>> Whoopi: HEY, WELCOME BACK. TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER HILARY SWANK AND "REACHER" STAR ALAN RITCHSON SHARE THE SCREEN IN A NEW MOVIE CALLED "ORDINARY ANGELS." IT'S A TRUE STORY OF A STRUGGLING BUT SAVVY HAIRDRESSER WHO THROWS A LIFELINE TO A WIDOWED FATHER DROWNING IN MEDICAL GET WHILE TRYING TO SAVE HIS DYING DAUGHTER. TAKE A LOOK. >> LOOK, I APPRECIATE IT, BUT I PREFER TO DO THINGS MYSELF. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. >> WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THIS AIN'T ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT YOUR LITTLE GIRL. >> SO, WHAT'S THIS STACK? >> URGENT. >> AND THIS? >> VERY URGENT. >> SO, WHAT'S THIS ONE? >> IGNORE. >> IGNORE? >> UH-HUH. >> I CAN'T IGNORE THESE. >> ED, I'VE OWNED FOUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN 20 YEARS. HERE'S SOMETHING I LEARNED, SOME BILLS ARE LIKE WINE. THEY GET BETTER WITH AGE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Whoopi: PLEASE WELCOME HILARY SWANK AND ALAN RITCHSON. [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> HI. HI, EVERYBODY. [ APPLAUSE ] I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE 2017. >> Whoopi: I KNOW. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. >> I WAS BORN RIGHT BEFORE 2017. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Sara: NOW YOU SOUND LIKE ALYSSA. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Whoopi: I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE EITHER. >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE. WE WORKED TOGETHER. WE WORKED ON NINJA TURTLES MANY MOONS AGO. YEAH. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Sunny: THAT'S FUN. >> NICE TO SEE YOU. >> Whoopi: NICE TO SEE YOU TOO. I KNOW, Y'ALL, I AM IN PLACES YOU DON'T EVEN THINK OF. [ LAUGHTER ] HILARY, IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE A COMMUNITY IN KENTUCKY CAME TOGETHER TO SAVE A LITTLE GIRL'S LIFE. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE STORY AND THE CHARACTER THAT YOU PLAY, BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. >> IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT ADAGE THAT LIFE IS STRANGER THAN FICTION, AND IF YOU READ THIS AS A FICTION STORY, YOU'D SAY THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. WE GOT TO TONE IT DOWN, BUT THIS WOMAN IS LARGER THAN LIFE. SHE'S THIS BEAUTIFUL, ORDINARY ANGEL, WHO FINDS PURPOSE THROUGH SERVING ANOTHER PERSON. WHEN SHE WASN'T THINKING OF DOING THAT, WASN'T WHAT SHE WAS SET OUT TO DO, BUT SHE'S JUST FLAWED. SHE'S IMPERFECT. IT'S A REMINDER THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT, THAT WE CAN HELP OTHERS NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN OUR LIVES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PERFECT ANGEL, AND YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR HELP WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR LIFE. >> Whoopi: THAT'S GREAT. >> Sunny: I SAW THIS FILM LAST NIGHT. Y'ALL HAD ME CRYING, CHEERING. IT'S JUST -- IT'S A REALLY GOOD FEEL GOOD MOVIE, AND I THINK WE NEED THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Sunny: AND, ALA YOU SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE LOVE STORIES THAT IS COMPLETELY PLATONIC. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Sunny: AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT, BUT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, AND AS A DAD TO THREE YOUNG BOYS YOURSELF, HOW MUCH COULD YOU RELATE TO THIS FATHER? >> OH, TWO GREAT QUESTIONS. I MEAN, LOOK, WHAT IF WE DIDN'T OBJECTIFY EACH OTHER FOR A SECOND. YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IF WE DIDN'T TRY TO EXPLOIT ONE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE RUN TO EASY TICKET SALES WITH, YOU KNOW, SEXUAL CONTENT, AND IT'S KIND OF REFRESHING THAT WE GET A WHOLESOME STORY THAT'S FULL OF ALL THE EMOTIONS THAT WE HOPE FOR IN A FILM, YOU KNOW, THIS ROLLER COASTER OF HEARTACHE, YOU KNOW, THIS -- YOU KNOW, WHAT ED SCHMIDT, THE FATHER, WENT THROUGH IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE WITH THE LOSS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS WIFE, OF HIS DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT, AND, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ANGEL IN HIS LIFE WHO WAS A BROKEN TOY HERSELF, WHO JUST WANTED TO HELP AND FIND HEALING THROUGH HELPING OTHERS, I THINK THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF. >> Sunny: YES. >> THAT'S OUR HIGH CALLING IS, CAN WE PUT ASIDE PREJUDICE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER JUST FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS FILM DOES THAT FOR US. >> Sara: WHEN WE CAN BARELY FIX OURSELVES, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS HELP SOMEONE ELSE. >> TOTALLY. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. >> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG ACT OF KINDNESS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOMETHING AS BIG AS SHARON DID. IT CAN BE SIMPLE IN YOUR DAY. >> Whoopi: DO WHAT YOU CAN. >> DO WHAT YOU CAN. >> AND WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? ARE WE WAITING TO BE PERFECT OR QUALIFIED? I KNOW I DO THAT IN MY OWN LIFE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WILL WAIT TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL SOURCES TO REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE OR UNTIL I'm HEALED ENOUGH WHERE I CAN SPEAK TO THE ADDICTION OR THE PAIN IN PEOPLE'S LIVES OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND THIS FILM SORT OF CALLS US TO ACTION IN A WAY THAT SAYS JUST, LIKE, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS HELP, JUST DO SOMETHING. >> Sara: YEAH, YEAH. >> YOU'RE QUALIFIED BECAUSE YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Sara: YEAH. HILARY, THIS MOVIE HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOUR FATHER WAS A LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, AND YOU PUT YOUR CAREER ON HOLD FOR HIM BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN 2021, SO TELL US ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR DAD. >> OH, I'D LOVE TO. MY DAD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. HE INSTILLED SUCH A WORK ETHIC, AND HE WAS A PERSON THAT REALLY LISTENED. HE REALLY SAW ME. HE WAS REALLY PRESENT, AND I WAS -- IT WAS MY BIGGEST JOY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE -- BE BLESSED ENOUGH TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM IN THAT TIME OF NEED AND BE THERE FOR HIM, AND WE -- HE MOVED IN WITH ME, BUT THEN I QUICKLY REALIZED WE WERE JUST KIND OF ROOMMATES. WE WERE LIVING TOGETHER, AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN IN THAT TIME TOO. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, BUT IN THE END, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT HE WAS A LUNG RECIPIENT, THAT SOMEONE WAS A DONOR AND SAVED HIS LIFE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU REALIZE IT'S SUCH A SIMPLE THING WE CAN DO. IF OUR LIFE IS ENDING FOR WHATEVER REASON IT MAY BE, TO BE ABLE TO DONATE YOUR BODY TO HELP SAVE A LIFE, PLEASE DO. >> Sunny: YES. >> AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> Whoopi: IT'S ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Joy: DRIVER'S LICENSE. >> Whoopi: IT'S NOT A BAD THING. >> Alyssa: IT'S SO IMPORTANT. WELL, ALAN, YOU'RE CURRENTLY FILMING THE THIRD SEASON OF "REACHER." [ APPLAUSE ] >> RIGHT. >> Alyssa: IT'S SO GOOD. >> 180 DEGREES THE OTHER DIRECTION. >> Alyssa: COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE FOR A SECOND. >> Alyssa: MY HUSBAND AND I ALWAYS BINGE IT THE DAY IT COMES OUT, BUT YOU PLAY A FORMER MILITARY COP THAT TRAVELS AROUND BEATING UP BAD GUYS BASICALLY. IT'S BEEN CALLED PEAK DAD TV. I TAKE OBJECTION WITH THIS, BUT HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT? >> LOOK, YOU KNOW YOU'VE MADE IT WHEN YOU GET, LIKE, 90-YEAR-OLD WOMEN IN WALKERS GOING, REACHER! [ LAUGHTER ] REACHER! AND THEIR DAUGHTER GOING, SORRY, SHE'S A LITTLE CRAZY. I TRIED TO CATCH HER. I COULDN'T. [ LAUGHTER ] YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, THERE'S NO DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THIS SHOW. >> Sunny: NO. >> REALLY, I GOT LITTLE KIDS, I GET MOMS, DADS. YOU KNOW, MY -- I HAVE SHOWN MY KIDS THE SHOW, CLOSED THEIR EYES TO SOME OF THE PIECES, BUT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, EVERYBODY ENJOYS THIS SHOW, AND IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. >> Alyssa: I HEARD YOU HAD A REAL-LIFE "REACHER" MOMENT AND IN CANADA AND A CRIME BEING COMMITTED. >> I WAS ON A DATE WITH MY WIFE. START THERE. IT WAS DUSK IN OLD MONTREAL, COBBLESTONE STREETS, ROMANTIC, SUN SETTING, BEAUTIFUL. AND MY WIFE NOTICED SOME FEET DANGLING OUT OF A VEHICLE, AND SHE SAID, I THINK THAT DUDE IS BREAKING INTO THE CAR, AND HE RAN OFF WITH LIKE A TON BAGS AND PASSED US UP, AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS LIKE, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. [ LAUGHTER ] PLEASE, WE'RE ON A DATE. >> Sunny: RAN PAST THE REACHER? >> RIGHT BY ME LIKE SPLIT US. >> Whoopi: THEY WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION. THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY. >> Sunny: IT'S HARD TO MISS YOU, THOUGH. >> Alyssa: IT IS HARD. >> I DON'T THINK HE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO CHASE HIM DOWN. I WAS DRESSED IN -- >> Sara: DID YOU CHASE HIM DOWN? >> OH, YEAH, I HAD TO. >> Sara: REACHER. >> SHE SAID, DON'T DO IT. YEAH, I CHASED HIM DOWN. HE TOOK A LEFT, I TURNED THE CORNER, I ALMOST CAUGHT UP TO HIM. HE TOOK ANOTHER LEFT, AND I RAN TO THE CORNER AND HE WAS GONE, AND SOMEBODY DOWN THE STREET THAT WAS WATCHING, HE'S UNDER THE VAN. SO I LOOKED UNDER THE VAN, AND HE WAS THERE, AND HE TOOK OFF AGAIN, AND SO I CAUGHT UP TO HIM AND RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE, AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER GOING, HOW DOES THIS END. I'M NOT SURE HOW EITHER OF US GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION. WE'VE TAKEN IT PRETTY FAR, AND HE GOES AND PUTS HIS HANDS ON ME. I COULD TELL -- HE'S LIKE RUNNING BUT GOT HIS FISTS UP, AND I WAS LIKE, DON'T DO THIS, DUDE. HE GOES -- HE SHOVES ME, ALL RIGHT, SO I GENTLY -- I -- I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HIM, BUT MULTIPLE SPINS INTO A BUILDING WALL, AND HE JUST -- HE JUST SAT DOWN. THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS REALLY IT. THE COPS CAME. WE GOT HIM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> I WAS ROBBED ONCE, AND IT DIDN'T GO EXACTLY LIKE THAT. >> I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS. >> SHE'S A FIGHTER TOO. >> I WAS LIVING IN PARIS. I GOT ROBBED, AND I CHASED THE GUY DOWN TOO. I WAS LIKE, I WANT TO GET MY BAG. I JUST NEED MY PASSPORT. GIVE ME MY PASSPORT, AND I'M CHASING HIM DOWN THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A TRAFFIC JAM AND -- >> Sunny: GOSH. >> IT WASN'T -- THE CRAZIEST PART, SHE WASN'T LIKE, I THINK THAT GUY IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG. SHE WAS IN THE VEHICLE, AND THE GUY SMASHED HER WINDOW OUT. >> Sunny: YOU CHASED HIM. >> I JUST GOT OUT, I'M LIKE -- I HAD LIKE BOOTS ON -- >> Whoopi: YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET A PASSPORT? >> YES! [ APPLAUSE ] IT WAS NICE AND THICK, AND I ADDED PAGES WITH ALL THE PLACES THAT I EVER TRAVELED. IT'S SO MEANINGFUL, AND YOU'VE RIGHT. IT TAKES A LONG TIME. CHASING THE GUY DOWN, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO -- >> Whoopi: YOU KNOW WHAT, COME BACK ANY TIME. >> WE WILL.
