we're thrilled to have freida pinto.what was the process like for you having to get back into that head space, because obviously it's a world that you know really well. >> i learned a few things off of modeling. how you deal with criticism and verbal abuse. >> reporter: making "knight of cups" both a challenge and creative wonder, said freida, with us the lack of traditional script. the director encouraged freida to come up with her own dialogue as cameras rolled. >> it's not at all scripted. one or two times it's scripted is when we have the teleprompters on us and he was telling us what to say. but he also insisted on not saying it if you don't want to say it. >> you say it and like it? we're getting paid to say it. >> reporter: what is like working with christian bale? >> he was very encouraging. don't worry about it. just go with it. just say whatever you have to. >> reporter: a big project coming up, too, jungle book origins. starring christian bale. can you tell us about that? >> i'm so excited about this. this is

the nose freida. i like this picture, perfectly imperfect. see how happy they are? it's because mommy sucks the snot out of their nose so they can breathe clearly. the latest scandal in my house, there's always something. the other day i got home and my youngest son has crazy hair. never been cut until now. >> oh, no. >> i go home, and look at this. >> oh, no. >> one of three huge chunks of his hair. he cut it out. he went to my room. there was a step stool. i had the scissors put up. i trimmed my hair the other day, and i guess he wanted to try it. >> you trim your own hair? >> sometimes. there are the horror stories. so i go home, red sharpie on my good couch. shapes, rectangles. i decided to hold court because daddy wasn't there. i wanted to know who did this. >> okay. >> no way! >> this is not a game. somebody drew on the couch. >> it's not me. i would never do that! >> oh, my gosh. judge judy over here. >> that's my life. we're holding court. we're telling daddy when they get home. >> you're a twin. did you blame the other? >> we never did anything like that. a

. >>> we're back now with freida pinto, she's in the brand-new movie "night of cops." christian bale. >> she stopped by here to talk about being back on the big screen. with a traditional script. >> the actress danced her way into our hearts. in "slumdog millionaire." now she's stunning audiences again, playing a beautiful model opposite christian bale in "knight of cups." >> is this a friendship we have here? i don't want to wreak havoc. lives. pinto. what was the process like for you having to get back into that head space, because obviously really well. >> i learned a few things from modeling. how you deal with criticism and verbal abuse. >> reporter: making knight of creative wonder, said freida, with us the lack of traditional script. he encouraged freedy to come up with her own dialogue as cameras rolled. >> it's not at all scripted. one or two times it's scripted is when we have the tell prompters on us and he was telling us what to say. but he also insisted on not saying don't say it if you don't want to say it. >> you say it and like it? we're getting paid to

an unknown little girl, named freida mcdonald, who would become joseph 15 baker. we have-- 63rd street is a one-way street because the traffic was so immense people come to see the show on 63rd understand it was put over on 63rd because they wouldn't allow an all-african american production on broadway. >> it was dicey the way they came in. it was a dicey producer who was like we have this old theater and you guys can be here. but it was the first time the orchestra section of a broadway show was integrated. so african americans were allowed to sit in the orchestra, and famous people like george gershwin was there lot of times, and al jolson, and all these people came to see it and harlem renaissance. so this is the story of that show. >> stephen: that's 1921. >> yeah. >> stephen: what are we talking about here, 96 years-- 95 years ago this show>> yeah. >> stephen: and now, on broadway right now you've got lion king, on feet, eclipsed, hamilton, and soon shuffle purple. >> stephen: color purple. why do you think diversity is that embraced in hollywood? >> i don't know. i mean, i-- i wi

freida, great to see you again. >> hi, brooke, it's great to be with you. >> beginning with this notesident says he is proud of not enforcing the syrian red line, you know, the red line saying if chemical weapons were found he would strike, didn't, how did he explain that to jeffrey goldberg? >> he says that he's proud of the fact that he resisted pressure from the establishment, from the washington foreign policy establishment to strike assad after he broke through obama's red line. and that's really absurd because the red line was drawn by obama himself and the truth is that if we look at what's happening in syria, there is nothing for anyone to be proud of in what's gone on in syria. half a million people dead. the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. all kinds of problems, instability in the region, so there's really no reason for anyone, much less the president of the united states, to find any reason for pride there. >> well, let's just be precise in what the president said. he said a lot but part of it was he was about to pull back from the immediate pressures and think t

actress freda pinto, she's >>> we're back now with freida pinto, she's in the brand-new movie "night of cops." christian bale. >> she stopped by here to talk about being back on the big screen. this time, she's not working with a traditional script. >> the actress danced her way