live." >> announcer: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight from "star wars: the forcf awakens," oscar isaac, american balalt theatre principal dancer misty copeland, and music from jeff lynne's elo with cleto and the cletones. and now, let's get to it -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show.

thanks to all of you for coming. excuse me. the streets are closed for blocks around. i'm dying. i've had a -- i've had a cough for like 19 days now. here, let me cough on you guys. excuse me. this is so unprofessional. i really apologize. especially on "star wars" night should not be e ppening. this is a very special night in our neighborhood. you can see all the storm troopers flooding the street tonight. the world premiere of "star wars: the force awakens." the stars are starting to arrive. i saw chewbacca at dry bar this afternoon getting a blowout. his hair was perfect. it's crazy out there. let's go live now totoollywood boululard where guillermo is -- oh, look. [ cheers and applause ] guillermo is dressed as r dos d

>> rtoritos! >> jimmy: you're a big star wars fan? >> guillermo: not really. >> jimmy: look, behind you there's bb8 going down the red carpet. >> guillermo: wow, that's great, jimmy. >> jimmy: grab him and throw him into the crowd. >> guillermo: you u re? >> jimmy: no, i'm not sure. so guillermo, tell us what's going on right now, at's happening? >> guillermo: we're here at the world premiereref star --? >> i know that part, yeah. >> guillermo: we're here with all the fans from the movie. >> jimmy: what are the name of the guys in white standing right in front of you? >> guillermo: uh -- what are your names, guys? >> jimmy: no, i don't want their -- do you know what they're called, the group of guys? >> guillermo: star troopers. >> jimmy: you can see we really sent the right guy out to the red carpet. [ cheers and applause ]

lot of fanout there in the ands in costume. and i was thinking maybe it would be fun if you found the best ones and we have a costume contest. >> guillermo: sure. >> jimmy: not right now, we'll check back with you. you find them and may the force be with you, guillermo. >> guillermo: may the force be with you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: unless you've been living under a rock you know "star wars" comes out everywhere on friday although they've been running a big ad campaign under rocks. so even those people who live under them know about it. "star wars" is everywhere. they're predicting the film could gross more than $2 billion. to put that in perspective, the united states just promised $800 million as part of the paris agreement to fight climate change. which means we're spending more

wars," as we are to save the actual world. fans have been camped outside for weeks. to see the first screening of the film. they're saying it could be the biggest and worst-smelling hollywood premiere of alaltime. imagine 300 "star wars" fans who haven't bathed in days crammed into a windowless theater. this is why darth vader breathes through a filter. he's got colonge in there. between black friday and "star wars" we could set the record for most americans to sleep on the sidewa over a three-week period ever this year. the product tie-ins arar unprpredented. for instance, these are "star wars" apples. i don't know what makes them "star wars" apples other than they have "star wars" on the bag. but they are. these are "star wars" these are "star wars" cheez-its. this is "star wars" soup. this is what darth vader would make when he had luke for the weekend. this is "star wars" gogurt. it glows in the dark? does this glow in the dark? it would make for a terrifying

middle of the night. they even have "star wars" coffee mate, a limited edition of coffee mate. it's like "star wars" meets starbucks. what is with -- it's crazy. does anyone even eat in the "star wars" movies? in six movies, i think yoda once ate a beef stick and jaba the hut t ate a frog. that's about it. "star wars" apples. kids really are dumb, that's the message there. sorry, i didn't realize there were kids in the audience. one of thehetars of "the force awakens," his face was on go gurt, the great actor oscar isaac is with us. [ cheers and applause ] the most famous ballerina in all the land, misty copeland is here with us. [ cheers and applause ] from jeff lynne's elo. on wednesday night, donald trump is going to be here. today donald trump as promised released a statement from his doctor about his health.

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we'll get right on that. the post offe is expected to ship about 600 million pieces of mail today alone. they ship an estimated 15.5 billion pieces of mail over the holidays. mail men work very hard this time of year delivering cards anancatalogs. 99% of which we throw out immediately. when you think about it, being a mailman is like being a garbage man, except instead of taking the trash away, , u're bringing it to the houses. one truck really should just follow the other. delivering mail over the holidays is hard enough. this is what a mailman in cape cod had to deal with. wild turkeys following him around his route. what is there, like five? >> every day. every day. >> jimmy: things have gotten so bad, he had to go out and purchase a turkey stick to protect himself. it's like a thanksgiving nightmare, it really is. they do seem eager to help.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. oscar isaac, misty copeland, music from elo. the premiere of "star wars" is happening tonight, three theaters, , ross the street and next d dr, a number of fans showed up in costume. let's go out to guillermo. how's it going oututhere? >> guillllmo: it's great, jimmmm >> jimmy: have you seen anything interesting since we left you? >> guillermo: a lot of people i'm going to show to you right now. >> jimmy: i asked guillermo to find the best costumes. we're going to give a a ize to whoever has the best one.

costumed contestant. look at your arms. oh, all right. hey, where'd you get the jacket? >> that's top secret. >> jimmy: okay. what is your name? >> brandon jackson. >> jimmy: and did you make that jacket yourself? or that is something you could purchase? >> oncncagain, that's top secret. >> jimmy: all right. he will not win. all right, let's meet our next costumed contestant, guillermo. the next costumed contestant is? that's a p ptty good looking outfit you have there. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you fashioned that yourself? >> yes. except for the staff. my friend gregor helped me out and it's awesome. >immy: it's good to have a friend gregor, isn't it? >> jimmy: yes. >> maybe you'll get him the "e" for christmas. what is the name of your character? >> this is rey. >> jimmy: the star of the movie we think? >> yes. >> jimmy: although we don't know for sure. >> we will soon. >> jimmy: look at those scary ys in the backgroundndaking phone calls. who else do we have there, guillermo?

contest? >> hey, what's up? >> jimmy: wow. [ cheers and applause ] do you have like a garbage truck route? and you put a vest on? or did you make that outfit? >> i made this outfit. >> jimmy: you did, sewed it yourself? >> with help from my shop. >> jimmy: what kind of shop do you have? >> props and costumes. >> jimmy: you make props and costumes, so this is perfect for yoyothen? >> part of a club, we make ourur own costumes and we volunteer. >> jimmy: does everyone dress as a fighter pilot? >> there's a lot of us over there. there's a whole group. >> jimmy: there's a whole group? >> oh, yeah. jimmy: i wonder whyhyhey picked you specifically to be inin the contest. >> it's the beard. >> jimmy: probably the beard, all right. all right, guillermo. do we have any more? any more contestants? i believe we have one more contestant here. our friendly neighborhood spider-man. spider-man, are those clippers gloves you're wearing?

>> jimmy: spider-man, i hope you don't take offense but you ar -- are a complete disaster. >> ha ha! >> jimmy: tuck in your mask or something for god's sake. >> i got no wardrobe department. >> jimmy: all righgh we'll get you one, a a right. let's look at contestants and make a determination. i don't think there's much question about it. i think the winner is our x wing fighter pilot. [ cheers and applause ] let's give him his prizes. very good prizes. cheese its, gogurt, , cetera. enjoy. have fun, guys. >> thank you! >> jimmy: thank you, guillermo. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: this movie "star wars," probably the mout-anticipated film of the decade. every prominent reviewer in the world has been trying to see it to post the first review. only one riew can be first and tonighwith his exclusive take on "the force awakens" here's

the momoe. >> hi, i'm talk about the movie "star war." "star war," that -- force -- warness. you know "star war" is like good movie. talk about the people, the moon,n, come to the ground, dress like rabbit, people fight with the rere and one blulu this "star war," i got gigi abraham the director, very nice guy. i got all the guy, the one like 30 year ago, mark hamison. i got the black guy, you know this guy, american-african, i got picture of them. then i got the harrison fork. he don't like take picture.

take picture, like four time. he said, man, take the picture, leave me alone. >> it's true. all of it. >> t tn i don't know his name. he look to me like all the people. the stone and come like this and this and this. r harrison ford, it't'behind s back almost, called shoeraxer. harrison ford understand to him. he and like, arrgggh! like he's mad. also the guy is like silver. gold i mean. i got picture with him too. c-3. like robbit machine, i don't know. the guy in "star war," the green guy, the shorter guy, yogur or something, good actor, he's short,reen. his ear up like thisis the move why is very, very, very good.

have a aot of machine. people will run, gold, silver, like a monkey, everything in tar war." go watchchhe movie, good luck.k. like the guy monkey, arrggghhh! he's the one behind harrison ford. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, yehya. tonight music from elo, ballerina misty copeland is here. x wing fighter pilot oscar isaac, so stick around. [ cheers and applause ] whether you're at home in the basement on thehepen road or pulling the late shift at work. you're more connected now because t-mobile doubled its lte coverage in the past year. and our extended range lte goes two times farther than before

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: tonight the principal dancer from the american ballet theater, misty copeland is here. misty is the one who taught guillermo and i to dance. then one of the great bands of our youth, this isheir latest

universe," jeff f nne's elo from the samsung outdoor stage. tomorrow night john krasinski will be here. we have an annual holiday prank war, and unfortunately for me, this year it continued. he pulled three different pranks on me this year. we'll show that tomorrow. from espn chris fowler and kirk herbstreit will be with us, we'll have music from seal, and later this week ryan seacrest, giada de laurentis, gary clark jr., r. kelly and on wednesday night, donald trump will be here. allah willing. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: after this week, our first guest will no longer be known to a generation of k ks as "that guy who sang in the coen brothers movie," he plays x-wing fighter pilot poe dameron in "star wars: the force awakens" it opens in theaters everywhere friday, please welcome oscar isaac.

>> jimmy: very good to have you here and to meet you, i'm a big n of yours and i'm e eited. are e u excited that you're in "star wars"? >> yeah, yeah, pretty excited, man. >> jimmy: you never know, you're a real serious actor. maybe you think, well, yeah, sure, it's a big thing. >> no, i'm very excited. veryryvery excited. last night me and my family walked along the tents, the four blocks right out here. and we even stopped in front of the line of people that are waitininalready. just kininof hung out. >> jimmy: you know that's the last time you're going to be able to do that without getting swarmed by people? >> yeah, that's true. >> jimmy: how many family members do you have out here? >> about 15, i think. . >> j jmy: 15? >> we did a guatemala style, all in one car. yeah, they're here. >> jimmy: are they all coming to the premiere? >> they're right here. >> jimmy: : ey're here in the audience? >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: oh, wonderful. hi, family.

is your uncle -- >> i brought my own guillermo. >> jimmy: that's nice of you to provide one. your uncle guillermo who is actually in the movie. how did this happen? >> that's the -- he, yes. huge, huge "star wars" fan. i think the thing with "star wars," the older generations pass it o o to the younger ones. >> love that obsession. so he definitely did that for us, me and my brother and my so when i was cast i told him. he almost passed out. he couldn't believe it. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and i told j.j. all about him. he even made a figure. like an action figure of me the day after i got cast. in the packaging with like a story behind it. >> jimmy: your uncle? or j.j.? >> my uncle did that. >> jimmy: you have an uncle who o makes action figiges? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: that's pretty good. >> yeah, yeah. i brought him to set and j.j. said, do you want to be in the movie? and helped, oh my god,`zeah, are you serious? they got him icostume, they put him in the movie.

i think this is the first ever seen photograph of -- that's your uncle right there. [ cheers and applause ] wow, he's not going to be able to walk around either. he has a more prominent part than luke skywalker does in the film. that's exciting. how did you find out -- how did they contact you in the first place? did j.j. himself -- >> i got a call that gigi abraham want to meet with me. so he was in paris. and they said, we don't know for what. even though i know he was doing "star wars" movie.e. i flew to paris.s. i met him in an office with larry kaz dan, kathy kennedy, they talked me through the story. later that night we met in a cafe in paris. and i said, is there any way i can readadnything of the script? because they weren't doing that.

he handed me his iphone. i was sitting at midnight in this parisian cafe reading "star wars episode 7" ininront of j.j. >> jimmy: on his phone. >> he sat there looking at me. i just went really quickly. it's great, great, really good. really -- yeah. yeah. very good. >> jimmy: that was theheeal sealed then? you knew you had the part? >> no, i went back home. we kept talking. the part evolved a bit. and then a couple weeks later i nt to london and reaeawith john and daisy. and that night they called me and gave me the part. >> jimmy: wow. and at that time -- are you able to tell anybody? >> yeah, they say you can'n'tell anyone. >> jimmy: right. how long did you have to keep that quiet? >> i was supposed to keep it quiet till now. yeah. >> jimmy: oh. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you u d not listen? >> no, i told them very quickly. i told them that night. >> jimmy: it was that night?

>> jimmymyyou have to give youou uncle time to get the action figure ready. >> exactly. >> jimmy: now i mentioned the gogurt before. there you are. >> i haven't seen the actual thing. >> jimmy: it's an actor's dream to be on gogurt. it does seem like food of the future for sure. >> you can suck yogurt from my head. >> jimmy: that's a great pickup line, by the way. [ laughterer >> jimmy: oh, stop it. have you seen it? i don't think your uncle made this one. this is the poe damron -- what can you tell us about t e? >> i can tell you that he doesn't quite look so much like a cross between benicio del toro and sloth from the goonies. >> jimmy: looks a little more like you? can you tell us anything he does in the movie or anything about his character? >> he's a pilot for the resistance. he believes in the force. he's committed to the resistance. he's their most daring pilot.

>> jimmy: what kind of name is poe damron? >> it's a great " "ar wars" name. >> jimmy: it is a good "star wars" name. did you know that was your name? >> there's a morgan damron who's j.j.'s assistant. >> jimmy: j.j. named your character after his assistant? >> the damron part, yeahah >> jimmy: wow.w. thth's better than a raise. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> and she has a little moment in the movie. >> jimmy: not as big as your uncle's. >> not as big, no, no. yeah, every time we pass each ototr, we're like, damroro damron. >> jimmy: we're going to take a break. oscar isaac! "star wars: the force awakens" opens in theaters on friday. we'll be right back.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we're back with oscar isaac, "the "star wars": the force awakens" opens friday. people drive you crazy asking questions about what happens? >> yes. >> jimmy: are you looking forward to the movie opening so they stop asking you questions? >> i am, we can talk about other things now. >> jimmy: actually it might be the other way. now there might be more questions. >> yeah. >immy: it's not like people ever really stop talking about "star wars." >> true. they'll ask me about thrusters d buttons in the cockpit. >> jimmy: zou know about that stuff? >> yeah, yeah, i do, actuallll >> jimmy: gogo, all right. >> the day i got to set they had a blueprint of the cockpit with like a numerical sequence for how to start up the x wing and

other movies. those buttons wewe already assisied to other things. and which buttons were free for my imagination to work. >> jimmy: you decide which buttons. >> i did a lot of this one up here. >> jimmy: take a look at this. i want to show you this from 1977. this is the original "star wars" film opened in the same theater that you're going to tonight to see the premiere, the chinese theater across the street. you see people are pretty excited about it back then too, even though the movie hadn't come out yet. >> that's crazy. >> jimmy: it is really a crazy ththg to be a part of. >> it really is.s. >> jimmy: you were a musician before you started acting? >> yeah, i was in south florida, that's what i was doing. >> jimmy: in a ska band? >> in a few, yeah. >> jimmy: what were the names of the bands? >> petrified frogs. there was closet heterosexuals. yeah. >> jimmy: were they successful? >> the worms. >> jimmy: the worms? >> yeah, the worms. >> jimmy: worms is a good name.

who happened to open. >> jimmy: you opened for our announcer dicky barrett and his mighty mighty bosstones. [ cheers and applause ] >> opened is a little bit of a stretch. >> jimmy: why? >> because we played at a -- on a stage in a festival probably like five hours before them. >> jimmy: oh. >> but on the resume -- i don't know who opened for who, really. >> jimmy: really in a way, it could go the other way. dicky [pened for you tonight. that's justice. [ cheers and applause ] >> congrats. >> dicky: thank you very much. >> jimmy: it's great to see you, i can't wait to see the movie, the movie opens on friday. "star r rs: the force awakens." be right back with misty copeland!

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: still to come, music from elo. our next guest has more talent in her ten powerful toes than most of us have in our 11 or even 12 toes. she is the principal dancer of ththamerican ballet theatre.

20th in "the nutcracker" at the segerstrom center in orange county and she's the subject of the documentary "a ballerina's tale," please say hello to misty copeland. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good to have you here in l.a. you're from l.a. >> it's nice to be home. >> jimmy: you've found great success in new york so people assume that's where you're from. you're from san pedro. >> i am. >> jimmy: aren't they naming an area after you there? >> it's so weird. yeah. >> jimmy: what are they naming? a square or something? >> a square. down the street from where my oldest sister lives. they're painting this mural with like three massive misties on the side of a building and i feel so bad for her. >> jimmy: why?

every day. >> jimmy: i bet she'll be happy to look at it every day. i'm goininto do a quick summary. correct me if i get anything wrong. you started out -- you're not an upper or middle-class kid, you were disadvantaged, you did not start dancing until you were 13 years old which a apparently is very late for ballet. you started dancing and you won awards and scholarships. now you've become the principal dancer at the american ballet eater. which is a big, big deal. [ cheers and applause ] not only is that a big deal you're the first female african-american principal dancer. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and you've inspired many, many young girls to get into ballet dancing. and on top of it really brought a lot of attention to the art form, which was really kind of fading? is it true, is it correct to say you've saved ballet? >> i would not say that. you can say that.

guillermo and i saved ballet, in any way when we danced with you back in brooklyn? >> something l)ke that. or scared it. >> jimmy: were we better or worse than you thought we re going to be dancing-wise? >> a combination. you know, guillermo's commitment was -- interesti. >> jimmy: yes. your natural physique, which i've told you, really surprised me. >> jimmy: in a good way? >> in a good way. >> jimmy: yes, yes. >> all the dancers at abt who watched the segment, they were so impressed with your legs. >> really? see that, guillermo, everyone was impressed with my legs. >> guillermo: can i tell her something? you don't have to lito him, you can come back to the show any time. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's been working on that one since october. we have a clip. let's look at what we did together. >> w wre going to start with the very first step that the swans

five, six, seven, eight -- you have to momo so he doesn't crush you. i'm extremely nervous about this performance for them. my hope is that they don't fall and hurt themselves. okay, i don't think we're going to get any farther with h at stuff. >> i think we're ready to dance. >> guillermo: i think i'm ready for dinner. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so we finished witita big dance number. and i have to tell you, when we did dance and all of a sudden it went from funny to me being nervous, i was nervous i was going to trample one of the dancers. does that ppen? are there accidents? i know there are injuries. are there collisions and whatnot? >> yeah, i mean, that's the amazing thing about live theater. is that you're going to ge whatever is happeneng in the momeme. and whatever the audience is feeding you, you're going to react to that as well. but yes.

>> i've been a part of it many times and i've seen it happen. i think it's one o omy favorite things about live theater is seeing those things happen. >> jimmy: is there one in particular that stands out to you? >> yes. there was one moment in the ballet, human variatatns, a george ballanchine, made for american ballet theater, you would know. >> jimmy: you don't have to tell me, yes. >> i was with another soloist couple, we were doing these turns towards each other, me and another girl. we were dipped by our partners and our tiaras got stuck together. we literally had to be pulled apart. we were center stage. and the principal couple was coming forward. we were like, oh my god, oh my god! >> jimmy: like elk fighting in the woods, wow. that's pretty crazy. and does the audience laugh? or do people get angry?? >> i don't know if they realized what was going on. you try your best to make it look graceful and like it's supposed to be happening. you just keep a smile on your

>> jimmy: are you graceful in everything? brushing your teeth? is it just a beautiful thing? >> no, no. i'm very clumsy i would say. jimmy: you are veryrylumsy, really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: are you very flexible, though, yes? >> yeah, that too. maybe that's why i'm so clumsy. >> jimmy: is that natural? or is that something -- is it a combination of working on it too? >> it's a combination. i think that's why ballet was so easy for me is that my body was very loose and flexible. and i think i must have been about 7 years old when i realized how flexible i was. i remember i woke up -- i'd never danced before. i had no training. i woke up one morning stretching my arms. and they went all the way over. i was holding my hands. i remember thinking, what just happened? i woke my mom up, look what i can do, look what i can do? she's like, that's weird. then that was that. >> jimmy: this is like howow spider-man got started. >> years later i think being a

flexible shoulders helps. >> jimmy: can you still do that thing? >>'ve never done it before -- yes, i can still do it. >> jimmy: you can, okay. will you do it? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. that's good. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: who knew that would come in handy? do you feel like you would be great at any kind of dancing? like were you involved in ballroom dancing or some other kind? >> i was always really drawn to music and movement. i don't know if i would have been this natural at every time -- type of movement. but i think thth athletics just run in my family.. like we're all pretty natural with movement and athletics. like my cavs, all of the copelands have them. we call them the copeland calves. >> jimmy: thank goodness for thehe copeland calves.s. you're doing a limited run

in that area in orange county? >> american ballet theater, yes. >> jimmy: the documentararis very, very interesting. misty copeland, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] "the nutcracker" runs through december 20th. "a ballerina's tale" is in theatersrsnd on amazon and itunes. thank you for coming, misty. be right back with jeff lynne's elo! [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: the jimmy kimmel

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