♪ LOTS OF THINGS WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THE DAY ♪
♪ WE ARE HERE TO DO OUR THING, SO DON'T LET THAT GO AWAY ♪
♪ IT'S "THE LATE LATE SHOW" ♪ LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW'S IT
GOING, YEAH, COOL, COME ON OVER TOMORROW, GIVE IT UP FOR YOUR
HOST, THE ONE, THE ONLY JAMES CORDEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
James: THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH!
I APPRECIATE IT!
THANKS FOR COMING OUT!
OH, GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO "THE LATE LATE SHOW"!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, BLESS YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHO OUR GUESTS ARE ON THE SHOW
TONIGHT.
THIS IS A BIG ONE, AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR,
SCREENWRITER, ACTOR, PRODUCER.
HIS BRILLIANT MOVIE GOOD, IT'S SO GOOD, IT'S IN THEATERS
EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW, WHAT AN HONOR TO WELCOME
BEN AFFLECK IS HERE TONIGHT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THERE HE IS!
HOW ARE YOU, BENJAMIN?
Ben: I'M VERY GOOD.
THANK GOD I FINALLY GOT ON THE SHOW.
I ALMOST MISSED IT.
I GUESS YOU WE DID AS LOVE YOUR FILM SO MUCH, WE ABSOLUTELY
LOVED IT.
AND I THOUGHT OF A SEQUEL FOR YOU.
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE AIR JORDAN, WHAT ABOUT A
BIOPIC ABOUT HOW CBS CHOSE ME AND IT'S
CREATION OF THE ERROR CORDEN.
AND HERE FROM "SHARP
OBJECTS," "THE MINDY PROJECT," "BIRDS OF PREY" AND SO MUCH
MORE, THE MAGNIFICENT, CHRIS MESSINA!
Chris: NINE MORE SHOWS.
James: I LOVE THAT YOU ARE HOLDING THAT DRINK.
IT WHENEVER I IMAGINE YOU I IMAGINE YOU HOLDING A SHORT
TUMBLER.
WHEN WE GO TO BREAK, I AM GOING TO JOIN YOU IN THAT DRINK.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE, CHRIS MESSINA.
ARE YOU READY?
I AM JAMES CORDEN, AND THIS, THIS IS "THE LATE LATE SHOW"!
ROLE THE TITLES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
♪ "THE LATE LATE SHOW," OH, OH, "THE LATE LATE SHOW," WOO! ♪
♪ "THE LATE LATE SHOW," OH, OH, "THE LATE LATE SHOW" OH-OH! ♪
♪ IT'S "THE LATE, LATE SHOW" ♪ James: IT CERTAINLY IS.
BLESS YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT, EVERYBODY!
I'M EXCITED, I'M EXCITED.
I'M EXCITED THAT BEN AFFLECK IS ON THE SHOW.
I HAVE TO SAY.
Ian: I AM EXCITED THAT CHRIS MESSINA IS ON THE SHOW.
IN "AIR," HE KILLED IT.
SO GOOD.
James: I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I WAS LIKE OH, THIS IS LIKE--
A BRILLIANT MOVIE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT LIKE A CAR JUMPING OVER A BUILDING.
AND IT'S NOT ABOUT LIKE-- IT'S NOT SORT OF A CELLO PLAYED
IN A MINOR KEY.
AS SOMEONE RIDES A BIKE INTO A LAUNDROMAT.
AND I LIKE THAT.
BUT WHAT I ONE IS THIS.
Ian: WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THE MOVIE I WAS LIKE I WILL
WATCH IT TEN MORE TIMES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND BE SO HUNG
OVER EVERY TIME I WATCH IT.
James: WE COULD DO THIS ALL DAY, BUT IT'S THAT TIME.
IT'S THAT TIME, IT'S THAT TIME.
IT'S TIME FOR "THE NEWS"!
♪ ♪ THIS AFTERNOON, THE FBI ARRESTED
A 20-ONE-YEAR-OLD MASSACHUSETS AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMAN IN
CONNECTION WITH THE LEAKING OF CLSSIFIED DOCUMENTS POSTED
ONLINE.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE?
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SAY CERTAIN WORDS.
IT WAS 2-0--- AS I WAS READING IT, ROLLBACK
HOW WE HAVE CHOSEN TO SAY THE WORDS 21?
[LAUGHTER]
WOW.
AS I WAS-- YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK HAPPENED
HERE, I THINK THAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS 20, AND THEN SOMEBODY WAS
LIKE NO, IT'S JUST BEEN CONFIRMED, HE IS 21.
ADD A ONE TO THAT.
AND THEY ARE LIKE, IT'S GONE SHORT, WHATEVER.
THIS AFTERNOON, THE FBI ARRESTED A 21-YEAR-OLD MASSACHUSETTS
AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE LEAKING OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS POSTED ONLINE.
THE LEAKER IS DESCRIBED AS A LONELY YOUNG MAN WHO IS PART OF
A CHATROOM GROUP THAT SHARES A LOVE OF GUNS AND MILITARY GEAR.
YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES "IT'S WHO YOU WOULD LEAST SUSPECT?"
THIS ISN'T ONE OF THOSE TIMES.
AS A 21-YEAR-OLD, HE'S DEVASTATED THAT THIS MISTAKE MAY
COST HIM HIS FUTURE.
BUT HE'S ALSO THRILLED SOMETHING HE POSTED ONLINE WENT VIRAL.
HE POSTED SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS IN A CHATROOM FOR GAMERS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THIS WOR WORKS.
DOES SOMEONE WRITE "HOW DO I WIN IN FORTNITE?"
AND YOU RESPOND LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW, BUT HERE'S SOME SATELLITE
IMAGES OF UKRAINE."
MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN CONTINUED HIS TOUR OF IRELAND
TODAY- MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MICHAEL D. HIGGINS AT HIS
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN DUBLIN.
LOOK AT THAT.
IRELAND'S PRESIDENT IS SO ADORABLE, ISN'T HE?
I KNOW HE'S A VERY SERIOUS PERSON, BUT I WANT TO CHASE HIM
AROUND TRYING TO TICKLE HIM WITH A FEATHER.
COME HERE, YOU.
OH COME OVER HERE OR GOING.
HE LOOKS LIKE IF YOU TURNED BERNIE SANDERS INTO A HOBBIT.
AT ONE POINT, IN THE STATE RECEPTION ROOM, BIDEN WROTE A
MESSAGE IN THE VISITORS' BOOK AS HE SAT AT A VERY SMALL DESK.
OR AS PRESIDENT HIGGINS CALLS IT, A "REGULAR-SIZED DESK."
SO WE WERE READING THIS EARLIER, ALL OF THE WRITERS WE WERE
READING THIS.
AND NATE GOES, WHAT DID YOU SAY IN THE WRITERS MEETING?
IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE NOT COVERING HOW SMALL THE DESK IS
WELL ENOUGH.
THERE'S A LOT WARD TO BE SAID ABOUT HOW SMALL THE DESK IS.
James: I SAID LET'S SEE HOW THE SHOW IS GOING.
ARE THESE THE JOKES YOU SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS MORNING?
THAT WERE NARROWLY REJECTED ABOUT HOW SMALL.
SO I HAD THEM PUT A MICROPHONE ON ME, AND IT CAME DOWN HERE,
WHICH I DON'T NORMALLY DO.
James: YOU ARE NORMALLY IN THE CAR BY NOW.
HOW SMALL IS THAT DESK?
JAMES, THAT DESK IS SO SMALL IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS ON
""THE TONIGHT SHOW"" WITH TINY TIM FALLON.
I WILL GO THERE AND EVEN FURTHER.
BECAUSE THAT DESK IS SO SMALL, JAMES, THAT EVEN THOSE TINY DESK
CONCERTS ARE LIKE WE CAN'T WORK WITH THIS THING.
I MEAN, THAT DESK IS SO SMALL, IF YOU PUT A COFFEE CUP ON IT,
THAT DESK IS LIKE DAMN, IS THIS A COFFEE JUG.
I HAVE PAGES-- IF WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, COME
BACK TO ME.
James: I MIGHT JUST GO, HEY, NATE, HOW SMALL IS THAT
DESK?
WELL, JAMES, THAT DESK IS SO SMALL.
WHEN I SAY THAT I GOT IT AT STAPLES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL STAPLERS.
James: THANK YOU.
NATE, EVERYBODY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUT JOE BIDEN IS HAVING A GREAT
TIME ON THIS TRIP.
AT ONE POINT DURING HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HIGGINS, HE HAD
THIS TO SAY.
I'M NOT GOING HOME.
I'M STAYING HERE.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PLACE.
James: AND 70% OF AMERICANS WERE LIKE "OKAY."
SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, CAN YOU BLAME HIM?
RIGHT NOW HE'S HANGING OUT IN A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, EVERYBODY'S
EXCITED TO SEE HIM, AND AFTER THIS HE HAS TO FLY BACK TO
WASHINGTON DC.
WHERE MARJORIE TAYLOR-GREENE IS TRYING TO BAN OXYGEN BECAUSE
TRANS PEOPLE BREATHE IT.
IN OTHER NEWS, KING CHARLES IS HIRING SOMEONE TO ANSWER HIS FAN
MAIL.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE PUT OUT A JOB POSTING FOR AN "ASSISTANT
CORRESPONDENCE OFFICER" TO CRAFT RESPONSES TO EACH OF THE
THOUSANDS OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE KING EACH YEAR.
IMAGINE HAVING TO RESPOND TO EVERY PIECE OF MAIL.
"THE KING WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, BED BATH AND BEYOND, FOR
THE GENEROUS COUPONS."
APPLICANTS MUST HAVE EXCELLENT WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION
PROWESS, STRONG IT SKILLS.
AND THE ABILITY TO DISCARD ANY LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRINCE
ANDREW.
DO YOU THINK I SHOULD APPLY TO THIS JOB?
I THINK THE TIMING IS PERFECT.
Ian: YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME COMING OFF.
YOU WERE TO WERE APPLIED LETTERS?
BUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE DESK THAT YOU ARE SITTING AT TO DO
IT?
[LAUGHTER] I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD
BE AT ONE BIGGER THAN THE ONE WE SAW BEFORE.
BECAUSE THAT DESK, THAT WAS SO SMALL, IT MAKES POST-IT NOTE TO
LOOK LIKE A REGULAR PIECE OF PAPER.
AND DID YOU SEE THIS?
LAST NIGHT, THE CHICAGO BULLS PLAYED THE TORTONTO RAPTORS AND
DEMAR DEROZAN'S 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WENT VIRAL DUE TO HER
HIGH-PITCHED SCREAMS TO DISTRACT THE RAPTORS ATTEMPTING FREE
THROWS.
HERE SHE IS HERE.
AND THIS IS THE VOICE YOU ARE HEARING WHEN THE RAPTORS SHOOT.
SHE IS SCREAMING.
James: THAT AS CHAMPIONSHIP BEHAVIOR.
I LOVE THAT.
I DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
MY KIDS ARE SITTING IN THE CROWD AT SETH MEYERS SHOW RIGHT NOW.
[LAUGHTER] AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
HER STRATEGY WORKED.
WATCH THIS.
OFFICIAL TO FLORIDA STATE-- [SCREAMING]
THE NUMBER OF THE QUALITY OF SHOTS.
IT COMES OFF.
James: THE BULLS ENDED UP WINNING BY FOUR POINTS.
IF THE BULLS WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, SHE SHOULD
100% GET A RING.
BUT THIS IS HOW I KNOW THE GAME HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE SOFT.
IN THE OLD DAYS, MICHAEL JORDAN WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP AT THIS
GIRL'S SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND SCREAMED EVERY TIME SHE TRIED TO
ANSWER A MATH PROBLEM.
AND FINALLY, BUSH'S BEANS IS GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO WIN A
FREE VACATION TO A NATIONAL PARK.
WHERE YOU CAN STAY IN A ONE-OF-A-KIND CAMPER SHAPED
LIKE A GIANT CAN OF BEANS.
HERE IT IS HERE.
AND HERE'S THE INSIDE.
YOU CAN TELL THIS IS AN AMERICAN PROMOTION.
IF IT WERE IN BRITAIN, THAT BED WOULD BE A GIANT SLICE OF TOAST.
IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE SPACE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T GET
INSIDE WITHOUT ONE OF THESE.
AND THAT'S "THE NEWS!" WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
BEN AFFLECK AND CHRIS MESSINA!
♪ ♪ James: WELCOME BACK!
LET'S MEET OUR GUEST TONIGHT!
HE PLAYS DAVID FALK IN "AIR," CHRIS MESSINA!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
Chris: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HE DIRECTED AND PLAYS PHIL KNIGHT IN "AIR," BEN AFFLECK!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
Ben: HOW ARE YOU?
James: HAVE A SEAT!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] James: BLESS YOU FOR BEING
HERE!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Ben: IT'S AMAZING COMING UP PICTURES OF EVERY GUEST WHO HAS
BEEN ON THE SHOW, AND SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN
BOOKED, I GOT TO SEE HOW FAR DOWN THE LIST I HAVE GONE.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.
James: THIS IS JUST [BLEEP].
Ben: BUT IT IS FUNNY.
James: I KNOW THIS IS SO BUSY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP AND A GREAT PROFESSIONAL
RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THREE OF BEN'S MOVIES.
HOW DID YOU FIRST MEET?
DID YOU HIT IT OFF STRAIGHT AWAY, CHRIS?
Chris: I DID A PLAY WITH YOUR BROTHER IN NEW YORK, SO WE
MET A LONG TIME AGO BRIEFLY.
IT WAS OKAY.
James: WHAT PLAY?
Chris: IT W WAS A ONE-ACT PLAY.
AND THEN YEARS LATER WE ENDED UP AT A MUTUAL FRIENDS WEDDING.
WE WERE SEATED TOGETHER AT A TABLE, AND BEAUTIFUL COUPLE,
THEY WERE SHOWING A SLIDESHOW OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP, AND I SAID
TO THE TABLE, DO YOU THINK IF THEY WOULD BE MAD IF I PUT IT ON
MY ACTING REAL?
NOBODY LAUGHED BUT HIM.
AND LIKE A WEAKER TWO LATER I GOT A CALL THAT SAID BEN WANTS
YOU TO BE IN "ARGO."
AND THIS IS OUR THIRD MOVIE TO COVER, AND I THINK THAT CHANGE
MY CAREER.
Ben: HE WAS FABULOUS.
IN THE LAST MOVIE, HE WAS SPECTACULAR, PUT ON LIKE
40 POUNDS.
AND NOBODY SAW THE MOVIE.
IT BROKE MY HEART.
I WAS LIKE DUDE, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN ONE THAT PEOPLE SEE.
BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO [BLEEP] GOOD.
SO REALLY I WANTED THIS MOVIE TO WORK SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD SEE
CRISPY GREAT!
James: AND THEY REALLY DO.
TALK ABOUT THIS FILM.
OBVIOUSLY MATT DAMON IS THE LEAD IN THE MOVIE, THE STAR IN THE
MOVIE.
AND YOU GUYS STARTED YOUR CAREERS TOGETHER AS TEENS.
AND IT IS THIS RIGHT THAT YOU OPENED A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT
TOGETHER?
Ben: WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THAT IS UNUSUAL?
James: I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS?
HOW MUCH MONEY?
AT WHAT POINT DO YOU DECIDE-- Ben: ONE "BOURNE IDENTITY"
CAME OUT I WAS PRETTY PSYCHED.
WE WERE TEENAGERS AND WE WANTED TO GO UP TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK
AND AUDITION.
AND WE WERE KIND OF LIKE WE WANTED TO HELP EACH OTHER.
ONE OF US WOULD MAKE ENOUGH MOVIES-- MONEY SO WE WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TRAIN TO NEW YORK INTO THE NEXT AUDITION.
AND THEN IN L.A. WE LIVED IN THE SAME HOUSE.
AND IT WAS JUST EASIER AND ALSO MATT HAS NEVER PAID A BILL TO
THIS DAY.
BUT LIKE THE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING.
AND BECAUSE THE UTILITY COMPANY MEANS NEEDS MONEY.
James: SO THIS IS YOU, MATT, AND KC AND L.A.?
WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT TO BE BAD ROOMMATES OR A GOOD
ROOMMATE?
Ben: IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN, HE HAS BEEN BRILLIANT TO ME MY
WHOLE LIFE, I WOULD NOT SUGGEST LIVING WITH HIM.
BECAUSE HE HAS AN ABILITY-- YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN BLOCK
THINGS OUT, I THINK THAT'S WHY HE IS A GREAT ACTOR, BECAUSE HE
CAN JUST FOCUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE BLOCKS OUT IS THE IDEA THAT WHEN YOU FINISH
WITH SOMETHING THAT IT HAS TO BE WASHED OR THROWN AWAY.
AND SO FINALLY ME AND MY BROTHER AFTER CLEANING UP AFTER YEARS WE
WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO ON A STRIKE AND WAIT
AND SEE HOW LONG HE WILL GO BEFORE HE ACTUALLY GETS UP AND
GOES, IT'S COVERED IN GARBAGE.
AND WE WENT WEEKS, TWO WEEKS WITHOUT TOUCHING THE APARTMENT,
CAME HOME ONE DAY ME AND HIM, AND MATT IS THERE IN HIS SHORTS
AND T-SHIRT PLAYING I THINK THE '92 SEGA HOCKEY GAME AND WHAT
WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING ROOM JUST SURROUNDED BY LIKE
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF GARBAGE.
PIZZA BOXES.
AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THIS SUSHI THING THAT WAS A WEEK AND A HALF
OLD, AND THERE ARE.
WE WERE LIKE, WE SUBMIT.
YOU ARE TOO GOOD.
WE CANNOT MEET YOU.
HE WAS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON, FELLAS?
THERE IS A RAT ON YOU.
GOD BLESS HIS WIFE LUCY, THERE'S A PLACE FOR HER IN HEAVEN.
James: AND YOU KNOW HIM VERY WELL, AND YOU KNOW THIS
CHRIS MESSINA, BUT DO YOU KNOW THIS CHRIS MESSINA?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS GUY.
THERE IS THIS GUY.
Chris: OH, BOY.
James: CHRIS, WHAT IS GOING ON?
Chris: TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PHOTOS AWAY FROM BEN.
SO MY MOM WAS A DANCER AND SHE BECAME A DANCE TEACHER.
SHE STOPPED WHEN SHE HAD KIDS, BUT HER LOVE OF DANCE BECAME
MINE.
Ben: SHOULD PASS THAT ON.
James: I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST CALL THIS A LOVE OF
DANCE, CHRIS.
I DON'T THINK YOU GET AWAY WITH IT THAT EASY.
Chris: LOOK AT THAT NECKLINE.
Ben: THE HAIR HAD NOT COME IN YET.
James: WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?
DO YOU REMEMBER THE SHOOT?
Chris: I REMEMBER GETTING MY ASS KICKED A LOT.
I WANTED TO BE JOHN TRAVOLTA, "GREASE" I SAW IT A LOT.
IT'S A VERSION OF HIM.
Ben: WHEN YOU DID THAT, DID THEY SAY HOLD YOUR LEGS LIKE
THIS?
AND YOU ARE LIKE THIS IS IT.
I'M GOING TO KILL IT.
Chris: IT LOOKS LIKE I AM HOLDING IN A [BLEEP], RIGHT?
Ben: THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT CHARACTER.
MISGUIDED BARYSHNIKOV WANT TO BE.
Chris: YES, I WANTED TO BE--
I DANCED TO "GREASE LIGHTNING" WHEN I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.
AND THAT WAS CUTE, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO JUNIOR HIGH AND
LONG ISLAND WEARING TIGHTS DOING BALLET, IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF
THE GREAT SANTINO.
IT'S LIKE "THE KARATE KID" WITHOUT ANY KARATE.
OR IF "BILLY ELLIOT" WENT OUT WITHOUT ANY TALENT.
James: SO LET'S TALK ABOUT "AIR," MY FAVORITE FILM I HAVE
WATCHED IN SO LONG.
THE REVIEWS ALL SAY HOW BRILLIANTLY WERE FLUSHING, AND
THE STORY IS.
EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS ABOUT THE FILM AND WHAT YOU WANTED TO TELL
AND WHO YOU BOTH PLAY IN THE MOVIE?
Ben: THERE WAS A LOT THAT I Ben: THER AS INTERESTED IN. I
AND STARTING A NEW COMPANY.
AND THE WAY PEOPLE ARE TO BE TREATED AND VALUED AND WHAT
REFLECTS THEIR OWN SELF WORTH.
EQUITY IN THE WAY THAT CAPITALISM AND COMPANIES CAN
KIND OF GRIND PEOPLE WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR JOB.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKED ABOUT IT WAS THAT IT WAS A
MOVIE THAT WAS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE PERFORMANCES AND WRITING.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF ACTORS WHO I LOVE AND CAN RELY ON.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN AND I REALLY WANTED TO SAY YOU
CAN MAKE A MOVIE WHERE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO FLY.
AND I SAY THAT AS A FORMER CAPE AWARE.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT.
AND CAN BE SURPRISING AND FUNNY AND SMART AND THE PEOPLE WILL GO
IN THE THEATER.
IT WAS A GAMBLE, BUT I LOVED IT.
BUT IT'S THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT I LIKE AND I WANT TO MAKE.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO GO AWAY.
James: SAME.
IS THERE EVER A POINT WHEN YOU GET THE SCRIPT AND I'M SURE YOU
ARE WORKING ON THE SCRIPT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS YOU THINK--
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT SHOULD PLAY PHIL KNIGHT?
OR DO YOU THINK, I AM PLAYING PHIL NIGHTS?
Ben: HOW IT WORKS IS THIS.
I HAVE TO BE ON THE SET ANYWAY, BECAUSE I AM DIRECTING.
AND THEY PAY ME MORE IF I AM ALSO IN ONE OF THE--
SO THE ONE TIME I WAS NOT IN THE MOVIE THAT I DIRECTED I KEPT
THINKING LIKE THIS GUY IS STEALING MY LUNCH HERE.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY.
IT'S A FUNNY CHARACTER, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE FUN OF
THE BOSS.
HE IS A TITAN OF INDUSTRY, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
BUT REALLY IN RETROSPECT, THESE GREAT SUCCESS STORIES ARE JUST
KIND OF CLUSTER [BLEEP] THAT HAD DOWN THE RIGHT WAY HALF THE
TIME.
THEY DON'T SEE HER TO LET SEE IT CLEARLY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT OR
HOW AND THEY HAVE THE BOSS WHO IS A BIG CAPITALIST INNOVATOR
AND A FORMER REBEL HIPPIE, BUDDHIST WHO ALSO HAS LIKE THE
PURPLE PORTIA AND THE BIG COMPANY WITH A BILLION DOLLARS
ON THE BOARD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CONTRASTS AND MILEAGE FOR THE OTHER ACTORS TO
PLAY OFF OF.
AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY-- WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY PLAUSIBLY SUSPICIOUS TO SAY, I
DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK?
AND TO BE FAIR TO PHIL, WHICH WE SHOWED IN THE MOVIE.
I WAS LIKE MAYBE THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA.
BUT HE WAS SWEET AND VERY KIND.
OBVIOUSLY WE CHANGE THINGS.
MANY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT HE FELT THE SPIRIT WE CATURED WHICH IS A NICE THING
TO SAY.
BUT HE SHOWED ME AN ARTICLE FROM "FORBES" MAGAZINE THAT
DAVID FALK SAYS LEAKED AFTER THEY MADE THE DEAL TO SIGN
JORDAN THAT SAYS IF YOU LOOK NO FURTHER FOR SIGNS THAT NIKE HAS
COMPLETELY LOST ITS WAY THEN THAT THEY PAID $250,000 TO
MICHAEL JORDAN WHO HAS YET TO PLAY A DAY IN THE NBA.
James: WOW.
IT >> Ben: SO IT WAS A BIG DEAL.
J>> James: GENIUS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM "AIR" WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY IN
THEATERS, RIGHT NOW.
HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HERE ALL WEEKEND?
LLAMA.
IT WAS NICE.
IT WAS LIKE THE OLD NIKE DAYS.
YOU GOT A NAME FOR IT?
FOR WHAT?
THE MICHAEL JORDAN LINE.
THIS OFFER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU BETTER HAVE A MICHAEL JORDAN
LINE.
YEAH, WELL, THERE WAS A THOUGHT THAT-- PETE ACTUALLY
THINKS WE SHOULD CALL IT AIR JORDAN.
I DON'T KNOW.
SERIOUSLY.
MAYBE IT WILL GROW ON ME.
James: STICK AROUND, MORE WITH THESE TWO WHEN WE COME
BACK.
CALLING ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN.
I TOLD THEM, IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU NEVER TALK TO ME.
TO SPEAK ON DOING A FAVOR, MICHAEL IS NOT EVEN TAKING A
MEETING WITH YOU.
WHAT YOU MEAN?
I MEAN THAT TWO OR THREE EXECUTIVES, ITS COMMON BUSINESS
PROCESS.
MICHAEL IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
DON'T [BLEEP] WITH ME.
WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE?
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS THAT I KNOW IT'S FOR SURE ABOUT THE
MONEY.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT EACH COMPANY COULD DO TO PROMOTE MY
GOAL.
SO WE ARE THINKING ALONG THE SAME LINES.
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO HAVE A MEETING.
♪ ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
James: THAT WAS A CLIP FROM THE MAGNIFICENT "AIR" IN
THEATERS RIGHT NOW.
AND CHRIS, YOU ARE SO GOOD IN THIS FILM.
YOU ARE SO BRILLIANT IN THIS MOVIE!
IT'S LIKE-- SOMETIMES I WATCH THINGS AND I
ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY OVERWHELMING THING.
I WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE FILM THINKING, THESE GUYS ARE HAVING
A BLAST DOING THIS.
BUT YOUR CHARACTER HAS SOME WONDERFUL SCENES WHERE HE IS
REALLY CURSING A LOT OVER THE PHONE.
AND I UNDERSTAND, IS THIS TRUE?
YOU REHEARSED A LOT WITH YOUR TWO TEENAGE SONS, HOW DID THAT
GO DOWN?
THESE PARTICULAR SCENES?
Chris: I HAVE A 13 AND A 14-YEAR-OLD.
Ben: THEY PROBABLY LOVED I IT.
Chris: THEY ARE SO SMART.
THEY WERE LIKE, I'M NOT BUYING THIS, DAD.
OR-- Ben: THAT'S A LITTLE BIG,
DAD.
Chris: BUT THEY HEARD A LOT OF IT.
THERE WAS-- AT ONE POINT BEN CAME OVER DURING THE PHONE CALLS
AND HE SAID, I GOT IT.
WE ARE COOL.
DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
AND AFTER THAT CAME THE LINE-- James: IS IT TRUE, IS IT
TRUE-- BECAUSE FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SEEN IT.
THERE SCENES IN THE FILM WITH CHRIS WHERE THEY ARE ON THE
PHONE, THAT YOU SHOT THOSE SCENES NOT ONLY DID YOU HAVE THE
OTHER ACTOR ON THE END OF THE LINE WHICH I THINK IS A COMMON
THING TO DO, YOU ACTUALLY SHOT BOTH SIDES OF THE SCENE AT THE
SAME TIME?
Ben: YES, WHAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU HAVE THE SCRIPT
SUPERVISOR OR THE ACTOR ON THE CELL PHONE AT HOME IS A BIG PART
OF IT IS WHEN YOU DON'T TALK, AND WHAT THE REACTION IS, AND
ALLOWING ONE ACTOR'S PERFORMANCE TO CHANGE THE OTHER.
SO I THOUGHT I DID IT ON "ARGO" A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THOUGHT I DON'T KNOW WHY NO ONE HAS DONE IT.
LET'S JUST GET HIS SIDE.
AND WE BUILT HIS OFFICE IN THE SAME STAGE, SO HE WAS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THEM ABLE TO LIKE-- BECAUSE HE CAN
IMPROVISE, SO WHEN HE IS YELLING AND MATT IS HOLDING THE PHONE,
THOSE WERE REALLY-- LIKE IF YOU YELLED AT SOMEBODY,
SO HE KEPT HAVING TO PULL THE PHONE AWAY.
AND THE EXTRAS COULD HEAR THEM.
AND IT WAS THIS WHOLE OTHER ENERGY.
AND I'M WATCHING BACK WATCHING BACK AND FORTH AND IT WAS
THRILLING.
SO THE MORE-- I REALLY LIKE IS I LOVE THIS MOVIE, AND I FEEL
LIKE I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I SHOWED UP AND WAS LIKE GO AHEAD.
James: THE IDEA AND THE EXECUTION OF IT IS EXCEPTIONAL.
AND IT REALLY DOES WORK.
A PLAY SO WELL.
AND CHRIS, YOU'RE SO GOOD IN THIS FILM.
BUT BESIDES BEN, YOU HAVE ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD ICON IN YOUR
CAREER WHO HAS SHOWN UP, POPPED UP IN YOUR LIFE AGAIN AND AGAIN,
AND THAT IS NONE OTHER THAN THREE-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER
MERYL STREEP.
WHERE AND WHEN HAVE YOUR PALACE?
Chris: WHO YOU KNOW OF?
James: YES, I DO NOT TO LIKE HER.
[LAUGHTER] Chris: SHE IS INCREDIBLE.
MY FIRST MOVIE I EVER DID WAS CALLED "BEFORE-AND-AFTER" WITH
HER AND LIAM NEESON.
AND I HAD ONE SCENE WITH HER.
AND TO HAVE THAT AS YOUR FIRST MOVIE WAS EXCEPTIONAL.
I BROUGHT MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME TO SEE IT, AND I WAS NOT IN
THE MOVIE.
THEY DID NOT TELL ME I WAS CUT OUT OF IT.
James: NO ONE TOLD YOU?
Ben: YOU BROUGHT YOUR GIRLFRIEND--
Chris: I WAS LIKE I'M IN THIS MOVIE.
Ben: AND WITH ALL OF THE MERYL STORIES YOU TOLD.
AND SHE WAS LIKE, IS HE CRAZY?
James: SO YOU WATCH THE FILM AND YOU HAVE BEEN CUT.
Chris: AND I WAS LIKE, I SWEAR I WAS IN THIS MOVIE.
BUT SHE-- I THINK SHE BELIEVED ME, BUT MERYL, AS YOU KNOW SHE
WAS AMAZING.
James: HAVE YOU EVER RUN INTO HER?
YOU SEE HER A LOT, BUT IN THAT TIME?
Chris: SOON AFTER THAT MOVIE I WAS AN USHER ON
BROADWAY, AND I SAT MERYL STREEP, AND SHE WAS JUST
AS LOVELY THEN.
Ben: WERE CUT OUT OF HER MOVIE, AND THEN--
OH, THERE IS THAT GUY WE CUT OUT?
Chris: EXACTLY.
James: DID SHE RECOGNIZE YOU?
Chris: TALK ABOUT A MASTER CLASS.
AND I MET UP WITH HER AND "JULIANNE JULIA."
James: OF COURSE, HAVE YOU BEEN CUT FROM SOMETHING?
Ben: I'VE BEEN FIRED FROM A TON OF JOBS.
I HAD A TARDINESS PROBLEM AS A TEENAGER.
I DID NOT GET-- THE MOST HUMILIATING THING WAS ONE OF MY
EARLY PARTS I GOT ONE LINE AND I HAD JUST MOVED OUT TO L.A. AND I
GOT A LINE IN A MOVIE.
AND I HAD A LINE.
James: WHAT WERE YOU IN?
Ben: A SMALL FILM CALLED ""BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"" THE
OPUS THAT INSPIRED THE LONG-RUNNING SERIES WAS KRISTY
SWANSON WHO STARTED AND I WAS A BASKETBALL PLAYER THAT JUST
HAPPEN TO BE PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
AND LIKE A WEREWOLF OR A VAMPIRE RAN THROUGH WHEN I GOT SCARED
BECAUSE HE WAS SCARY.
AND I SAID "HERE YOU GO, TAKE IT."
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THOUGHT MY WORK WAS GOOD.
I WAS FEELING IT.
I FELT IT AUTHENTICALLY AFRAID.
AND WE DID IT A BUNCH OF TIMES.
AND I WAS LIKE THIS DIRECTOR IS REALLY RIGOROUS AND THEN I WENT
AND SAW THE MOVIE WITH SOME FRIENDS.
IT WAS NOT QUITE THE MERYL STREEP BUILD UP, AND I
SOUNDED VERY DIFFERENT.
AND I REALIZED RIGHT THEN THAT THEY HAD RECORDED MY LINE.
James: THEY USED YOUR IMAGE.
Ben: I WAS SO BAD, THEY NEEDED ME IN THE SCENE.
BUT THE DIRECTOR WAS LIKE I CAN'T HEAR THE VOICE AGAIN!
THEY HAD TO PAY SOMEONE TO COME IN AND SAY "HEY, MAN, TAKE IT."
BECAUSE APPARENTLY I CANNOT SAY THAT CONVINCINGLY ENOUGH.
James: I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOT THE CLIP.
LET'S LOOK AT A RE-VOICED BEN AFFLECK AND "BUFFY
THE VAMPIRE SLAYER."
[GROWLING] TICKET, MAN.
James: WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
James: WELCOME BACK, BEN AFFLECK >> James: IT'S SET
PUTT CHRIS MESSINA ARE HERE, REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION
THIS EVENING?
Reggie: YES, LET ME PUT ON MY GLASSES.
OKAY, AS YOU KNOW, SEA CREATURES, SOME OF THEM CAN BE
VERY, VERY LARGE.
AND SOME ARE ALSO VERY SMALL, WITHIN THAT SIZE GRADIENT, WHICH
IS YOUR FAVORITE?
[LAUGHTER] Ben: I LIKE THE MICROSCOPIC
SEA CREATURE.
I PREFER THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE THEM WHEN THEY LATCH ON AND
BITE YOU.
Chris: I'M QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
I LIKE THE LARGE.
Ben: LIKE A LARGE SEA MAMMAL.
I CAN TELL THAT ABOUT YOU.
James: REG?
YOU SIDE WITH MOST PEOPLE, BOTH OF YOU.
SO THAT'S CORRECT.
James: THANK YOU TO BEN AFFLECK, CHRIS MESSINA!
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY!
James: WELCOME BACK!
WE HAVE EIGHT SHOWS LEFT TO GO AFTER TODAY.
EIGHT SHOWS TO GO.
IT IS THE STRANGEST FEELING HERE AT WORK.
WE ARE OVERWHELMED.
WE ARE EMOTIONAL.
WE ARE EXCITED AND SCARED AND EQUAL MEASURE, HOW ARE YOU
FEELING, IAN?
Ian: I DON'T KNOW.
I FEEL A LITTLE SAD, BUT THERE IS ALSO SO MUCH WORK TO DO THAT
I DON'T THINK IT HAS HIT ME YET.
James: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
Ian: I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD RELISH AND MORE, THESE ARE THE
LAST MOMENTS.
WE HAE BEEN DOING THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
FOR LIKE EIGHT YEARS, EXCEPT FOR LIKE--
WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS TOGETHER.
THAT'S LONGER THAN I WENT TO ANY SCHOOL, LONGER THAN I HAVE HAD
ANY JOB OR ANY RELATIONSHIP I HAVE EVER BEEN IN.
AND THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT WANTS TO THINK, GOSH I'M REALLY
GOING TO MISS THIS, BUT ALL I CAN THINK IS I CAN'T BELIEVE I
HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER [BLEEP] JOKE ABOUT JOE BIDEN.
[LAUGHTER] James: SO LIKE I WILL MISS,
LIKE LOOKING BACK AT OLD CLIPS AND THINGS WE HAVE DONE.
BUT AS I LOOK AT THE CLIPS, I WANT TO MISS SOME OF THE [BLEEP]
THAT I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO ON THE SHOW.
Ian: I THINK WHEN YOU ARE LIKE I'LL BE A LATE-NIGHT HOST,
YOU WERE NOT LIKE SURE, THINKING THAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE AT RISK
SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
James: AND NOBODY EVER SPOKE TO ME ABOUT INSURANCE.
LIKE I WOULD BRING IT UP.
I GENUINELY-- LIKE WHEN I DID THE NITRO
CIRCUS.
AND WHOOPING AROUND IN THE THING.
THEN I SAID TO NICK BERNSTEIN.
I WAS LIKE, IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY WILL
THE KIDS GET?
AND HE GOES YOU MAKE ME LAUGH.
BUT IT DID MAKE FOR SOME FUN MOMENTS.
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
TODAY I'M ABOUT TO JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITH TOM CRUISE.
AND I CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE I'M DING THIS.
HERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL SEE YOU LATER, GOODBYE.
OH, [BLEEP]!
OH [BLEEP]!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪
TRAVIS, TRAVIS!
SPEAK OF THE BICYCLE LINES, I HAVE VERTIGO.
OH, IT'S NOT FAST ENOUGH!
BEYOND THIS BUILDING IS WHERE THE BILLBOARD FOR "THE
LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN" RESIDES.
IF YOU LOOK UP THERE NOW, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
REPLACED.
IT'S TIME TO GET OUR BILLBOARD BACK.
OKAY, THIS IS IT, NATE, LET'S GO OVER THERE AND GET MY BILLBOARD
BACK.
THAT IS HIGH.
DON'T LOOK DOWN, WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LOOK DOWN.
OKAY.
YES, THIS IS RIGHT IN MY NUTS.
THIS IS RUINING MY TESTICLES.
YOU CAN DO THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
I HAVE NO INTEREST.
YOU ARE MY GOOSE.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT I AM YOUR GOOSE, IT GETS ME EXCITED AND
THEN I REALIZED THAT HE DIES AT THE END OF THE FILM.
JAMES, I'M GOING TO TRY SOMETHING HERE.
OH, MY GOD.
SHUT UP.
SHUT-- OH, MY GOD!
[LAUGHS] OH, GOD!
YOU ABSOLUTE BASTARD.
WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE "THE LATE LATE SHOW."
James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
NEXT WEEK WE HAVE SHARON STONE, BILLY
PORTER, JENNIFER GARNER, LISA KUDROW, SETH MEYERS, JACK
WHITEHALL.
WE'VE GOT PERFORMANCES FROM THE CAST OF "SIX," AND OUR VERY OWN
REGGIE WATTS.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL, WE'VE ALSO GOT BRAND NEW CARPOOL KARAOKES
WITH BLANKPINK AND P DIDDY!
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.
COME ON BACK MONDAY, THERE ARE EIGHT TO GO!
REGGIE, TAKE US HOME!