>> GREASED LIGHTNING! >> Lena: YES, YOU HAVE SOME FANS IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FATHER/DAUGHTER DUO I'VE EVER LAID MY EYES ON. AND Y'ALL LOOK A LOT ALIKE. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE A GOOD-LOOKING PARENT. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS. YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US. >> Lena: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, TRULY, COMING FROM YOU, I ALSO FEEL LIKE I CAN RELATE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE KIND OF ALL DID THE BIG SHOCK. I PEEPED YOUR INSTAGRAM. HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU, GETTING THAT REACTION. HERE'S DEAL. YOUR HAIR IS LIKE PRETTY FAMOUS. IT'S LIKE, YOU HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL MANE AND THEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, AND THEN YOU POSTED THIS PICTURE. WAS THAT YOUR IDEA, OR DID YOU LIKE WANT TO DO IT? HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? >> HE WAS TAKING THE PICTURE WITH THE MARTINI, AND I WAS WALKING AND GO OH, COOL. I GOT IN THE BACK AND SMILED AND TOOK IT. AND THEEVERYONE WAS LIKE -- >> Lena: PEOPLE WENT A LITTLE CRAZY. >> THE LAST TIME I WENT VIRAL BEFORE THAT IS WHEN I MISPRO MISPRO MISPRONOUNCED IDINA MENZEL'S NAME. >> Lena: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE BALD. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR HEAD'S SHAPED. I WAS NERVOUS. IF MY HEAD DON'T LOOK RIGHT I CAN'T GO BACK. YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE HOW NICOLAS PAGE LOOKED WHEN HE PLAYED YOU IN "FACE OFF". ARE THERE ANY DOWN SIDES TO HAVING A BALD HEAD? >> I DID A MOVIE YEARS AGO CALLED "FROM PARIS CANWITH LOVE WHERE I SHAVED IT AND I BECAME FRIENDS WITH PIT BULL. AND I LOVE, YOU KNOW ALL US GUYS HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER WHO DO THIS. AND HE ENCOURAGED IT AS WELL. AND THE FAMILY ENCOURAGED IT. >> Lena: YOU HANGING OUT WITH PIT BULL IS LIKE A TV SHOW. YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY, YOU OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY GREW UP IN A HOLLYWOOD HOUSE. HOW WAS THAT GOING TO SETS AND FILM PREMIERES. IS OPRAH COMING TO THANKSGIVING? I'VE GROWN-UP ON SET MY WHOLE LIFE. FUNNY THAT YOU MENTIONED OPRAH. I LOST MY FIRST TOOTH WITH OPRAH ON A BOAT. >> Lena: WHAT? >> YEAH. >> Lena: WAS SHE LIKE A TOOTH FAIRY? >> I GUESS SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST HAPPENED. >> Lena: DID SHE PUT A CAR UNDER YOUR PILLOW? >> I SWALLOWED THE TOOTH. THAT MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN SO GOOD. I THINK I STILL GOT MONEY UNDER MY PILLOW. >> Lena: COOL, COOL, COOL. AND OBVIOUSLY, JOHN, YOU'VE GOTTEN TO MEET A LOT OF FAMOUS PEOPLE OVER YOUR LIFE AND CAREER. I HEARD THAT YOU AND MOHAMMAD ALI KIND OF MET. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? >> IT WAS AT A TIME WHERE ARGUABLY WE WERE THE TWO MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. AND HE LOVED TO COMPETE WITH IT AND TEST IT ALL THE TIME. WE'D WALK DOWN THE STREET, HE'D SAY LET'S SEE WHO GETS RECOGNIZED FIRST. ONE TIME A YOUNG PERSON RECOGNIZED US BOTH AND THEY KIND OF FREAKED OUT. AND HE SAID YOU THINK YOU'RE DREAMIN'? YOU THINK YOU'RE SEEIN' JOHN TRAVOLTA AND MOHAMMAD ALI TOGETHER AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO HOME AND SAY WAS THAT REAL? OR WAS I DREAMIN'? >> Lena: SOMEBODY PROBABLY THOUGHT THEY WERE ON MUSHROOMS. LIKE I, I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF IF I SAW YOU TWO WALKING DOWN THE STREET. A LOT OF TIMES YOUR PARENTS EMBARRASS YOU. BUT LIKE YOU ARE THE KING OF COOL. >> YEAH. >> Lena: DOES JOHN TRAVOLTA EMBARRASS YOU AS YOUR DAD? >> THERE'S BEEN TIMES. IT DOESN'T NEVER HAPPEN. BUT YEAH. THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT ACTUALLY TAYLOR WAS COMING OVER TO THE HOUSE. AND I LOVED HIM. >> Lena: OKAY. OKAY. >> AND MY FRIENDS AND I WERE LOOKING AT PICTURES OF HIM AND JUST -- >> Lena: OF COURSE, AS ONE DOES. >> AH, AND HE KNEW THAT. AND THEN TAYLOR GETS THERE, AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL, SO I WAS RESEARCHING ABOUT THEM, TOO. >> Lena: RIGHT. YEAH, JUST RESEARCH. >> YEAH. YEAH. IT'S IMPORTANT. THEN THE FIRST THING HE SAYS TO THEM IS OH, SHE WAS JUST LOOKING YOU GUYS UP ON THE INTERNET. >> Lena: OH, YO. >> A FATHER'S POINT OF VIEW, EVERYBODY LOVES TAYLOR LOURDE. WOULDN'T HE BE FLATTERED THAT ELLE IS LOOKING HEM UP? >> Lena: I SEE THE THOUGHT PROCESS. AND SAYING THAT. WAS HE COOL? >> HE WAS JUST OH, HA, HA. NICE. AND I WAS LIKE. WITH MY FACE LIKE BRIGHT RID PROBABLY. >> Lena: HILARIOUS. I HAVE MY FAVORITE JOHN TRAVOLTA FILMS. I MENTIONED THEM AT THE TOP. "LOOK WHO'S TALKIN'". I WATCH THAT REPEATEDLY. ME AND MY SISTER STILL HAVE THEM ON VHS. THEY'RE A BIG PART OF OUR CHILDHOOD, OKAY? >> ON VHS. I KISSED HALLE BERRY, TOO, IN "SWORD FISH." >> Lena: YES, YOU DID. >> I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS TO KISS HER. YOU GOT TO KISS HER. >> Lena: WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. >> WE DO. >> Lena: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOVIE? YOU HAVE SO MANY MOVIES. CAN YOU PICK A FAVORITE ONE? >> ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS "FROM PARIS WITH LOVE". I LOVE THAT MOVIE SO MUCH. >> Lena: DOPE. >> AND THEN OF COURSE "GREASE". [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] "WILD HOGS". >> Lena: AND I REALLY LIKE SWORDFISH. >>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TEACH YOU HOW THEY EAT DOUGHNUTS IN L.A.? >> YEAH. >> I CAN'T. BECAUSE THEY DON'T EAT DOUGHNUTS IN L.A. THEY EAT SPROUTS. HOWEVER, I CAN SHOW YOU HOW THEY DO IT IN TEXAS. YOU READY? DUNK. MAYBE SMALLER BITES. YOU'RE TOO PRETTY TO BE DUNKIN' DONUTS. CHEERS. FIRST TIME I'VE EVER TOASTED WITHOUT LIQUOR IN IT. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> WELCOME BACK. I'M LENA WAITHE HERE WITH JOHN AND ELLA BLEU TRAVOLTA. WOW, MAN. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT "POISON ROSE". I KNOW IT'S A DETECTIVE STORY, BUT HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? >> I PLAY A SCRUFFY DETECTIVE AS YOU SAW, AND HE'S ASSIGNED TO A MISSING PERSONS CASE IN TEXAS AND IT TURNS INTO A MURDER CASE AND ELLA'S AT THE CENTER OF THAT MURDER CASE. AND THEN MORGAN FREEMAN IS KIND OF LIKE THE GODFATHER OF GALVESTON AND KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE CASE THAN ANYBODY. >> Lena: THAT'S AMAZING. >> SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM AND I HAVE A HISTORY WITH MORGAN. AND I'M CHECKING HER OUT. DON'T YOU LOVE THAT SHE WENT FROM ROBIN WILLIAMS RIGHT TO -- >> Lena: HAD YOU AND MORGAN FREEMAN EVER BEEN IN A MOVIE TOGETHER? >> NO. BUT WE HAD A SIMILAR PAST. HE WAS FROM BROADWAY, I WAS FROM BROADWAY. EVERY DAY ON THE SET. HE WOULD START A SONG AND I WOULD FINISH IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT HE WAS TELLING ME TRUE, THAT HE SAID HE HAD THE MOST FUN ON THAT SET THAN HE HAD ON ANY MOVIE. >> Lena: WOW. >> I THINK THAT'S PAUBECAUSE WE INJECTED A LITTLE MUSIC. >> Lena: YOU WHISTLED WHILE YOU WORKED. THAT'S DOPE. >> HER IDEAS, LIKE YOURS COME VERY QUICK, AND THEY COME TO FRUITION VERY EASILY. WHEN SHE WAS 7, SHE SAID DADDY, I WANT TO DO A MOVIE. AND A WEEK LATER THAT SCRIPT WITH ROBIN AND I CAME ON MY PLATE. AND NOW SHE TURNED 18 LAST YEAR AND SAID TO ME, DADDY, I THINK I'M READY TO GO BACK TO MOVIES. BOOM, A WEEK LATER THIS MORGAN FREEMAN SCRIPT CAME, I SAID HONEY, WE'RE ON. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THAT SPEED AND PARTICLE FLOW QUICKNESS. >> Lena: YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING. IT WILL COME TO YOU. I WANT A MILLION DOLLARS, AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP AT THE DOOR. YOU HAVE THAT POWER. AND QUICKLY, IN THE CLIP, YOU WERE EATING DOUGHNUTS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS. DO YOU GUYS LIKE SWEETS, BAKED GOODS? >> WE'RE A BIG FOOD FAMILY. WE BAKE OFTEN AT HOME, TOO. LIKE BAKEOFF, BUT HE WINS EVERY SINGLE TIME. >> Lena: DAMAGNG IT JOHN TRAVOL YOU'RE GOOD AT EVERYTHING. >> "THE POISON ROSE" OPENS IN SELECT THEATRES AND ON DEMAND FRIDAY. JOHN AND ELLA BLEU TRAVOLTA EVERYONE!
