YORKE WILL BE WITH US. OUR NEXT GUEST IS A BRILLIANT FILMMAKER FROM FAR AWAY WHO GAVE US "HUNT FOR THE WILDER-PEOPLE" AND "THOR: RAGNAROK" AMONG OTHER GEMS. NEXT, HE WRITES, DIRECTS AND STARS IN "JOJO RABBIT." "JOJO RABBIT" OPENS IN SELECT THEATERS FRIDAY. >> WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? >> THEY WANTED ME TO KILL IT. I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T. >> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I COULDN'T CARE LESS. >> BUT NOW THEY CALL ME A SCARED RABBIT. >> LET THEM SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT. PEOPLE USED TO SAY A LOST THE NASTY THINGS ABOUT ME. THAT GUY'S A LUNATIC. LOOK AT THAT PSYCHO, HE'S GOING TO GET US ALL KILLED. "JOJO RABBIT" OPENS IN SELECT THEATERS FRIDAY. PLEASE WELCOME TAIKA WAITITI. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: HOW ARE YOU? IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE IN YOUR MOVIE IS FANTASTIC. IT IS FUNNY, IT'S HEART WARMING. IT IS INSTRUCTIVE, I THINK, AND IT IS INSANE. INSANE REALLY. >> I WAS HOPING YOU'D SAY THAT. >> Jimmy: IT'S A 10-YEAR-OLD NAZI WHOSE IMAGERY FRIEND IS HITLER. YOU HAVE TO GO INTO A MEETING WITH A BIG COMPANY AND EXPLAIN THIS TO THEM. HOW DID YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO THEM? >> I LEARNED EARLY ON WHEN I WAS WRITING THE SCRIPT THERE'S NO REAL WAY TO PITCH THIS FILM. I SAID TO A FRIEND OF MINE, I'M WORKING ON A SCRIPT, I THINK IT GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD, IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE BOY AND THE HITLER YOUTH. AND HE SAID, "STOP, NOT INTERESTED. NOT INTERESTED IN THAT MOVIE, YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS." I THOUGHT I'M NOT GOING TO PITCH IT, I'M JUST GOING TO WRITE THE SCRIPT. I'M FROM NEW ZEALAND. WE'RE USELESS AT PITCHING. >> Jimmy: IS THAT TRUE? >> THE NEW ZEALISH, YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT PITCHING. >> NEW ZEALISH? >> Jimmy: WE'RE NOT GOOD AT PITCHING OTHER COUNTRIES. . >> Jimmy: WAS HITLER YOUR FIRST CHOICE? >> I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THIS FILM IN ABOUT 2012 AND THINK HOG MIGHT PLAY THIS ROLE. AND THEN I GOT DISTRACTED AND WENT AND MADE THREE OTHER MOVIES AND CAME BACK TO IT IN 2017. AND FOX SEARCH LIGHT SAID WE'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE SCRIPT, WE WANT TO MAKE IT WITH YOU BUT ONLY UNDER THE CONDITION THAT YOU PLAY HITLER. I THOUGHT THEY MUST BE TRYING TO PULL THE LAST JENGA BLOCK OUT OF THEIR COMPANY, SOMETHING IS GOING ON. BUT SOMEBODY TEXTED ME IN THE END THAT THIS FILM AT ITS HEART IS ABOUT THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO KIDS, TRYING TO FOSTER SOME UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOME THIS IDEA OF INTOLERANCE AND HATE. I FEEL LIKE IF YOU HAD A MASSIVE CELEBRITY PLAYING HITLER, IT WOULD OVERSHADOW THE IMPORTANCE AND THE POWER OF THAT STORY. THEN IF YOU DID -- IT WOULD THEN BECOME, YOU KNOW, THE WILL SMITH HITLER FILM. >> Jimmy: WILL HITLER SMITH. >> YEAH, I'M PLAYING HITLER. HERE WE GO. >> Jimmy: I'M GUESSING YOU DIDN'T HAVE A MAJOR LINE OF CELEBRITIES WAITING TO PLAY HITLER. >> NO, COWARDS. IT TAKES SOMEONE WHO HAS NO CAREER TO REALLY PLAY IT. >> Jimmy: YOUR MOTHER IS JEWISH. YOUR MOTHER IS HERE. WAS SHE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA OF THIS MOVIE? >> YEAH, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED ME TO THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FILM. SHE IS HERE. SHE'S IN AMERICA. THERE SHE IS! [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: IT WOULD BE FUN IF SHE TRAVELED AROUND WITH A LITTLE MUSTACHE. IS IT WEIRD WHEN YOU'RE ACTING, YOU'RE PLAYING HITLER -- >> IT IS WEIRD. >> Jimmy: AND THEN YOU'RE DOING OTHER THINGS LIKE DIRECTING AND YOU'RE DRESSED AS HITLER. >> YEAH. NO, I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST -- THE FIRST -- WHEN I FIRST PUT THE COSTUME ON AND THE MUSTACHE, I LOOKED IN THE MIRROR AND, I MEAN, SORT OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THAT WAS JUST FEELING SUPER EMBARRASSED AND THEN I WENT OUT AND I WAS ON SET AND, YOU KNOW, YOU USUALLY REMEMBER WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. >> Jimmy: YOU FORGET. >> YOU FORGET. I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE, THAT WAS AMAZING AND I CAN SEE SOMETHING IN THEIR EYES, JUST LOOKING AT MY LIP AND LOOKING DOWN AT MY CLOTHES AND LOOK AT MY HAIR AND THEN I CATCH A LITTLE REFLECTION OF MYSELF AND OH, GOD, THAT'S RIGHT, I'M LIKE THAT. WELL, OKAY, ON SECOND THOUGHT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT I SAY. IT'S NOT AN ORDER. YOU JUST DO WHAT I WANT. YOU'RE FREE. YOU'RE A FREE ACTOR TO DO WHAT YOU WANT. >> Jimmy: THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF AN ASSORTMENT OF PHOTOS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ON INSTAGRAM AND ALSO PROVIDED BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW. YOU'RE REALLY SLEEPING IN THAT PICTURE, HUH? HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF YOU ASLEEP ON THE JOB. IT'S A GOOD THING YOU'RE NOT AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE MAYBE NARCOLEPTIC OR SOMETHING. >> THAT'S MY CHILD'S STROLLER. >> Jimmy: IS EVERYTHING OKAY? YOU'VE DOZED OFF HERE, TOO. BY THE WAY, I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE THINGS. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS IS NOW A TELEVISION SHOW. THAT'S A GREAT MOVIE. THAT'S HOW I BECAME FAMILIAR WITH YOU. >> WE MANAGED TO STRETCH THAT TWO-MINUTE JOKE OUT TO A MOVIE AND TWO SEASONS OF TV SHOWS. >> Jimmy: THE TV SHOW IS GREAT AND THE MOVIE WAS GREAT. AND YOU DIRECTED "THOR: RAGNAROK." YOU'RE WORKING ON THE SEQUEL TO THAT NOW? >> I JUST FINISHED A COUPLE OF DRAFTS OF THAT MOVIE. >> Jimmy: WILL HITLER BE IN THIS? >> THERE'S TWICE THE THOR. >> Jimmy: INTERESTING. >> IT'S HOPEFULLY COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT NATALIE PORTMAN IS COMING BACK. SHE'LL BE PLAYING A FEMALE VERSION OF THOR. IT'S FROM A COMIC RUN. THERE WILL BE TWO OF THEM. AND MY CHARACTER IS COMING BACK. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REACTION. OH, GEE, OH. >> Jimmy: IF YOU LIKE THOR, WAIT
I adore him and massively looking forward to seeing JoJo Rabbit next week. Glad to hear that there will be more Korg in Thor Love and Thunder (and hopefully Miek will be there too).