>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT CURRENTLY STARS
AS AN ENDEARING CANDLESTICK IN "BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST" AND AN ENDEARING DRUG ADDICT IN "T2 TRAINSPOTTING." ♪
♪ >> GO, GO, GO! ♪
♪ >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
EWAN McGREGOR! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
♪ >> THAT WAS NICE. WHERE ARE WE? >> Stephen: WE'RE IN THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER RIGHT NOW. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER
BEEN IN HERE. >> Stephen: NEVER BEEN IN
HERE? >> NO. >> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T COME
HERE WHEN DAVE WAS HERE? >> I NEVER LOOKED UP IF I DID. I DON'T THINK SO. >> Stephen: WE CHANGED THE
CEILING. >> WELL, IN THAT CASE, MAYBE I
HAVE. ( LAUGHTER )
I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE. >> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. WE KEPT IT AS COLD AS WE USED
TO. >> THAT DOES REMIND ME OF DAVE'S
STUDIO. >> Stephen: AS I SAID IN THE
INTRO, YOU ARE PLAYING A TALKING CANDLE STICK. >> YEP. >> Stephen: AND A 40-YEAR-OLD
HEROIN ADDICT IN THESE TWO DIFFERENT FILMS. WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS IS
MORE BELIEVABLE? ( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE THE IDEA THAT ANY OF THE GUYS FROM "TRAIN SPOTTING" ARE
ALIVE IS PRETTY CRAZY. >> I DON'T KNOW. I THINK IT'S QUITE A STRETCH TO
BELIEVE ME AS A CANDLESTICK. I DON'T KNOW. >> Stephen: OH, I TOTALLY BUY
YOU AS A CANDLESTICK. >> THE TRUTH IS, RANT CLEANED UP
HIS ACT OVER THE YEARS. A LOT OF PEOPLE CLEAN UP AFTER
HEROIN AND GET OVER IT. >> Stephen: THOSE GUYS ARE
LIVING A PRETTY ROUGH LIFE THERE. THE FACT YOU PEOPLE IN T2 HAVE
ALL YOUR TEETH IS SURPRISING. ( LAUGHTER )
>> I DON'T THINK BOBBY HAS ALL OF HIS THERE. HE'S MISSING ONE, I THINK. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, "BEAUTY
AND THE BEAST," YOU PLAY A CANDLESTICK. HOW DOES ONE PREPARE AS AN
ACTOR, HOW DOES ONE DO A RIDE ALONG AS A CANDLESTICK? >> MONTHS AND MONTHS OF
RESEARCH. I DON'T KNOW REALLY KNOW. THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT IS I
SORT OF JUST SWANNED INTO IT WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT. IT WAS A MISTAKE, AS IT TURNED
OUT. ( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH WOMAN FOR
23, -5, -4 YEARS, AND I THOUGHT I COULD DO THE FRENCH ACCENT,
WITH BULL I COULDN'T DO IT. >> Stephen: YOU DID THE FRENCH
ACCENT AS LUMIER AND YOU COULDN'T DO IT? >> IT WAS A BIT SOUTH OF THE
BORDER. >> Stephen: YOU WERE A BIT
MEXICAN? WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING
BEAST! ( LAUGHTER )
>> WE ARE GUESTS! WE ARE GUESTS! S--
( LAUGHTER ) >> WE RECORDED IT BECAUSE I'M A
CANDLESTICK. WE GOT THERE BEFORE SHOOTING,
RECORDED ALL THE DIALOGUE, AND WHAT WE RECORDED WAS GOING TO BE
PLAYED BACK ON SET FOR THE AMAZING ACTORS TO LISTEN TO. AND I LEFT GOING, OH, NO,
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE LISTENING. >> Stephen: IS THIS JUST IN A
RECORDING BOOTH OR WAS IT THE SIR COZ WITH THE BLUE BALLS ON. >> WE DID THE BLUE BALLS THING,
WHICH IS A BIT OF WHAT IT FEELS LIKE HERE ACTUALLY. WE DID THE BALLS THING JUST TO
GET MY MOVEMENT SO I COULD FEEL A BIT LIKE ME, I GUESS. THEN I RECORDED MY DIALOGUE. WE DID IT TOGETHER IN A
RECORDING STUDIO. >> Stephen: WHO IS HE? HE PLAYS COGSWORTH. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE CHILDREN,
SURAL YOU KNEW THIS MUSICAL BEFORE YOU TOOK THE JOB, RIGHT? ( LAUGHTER )
HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN? >> OLDEST IS 21, MY YOUNGEST IS
6. >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU ESCAPE
FROM DISNEY, THE BLACK HOLE THAT IS BE OUR GUEST? >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, THE
ORIGINAL. >> Stephen: IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO. I DON'T KNOW, IT WASN'T ONE THEY
WATCHED. >> Stephen: HAS IT NOT BEEN
TRANSLATED INTO SCOTTISH? >> NO. NO. ( LAUGHTER )
BUT IT SHOULD BE. >> Stephen: YEAH. O, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS
QUITE HANDY IN A WAY BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY A PART
THAT'S WELL KNOWN, IT'S GOOD YOU DON'T KNOW IT SO IT CAN BE
YOURS. I DIDN'T TRY TO BE LIKE THE GUY
WHO DID IT IN THE CARTOON IN THE '90s. >> Stephen: THERE IS A LITTLE
CONTROVERSY IN THIS FILM. >> THERE IS A LOT OF GAY SEX IN
THE. ( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERING ) THERE IS A LOT OF GAY SEX IN
THIS CARTOON. IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR
ALABAMA, YOU SHOULD NOT GO AND SEE THIS FILM! WHAT WOULD JESUS THINK?! >> Stephen: I'LL ASK HIM. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT? >> Stephen: NO, YOU SHOULD
HAVE. THERE ARE RUMORS HE HAS GAY
PARTS. >> HE'S A GAY CHARACTER. >> Stephen: I THINK IT TURNS
OUT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY. >> HE'S A GAY CHARACTER. IT'S 2017. FOR (BLEEP) SAKE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH. IS THAT ANY OF YOUR DIALOGUE
FROM THE FILM? OR IS THAT --
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, NO. >> Stephen: BUT IT IS SOME OF
YOUR DIALOGUE FROM T2 TRAINSPOTTER. >> SOME OF MY LIGHTER DIALOGUE,
YEAH. >> Stephen: NOW SPEAKING OF AN
ACTOR, SOMEONE WHO'S COMMITTED TO THEIR ROLE IN TRAINSPOTTING,
YOUR CHARACTER LOVES THE DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS HEROIN AND
HAS TO KICK IT BUT KEEPS GETTING SUCKED BACK IN. DID YOU DO A RIDE-ALONG THERE? DID YOU EVER SAY TO YOURSELF,
WELL, IF I'M GOING TO PLAY A HEROIN ADDICT I AT LEAST SHOULD
KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE NOD. >> I DID THINK ABOUT IT AND, YOU
KNOW, IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN TIME. THE TRAINSPOTTING NOVEL WAS SORT
OF A NOVEL OF OUR GENERATION IN SCOTLAND AND FURTHER AFIELD I
GUESS. BUT IN SCOTLAND IT WAS LIKE THE
BOOK OF OUR GENERATION. AND WHEN WE ARE PREPARING TO
MAKE THE MOVIE, I FELT LIKE IT WAS -- IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING
TO BECOME WHAT IT HAD BECOME. IT FELT THAT SPECIAL. I WAS CONVINCED IT WOULD BE AN
AMAZING PIECE OF WORK. I DID THINK, I'VE NEVER DONE
HEROIN AND IF I'M GOING TO CONVINCINGLY PLAY A HEROIN
ADDICT, IRKED TRY. I HAD A NOTION OUR SCRIPT
WRITER -- HE'S A DOCTOR -- AND I THOUGHT, WELL, HE COULD GIVE US
SOME. ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: REALLY? YEAH, HE COULD GIVE US SOME. >> Stephen: DOCTORS IN
SCOTLAND HAVE HEROIN IS THIS. >> I'M SURE THEIR ACCESS TO SOME
SOMEWHERE. >> Stephen: SURELY. I THOUGHT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT
SAFE. SO I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THEN
I STARTED WORKING WITH DANNY BOYLE AND WE WENT UP TO GLASGOW
AND WORKED WITH RECOVERING ADDICTS AND ONE GUY BECAME OUR
HEROIN ADVISOR ON SET. I WENT TO ONE OF THEIR RECOVERY
MEETINGS AND I WATCHED THESE YOUNG GUYS AND GIRLS COME IN AND
I SAW THE EXTRAORDINARY SUFFERING THEY WERE GOING
THROUGH AND THE PAIN IN THEIR EYES AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
ENORMOUSLY DISRESPECTFUL TO THEM FOR ME TO GO TRY HEROIN. >> Stephen: TO DABBLE. I DIDN'T NEED TO. IT WASN'T NECESSARY. SO I ASKED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
THAT WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US THEIR TIME, AND I ASKED
THEM TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WITHDRAW AND WHAT IT
FELT LIKE WHEN YOU INJECTED HEROIN. I'M AN ACTOR AND I HAVE TO USE
MY IMAGINATION, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY
DISRESPECTFUL TO THEM TO HAVE DONE THAT. >> Stephen: WHEN I WATCHED
TRAINSPOTTING, I NEEDED SOME OF THE SUBTITLES FOR SOME OF THE
SCENES. IS THAT SCOTLAND'S REVENGE ON
THE ENGLISH? ( LAUGHTER )
>> NO, I THINK OUR MIDGEYS ARE THE REVENGE. THEY'RE TINY MOSQUITOES. THEY'RE A NIGHT MAYOR. NOBODY GOATS THERE BECAUSE THEY
GET EATEN ALIVE BY THEM. >> Stephen: IS THERE A
SCOTTISH PHRASE YOU PARTICULARLY LOVE THAT I PERHAPS WOULDN'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT IF YOU SAID IT? BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE
FILM I'M ONLY GETTING THE EMOTIONAL CONTENT FROM. >> YES, WELL, I'LL COME ON TO
THAT. PARTLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER, I THINK, WHEN WE MADE THE FIRST TRAIN SPOTTING FILM,
THEY ASKED US TO REDO THE FIRST THIRD OF THE MOVIE TO MAKE IT
SLIGHTLY LESS SCOTTISH. >> Stephen: YOU DUBBED IT? JUST THE FIRST THIRD, WE
DUBBED SOME OF IT. >> Stephen: OKAY. IF YOU SEE THE BRITISH
VERSION, BOBBY CARLISLE HAS A MAJOR SCENE AND IT STARTS AT THE
VOLLEY WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE BUB AND THEY TIED IT UP SO YOU
COULD SLIGHTLY UNDERSTAND HIM AND IT RUINED IT BECAUSE IF YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SAYING YOU GET THE POINT NOT TO
GO NEAR HIM OR ANNOY HIM IN ANY WAY. SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT THIS TIME,
BUT WHAT DANNY'S DONE IS HE HAS DONE SOME SORT OF SLIGHTLY
AMUSING SUBTITLING AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE TO HELP
THE AMERICAN EAR INTO THE ACCENT. >> Stephen: YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S AN ACT OF TRUST FOR
THE FIRST FEW MINUTES. >> YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY FAVORITE
SCOTTISH PHRASE? >> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO. IT'S A BIT RUDE, THOUGH. >> Stephen: SURE. IT GOES LIKE THIS -- IF
YOU'RE GOING TO GET HUNG FOR STEALING A SHEEP YOU MIGHT AS
WELL (BLEEP) IT AS WELL. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: "T2 TRAINSPOTTING" OPENS IN SELECT CITIES THIS
FRIDAY. EWAN McGREGOR, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FINN
WITTROCK.
