20:11A Closer Look.
20:16We'll be right back
20:17with Lena Dunham, everybody!
20:23For more obsessed,
20:24closer looks,
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20:36Our first guest tonight
20:37is an Emmy-nominated actress,
20:39writer and director
20:40you know from her show's
20:41Girls and Too Much
20:42and her films Tiny Furniture
20:44and Catherine Caldberti.
20:45Her memoir, Fame Sick,
20:47debuted at number one
20:48on the New York Times
20:49bestseller list.
20:50It's available now
20:50wherever you buy your books.
20:51Please welcome back to the show
20:53my friend Lena Dunham, everybody!
21:13It is always so special.
21:15It's been a while
21:15since you've been here
21:16but you were a guest
21:17first year on the show.
21:18I was a guest
21:19first week on the show.
21:20First week on the show.
21:21God love you.
21:22So like, yeah, February of 14.
21:24February of 14
21:25and there's something
21:26I've been holding on to
21:27since then
21:27that I was hoping
21:29we could talk about.
21:30It's your time.
21:30I want you to know
21:31I'm not mad at you.
21:32Oh, well.
21:33But I think it's better
21:34that we just put it out
21:35in the open now.
21:36Yeah, totally.
21:36And I'm glad we didn't
21:37do it backstage.
21:38Me too.
21:38You came back there
21:39and I thought,
21:40why do it with like
21:41no one around?
21:42Yeah.
21:42We could do it with like
21:43everyone around?
21:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:46So it was your first week
21:47doing the show
21:48and you had just left
21:49obviously being
21:50head writer at SNL
21:51and you came up to visit
21:53and I said,
21:54Seth, because you're my friend
21:56I said, Seth,
21:56I'm having a lot of trouble
21:57with my monologue
21:58and I'm trying to rewrite it
21:59and do you think
21:59you could stay here
22:00for a couple minutes
22:00and help me
22:01and you went,
22:02no.
22:05And then I looked
22:06I wasn't upset at the time
22:07but then I looked
22:08and I was like,
22:08huh, a lot of really hard stuff
22:11happened to me
22:12over the last 10 years.
22:13It's in the book.
22:13I don't know
22:14if you read it yet
22:14and maybe
22:16had my monologue
22:17gone better
22:18Oh.
22:21Girls might still
22:22be on the air.
22:23Oh my God.
22:23I might not have had
22:25some of these
22:25really trying times.
22:26I might not have had
22:27to have my uterus
22:27removed, Seth.
22:29So you're thinking
22:30if I had helped
22:31just not even written it
22:33just helped a little bit
22:34you'd still have
22:35your uterus.
22:36Yeah.
22:37You know what?
22:38I still have no regrets.
22:40I'm so sorry, Lena.
22:43Honestly, me neither.
22:43Honestly, me neither
22:44because I got to put it
22:45all into this story.
22:46It's a wonderful book.
22:48Congratulations.
22:48And I know
22:49I know these things
22:53can be very arduous
22:54undertakings.
22:55I think sometimes
22:56it's healthy to hear
22:57from somebody
22:58who's finished a book
22:58which reads like
23:00I don't, you know,
23:01again, we're lucky
23:01enough to know you.
23:02It like reads
23:03the way you speak.
23:03It reads the way
23:04you have written
23:05over the years
23:06we've known you.
23:06And yet, of course,
23:07it is a slog
23:09to get these things out.
23:10So you're proud of me?
23:11I'm proud of you.
23:12I'm very proud of you.
23:13And I don't want anybody
23:14to think it was easy.
23:15You know,
23:16it was interesting.
23:17I wrote it over
23:18eight and a half years.
23:19My first book
23:19took me nine months
23:20so I was a little bit
23:21under the impression
23:22that it would just
23:22kind of flow out.
23:23And then I wrote
23:26thousands of pages
23:27that no one
23:27will ever see
23:28that I will have to have
23:30burned along
23:30with my body.
23:32Did like your editor
23:33even see those
23:34or did you
23:35were there pages
23:35that you were like
23:36not for anyone ever?
23:37My editor,
23:38Andy Ward,
23:39shout out,
23:39he had to read a lot.
23:40He had to find
23:41a delicate way
23:42to be like,
23:42I know you're talking
23:43about your pain
23:44and I know this is
23:45very real for you
23:46but it's not good.
23:48Right.
23:49That must be hard to hear.
23:50Like, I know this hurt
23:51but it is a snooze
23:53to read.
23:53That's sort of,
23:54he was like,
23:55he was like,
23:55you kind of,
23:56he's like,
23:56you know how you're
23:56like spending the whole book
23:57being like,
23:57I'm not crazy,
23:58I'm not crazy?
23:59You kind of sound crazy.
24:02That's a very good note
24:03from an editor.
24:03Yeah, it is
24:04and he was right.
24:05I also, you know,
24:05I was obviously aware
24:06like from watching Girls
24:07and from knowing you
24:09that you were young
24:10when this all began for you
24:11but then like
24:12actually seeing it in print
24:13because I was 27
24:14when I started on SNL
24:15but like I was entering a show
24:17that was like moving
24:18and like I got to be
24:18a very small part of it
24:19and it was still overwhelming
24:20whereas, you know,
24:21at this very young age,
24:22were you 26, 25
24:24when Girls started?
24:24I was 23
24:25when I wrote the pilot
24:26and I was 24.
24:28It's okay,
24:28we can hold hands.
24:29Yeah, yeah, okay.
24:30I told you,
24:31I'm not mad at you.
24:32Yes, thank you.
24:33Now I know.
24:34Okay, good.
24:35I was 23
24:36when I wrote the pilot,
24:3724 when we shot it
24:38and then off we went
24:40and it's so funny
24:40because the thing
24:41about being that young
24:42is that you don't
24:43think you're young.
24:44Right.
24:45And now when I meet
24:46a 24-year-old,
24:47I think you should still
24:48be in your mom's body.
24:49Yes.
24:49Like it's not safe
24:50for you to walk
24:51around out here.
24:53It's so true.
24:54I also think,
24:55and you know,
24:55it comes up in the book,
24:56like I think one
24:57of the things
24:57about your success
24:59and the fact that,
24:59you know,
25:00you were speaking
25:01for a lot of 24-year-olds
25:02is people forgot
25:03how young you were,
25:04right?
25:05Like you seemed,
25:06from the outside,
25:07you seemed like someone
25:07who was so capable
25:08that I think people
25:10sometimes forgot
25:11you were a young person
25:12when they talked about you
25:13and you sort of,
25:14you know,
25:14you're very honest about,
25:15like again,
25:15like even when you
25:16were so successful
25:17and people would tell you
25:18like focus on what's good,
25:19it's so hard at any age
25:22to read negative thoughts
25:23about you
25:24that other people have.
25:25But when I think about
25:25somebody 24, 25, 26,
25:27having to go through that.
25:27It's hard to imagine.
25:28I still lived with my parents
25:29when I started making the show.
25:31Yeah.
25:31So anyone might have thought
25:33I was mature
25:33until they dropped me off
25:35at my childhood bedroom,
25:40which had like a mural
25:42of bunnies dancing.
25:43Like it was a room
25:44for a baby.
25:45That is unbelievable.
25:46But, but 27 is so young.
25:48In guy years,
25:4927 is 16.
25:50Yeah, it really is.
25:52That's wild.
25:52Yeah, no, that was, yeah.
25:54Honestly, I love men,
25:55but I don't think
25:55they should be allowed
25:56out of the house
25:57until they're 32.
25:58No.
25:59It is not.
26:00I mean, wait, wait, 32.
26:01I think it's very...
26:03And when I'm president,
26:04no man will be allowed
26:06out of the house
26:06until they're 32.
26:08This is such an interesting
26:10presidential platform.
26:11I think it really has legs.
26:12I have a lot more questions
26:13about your wonderful book.
26:14We'll be right back
26:15with Lena after this.
26:35Welcome back.
26:36We're here with Lena Dunham.
26:38Everybody, you talk about,
26:39I was fascinated by the use
26:41of aliases to check into a hotel,
26:43to make a restaurant reservation,
26:44and the aliases you've used
26:46over the years.
26:46Yes, I listed them all
26:48in the book.
26:48I can't use those anymore.
26:49I mean, it wouldn't have
26:52occurred to me to use an alias,
26:53but someone told me,
26:54you should do this.
26:55And so my first one
26:56was Lori Reynolds.
26:57Yeah.
26:57My mom's name is Lori,
26:58and my grandma's last name
26:59is Reynolds.
26:59So very nice.
27:00Pulled from your past.
27:01Pulled from my past.
27:02My second one was Ruth Stein,
27:05just because I feel that
27:06that's who I am inside.
27:08Right.
27:08I think there's that thing, too.
27:10When you check in,
27:11you want the name to be like,
27:13you don't want them to be like,
27:14this isn't who I thought.
27:15Yeah, you don't want to be like,
27:16I'm Anastasia Beverly Hills.
27:19Right.
27:19You want them to believe you,
27:22and I feel I can be believed
27:23as a Ruth Stein.
27:23Yes, Lori Reynolds, check.
27:25Then I went for Rose O'Neill,
27:27and she was the inventor
27:29of the Kewpie doll.
27:30Okay.
27:30And America's first
27:31self-made female millionaire.
27:32Wow, that's a good one.
27:33That's a nice...
27:35Until she wasted it all
27:37on drink and men,
27:38but before that,
27:39she was doing really well.
27:39Yep, yep.
27:40And then I went for Renata Halpern,
27:43which is pretty niche.
27:44It's the novelist
27:46in the Nick Nolte,
27:47Barbara Streisand film,
27:48The Prince of Tides.
27:49Oh, wow.
27:50So, and anyone who picks up on that,
27:52I go, okay, you see me.
27:54Yeah.
27:55But I think the mistake
27:56that people make
27:57is they have too much fun with it.
27:58Yeah, you just like,
27:59they were simple,
28:00like nice little tributes and...
28:02Little, simple, easy.
28:03So, if I were to check in
28:04under an alias,
28:06what do you think
28:06I could get away with?
28:13Something's coming to me.
28:14Okay.
28:17Bob Jefferson Schumacher.
28:21Bob Jefferson Schumacher.
28:25I'm not comfortable
28:27using three names.
28:29It has a dash.
28:30Okay.
28:31Oh, my last name
28:32is Jefferson Schumacher.
28:33Your last name is Jefferson Schumacher.
28:34Gotcha.
28:34My first name's not Bob Jefferson.
28:36No, your name is Robert,
28:38but you go by Bob.
28:39Jefferson Schumacher.
28:40I was, this whole time,
28:41I'm like,
28:41what was Nick Nolte's name
28:42in Prince of Tides?
28:43And I think,
28:43oh, I got it,
28:44Tom Wingo.
28:45Oh, my God.
28:46You're good.
28:46You're good.
28:48I'm so proud of myself.
28:48That was amazing.
28:49I'm so proud of myself.
28:50That was beautiful.
28:51Well, one of the only people
28:52who recognized the alias
28:54was the woman
28:55who accepts packages
28:56at my P.O. box
28:58in Connecticut.
28:59Oh, my God.
28:59And she was like,
29:00what the heck
29:00is Renata Halpern doing
29:01getting old?
29:02I thought she was invented.
29:03Like, it was that kind of...
29:04Oh, wow.
29:04You got a real, like,
29:05Prince of Tides head.
29:06I got a real Prince of Tides head.
29:07And so,
29:08then on this tour,
29:09I tried a new name
29:11and everyone around me
29:12rejected it.
29:12Oh, interesting.
29:13Roundly rejected it.
29:14I got a little cocky
29:15and I went,
29:16Barbara Bookmaker.
29:17Yeah.
29:19I mean, I think even...
29:20And this, obviously,
29:21you can tell this room
29:21is a huge...
29:22They're huge fans of yours
29:23and we all collectively dis...
29:25Yeah.
29:25No, it was...
29:26It's no good.
29:27Everyone around me was like,
29:28you're on a book tour.
29:29Like, calm down.
29:30Yeah.
29:30You make one book
29:31and you lose it completely.
29:33I mean, literally,
29:34the only thing
29:34that would be worse
29:35is Barbara Booktour.
29:38Well, that's what
29:39I'm switching it to.
29:40We talked about your dog
29:41last time you were here
29:42and I have some shame
29:43because I, you know,
29:44my dog recently
29:45passed away at Frisbee
29:46and I had to suffer through...
29:47Frisbee was a really special person.
29:48I had to suffer through
29:49years of my dear friend
29:50Andy Samberg
29:50telling me that my dog
29:52was ugly
29:52and I maybe was
29:53a little unkind
29:54to your dog
29:55and so I just want to say
29:57I am...
30:00I am having
30:02a hard time
30:03changing my tune.
30:06The only people
30:07who think that she's
30:09a literal supermodel
30:11we feel that she is
30:12the Giselle Bundchen
30:13of dogs
30:14are my husband and I.
30:15Yeah.
30:15Sometimes I wake up
30:15and I hear him going,
30:16you're a beautiful girl,
30:18you're such a beautiful girl
30:19and he's...
30:19People say things
30:20about her in the street
30:21because...
30:22Yeah.
30:22It's...
30:23They say things
30:24or yelp things?
30:25They yelp things.
30:26They ask what she is.
30:28They ask if she's sick.
30:29They ask if she's sick
30:30and he acts like
30:32she can speak English
30:33and they're hurling abuses
30:35at a child.
30:35But I mean,
30:36I find her gorgeous.
30:37This next picture
30:38is one of my favorites.
30:39Yeah.
30:39I mean, it's great too
30:40because the hat
30:40looks so natural.
30:41Yeah.
30:43No bosses,
30:44no boyfriends, Seth.
30:45She lives on her own time.
30:49This...
30:49Also, you...
30:50Since the last time
30:51you were here,
30:52you've added some pets.
30:53Yes, I have.
30:54Now, I've heard about people
30:54who have pigs as pets
30:55that they're the most
30:56incredible animal in the world.
30:57They're incredible.
30:58They're mind-blowing.
30:58Here's a photo of yours.
30:59I guess right after
31:00they got into the cocaine?
31:05They broke into
31:06a yogurt parfait.
31:07Did they really?
31:08Yes.
31:08They broke into
31:09a yogurt parfait
31:10and they were so proud
31:11of themselves.
31:11Yeah.
31:12The boy is Victor
31:13and that's Cherry.
31:15Yeah.
31:15And if you wonder,
31:17they're not brother and sister.
31:18They're husband and wife.
31:19Oh, that's wonderful.
31:20Yeah.
31:20And is it everything
31:21that I've heard it is?
31:22Is it just the greatest
31:23animals in the world?
31:24They're the greatest
31:25animals in the world.
31:25They're brilliant.
31:26Yeah.
31:27They have incredible
31:27senses of humor.
31:29Yeah.
31:29I mean, by the way,
31:30they figured out
31:31how to get in the parfait.
31:32They did.
31:33They cry sometimes
31:35when they hear music
31:36that they love.
31:36Really?
31:37Big, wobbly tears.
31:39His favorite singer
31:40is Lana Del Rey.
31:41Yeah.
31:42And she likes Mozart.
31:43Oh, my God.
31:45Yeah.
31:45What a lovely family
31:47you've put together.
31:48I feel really lucky.
31:49Yeah.
31:50And what favorite musician?
31:53Oh, this is easy.
31:55This is so easy.
31:57She's a brat girl.
31:59Very brat.
32:00You know that's a brat girl.
32:01That's a brat girl.
32:02Lena, don't be a stranger.
32:05You have to come back
32:05again very soon.
32:06Would you like me
32:07to sign your book?
32:08Um, okay.
32:08Okay.
32:08You guys.
32:12I only have pencil.
32:13That's a problem.
32:14That's all right.
32:14Okay, great.
32:15Here you go.
32:16Dear Seth.
32:17Yes.
32:20I'm not angry.
32:26I love you very much,
32:30but only as a friend.
32:36X, X.
32:38Lena.
32:38Lena Dunham!
32:40AIM's AIM is available now.
32:42Everybody wants to hear it.
32:43I'll be right back.
32:44We're called Oregon.
33:04Our next guest is a talented actor
33:05you know from the Lord of the Rings
33:07and Star Trek franchises Thor Ragnarok
33:09as well as his work as Billy Butcher
33:11on the Prime video series The Boys.
33:13He stars as Johnny Cage
33:15in Mortal Kombat 2,
33:16which opens in theaters May 8th.
33:18Let's take a look.
33:19Here I am.
33:22Rocked you like a hurricane.
33:27Here I am.
33:30Rocked you like a hurricane.
33:42You should have brought more, guys.
33:44Please welcome to the show
33:46Carl Urban, everybody!
34:03I'm out here, please.
34:04I'm so happy to have you here.
34:05I've been a fan for a long time.
34:07Well, thank you very much.
34:08It's really great to be here.
34:09And this is a very exciting project.
34:10This is an intense fan base
34:12for the Mortal Kombat world.
34:15Did you know when you got offered this part
34:16what you were stepping into?
34:18Oh, yeah, I did.
34:19And my sons made sure that I knew
34:20when I told them that I was
34:21going to be Johnny Cage.
34:23They were like,
34:23oof, big fan base.
34:25Don't F it up.
34:26And you, by the way,
34:27not your first time
34:28at a big fan base show,
34:29but your kids wanted you to know
34:31this was a big deal.
34:31You had to feel a little bit good,
34:33though, when you knew that people
34:34wanted you to play this dude.
34:36Yeah, exactly.
34:37Yeah.
34:37That is exactly what I went for as well.
34:39Yeah.
34:39You, uh, there were obviously
34:41a lot of, uh, physical,
34:43uh, physicality to the role.
34:44Yeah, huge physicality.
34:46Do they, uh, is that something
34:47that you show up early
34:48to start rehearsing
34:49for this sort of thing?
34:50Or is it just sort of day one
34:51fighting and flipping?
34:52Oh, yeah.
34:52I mean, it really started, uh,
34:54three months before
34:54where I did a cast physical
34:56and it was the most exhaustive
34:57physical that I've ever done
34:59in my life.
34:59And, you know, the doctor
35:00was taking all these bloods,
35:01they're checking my heart,
35:02my renal, and like,
35:03renal function.
35:04I thought, oh, okay,
35:05this is, this is serious.
35:06And he comes back and he goes,
35:07oh, you're all in pretty good shape.
35:08Your cholesterol's a little high.
35:09And I'm like,
35:11okay, I'll eat some salad.
35:12Can I go and do my movie now?
35:14I like that he's like,
35:15your cholesterol's too high
35:16to play Johnny Cage.
35:17Yeah, you can.
35:17You're, you're out.
35:18Okay, next.
35:20Uh, you have weapons
35:21in the film as well.
35:22Yeah.
35:22They sent you home
35:23with weapons to practice?
35:25Huge mistake.
35:26They took the,
35:27I took the staff home
35:28and I'm around, you know,
35:30we just had dinner cooked
35:31and I'm sort of flipping
35:32this thing around
35:33and it went flying out of my hand
35:34and just destroyed dinner.
35:35It was, uh,
35:36it was not my finest moment.
35:38So don't, don't try that at home.
35:39I like, like,
35:40it does seem like a complete flip
35:42with like the parenting dynamic
35:43in your house
35:44that like your kids
35:44are the ones being like,
35:45I don't know if you should do that.
35:47And then like,
35:47you're the one flipping around
35:48a stick at dinner.
35:50Yeah.
35:50Yeah.
35:51It's, uh,
35:51I still, I can't,
35:52I was, I was gardening
35:53on the day
35:53and I was raking some leaves
35:55and the,
35:55at the end of the rake
35:56broke off
35:57and I just thought,
35:57oh,
35:58I started flipping around.
36:00Oh my God.
36:00I got caught doing that.
36:03It was, it was embarrassing.
36:04So Johnny will never leave you.
36:06It sounds like
36:06Johnny's here to stay.
36:08Uh, so, uh,
36:09finishing moves were a huge part
36:10of, uh, Mortal Kombat.
36:12Yeah.
36:12So Johnny had a thing
36:13where he would do a split
36:14and basically punch someone
36:16in a sensitive area.
36:17Yeah.
36:18Um, do you,
36:18do when now,
36:19uh, uh, Carl,
36:20they didn't make you
36:21do a full split,
36:22did they?
36:23Well, yeah,
36:24they did.
36:24We, I do the splits
36:25in the, in the,
36:26in the movie.
36:27And how,
36:28and how was this,
36:29was these your legs
36:30doing a split?
36:32I know how TV
36:33and movies work.
36:34Sure.
36:35Yeah.
36:35I mean, listen,
36:36it might have been
36:36a bit of movie.
36:38Do you guys want
36:38to see me do the splits?
36:42Oh my God.
36:51Well, that's a pity.
36:52They don't want to see it.
36:53Um, but you know what?
36:55Uh, it's just a bit
36:56of a coincidence
36:57that I feel like
36:58that I'm my most flexible
36:59when my stunt double's around.
37:00Oh, right, right, right.
37:01When Gareth is around,
37:02I'm, I'm super flexible.
37:04Yeah, yeah, I do.
37:04I think we all need
37:05a stuntman in our lives,
37:06don't you think?
37:06I do.
37:07Oh, I love a stuntman.
37:08I mean, I don't do
37:09anything close to a,
37:10a split,
37:11but I would love
37:11to have a stuntman.
37:12I can imagine
37:12if you had an app
37:13that's gonna say,
37:14oh, you know,
37:14at three o'clock
37:15this afternoon
37:16when you're on your dog walk,
37:17you're, you're gonna
37:17have an accident
37:18and in a ravine.
37:19You're like,
37:20oh, Gareth,
37:20you want to walk
37:21the dog this afternoon?
37:22Yeah.
37:23Five?
37:24No.
37:24Can you make it three?
37:25The worst is
37:26when you were saying that,
37:27I realized all I want
37:28a stuntman for is like
37:29to read books to my kids
37:30at bedtime.
37:32I'm like,
37:32Gareth, you need to get in here
37:33and do Goodnight Moon.
37:34I can't do another one.
37:35I can't do it.
37:35I'm done.
37:36I can't do it again, Gareth.
37:38Congratulations,
37:39by the way,
37:39on the boys
37:41in its final season.
37:44I mean,
37:47I'm somebody,
37:47I'll admit,
37:48you know,
37:48I love comics.
37:50I had,
37:50I read the source material.
37:51I remember when they were making it,
37:52I'm like,
37:52God, this seems like
37:53an impossible thing to adapt
37:54and you guys have just
37:55from top down
37:56done such an incredible job
37:57adapting this.
37:58Billy Butcher is such
37:59an iconic character.
38:00Are you happy
38:01with the way
38:01it's all unfolding
38:02as you have your
38:03final few episodes here?
38:04Oh, yeah.
38:05I mean,
38:06you know,
38:06this has been a dream role.
38:07It's been a dream ride
38:08and we,
38:08you know,
38:08we can't wait to see
38:09how this lands,
38:10particularly episodes
38:11seven and eight.
38:12Like,
38:13oof.
38:14But be prepared.
38:15There's a,
38:15there's a few big ones coming.
38:17It's really funny
38:18to hear that
38:18about a show like The Boys,
38:19which has had more big ones
38:20than I feel like
38:21most shows I've watched.
38:22So when you're saying
38:23like,
38:23there's something you're not
38:24is going to really
38:25blow your mind,
38:26I'm like,
38:26another one?
38:27Oh, yeah.
38:27Yeah.
38:28That show really
38:29changed the landscape
38:30of how I think
38:33television is viewed
38:34and the things
38:34you can do on TV.
38:37Yeah.
38:37It was scary.
38:38Sometimes,
38:38you know,
38:38picking up those scripts.
38:41It was,
38:41there's a few eye-openers
38:43to say the least.
38:44I know,
38:45obviously,
38:46a lot of roles
38:46that you're recognized from.
38:48A lot of ones
38:48where people are surprised
38:49are like,
38:49oh, that's you
38:50because,
38:50you know,
38:51sometimes harder
38:51to recognize.
38:52But is it true
38:52that Mortal Kombat's
38:54already helped you,
38:55you know,
38:56sort of open doors for you
38:58playing Johnny Cage?
38:59Yeah.
39:00It's certainly,
39:01you know what,
39:01funny enough,
39:02like the movie
39:02hasn't even come out
39:03and I went to
39:04the U.S.
39:06consulate in Auckland
39:07to get my O-1 visa
39:08and it was being processed
39:10and the woman
39:11behind the desk said,
39:12oh, I'm sorry,
39:13the person who actually
39:14gives the final okay,
39:16like there's a final okay,
39:18is not at work
39:19and won't be at work
39:20until next week.
39:21When do you need it?
39:21I'm like,
39:22I'm leaving Sunday
39:23and she goes,
39:24let me go ask my supervisor.
39:25So she went
39:26and got the supervisor.
39:27He came through
39:28and went,
39:29Carl Urban,
39:30Johnny Cage,
39:30oh, come here.
39:31Let's,
39:33see ya.
39:35He's like,
39:35I'm going to give you
39:36two stamps.
39:36Right, yeah.
39:38Well,
39:38that's fantastic
39:39and I'm glad,
39:39by the way,
39:40that you got here
39:40and man,
39:42such a pleasure
39:42to meet you.
39:43Congrats on The Boys
39:44and the new film.
39:46Thank you so much.
39:47Thank you so much.
39:48Carl Urban,
39:49everybody.
39:49Mortal Kombat 2
39:50in theaters May 8th.
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