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-Now, you are -- You're from Scotland.
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Are you planning on spending the holidays in Scotland?
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-I am, yeah. I'm going back for Christmas and New Year.
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And we have a lot of very Scottish traditions.
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We have Hogmanay, which I don't know if you know it.
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It's New Year's Eve.
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And basically, it's kind of a bigger --
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bigger celebration than Christmas.
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-New Year's Eve is? -Yeah, yeah.
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We drink a lot of whiskey and -- Of course.
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-Yeah, of course. Yeah.
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-And invite ourselves to other people's houses.
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[ Laughter ]
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-You do? -Yeah.
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-Like, what do you mean by that?
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-It's called First Footing, and it's a tradition.
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But you basically will go to someone's house
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on New Year's Day and take some coal with you.
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I'm not sure why.
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I guess we're, you know, generous like that.
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-You give people coal? -Yeah, yeah.
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It's an ancient tradition. -That's the opposite of America.
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-Yeah. -Yeah.
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Oh, I guess back in the day, coal --
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-I guess it would have been a gift.
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But now it seems really meager.
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-Yeah. -Yeah.
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-It means, like, your --
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In America it means that you've been bad.
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Yeah, but now this -- it used to be -- yeah, warm, I guess.
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-I don't see you guys picking up our tradition.
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[ Laughter ]
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-So, First Footing? I would do that.
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-Yeah. -That's fun.
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We used to go bang pots and pans every New Year's
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and walk over to my neighbor's house and walk in there.
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So I guess I probably did First Footing in America.
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-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
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-I drank a lot of whiskey, as well.
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-They did, yes. [ Laughter ]
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That's always the regular thing that we do.
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-Just always do -- Yeah, a little.
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I've got to say because there is this thing
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that's going around the Internet.
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I'm sure you've heard it.
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But everyone's looking at who's going to be the new James Bond
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because Daniel Craig is stepping down after this movie.
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And your name's on the top of a lot of people's lists.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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-Including William Shatner.
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[ Laughter ]
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Who said, "I'm hoping Sam Heughan
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is gonna be the new James Bond.
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Been saying it for years.
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Now people are actually thinking it.
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Ahead of my time, hashtag."
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-He would be the great villain. Wouldn't he?
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-Oh, he'd be a great "James Bond" villain.
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Yeah. -I can see that happening.
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-Do you know William Shatner?
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-Actually, no, I do.
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We've hung out a couple of times in Los Angeles.
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-Really? -Yeah, he's quite a character.
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-He's the best. -He is. We had sushi.
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And he sent me some bourbon one time. Yeah.
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-Really? -He's amazing, yeah.
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-But he's rooting for you. But is there any truth to it?
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Can you tell us anything?
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-I can reveal right now that I am not James Bond. No.
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[ Laughter ]
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I've never heard -- I'm waiting for the call.
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Still waiting for the call.
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-Oh, but you haven't been told you're not James Bond?
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-Well, I haven't been told I'm not. But --
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-That's something. Dude, me and you both.
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Yeah, I haven't heard -- [ Laughter ]
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They haven't told me. I'm waiting.
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I mean, no one ever brings it up as much. Yeah.
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I'm not on any of the lists yet.
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-I actually -- I do --
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-You would be the first Scottish since Connery.
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-Since Connery, yeah. -Since Sean Connery.
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That's right.
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-Ian Fleming, you know, he had a lot of Scottish ties.
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And I think it would be definitely time
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for another Scottish Bond.
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-Yes. -Actually shot --
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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I shot a movie this year based on Andy McNab's novels.
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And it's a lot like Bond, a lot like Bourne.
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-Is that the Vin Diesel movie?
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-No, it's another movie.
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-Wow, you're crushing it. What's the Vin Diesel one I saw?
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-I did a movie called "Bloodshot."
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It's out in February. -Yeah.
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-And it's with Vin Diesel. And it's comic book movie.
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I think people are really going to love it.
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-Congrats on all the stuff.
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I mean, what years you're having.
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I mean, this is, like, giant. "Outlander" is --
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-I know. I haven't got time for this actually.
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-No, yeah, you got to go. Yeah, yeah. Understood.
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I'll just plug your stuff while you're walking out.
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But "Outlander." Explain this.
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'Cause you have your fan base when you started.
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But now -- since it went to Netflix, it's a whole --
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It's international. Everyone loves you.
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Like, you just got voted -- I saw some poll --
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sexiest TV period drama star of all time. Hey.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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-Thank you, man.
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My mom is obviously voting a lot for that.
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-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
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-So I got to thank her for that. -But you have giant fans.
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-We've got amazing fans. You know, the books --
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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I think they're all here, in fact.
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[ Laughter ]
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-Yeah. Yeah. This is Outlander Con.
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-That's it. That's it. -This is Outlander Con.
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We're doing it here tonight. Yeah.
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-Just rename your show. -Yeah, we should.
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I would totally do that, yeah.
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But I mean, is it -- I don't know.
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It's got to feel amazing.
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Everywhere you go people know you.
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-The show has been going, you know, six years now.
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Season five is coming out in February.
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And it's been an amazing journey.
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You know, I never thought when I first got the job
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that we would still be here.
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But it's a great show.
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And this season, I think,
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is probably stronger than last season.
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-What's happening this season?
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-Well, my character, he's been pitted against his godfather.
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He's now on the side of the Redcoats, the British.
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We're in America, of course, and the war is coming.
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And, yeah, I think
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it's a really, really strong ending as well.
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The finale is going to be pretty tough to watch
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but some really great TV.
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-Yes, that's what I'm talking about.
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I want to show a clip.
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Here's Sam Heughan in the new season of "Outlander."
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Take a look.
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-That's not called a cutthroat razor for nothing.
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Any of you looking like you've been to the war and back.
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Not today anyway.
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Nervous?
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-About what?
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The day he has in store for me
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or that you have a blade to my throat?
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-Sam Heughan, everybody!