>> James: THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY
YOU'RE HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> James: LAST TIME YOU WERE
ON THE SHOW, YOU WERE ON
ZOOM. YOU'RE A GOOD ZOOM GUEST.
YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY
TO THAT BUT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE IN
PERSON, THOUGH. >> James: I'M THRILLED
YOU'RE HERE. >> I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I'M DOING THIS IN
PERSON ON A SHOW LIKE THIS IN A LONG
TIME. >> James: I'M HONORED
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
LAST TIME WE HAD YOU ON THE SHOW, WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT
YOUR LOVE OF CLIMBING. HOW OFTEN ARE YOU CLIMBING?
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT
CLIMBING ALL THE TIME?
HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO IT? >>
>> I'M THINKING ABOUT IT
RIGHT NOW.
I'M OBSESSED. >> James: YOU WALK UP HERE
SAYING I COULD PUT A RUNNER
UP HERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I STARTED CLIMBING ON STAGE
WITH MY BAND 30 SECONDS TO
MARS. I WOULD BE ON STAGE AND
OFTENTIMES JUST START
CLIMBING THE RAFTERS.
THAT WAS MY FIRST KIND OF EXPERIENCE WITH CLIMBING,
BUT NOW I'M OBSESSED. I LIVE NEAR A PARK, AND I
CLIMB MANY TIMES A WEEK. >> James: SO WHAT?
FOUR TIMES A WEEK? >> JAMES, SOMETIMES EVEN
FIVE. >> James: STOP! >> I SWEAR TO GOD.
>> James: BUT YOUR LIFE IS
ALL DANGER.
LOOK AT YOU HERE. THIS IS JARED LETO ON
VACATION JUST CASUALLY
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS.
>> YEAH. >> James: BE HONEST.
WHY AREN'T THOSE SHARKS
EATING YOU?
ARE THEY LIKE, OH MY GOD,
THAT'S JARED LETO?
>> I'M TOO SKINNY. NOT ENOUGH MEAT ON THE
BONES. THOSE ARE NURSE
SHARKS AND SO THE PICTURE IS A LITTLE
DECEIVING. THEY'RE LIKE TADPOLES
BASICALLY. THEY WILL TAKE A
BITE OUT OF YOU, I THINK, IF MAYBE --
>> James: IF THEY'RE
PECKISH. YES.
LOOK, YOU SAY THERE'S NO
MEAT. LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT JARED LETO HERE ON VACATION.
STOP! STOP!
THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM
THIS IS A FEATHERY CUFF.
WHERE WERE YOU HERE? WHERE DO YOU GO ON VACATION?
WHERE WERE YOU? >> THERE, I WAS IN THE
BAHAMAS. I ACTUALLY DON'T
TAKE A LOT OF VACATIONS.
IT'S A NEW THING FOR ME. I GENERALLY LIKE TO WORK
THROUGH -- I LOVE MY WORK,
SO I LIKE TO WORK THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS,
BUT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING
TAKING LITTLE TIME AND HAVING A
LITTLE MORE BALANCE AND THIS
IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I'VE HAD
THIS -- I TOOK TWO WEEKS,
MAYBE -- EVER SINCE -- I'VE NOT TWO WEEKS
SINCE I WAS A KID WHEN I
WENT ON A VACATION BUT IT WAS
AMAZING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE. >> James: ARE YOU ABLE TO
UNWIND? >> UM, YEAH, TAKES A LITTLE
WHILE, BUT I AM. WE WERE DOING A LOT OF
DIVING. WE WERE DOING FREE
DIVING AND FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF
CLIMBING DOWN THERE, WHICH
WAS NICE. >> James: OF COURSE YOU DID!
>> YEAH, YEAH. >> James: SO YOU NEVER LIKE,
OH, THAT'S JUST LIE ON A
BEACH. YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE, TODAY,
HOW CAN WE CHEAT DEATH? [LAUGHTER]
>> YES. >> James: BECAUSE EVERYTHING
ABOUT -- BECAUSE I REALLY
WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR
INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN
"HOUSE OF GUCCI."
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY
PERFORMANCE. YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR
TWO SAG AWARDS, CRITICS
CHOICE AWARD AND I'M CERTAIN YOU'LL BE
NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY
AWARD. IT'S AN OUTAGES --
OUTRAGEOUS FILM. EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND
WHO YOU PLAY. >> FILM IS CALLED "HOUSE OF
GUCCI" AND IT'S ABOUT GUCCI. ACTUALLY WHEN I READ THE
SCRIPT -- I WORK WITH GUCCI,
AS YOU DO, TOO, SOMETIMES.
>> James: THEY HAVE THE MOST LOVELY GUCCI MODELS.
NEITHER OF US WANT TO MAKE A
BIG DEAL OUT OF IT BUT, YES, THE
TWO OF US ARE GUCCI MODELS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S TRUE. >> James: AND THAT'S A FACT.
CARRY ON. >> BUT WHEN I READ THE
SCRIPT, OF COURSE, WE ALL
KNOW THE BRAND, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE
TRUE STORY OF THE FAMILY, SO
I WAS PRETTY SHOCKED.
IT'S PRETTY -- IT'S A WILD
ONE. BUT I READ THE SCRIPT ABOUT
THIS FAMILY THAT STARTED GR
GUCCI AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS
CHARACTER AND THE REST IS
HISTORY BUT THE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.
>> James: WE HAVE A PHOTO OF YOU HERE.
LOTS OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
THE -- OBVIOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE IN
PHYSICALITY IS THE THING
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A LOT, BUT I
ACTUALLY -- WHEN I WAS
WATCHING THE FILM, MY ONE FEELING IS, OH MY
GOD, HE'S HAVING A BLAST
PLAYING THIS CHARACTER.
HAS YOUR APPROACH TO WORK CHANGED IN THE LAST SAY 10
OR 15 YEARS THE WAY YOU'LL
TAKE ON A CHARACTER?
>> NO NOT REALLY. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED
IN THAT I LIKE
TRANSFORMATION. I LIKE TO SEE OTHER ACTORS
DO THAT. AND I LIKE IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCES, NOT JUST WITH ACTING BUT WITH MUSIC AND
WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS, SO FOR ME, IT'S BEEN PRETTY
CONSISTENT FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S -- YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU
SAID, YOU CAN SEE I WAS
HAVING A GREAT TIME.
>> James: YEAH. >> YEAH.
>> James: YOU REALLY DO. YOU LOOK SO ALIVE IN ALL OF
IT. >> AND THE CHARACTER I
JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS HEART AND
HIS HUMOR AND HE WAS A GUY
WHO JUST WANTS TO MAKE HIS DREAMS
HAPPEN, WANTS TO BE LOVED,
WANTS TO BE HEARD AND HE'S DENIED BY THE
PEOPLE CLOSEST TO HIM, HIS FAMILY.
BUT I HAD A BLAST. >> James: IS THERE ANY BIT
OF YOU THAT FEELS LIKE, OH,
YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO DO
JUST A ROMCOM? JUST TO DO A STRAIGHT-UP
ROMCOM? BECAUSE I THINK
YOU'D BE AMAZING IN IT.
I DO. I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING YOU COULDN'T DO. DO YOU EVER THINK MAYBE I'LL
DO SOMETHING THAT'S
COMPLETELY STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE TO
A MASS? >> HONEST ANSWER IS NO.
>> James: BUT WHY? WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO DO
THAT? >> JUST THE SAME REASON I
DON'T WANT TO EAT A BAG OF
SOUR PATCH KIDS AND A PIZZA AT THE SAME
TIME BUT -- [LAUGHTER]
>> James: AGAIN -- >> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT
WILL TASTE GOOD GOING DOWN. >> James: WE'RE ALL GOING TO
DIE. >> MAYBE SOME OF US SOONER
THAN LATER. >> James: WHAT ARE YOU
STICKING AROUND FOR? THE FUTURE LOOKS BLEAK.
>> I'M THE ONE CLIMBING
WALLS BUT -- I'M JOKING.
>> James: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S
TRASHY. I'M SAYING JUST --
IS THERE ANY BIT OF YOU THAT GOES MAYBE
THAT'S THE MOST INTERESTING THING --
>> I WOULD LOVE TO DO
SOMETHING ROMANTIC AND FUNNY AND --
WE'LL SEE. MAYBE WE COULD -- YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
AROUND THE CORNER?
WHO KNOWS? >> James: OOH, I CANNOT TELL
YOU HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS PERFORMANCE IN THIS FILM.
YOU DESERVE EVERY PIECE OF PRAISE YOU'RE GETTING FOR
IT.
