>> jimmy: my thanks to naomi campbell, sue bird, kneecap, and, of course, the roots, right there, ladies and gentleman, from philadelphia, pennsylvania. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for watching. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." goodnight, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- jake gyllenhaal. star of "alice & jack," actress andrea riseborough.

an all new "closer look." featuring the 8g band with kaz rodriguez. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well tonight, and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. after his lawyers argued last week that he did not have the money for the $454 million bond in his civil fraud case, former president trump posted in all caps on truth social, quote, "i currently have almost $500 million in cash." dude, they're trying to help you. [ light laughter ] that's like if o.j. tweeted, "the glove fits great." [ laughter ] in a new interview, political strategist james carville said he's concerned that the democratic party has, quote, "too many preachy females." well, he's a very good political strategist. what better way to make biden seem young. [ light laughter ] president biden's campaign has reportedly built a team dedicated to attacking independent presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr.

or he could save time and post this pic of him working out in jeans. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] that's not a president. that's a guy who bets on his son's little league game. [ laughter ] disgraced former congressman george santos announced last week that he plans to run for a long island house seat as an independent. also a republican, a democrat, and a libertarian. [ laughter ] former president trump last week sued abc news anchor george stephanopoulos for defamation. so that's two more words he'll struggle to read off the teleprompter. [ laughter ] "the very bad stephonup -- ah, puhh. [ laughter ] stephapopabuh. [ light laughter ] george popovich." [ light laughter ] boeing today announced that three of its senior executives are stepping down, or, to put it in boeing terms, they were sucked out. [ laughter ]

the sweet 16 round of the ncaa's march madness basketball tournament is set to begin. hey! no, you get out of here. it's a different sweet 16! [ audience ohs ] [ laughter and applause ] on saturday, the cruise ship carnival freedom caught on fire, which is good, because at this point that's the only way to sanitize them. [ laughter ] a demolition crew in south carolina recently discovered a time capsule while tearing down a mall. here's what it looks like. [ laughter ] "what did they sell, papa?" "cords! it's where you went for your cords." [ laughter ] and finally, jetblue has announced it will offer nonstop flights from dublin to boston, in case people from boston want to go to a place that's somehow less irish. [ laughter ]

that was the monologue, everybody. we are off and running. [ cheers and applause ] we've got a great show for you tonight, and i'm not lying. he's an academy award, tony-nominated actor who stars in the new film "roadhouse" on prime video. jake gyllenhaal is back on the show. [ cheers and applause ] she's an academy award-nominated actress who's starring in "alice & jack" on masterpiece, as well as streaming on pbs. i'm a big fan. andrea riseborough is also here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] before we get to all that, donald trump is drowning financially and begging people for money as he struggles to pay the legal fines he owes from his civil fraud trial, and now a trial date has been set for his hush money case. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: today was a huge legal day for donald trump, and i know i say that a lot, but it's also true a lot. first he appeared in a manhattan court case for his hush money case where a judge ruled that a trial will begin on april 15th. and trump was uncharacteristically tight-lipped when he arrived.

>> are you getting a bond? >> thank you very much, everybody. >> are you getting a bond today? >> this is a witch hunt. it's a hoax. thank you. [ cameras shuttering ] >> seth: that's it? [ laughter ] he's starting to sound like a burned out hypnotist. "you're getting very sleepy. okay. now you're a chicken. thank you." [ light laughter ] you know it's bad when he can't even bring himself to stop and rant for 45 minutes about sleepy joe or hunter's laptop or windmills. he just goes through the motions on a couple of catch phrases and wanders off. it's like seeing a depressed buzz lightyear in times square smoking a cigarette. [ light laughter ] "to infinity and beyond. now give my 5 bucks and [ bleep ] off." [ laughter ] trump also got a lifeline from an appeals court today, which ruled that he has ten days to post a bond of $175 million, which is still massive, but less than the total $454 million in fines that he owes from his civil fraud trial. new york authorities were preparing to seize trump's properties if he couldn't come up with the cash, which set him off. shortly after midnight, trump posted this incomprehensible screed on social media.

"why should a crooked, highly political new york judge working in concert and coordination with an even more corrupt attorney general, his puppet master, and the white house be allowed to take away and sell off very successful properties and assets that took me years to zone, build, and nurture --" nurture. [ laughter ] "-- into some of the best of their kind anywhere in the world when i have done nothing wrong." mad about that part. "these radical left lunatics and communists asked me to pay a ridiculous and completely unheard of fine of over $450 million only because they saw a similar amount in my bank account. [ laughter ] i had intended to use much of that hard-earned money on running for president. they don't want me to do that. election interference!" [ light laughter ] now, that's a lot of words. so we translated it from trump to english, and here's what it means. "i don't have the money, frowny face emoji." [ laughter and applause ] the whole thing punctures the central myth of trump's life and career. as you'll recall, one of the

very first things trump told us about himself when he announced his campaign back in 2015 was that we could trust him to be independent because he didn't need anyone else's money. >> here's the good news. i'm very rich. i don't need anybody's money. it's nice. i don't need anybody's money. i'm using my own money. i'm not using the lobbyists. i'm not using donors. i don't care. i don't want their money. i don't need their money. i'm turning down millions of dollars for the campaign. millions. everybody's offering me money, and i don't want it. so i'm turning down millions of dollars. >> seth: "i'm turning down millions of dollars, and i definitely won't come to regret it." [ light laughter ] as a general rule, if you're the kind of guy who knowingly breaks laws and commits fraud, you probably shouldn't go around bragging that you'll never need anyone's money. it's like an alaska airlines flight attendant saying, "in case of an emergency -- although who are we kidding? nothing bad's going to happen. this is a boeing plane." [ light laughter ] of course trump not taking money wasn't true at the time. trump raised millions in 2016, and it's especially untrue now when he and his allies are on tv all the time begging for money.

>> i am very humbly asking if you could chip in 5, 10, or even $25. if you could chip in, if you've done well, if you've remembered those great four years that we had where you made a lot, we need your help. >> we need to help this man, donald j. trump. [ laughter ] they're trying to drain him dry. give the president some money to fight this bull[ bleep ]. stand up and help the man. pray for our country. pray for him. go to donaldjtrump.com and give money so he can defend themselves. america literally is at stake as we know it -- is at stake as we know it. i'm sorry i'm so upset. [ laughter ] but please help president trump. if you can afford five or ten bucks. if you can't afford a dollar, fine. just pray. pray for this country. pray for this president. and if you got any money to give, give it. >> seth: this is the worst aspca commercial i've ever seen. [ laughter ] soon lindsey is going to start singing sarah mclachlan over pictures of trump looking sad. ♪ in the arms of an angel ♪

what's that meemaw? what? well, maybe i could carry a tune better if i wasn't carrying your pills around all day. yeah, i said it, meemaw. also i don't think the pills work when you wash them down with mint juleps. you ol' hag. [ laughter ] i got to go back to what i'm doing now. i know they stopped laughing at the bit! [ laughter ] i'm here too. i got ears just like you, meemaw. [ light laughter ] 'cause it's the 1500th show, and i'm allowed to do what i want. [ laughter ] i know we're not making a big deal out it but nobody knows but me. [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]

trump's begging for money because no one else will help him, not even his rich buddies on wall street. and that's not me saying that. that's coming from fox news. >> as of yet, none of his billionaire friends are ponying up money from what i understand. i've been asking them. >> what is behind their reluctance? >> well, it's as of now, so let's see. >> i understand that. are they afraid that they might not see it anytime soon, the money, if he even succeeds on appeal? what's -- >> yeah. i mean that's one thing. just generally, donald doesn't have a great record of paying back banks over the years. [ light laughter ] >> what's their reason? they're afraid they're never going to see the money again? >> i have no idea what their exact reason. you want me to postulate here? >> sure. >> i just think that they don't think they're going to get their money back. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah, no -- no [ bleep ]! you'd have a better chance getting your money back from a shredder. [ laughter ] donald trump has stiffed contractors, banks, employees, the government, his own lawyers. anyone who expects to get the

money trump owes them ends up looking like this. [ light laughter ] i mean seriously, listen to this part again. >> just generally donald doesn't have a great record of paying back banks over the years. >> seth: generally. imagine going in for a loan. "and just one last question. are you the kind of person who pays people back, generally?" "no." "okay. what about sporadically?" "also no. [ laughter ] i don't like that part." things are so bad for trump that his buddies are now openly begging rich guys to give him money on tv. here's trump's former economic adviser larry kudlow asking "shark tank" billionaire kevin o'leary to loan trump the money. watch as o'leary completely ignores the question. >> now, i was wondering if he can't get to the supreme court, will you loan him the $460 million? >> ha, you know -- >> just to help -- in order to protect america's name. think of it that way. >> to get the bond -- he was able to get the 90-plus million from chubb. >> yeah. >> i don't know of a bond more

than $90 million. i don't recall one. >> yeah. >> so you need cash to back up the bond insurance, and so now we're talking about -- the terminology of "seizing assets," that actually -- that's foreign language to an american -- >> right. >> investor. >> seth: loaning donald trump half a billion dollars wouldn't even be a good business plan on a show called "[ bleep ] tank." [ laughter ] although shame on kudlow for not knowing that when you have a shark in front of you, you can't just ask for money. you have to pitch them a product. maybe that's trump's next move. he could bring lindsey graham as his sidekick. and now allow me to introduce my business partner, lindsey. lindsey, would you like to say a few words to the sharks? >> if you've got any money to give, give it. [ laughter ] >> seth: the callback worked, meemaw! [ laughter and applause ] yeah, who's laughing now, meemaw? [ applause ] oh, who got quiet? [ laughter ] trump's been reduced to begging donors and friends for money

because no financial institution will give him the amount he owes. over the weekend, his son eric trump explained the reaction he's been getting when he tries to borrow the money. >> every single person when i came to them saying, "hey, can i get a half billion dollar bond?" maria, they were laughing. [ laughter ] they were laughing. >> yeah. >> seth: were they laughing at the amount, or were they laughing at you? [ laughter ] like, did they laugh after you asked them, or did it start when you walked in? like when you, eric trump, asked them for half a billion dollars for your dad, who generally doesn't pay people back, did they get up, walk to the door, open it and shout to the rest of the office, "hey, everyone, get -- get in -- you got to see this"? [ laughter ] and then did they take out their phone, press record, and then say, "all right. now, say it again." i want to -- i want to send this to 'america's funniest home videos'"? [ light laughter ] trump is so desperate for the money, he's even gutting the republican national committee so he can install loyalists and drain the cash for himself. >> donald trump's allies have now ordered mass layoffs at the republican national committee. it comes just days after trump's allies, including his daughter-in-law, took command of

the rnc. headlines calling it a, quote, "bloodbath" and a, quote, "mob-like takeover." >> trump's own daughter-in-law is now the co-chair of the rnc, and she's acting on a mandate to divert rnc committee spending away from down-ballot races, for instance, and toward stuff important to her and her father-in-law. trump's various legal fees. >> every single penny will go to the number one and the only job of the rnc. that is electing donald j. trump as president of the united states. >> seth: and when she says every penny, she means every penny. trump's going to go office to office shaking the change out of everyone's pockets. [ light laughter ] he'll have his heavy, lindsey graham, with him to intimidate people. [ laughter ] i'm going to break your knuckles if you don't pony up. so if you've got any money to give -- >> give it. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ]

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: give it up for the 8g band right over there. [ cheers and applause ] sitting in on drums with us this week, he's a grammy-nominated musician and composer who currently plays for singer/songwriter josh groban. his upcoming album, "theo," drops later this year. for more information, follow him on instagram. kaz rodriguez is here. welcome to the show, kaz. [ cheers and applause ] thanks for being here, man. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> seth: our first guest tonight is a tony- and academy award-nominated actor you know from his work in films like "spider-man: far from home," "brokeback mountain," and "donnie darko." he stars in "road house," which is streaming now on prime video. let's take a look.

>> you don't have to do this, man. i -- you don't -- you don't have to lose. you're going to lose in front of all your friends. >> in front of? [ light laughter ] oh, they're not here to just watch. >> oh, well, that's hardly fair. >> life's not fair. >> oh, i just slapped you. are you all right? >> what? [ blows landing ] [ groaning ] >> come on, derek, get him! ♪ [ blows landing ] [ groaning ] >> let's call this a draw. >> what the [ bleep ] is a draw? >> it's kind of like a win, man. >> like i win? >> it's a tie. >> yeah, like we win together, you know.? >> seth: please welcome back to the show our friend jake gyllenhaal, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hi!

>> seth: this -- this movie is so much fun, which is great because i remember the original "road house" as so much fun. >> yeah. >> seth: and it's an action movie, don't get me wrong. but also there's a real sense of joy to it. and i think that slap fight right off the top -- >> yes. [ light laughter ] >> seth: which was not -- >> so much joy. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] i mean, when i think about my youth and the slap fights i got in with my gang -- [ laughter ] did you -- but not scripted. that was something you guys found? >> well, it was choreographed as a punching fight. >> seth: yeah. >> then we -- garrett warren and steve brown, our stunt and fight coordinators, and our director, doug liman, they were always up for improvisation and always up for new ideas. and i just thought, like, "oh, it's the first fight. we haven't seen this --" it's the first fight in the whole movie really. you haven't really seen what this guy can do. and the thing i loved about him was he was always funny and wry and stuff. and i just thought, ah, it just feels weird when he's just like punching these guys. i was like, "what if i just like slapped them?" you know? >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> and they loved the id -- they were like, "ohh, yes!" [ light laughter ] it reminds me of my childhood! [ laughter ]

>> seth: you know who i bet didn't like it? the bad guy actors, who were like, i think you should punch us. [ laughter ] >> they were all so great because we did that a lot because doug liman really wanted to do, like, one take, big long takes. >> seth: yeah. >> so we had to choreograph the whole thing. we had this whole process because the fighting, the punching is different than you've ever seen. it's never been done like this before because doug designed it in a whole new way. and so i had to fake slap them many, many times throughout the night because it's the nighttime. so we went from 7:00 p.m. sunset to like 7:00 a.m. sunrise just slapping, getting slapped. [ light laughter ] >> seth: fake slaps. >> fake slaps. >> seth: how many times did you get an actual slap in there just by margin of error? [ laughter ] >> sadly actually with j.d., who was the guy who i slapped first, i only fake slapped everybody. but there's a second punch fight that you saw, and i by mistake clocked him at like 3:30 in the morning. [ laughter ] >> seth: he was like, why couldn't it have been a slap? >> he was just like "doh!" and i was "oh!" and then we were both like -- like, "i'm sorry!" he's like, "it's okay. wait, it's a fight movie.

yeah, it's cool." [ laughter ] you know, it was like that. >> seth: i'm glad they didn't keep that in. that would have really taken me out of it. [ laughter ] you mentioned doug liman. doug is not only a fantastic director, but you've known him for a long time. >> yes. >> seth: which is a very cool thing, that you guys got to work on this. and he had this idea of putting you in this very iconic role because you guys were running a 5k together. >> well, yeah. he says that we were about to run a 5k. we were all sort of waiting at the starting line all cramped up. and i was like, sort of in like, i guess, like, a tank top or something like that? and i was talking to him and, like, if you know doug, sometimes he doesn't -- he's doing exactly what you're doing. he just started nodding. he was sort of nodding, and he would just sort of like, look at my -- down -- like, look at my chest. i was like, "what's he doing?" and then i like -- the race started and we ran. at the end, he was like, we "should make a movie together." [ laughter ] and then apparently he was like, "you know, i just always thought i should make a movie with jake with his shirt off." and that was basically what he did. >> seth: well, he nailed it. [ light laughter ]

i will say i -- not to brag, i've run the same 5k with doug liman. >> yes. >> seth: hasn't come up. [ laughter ] the same inspiration did not hit him. >> and like -- and what people probably don't know is what a great runner you actually are. you're the best runner of all three of us. >> seth: i don't think that's true. that's very sweet of you to say. i'm certainly better than doug. [ laughter ] and maybe that was the issue. maybe there was too much of a gap. and he was like, "is he a good body? i can't -- too far away." >> you were so far away, yeah. >> seth: he was like, "i'm going to just go -- i'm going to be safe and go with jake." >> "road house" is seth or jake? >> seth: you worked with patrick swayze, who originated the role, in "donnie darko." it must have been -- at the time, must have been so cool to work at that age with patrick swayze. >> so cool. >> seth: who was an icon for people who grew up around the time we grew up. >> yes. >> seth: and i bet it would never have occurred to you as a young actor, one day i will do your "road house" role. >> no. you know, in fact, i think i've watched -- i watched "road house" probably

like ten times. i've watched "point break" maybe 500 times. >> seth: yeah. >> i've watched "dirty dancing" maybe a little bit less than that, but my sister took me to see "dirty dancing" in the theater, and we saw it three times in a row in the same weekend. [ light laughter ] >> seth: wow. >> so i like remember sort of like sitting on the chair, like watching it again. but then i realized like i was raised by him. and then now, yeah, to meet him when we were making "donnie darko," and then to reprise this role, you know, he was always so kind to me. he was always so supportive and kind, and, yeah, there's like pressure. but he also had a great sense of humor, so i think he would get a kick out of it, you know? but, yeah, he raised me. >> seth: i mean, like, it is that -- you know, every movie you mentioned, like those three, like they have that sort of worn vhs box. and they are the ones you watch a million times. and it is -- i know people because, again, you know, this is a movie that people can already over the course of a weekend watch three, four, five times. and i just -- i'm like, oh, it's like so cool that another generation gets to have this sort of fun movie like this.

>> i mean, it's in honor of the original one, which is such a great film to watch. it's so great, and he's so incredible in it. and it's not -- we've tried to do the whole thing a whole new way, and that was what doug's done. it's a doug liman movie. >> seth: it very much is, which is a cool thing about it. you mentioned your sister maggie taking you to "dirty dancing." >> yeah. >> seth: you know, it's very cool that both of you have had success in a business that's hard to have success in. but a lot of that is, early on, she would invite you as a younger sibling to join you in productions. a production of "cats" that you guys did? >> yes. i used a lot of my work in that production in "road house" actually. [ laughter ] >> seth: there was a lot of paw action on the slapping. >> oh, yeah. all the fights with conor mcgregor were kind of like cats. >> seth: yeah. >> do you know what i mean? they're sort of the same. >> seth: how did he like that when you were like, "i think we should do 'cats' for this"? >> i was like "calico!" and he was like "okay." you know? he was in. he was -- yeah, no, he was in. >> seth: his cat work's good. >> it is really good. >> seth: his cat work's good. i have a bunch more questions. we'll be right back with jake after this. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back to "late night." we're here with jake gyllenhaal. we were talking about "cats," and we were talking about action movies. >> yeah. >> seth: watch this segue. some of my favorite acting you did is you were in "laser cats," an "snl" sketch. >> ah, yes. >> seth: yeah. what was your name? [ cheers ] do you remember? doctor -- maybe dr. scientist? >> something like that. [ light laughter ] >> seth: i just want to show a

clip and then just try to put us, you know, in your head for the prep of a role like this. let's take a look at jake in "laser cats." >> okay. >> eat laser. [ laser zapping ] [ electricity crackling ] >> no! >> looks like it's the end of the line, andymiral spaceship. >> that may be, but you're forgetting one thing. >> ha ha ha, what's that? >> i just started using laser cats again. [ gunshot ] [ laughter ] >> seth: so good. >> that's so good. >> seth: so good. [ cheers and applause ] >> i love the like, the cross-cutting angle of the thing. it's like, so awesome. >> seth: it's real bad work. >> it's so good. >> seth: you elevated -- it's work that you elevated. >> yes, yes absolutely. >> seth: you got to obviously not just do fight scenes, but you did fight scenes with conor mcgregor, who, you know, fights professionally. >> yeah. >> seth: does that make it more -- i don't know. is it helpful to do it with someone like that, or intimidating, or a combo of both? >> i mean i -- you know, they

chased conor to be in the movie for a long time, and it was really important to try and bring like the real ufc and fighting into the movie, into the fictional hollywood space, you know. and i think that is sort of what makes the whole movie. and so when he finally said he would do it, i was so -- i remember getting the call. i was like so psyched. and then i was like, "oh, no." [ laughter ] but what i learned was, you know, he was very humble in the process. to teach a fighter how to fake fight -- it wasn't just him. we had a lot of fighters or ex-fighters on it, particularly the current, you know, pro fighters that are in the movie. i was like, "so you're not going to hit me." and they were like -- [ laughter ] "so you're going to be just a little bit off," and they were like -- so that worried me when i -- >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> you know? but ultimately, like, the distance and accuracy of a professional in that space is extraordinary. it's like millimeters. so you end up feeling safer because they really know that distance in a different way than, like, say another actor, or -- >> seth: right.

>> yeah, but -- and i think in the end, you know, conor was coaching me through things. it would be like, we'd grapple in the movie a lot, and he was like telling me how to win, you know? he'd be like, "right leg over, right leg over, you're choking me out! oh, that's good! yeah, you're choking me." [ laughter ] like, it was -- so it was helpful. >> seth: yeah, that sounds helpful. i've never been in a fight, but i would love if the person i was fighting would be that helpful. [ laughter ] i was wondering what's harder, to fake punch or to get fake hit? >> oh, well, i think fake punching is a little easier on the body because, like, fake hitting is -- like you have to throw your neck a lot. >> seth: yeah. >> there's a lot of like neck throwing, and that after a while, definitely gets the neck. but it's like being, you know -- we had this thing called a four-pass process where like, first we did the hollywood version, which is like where we've see in lots of movies where you sell the punch and you're just for the angle of the camera. and then we did another one where we put a pad so you can see the punch, so you could see the impact. then the next pass was like you

get hit with the pad. and then the last one was a slow motion one where we actually hit, but in slow-mo. and it was like the most fun. the slow-mo one was like when you're a kid and you're like, "i'm so --" [ laughter ] and we all inevitably go "rooaaww!" >> seth: yeah, you got to rawr. >> of course. >> seth: you've got to, come on it's slow-mo. you got time. roar. >> and when you get hit you're like, blaah. roar! blaah! >> seth: you also, of course, have to do -- the sound effects are mostly, i would imagine, adr you get in post. >> yeah, mostly, unless you actually get hit. >> seth: and like when you actually get hit. >> but even that's not as good a sound as like a chicken -- >> seth: this is the real work that you're putting in in the booth and it comes across on-screen. [ clearing throat ] >> i'm going to make you suffer. >> pain don't hurt. pain don't hurt. >> i'm going to make you suffer. >> pain don't -- [ laughter ] pain don't -- pain don't hurt. pain don't hurt. [ groaning ] pain don't hurt. >> great.

okay. [ laughter ] >> seth: that was the director, doug liman. he was being very helpful, very helpful. [ cheers and applause ] >> yes. that was on the adr stage, and we're -- we're looping over like the existing fights and stuff. that was for the very last fight in the thing. and we were just -- and i was trying to get that line in there. it obviously didn't make it in the final version of the movie. [ laughter ] >> seth: i do like that i feel like if that clip leaked without content, like -- without context, people would be like, "what's up with jake?" [ laughter ] >> there is a weird thing i'm doing. i don't know what this is, but it's like some sort of weird move. but i think i'm actually in the shot that you can't see. i'm like -- i'm like choking him out like that. so i'm sort of just -- >> seth: that's a good cover story, but it's still weird to watch. [ laughter ] have you put any thought -- because you are a very believable, you know, ufc fighter in this. have you ever put any thought -- >> the answer is no. [ laughter ] >> seth: i bet you don't know what i'm going to ask. >> okay, okay. >> seth: 'cause there's always like the like sort of psych-up

walk-out song for everybody. >> oh, yeah. >> seth: but like, you know, i feel like you -- i also know you to be a big fan of, you know, theater and musicals. have you thought about like what you might walk out to? >> well, yeah, because we actually -- i walked out to -- into -- in a real ufc, ufc 285. we filmed there, and i filmed and walked out into the octagon. and they asked me over and over again, like, what song -- they're like, "what song would you want for your character?" and i just kept -- i was like couldn't -- i was like, "singing in the rain"? [ laughter ] and they were like, "yeah, no. no." and i was like -- i'm like, i mean like any of gene kelly's stuff. i'm like -- [ laughter ] and they were like -- finally they were like, can we just go default? and i was like, "yeah." they're like, "fine, you're going 'enter sandman.' that's it." i was like, "okay, cool then." so i would probably -- >> seth: by the way, i feel like, a ufc fan is going to love this movie because of how much time and attention you guys put into it. but if that ufc 285 was there, and they knew they were filming a movie and you walked out to "singing in the rain," they would be like, "everything we thought about hollywood is true." [ laughter ]

>> i mean -- i mean in truth once we got in there and we were fake fighting, they said the same thing. you know what i mean? >> seth: they were like patient for a minute, and then they were likem "boo!" >> they were like -- but actually there's a moment where jay hieron, who i fought with -- fake fought with in there. he turned to me because he's an ex-fighter, and he said, "listen, man. we're going to the octagon. if you really want to punch me, just do it." and i was like, "no." [ laughter ] >> seth: that seems like a trap. i feel like if you punched him, you'd be out here right now with like a crazy -- >> yeah. >> seth: yeah. catcher's mitt wrapping. >> yes. >> seth: the movie's so fun. it's always so fun to have you here. thanks for coming back, jake. >> so good to be here. thank you for having me. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: jake gyllenhaal, everybody. "road house" streaming now on prime video. we'll be right back with andrea riseborough. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey! -target manager hailee! yeah listen, i wanted you to be the first to know... that target now has unlimited same-day delivery with target circle 360? how'd you know that?

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: my next guest is an academy award-nominated actress you know from films such as "amsterdam," "to leslie," and "birdman," as well as shows like "the regime" and "waco." she stars in "alice & jack," which airs sundays at 10:00 p.m. on masterpiece and streaming on pbs. let's take a look. >> i can't believe i made it. you can actually get here in 18 minutes if you ignore the lights. >> oh, good to know. >> i'm sorry. i should have asked to come. i was -- i was standing on ceremony. >> i'm sorry. i would have asked you to come.

i almost asked you to come. >> it's exhausting, isn't it, being in love? >> seth: please welcome to the show andrea riseborough. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome, andrea. i'm so thrilled you're here. >> oh, thanks. it's lovely to be here. >> seth: i've been a fan for a long time. this is your first time with us. and i know you've been doing press for a couple of show right now, and so i'm, you know, hesitant -- i don't want to ask a question you've been asked a million times. but what is the question you've been asked a million times? [ laughter ] >> oh, there are so many. i think normally -- normally it's lovely because you have just brilliant, satiating conversations with people, and it's the best. and it's wonderful then you've made something and you've spent so long and put so much time in

there to share it with the world and to actually enjoy it. but then sometimes, you know, the subject matter is a little difficult or it's historically quite painful, or it's politically, you know, really difficult. and, you know, you sit down, and then somebody puts a microphone in front of you, and they say, "so, any funny stories from set?" [ light laughter ] and that's like a really difficult, you know, water to navigate. so that's probably my least favorite, i would say. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. >> seth: all right. [ laughter ] >> i just like to lay my cards out on the table. >> seth: yeah, yeah, yeah, no. i'm glad you did. i think you saved us a lot of embarrassment. [ light laughter ] this is very --you say you put a lot into it, this one. not only are you an actor in this, you executive produced it. this is a script you came across, and this is a romantic -- not really a romantic comedy. a romantic story, i would say? >> it is. it is. this is really -- you know, firstly, it was so arresting seeing myself -- i try not to

watch myself at all costs. but i always look like a really old wrinkly baby -- [ laughter ] -- and when i catch -- with lipstick on -- and when i catch myself in a clip, i think, "no, not the wrinkly baby again." [ laughter ] >> seth: i do not think anyone else thought that. i think you're in the clear. >> there was a review that once did say that. >> seth: oh, well that's why you can't stop thinking it. >> i thought it was very perceptive actually. wise and simultaneously fetal, that kind of thing. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] >> seth: that's actually a pretty good way of saying it, yeah. but you came across this script right around the same time you met your future partner. >> i did. >> seth: so romance was sort of in the air for you. >> i did, and it's something -- i mean this came to me six weeks after i met the love of my life. but it's the sort of thing that's about -- it's about that kind of love where you just want to kill them -- [ laughter ] -- where you just -- you know? where you want to have their babies and kill them and teach them how to use toothpaste and, you know, all the things that you just -- it's the one big

love where you're like, "i am lumbered with you. [ light laughter ] and i have no way of getting out of this because you are just my person." you know. >> seth: that's really a very nice way to say it. and also, i feel really touched because i'm like, god, my wife's still trying to teach me how to use toothpaste. [ laughter ] >> it's true love. >> seth: that must mean i'm her one. >> it's true love. and i wouldn't have been able to do that had i not wanted to kill my other half every day. >> seth: yeah. >> and he wants to kill me about 50 times a day, so we're not even, even. but his name is karim, and i met him at a baggage carousel. >> seth: oh, really? how does that happen? is it the baggage taking a long time to come? [ laughter ] >> it was actually a little more orchestrated than that because we were playing -- we were playing opposite each other in a film, in egypt so we're at luxor. >> seth: excellent. okay. >> we were in luxor in egypt, and so i like to say we met on the nile, but that's not technically true. we did meet at a baggage carousel. >> seth: yeah, that's right. >> and he was already rolling his eyes, and i was like, "oh, god, this guy." and i was wearing a hat, and he was like, "oh, god, look at her." [ light laughter ] and then, you know, it's that --

it's that inexplicable pull, you know, that you just cannot avoid. >> seth: and so this was before you worked together, you met at the baggage carousel? >> yes. >> seth: so you basically had a sense of it, and then i would imagine based on how things went, you enjoyed working together as well, because -- >> i mean it was wonderful, but it was electric and a nightmare. you know, you could have known the inevitable. a nightmare because it's so beautiful and you just know where it's going to end up. [ laughter ] >> seth: you know what's great? i feel like after this interview, people are going to either say, "i really want to fall in love, or i really don't." [ laughter ] but i feel like it's the most honest anyone's ever talked about being in love. >> well, you know, about "alice & jack," six weeks later having met karim in luxor, i was in toronto filming something else, and i got this script written by victor levin. it's such a beautiful script. the first and the last of a whole series, a miniseries of this story that pans 15 years. and the two characters, alex -- alice and jack. i play alice, not alex. [ laughter ] i'm not playing alex.

domhnall gleeson plays jack. it's -- it's one of the -- watching them get together is like watching a car crash in the sense that you sort of can't take your eyes off it, and you know that it's going to be -- it's sort of inevitable. and it goes -- it goes really quite -- it's wonky in the beginning. they meet on an app, as people do. >> seth: yeah. >> i only meet at baggage carousels of course. [ laughter ] exclusively. >> seth: right, so you're not looking down your nose at app people. >> no, no, god. >> seth: "i'm only in baggage." >> people do apparently meet on apps. and so these two meet on an app, and it's -- it's just like those first dates, they're so horrendously awkward. you know, my character, alice, is more than a little spicy. she's really rude. to be fair to her, she's had a really rough start. and i think what's beautiful about it is it's about two people who do things consistently wrong. you know, like what is -- what is love, and why does it make -- you know, you get a text from someone when you're in love with them. and they say "hi," and you're like, "what does that mean?" >> seth: yeah.

[ laughter ] >> rather than just, "hey, how's it going?" but you're firing on no cylinders whatsoever, and you're absolutely the worst version of yourself, you know. all the triggers come up. everything happens. and so this happens to alice and jack, and she's -- she tries to desperately keep him away to protect him from herself, my character. and so there's something -- on the face of it, it looks like it might be any other love story really, but i think there's something that's very realistic and painfully, awkwardly real about their love. >> seth: it's really wonderful, and i'm really -- i'm really happy -- it genuinely is. [ light laughter ] there's too many young people here. they're like, "no, it's great." you'll find out. [ laughter ] i'm not -- this will sound like a joke. it's not a joke. you were in another movie that was about the enduring power of love. that is one of my -- >> yes, it was. >> seth: one of the craziest, most fun movies of the last ten years. you co-starred with nic cage in a film called "mandy." >> yes. >> seth: and um -- [ scattered applause ] yeah.

i mean -- if you know, you know. [ light laughter ] and this is -- >> an enthusiastic smattering from a very small portion of the audience. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] look, i mean, we all saw the box office numbers on "mandy." we didn't think it was going to be everybody. [ light laughter ] but this movie is such a blast. i highly recommend it. how was your time with mr. cage? >> it was wonderful. it was -- it was a kind of an unexpected project, i think, for everybody has gone to work -- that hadn't done a lot of things that might involve nic cage in the past, you know. >> seth: right, yeah. >> so it was a bit of a left field move in terms of my career. but the people i worked with were like, "you're going to do what were nic cage in a forest in belgium?" [ light laughter ] and i said to them, panos cosmatos, this brilliant director, has made this extraordinarily weird first film that only cronenberg could sit through. i think in tribeca. i'm not sure -- it was somewhere in new york. it was at a festival. it was basically an existential crisis about a man trying to escape out of a black hole. >> seth: yeah. >> i thought it was beautiful. [ laughter ]

and i thought "this is going to be huge." [ laughter ] no. i thought it was beautiful -- and i spoke to panos, and he was just such a wonderful, wonderful guy. and actually that "mandy" is about him dealing with the grief of having lost both of his parents, which you might not think. and, you know, as with many of the characters i play, it doesn't -- you know, it doesn't end well for mandy. >> seth: no. it doesn't well for mandy, but it ends even worse for those who messed with mandy. >> oh, yeah. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] and that's about as good a plug as you're going to get -- [ laughter ] -- for "mandy." also you're in a fantastic new show, "the regime." everybody should check that out on hbo. and i'm just so happy to finally have you here. i've been a fan forever. thanks so much for being here. >> oh, well, thank you, seth. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: andrea riseborough, everybody. "the regime" airs sunday nights on hbo. new episodes of "alice & jack" air sundays on masterpiece and pbs. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i want to thank my guests, jake gyllenhaal and andrea riseborough. i want to thank kaz rodriguez and the 8g band. thanks for watching, everybody. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪