. >> yeah, jonathan demme, our director, is amazing.'t miss. should we get meryl streep for this or not? well, duh. >> usually, though, you did not want to audition for this role. >> i didn't. i mean first when i got the call jonathan demme wants to see you for the new meryl streep movie, come on. who is this really? >> you were on the east coast at the time. >> i was on the east coast touring and they wanted to audition the next day on the west coast. and i'm not a great auditioner and i only had a couple hours to prepare. i said i don't want to go in and do a terrible reading for jonathan demme so i don't want to go. >> were you nervous? >> my pit bull of a pr lady said get on the plane and go do the audition. i went and it was basically a guitar audition. they had already seen film on me and knew i could act but wanted to see if i could really play guitar guitar. quite a few actors had gone in and said i can play guitar. great actors. everything is done live. >> it has to be authentic. >> no overdubs and no lip-synch lip-synching lip

you rock out with jonathan demme. how fun was that? diablo cody -- >> it was so fun. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. do you know how to play guitar? >> no, i didn't know how to play guitar. >> jimmy: do you sing? >> yeah, i have been singing for a long time. but, you know, not really. [ laughter ] not rock 'n' roll. nobody asked me to. but i had my first guitar lesson when i said i would do the movie. john -- i mean, jonathan demme was up at the jacob burns center, a a film center he runs, and neil young was in there recording something for his new sound system. >> jimmy: that's not intimidating. yeah. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's like acting opposite meryl streep. >> so jonathan says, "come by, neil would like to meet you." and he says, "maybe i'll get him to give you a guitar lesson. yeah, man, that'll be good." >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> so my first lesson was -- >> jimmy: neil young? >> 45 minutes with neil! >> jimmy: oh, come on! [ cheers and applause ] >> i know! >> jimmy: that's the best! >> it was fantastic. >> jimmy: that's so fun! oh, my g

it is true that jonathan demme said he didn't want the two of you communicating?rs on the film. you know, he wanted to do it himself. >> oh. >> to direct her. >> we've seen you sing in past movies, but we've never seen you play the guitar. how long did it take you to learn? >> well, i had never held an electric guitar, and so i guess i worked about six weeks with the electric guitar. and jonathan demme, our director, had told me -- he was lying all over the place. he told me it was three songs that i would have to learn. it's ten songs. >> yeah. there's a lot singing. >> i didn't know when you play the electric guitar, your fingers bleed. rick, look! oh, yeah, yeah. that's what you get. >> talk about ricki's look. because when you first looked at yourself in the mirror, she's got this goofy hairdo with the braids, thick, thick black eye makeup. when you first looked in the mirror, meryl, what did you think? >> i thought it looked hilarious. i just wanted it to be stuck in the '80s. you know, i really wanted her -- you know how people pick their thing, and then the

jonathan demme, who is amazing and made "stop making sense" as well as "silence of the lambs" knew whatwas real. you guyed played ten songs on film. >> she killed it. >> live. >> she had never played a guitar before. >> what? >> absolutely, wood shed for about six weeks, eight weeks, and then she had a real band behind her. all great players. she brought the character and that's really the essence of the film. >> she had no background play sng. >> none at all. it's pretty astounding. i hope people understand how difficult it is to play electric guitar, sing, and then do it in character. it's -- i peen, it's mind blowing what she did. >> we have a clip of rick springfield playing drift away with meryl streep in ricki and the flash. take a look. ♪ look for the light through the pouring rain ♪ ♪ you know that's a game that i hate to lose ♪ ♪ feeling the strain ♪ giving >> so, this is pretty incredible. and demme says that he walked in and you were with meryl and about a minute in, he said the sunshine just started pouring in. he said, like, in an instant, you had the part. >> i wish i had

. >> jimmy: but jonathan demme was the director. amazing. he wanted to create some tension on the set. >> yes, that's right. >> jimmy: and so he told your mom not to talk to you? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. yup. >> jimmy: and your mom did it? >> uh-uh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did you know what was going on? >> no. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is very interesting. >> i know. i didn't know what was going on. he told her that he felt that we should be separated. and so she was game. and she went along with that. but nobody told me that. so i just sort of felt like, why is everybody like hanging out without me? [ audience awes ] i know, thank you. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wait, wait, wait. you're making us feel bad, but this added to your performance. >> yeah, yeah. i mean -- but ultimately the idea was to kind of play into, i think -- i think, i haven't actually confirmed this with him. this is just what i've decided -- that he wanted her to feel abandoned and, you know, kind of play -- feed into the anger that she had. >> jimmy: did you eventually know w

>> no, she backed off and that was also part of the -- we respected jonathan demme, our director, washysically separated. >> and let him be the boss? >> let him be the boss. >> no talking in between takes, i heard. >> no, no. i kind of -- i was a bit sequestered. you know, we shot everything in this house in westchester and they had dressed one of the bedrooms as julie's room and so in between scene setups i would just go up there and get into her bed. >> was it hard to like curse your mom out? you had to say some really hurtful things to her. >> but maybe they're true and it wasn't hard at all. [ laughter ] >> well, i will say that getting in touch with that kind of rage was maybe a little bit too easy. [ laughter ] but it was also kind of like it was a blind rage. it could have been anyone, you know? and there certainly is no overlap. >> and wounded animals, which is what you are in this. they lash out. >> yeah, they're like feral. it was -- it was fun! >> this is not the first time you've acted with your mom. we dug through the archives. 21 months old you were, you were in "heartbu

partnering with jonathan demme.sh" and other projects. we can expect unbelievable dancing from man he likes to call quote a funky fred astaire. i was not born for that either. no release date yet. it will be sure to take back the night. i'll be honest. i had to look up fred astaire. >> no you didn't. >> i had to google. he was born in 1899. >> we try to help him out. and then he goes there. >> he's a good dancer. could sing. could act. >> wow. he's going to double down. >> jesse is unafraid. >> i got home work to do later. >>> if you lost your phone? you probably never found it where it was like this guy did. a story, thanks to our friends, at the daily mail. scott and his fellow traveler, megan, were on a trek around the world. he lost his ipod touch in laos. a few days later, logs on to icloud and discovers this. a young monk. and another image appears. and another, and another. soon, dozens of photos taken by someone they dubd as the monk that lives in my phone. he's now settled in south korea. he wants to meet t

and jonathan demme, our director, had told me, he was lying all over the place.didn't know when you play the electric guitar, your fingers bleed. i mean they bleed. i was going to say look. and he was yeah, yeah, that's what you get. >> talk about ricci's look. when you first looked at yourself in the mirror, she's got the goofy hairdo with the braids coming down. thick black eye makeup. when you first looked in the mirror what did you think? >> i thought it was hilarious. i wanted it to be stuck in the '80s. people pick their thing and then they don't switch it up as times change. >> mission accomplished. >> i felt that. >> i felt that. >> she's stuck, yeah. >> why do you work so hard? >> hello, mr. fox. calling the kettle black. >> i could ask you the same thing. >> it's fun, isn't it? >> it's fun. >> exactly. >> and they're asking me. and each one feels like it's own challenge, but it's also my, i think probably deeply it's my therapy on some level. i mean i don't -- have another outlet like that where i can go insane and think murderous thoughts. and not be i

partnering with jonathan demme. on a quote space-age music film.y. demme no stranger to music projects, fresh off meryl streep's "ricki and the flash" kenny chesney's unstaged and working with the boss, bruce springsteen. he says we can expect some unbelievable dancing from a man he likes to call, quote, a funky fred astaire. i was not born for that either. no release date yet. it will be sure to take back the night. i'll be honest. i had to look up fred astaire. >> no, you didn't. >> yes, i did. >> i had to google. he was born in 1899. >> he's an american icon. >> ginger rogers. >> who is ginger rogers? >> of film and dance. >> we try to help him out. and then he goes there. >> apparently he's a good dancer, he could sing, he could act. >> wow. he's going to double down. >> maybe, maybe? >> jesse is unafraid. >> well, i got some homework to do later. >>> finally, have you guys ever lost your phone? you probably never found it where it was like this guy did. a story, thanks to our friends, at the daily mail. scott and his fellow traveler, megan, we