MY FIRST GUEST IS A MOVIE STAR
YOU KNOW AS JEAN VALJEAN, P.T. BARNUM, AND WOLVERINE. HE NOW STARS AS GARY HART IN
"THE FRONT RUNNER." >> YOU'VE MADE CALLS TO THIS
WOMAN FROM KANSAS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. >> I MAKE CALLS EVERY DAY. I DON'T SEE HOW I WOULD REMEMBER
>> THAT WAS YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH. YOU SAID WE SHOULD HOLD OUR
SELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STARTED OF
INTEGRITY AND ETHICS. THEN WHY ARE WE STANDING HERE ON
A SATURDAY NIGHT? DON'T YOU THINK YOU OWE IT TO US
TO BE FORTHCOMING? >> OWE YOU? YOU DENY IT? I DON'T OWE YOU. >> YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. >> DO YOU KNOW YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES? >> I KNOW FULL WELL. DO YOU KNOW YOURS? >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME
HUGH JACKMAN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( BAND PLAYING ) >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY RUDE. >> Stephen: NOT AT ALL. I'M NOT GOING TO LET SOMEONE OUT
HUG AN AUDIENCE MEMBER. >> SO YOUR PRODUCERS SAY DO YOU
KNOW ANDY LEE WHO IS OVER THERE. ANDY IN AUSTRALIA IS ALMOST AS
FAMOUS AS YOU HERE. HE AND AIMISH -- WE'VE GOT SOME
AUSSIES HERE. >> Stephen: WE SHIPPED A FULL
IN. >> ANDY SENT ME AN EMAIL AND I
HADN'T REPLAYED. HE SAID, SERIOUSLY, DUDE, YOU
HAVEN'T REPLIED? I'M GOING TO REPLY IN A SECOND. >> Stephen: THIS MOMENT IS
HUGE IN AUSTRALIA. >> BUT HERE --
>> Stephen: WE'LL KEEP IT. WE'LL SEE HOW THE INTERVIEW GOES
AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO KNOW YOU FIRST
THROUGH YOUR WORK AS WOLVERINE. >> YES. >> Stephen: THAT WAS CREATED
AT MARVEL AND OVERSEEN BY STAN LEE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT
MEETING STAN. >> FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE WHAT YOU
SAID, AND LET ME JUST SAY TO THE FAMILY AND TO THE LEGIONS OF FAN
S THAT I REMEMBER STAN AS A TRUE GENTLEMAN WHO HAD THIS
GLINT IN HIS EYE. HE'S A CREATIVE GENIUS. HE THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX. HE CREATED A WHOLE UNIVERSE THAT
CHANGED THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE , MINE INCLUDED. BUT WHEN I MET HIM -- FIRST OF
ALL, IF YOU WANT TO GET A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE YOU ARE
IN THE WORLD, YOU THINK, I'M WOLVERINE, I'M WALKING INTO
COMIC-CON, THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR ME, AND I WAS ON THE RED
CARPET AND THE ONLY ONE ON THERE AND NO ONE WAS TAKING MY PHOTO
BUT A AT THE OTHER END WAS STAN LEE, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 300
PHOTO FEERNSD INTERVIEWERS ON STAN. STAN, GOD BLESS YOU. YOU'RE ONE OF THE GREATS. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. CREATED HIS OWN WORLD ALONG WITH
THE OTHER PEOPLE AT MARVEL. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE
INTEGRATED IN THAT WORLD AT THE BEGINNING? WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES. WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST ONE. YOU'RE A METHOD ACTOR. HOW DO YOU APPROACH A PERSON WHO
IS A MUTANT IN THE WOLVERINE? >> EMBARRASSINGLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A WOLVERINE
WAS. I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH AN ANIMALS
MALL. I PRESUMED IT WAS A MADEUP NAME
FOR THE COMIC BOOK. I'D NEVER READ AN X BOOK COMIC. I PRESUMED IT WAS A WOLF AND I
DID STUDY WOLVES. I WATCHED DOCUMENTARIES, THERE
WAS A BIG I " -- IMAX MOVIE AT THE TIME. >> Stephen: SO YOU PUT IN THE
HOURS. >> YES, AND I TURNED UP FOR A
FIGHT REHEARSAL. I WAS INCORPORATING WOLVES HAVE
THEIR NOSE TO THE GROUND AND LOOK INTO THEIR ACE BECAUSE
THEY'RE SMELLING YOU. THE DIRECTOR GOES, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING WITH THE BODY? I SAID, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW
, I WAS DOING WORK ON THE WOLVES AND -- HE SAID, WOLVES? WHY WOLVES? YOU'RE PLAYING A WOLVERINE. I GO, WELL, IT'S NOT AN ANIMAL. HE GOES, YEAH, IT IS, OUT OF THE
ZOO. THAT WAS A HUMILIATING MOMENT
AND THREE WEEKS OF WASTED RESEARCH. BUT IT WORKED OUT. ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WELL, I MET YOUR LOVELY WIFE, DEBRA LEE. >> YES. >> Stephen: AND THIS IS THE
TWO OF YOU RIGHT HERE. >> IT IS. >> Stephen: NOW, LIKE YOUR
FRIEND ANDY LEE HERE, SHE IS AN ACTOR IN AUSTRALIA AND WE MAY
NOT HAVE KNOWN HER WORK UP HERE. SHE'S A BIG DEAL DOWN THERE. WHEN YOU MET HER, WERE YOU A BIG
DEAL? >> ZERO. >> Stephen: YOU WERE DATING UP
BIG TIME. AND IT WAS MY FIRST JOB, AND SHE
WAS THE STAR OF IT. SO, YEAH, IT WAS HUGE. I REMEMBER ACTUALLY THE FIRST
DAY I WENT -- THIS IS AUSTRALIA, SO THE SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PICKED ME UP AND BROUGHT ME TO REHEARSAL, AND -- LITERALLY
PICKED ME UP IN HIS OWN CAR, TOOK ME TO REHEARSAL. DEB WAS ALREADY IN THE CAR
SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT. I THOUGHT, BECAUSE SHE'D BEEN TO
HOLLYWOOD AND DONE MOVIES, AND I THOUGHT HOW'S THIS GOING TO GO? SHE'S IN THE FRONT SEAT, SO I
THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD SIGN, YOU KNOW, NOT SITTING IN THE
BACK OF HER SHOW SHAWF -- CHAUFFEURED SUNGLASSES. SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAID, HI,
I'M DERAY LEE. I THOUGHT, I I'M GOING TO MARRY
THAT WOMAN. >> Stephen: TWO WEEKS LATER
SHE I KNEW EARLY ON. SHE NEEDED CONVINCING BUT I KNEW
>> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU GET THE SIGNAL THAT YOU HAD PRESSED
HER ENOUGH? >> IT WAS SUNRISE AND SHE WAS
NAKED IN MY BED ( LAUGHTER )
NO, THE SIGNAL FOR ME, I HAD A DINNER PARTY, AND I HAD A CRUSH
ON DEB REALLY BADLY AND IT WAS EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT. I THEN DID THE THING YOU DO
WHICH IS NOT SPEAK TO HER, SO I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HER ABOUT A WEEK
SHE'S THE STAR OF THE SHOW, EVERYONE HAD A CRUSH ON HER, AND
I INVITE HER TO DINNER WITH ABOUT 12 OTHER PEOPLE AND SHE
GOT A PHONE CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF DINNER. YOU'RE IN THE SUBURBS, SHE GETS
A PHONE CALL, AND WE'RE ALL STOPPED AND LISTENING. SHE GOES, WHO'S AT THE FRONT? MICK JAGGER. TURNS OUT MICK JAGGER WAS IN A
LIMOUSINE WITH A FRIEND OF HERS OUT FRONT. MICK JAGGER FROM MY FAVORITE
BAND GROWING UP IS OUTSIDE MY HOME IN BEACONSVILLE PARADE AND
SAID, COME ON, DEB, PARTY WITH US, WE'RE GOING OUT WITH MICK. DEBRA GOES, YOU CAN TELL MICK
I'M WITH HUGH JACKMAN. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SIGNAL. THAT'S A GOOD SIGNAL. >> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD
SIGNAL WHEN A WOMAN TURNS DOWN MICK JAGGER. >> EXACTLY. >> Stephen: THE FILM IS CALLED
"THE FRONT RUNNER." I WATCHED IT THIS WEEKEND
BECAUSE I'M SPECIAL AND I GET TO SEE THINGS EARLY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. JASON WRIGHTMAN IS THE DIRECTOR. YOU PLAY SENATOR GARY HART WHO,
OF COURSE,ISM BECAUSE I GROW UP HERE. WERE YOU AWARE THAT HE WAS A
PROMINENT POLITICAL FIGURE BACK IF 1987, '88? >> '87, I WAS TOURING AROUND
WITH FOUR OTHER AUSTRALIANS BACKPACKING. I DON'T REMEMBER THE ENTIRE YEAR
, TO BE HONEST. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT
AT ALL. TURNS OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID,
YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT, THE MONK EY BUSINESS. >> Stephen: THEY REMEMBER
DONNA RICE SITTING ON HIS LAP IN FRONT OF A BEAT WHICH SAID MONK
EY BUSINESS, THE MOST DAMN ING PHOTOGRAPH. >> WHICH DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL
THREE POCAHONTAS AFTER H HE LEFT THE RACE WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON'T
REMEMBER. IN POLITICAL HISTORY, IT'S A
RELATIVELY SMALL MOMENT BUT A HUGE TURNING POINT IN THE WAY WE
VIEW POLITICSINGS -- POLITICIANS , PUBLIC VERSUS
PRIVATE, AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND WAKE UP AND WONDER HOW DID
WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THIS IS A COOL MOVIE THAT WILL
GIVE YOU A LITTLE THREAD TO HOW THINGS GOT TO WHERE WE ARE. >> Stephen: THE BIG DEBATE AT
THE TIME WAS WE HAVEN'T JUDGED OUR PRESIDENTS OR THEIR
CANDIDATES ON THEIR PRIVATE LIVES TO THIS DEGREE BEFORE,
SHALL WE DESTROY THE FRONTRUNNER HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO MEET
HIM IN. >> YES. >> Stephen: I INTERVIEWED HIM
AND SAID I CAN SEE WHY HE'S A FRONTRUNNER. HE'S INTELLIGENT, PERSONABLE,
ASTUTE AND CHARISMATIC. WHAT DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT? >> I LOVED IT. FIRST OF ALL, HE MAKES A MEAN
MARTINI AND IS AN AMAZING MAN. I CALLED HIM -- I CALL HIM A
FRIEND WHICH I AM BLESSED TO DO, AND FAMILY. THIS GUY IS HUMBLE AND REALLY
SMART. YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON YOUR GAME
BECAUSE YOU CAN TALK TO HIM ABOUT ANYTHING AND HE'S ALL OVER
IT, STILL VERY, VERY SHARP, STILL VERY INVOLVED, AND HE'S
THE KIND OF GUY IN 1981 WHEN HE WAS A SENATOR, HE HAD JOBS AND
THEN WENT BACK TO THE SENATE AND SAID IN 1981 WE HAVE TO HAVE
COMPUTERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM, WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR EDUCATION
SYSTEM, EVERYTHING IS CHANGING, THE WORLD IS GOING TO CHANGE. HE SAW HOW WE WERE SORT OF
ADDICTED TO OIL THE WORLD OVER AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO
PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE SAW THE END OF THE COLD WAR
EIGHT YEARS BEFORE IT WAS HAPPENING. HE ACTUALLY INVITED GORBACHEV TO
HIS INAUGURATION IF HE HAD BEEN ELECTED, AND SO MANY THINGS. HE SAW THE FUTURE, AND IT REALLY
MAKES ME SAD KNOWING HIM, KNOWING HIS POLICIES, KNOWING
HOW BRILLIANT HE WAS THAT HIS VOICE WAS LOST TO POLITICS, BUT
I ADMIRE HIM A LOT AND DOING THIS MOVIE TAUGHT ME A LOT, I
HAVE TO TELL YOU. >> Stephen: WELL, THE MOST
FAMOUS LINE FROM HIM IN THIS ENTIRE THING WHICH INCLUDES THE
MOVIE IS TO A REPORTER, LOOK, YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ME AROUND,
YOU WILL BE BORED. >> RIGHT. >> Stephen: PEOPLE DIDN'T GET
BORED. >> RIGHT. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CAME OUT OF MATT'S BOOK, THIS BOOK IS MOVIE ON THE BOOK,
IS THAT'S A THROWAWAY LINE A LITTLE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, AND
THEY WERE ALREADY FOLLOWING HIM AROUND. I THINK ONE THING THAT P MUST
HAVE STUCK IN GARY'S CRAW IS FOR 30 YEARS PEOPLE GO, I KNOW
YOU'RE THE SMARTEST MAN IN POLITICS BUT WHY WOULD YOU
INVITE PEOPLE TO NARROWLY YOU AROUND? ESAID, I DIDN'T, THEY WERE
ALREADY FOLLOWING ME. THERE'S A SPEECH AT THE END
WHERE I THINK HE SPEAKS TO BEAUTIFULLY ABOUT POLITICS,
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF POLITICS, AND IS QUITE CHILLING IN THE END
AS YOU SEE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH POLITICS OF THE KIND OF
THINGS HE SAW. HE WAS AN AMAZING POLITICIAN. YEAH, I'M BIASED, OBVIOUSLY. >> Stephen: THE PERFORMANCE IS
FANTASTIC. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, NICE TO
SEE YOU AGAIN. "THE FRONT RUNNER" IS IN SELECT
THEATERS NOW AND EVERYWHERE NOVEMBER 21. HUGH JACKMAN, EVERYBODY.
Good to see Andy get a hug from Hugh Jackman on his birthday.
Happens during Hugh's walk out onto stage. Around 1:00.
Haha what the heck?! I thought it was just going to cut to an audience shot that he happened to be in. Also the comments are funny. People are asking if he's Stan Lee's son.
Hugh Jackman is such a decent bloke