STILL HERE WITH US, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER LAST TIME YOU WERE IN THE STUDIO YOU

STEPPED IN TO HOST THE SHOW.

AND WE HAVE A IF THE OWE OF YOU HERE.

IF I'M HONEST, YOU WERE A LITTLE TOO GOOD FOR MY LIKING.

>> REALLY?

>> James: I REMEMBER THIS VERY SPECIFICALLY, I WAS IN, WE

APPROXIMATE IN THE HOSPITAL.

WE HAD HAD QUITE A DAY OF IT WITH MY NEWLY BORN DAUGHTER BUT

WE FOUND OUT EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND OKAY.

MY WIFE WAS ASLEEP.

I WAS HOLDING MY DAUGHTER AND I THOUGHT LET'S SEE HOW BRYAN IS

GETTING ON, YOU KNOW.

AND WITHIN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES I WAS LIKE OKAY, I GOT TO GO BACK

TO WORK TOMORROW.

HE IS WAY TOO GOOD AT THIS.

HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?

>> WELL, I APPRECIATED THAT BUT I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THIS

IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN BACK ON YOUR SHOW SINCE I

HOSTED.

SO I THINK YOU HELD A LITTLE BIT OF A GRUDGE.

YOU WERE TALKING IT OUT ON ME A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE I'M READING

INTO IT, BUT.

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE FAIR, I WAS RELUCTANT, I WAS RELUCTANT

TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE STUDIO BECAUSE OF THE REACTION OF THE

CROWD.

BUT I THOUGHT WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE, BRING HIM BACK IN, NO

PROBLEM.

>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHAT I REALIZED FROM DOING THIS SHOW,

HAVING ONLY, I THINK IT WAS TWO HOURS NOTICE.

>> James: YEAH.

>> DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS, JAMES IS IN THE HOSPITAL, THE BABY

CAME EARLY.

>> OH MY GOD.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

SO I RUSHED IN, MET WITH BEN AND ALL THE WRITERS IN YOUR DESK,

I-- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOUND, I WAS EATING A HERRING SANDWICH

AND I.

ED IT IN YOUR DESK.

>> I INTO YOU IT!

>> YEAH.

JUST A LITTLE THING YOU CAN FIND, IT WILL-- BUT ANYWAY, IT

WAS SO EXCITING, TO SIT AROUND AND HAVE EVERYBODY PITCHING

IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND NEWS FROM THE DAY AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT.

THEN GOING OUT AND PERFORMING THAT STAND UP ROUTINE.

I REALIZED MAN, ANYONE CAN DO THIS.

YOU COULD TRAIN A MONKEY TO DO THIS.

I THINK JAMES CORDEN IS WAY OVERPAID.

I DON'T-- THIS IS, THIS IS A PIECE OF CAKE.

>> James: NOW LAST TIME I SAW YOU IN PERSON YOU WON THE TONY

AWARD FOR NETWORK.

IT WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLAY.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE IT IN LONDON.

AND IT IS THE MOST INCREDIBLE ROLE.

BUT YOU WERE RARELY EVER OFF THE STAGE.

AND DOING THAT EIGHT TIMES A WEEK MUST HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY

EXHAUSTING.

DO YOU-- DO YOU MISS THAT CHARACTER, DO YOU MISS THAT

PLAY?

>> I DO.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH AS WELL, AND I HAVE DONE MOVIES

AS I HAVE.

I THINK WHEN AN ACTOR IS DOING THEATER, IT IS THE MOST

EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE YOU CAN DO.

BECAUSE IF THE PIECE IS WRITTEN WELL YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A

MYRIAD OF EMOTIONS EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE.

AND YOUR BRAIN, YOU LEAVE IT OUT ON THE STAGE.

AND SO YOU HEAR STORIES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ACTORS WHO FEEL

GOOD-- BURTON AND ALL GOING OUT AFTERWARDS AND DRINKING UP A

STORM AND EATING UNTIL 3 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING THEN STUMBLING IN

AND SHOW MAWKING IT BACK TO THE THEATER THE NEXT DAY.

I COULD NOT IMAGINE DOING THAT.

SO OUR SHOW ENDED AT 9:00.

I SAID HELLO TO PEOPLE WHO VISITED BACKSTAGE, THANKS FOR

NOT VISITING BACKSTAGE WHEN YOU CAME TO SEE THE SHOAT.

>> James: I SAW YOU IN THE BAR.

YOU ARE SO FULL OF [BLEEP].

>> I AM TEASING YOU, I HAVE A FACE RECOGNITION PROBLEM.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOU THAT I WAS HAVING A BEER WITH.

ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST GO HOME.

I WOULD GREELT THE FANS OUTSIDE THE DOOR BECAUSE I WAS SO

GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT POSITION TO BE ON BROADWAY.

AND BE AT THE NATIONAL THEATER IN LONDON.

AND SO I WOULD ALWAYS SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND TAKE PICTURES

BECAUSE THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO COME SEE THIS PLAY.

>> James: OF COURSE.

>> AND THAT WAS PART OF IT.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THANKS.

AND THEN I WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT HOME AND HAVE A CUP OF

SOUP AND A CRACKER AND GO TO BED.

>> James: WOULD YOU EVER DO, A BROADWAY MUSICAL?

>> OH BOY.

YOU ARE TOUCHING A BUTTON THAT IS LIKE REALLY PRIVATE.

I HAVE A SECRET DESIRE TO DO A MUSICAL.

BUT I DON'T CONSIDER MYSELF A SINGER.

YOU ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE A GREAT SICKER.

-- SING ARE AND AN ACTOR.

I AM AN ACTOR THAT CAN HOLD A TUNE BUT I REALLY HAVE TO WORK

AT IT.

AND SO AT AT SOME POINT, YES, TO ANSWER.

I DO WANT TO DO A MUSICAL AM BUT I NEED TO GO GET CONFIDENCE

FIRST.

I'M GOING TO THROW MYSELF INTO A CLASS FOR THREE YEARS.

>> James: I THINK YOU WOULD BE AMAZING.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.

I REALLY, REALLY DO.

IT IS SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU LOOKING SO WELL.

YOU AND YOUR WIFE YOU BOTH TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, I

THINK IT WAS BACK IN MARCH.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING NOW?

WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE POST HAVING IT.

>> THANK YOU, JAMES.

WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE.

MY WIFE AND I GOT IT THE FIRST NINE OR TEN DAYS INTO MARCH.

AND OUR SYMPTOMS WERE MILD.

WE HAD SOME BODY ACHES, BUT NOT BAD.

I DIDN'T HAVE REALLY A TEMPERATURE AT ALL.

I HAD A SLIGHT PARTICULAREL IN MY CHEST, A LITTLE DRY COUGH BUT

NOTHING SERIOUS.

STILL WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE.

AND THEN JUST A WEEK OF LETHARGY.

I COULDN'T TAKE ENOUGH NAPS.

I WAS JUST EXHAUSTED.

SO THE INTERESTING THING THAT LINGERED IS THE LOSS OF TASTE

AND SMELL.

THAT WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

AND THEN IT STARTED TO WORK ITS WAY BACK IF.

AND RIGHT NOW I THINK I'M BACK TO ABOUT 75%.

WHICH IF THAT'S THE FEAK OF IT, I WILL LIVE WITH THAT.

>> James: YEAH, IT IS UP TO DEBATE HOW MUCH TASTE YOU HAD

ANYWAYS.

BUT NOW-- .

>> SHOW YOU ANOTHER SCREEN GRAB.

>> James: NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE ONE &

ONLY IVAN.

I AM GENUINELY VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS.

FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T FOE TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND WHO

YOU PLAY.

>> BASE ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT A HUSBAND AND WIFE IN TACOMA,

WSHINGTON, WHO ADOPTED THIS LOWLAND GORILLA FROM RAFER KA

AFTER HIS FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT BY POACHERS.

AND HE WAS A BABY.

AND I MEAN BABY.

IT WAS IN DIAPERS AND THEY WOULD BRING IT TO THE PARK IN A

STROLLER AND PUT IT IN THE SWING.

IT WOULD DRAW ALL KINDS OF ATTENTION AND NEWSES DOING

REPORTS ON IT AND THAT IS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD BUT A BABY GROWS

UP INSIDE A HOUSE.

AND A GORILLA DOES WHAT I A GORILLA I WOULD SUPPOSE DO

INSIDE A HOUSE, IT DESTROYED THE HOUSE.

CLIMBING ON EVERYTHING AND BEING CURIOUS, OPENING THINGS UP LIKE

A COUCH.

AND BREAKING OFF THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR AND ANYWAY.

IT PUT TREMENDOUS STRESS ON THE REAL COUPLE.

THEY BROKE UP, MY CHARACTER IN REAL LIFE.

THEN THEY THOUGHT I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF MY SON.

I LOVE THIS GORILLA AS A SON.

SO HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO LEASE SPACE IN A DEFUNK SHOPPING MALLK

A CLOSED SHOPPING MALL.

AND HE OPENED UP THIS KIEM OF DEFACTO CIRCUS WHERE PEOPLE CAN

COME AND SEE IVAN HOAN A CAGE AND HE GOT OTHER ANIMALS TO GO

ALONG WITH IT.

>> WE TRICK THE STORY FROM THERE AND OPEN IT UP INTO FANTASIES

WHERE THE ANIMALS CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER, TALKING ABOUT THEIR

HOPES AND DREAMS AND WISHES AND THINGS.

AND THEY CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER BUT THE HUMANS DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, NATURALLY.

AND I PLAY MACK, THE OWNER OF IVAN.

IT IS SUCH A SWEET STORY, WHETHER YOU ARE SIX OR 106.

>> James: I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT.

BEEN DOING THIS THING, "LATE, LATE SHOW" AND TELL.

WHERE WE ASK OUR GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING FROM THEIR HOMES THAT

WE OTHERWISE NEVER GET TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS EVENING?

>> I DO AND I WILL GO QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE THINGS.

>> SO MY WIFE FOUND THIS DAILY PLANNER IN A SHOP, AND OBVIOUSLY

WRITTEN BEFORE THIS YEAR.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN READ THAT.

>> James: BEST YEAR EVER.

WOW.

THAT REALLY WAS.

>> FROM THE SUB LIME WHICH IS A PRIZE PHOTOGRAPH OF ME AND

PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE OVAL OFFICE.

>> James: LOOK AT THAT, WHAT DOES IT SAY AT THE BOTTOM.

>> IT SAYS BRYAN, THANKS FOR THE CHAT, THE CONVERSATION.

>> James: WOW.

>> HE AND I, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DO A THING WHERE I

SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE IN 2016.

AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WE ARE BOTH FATHERS OF DAUGHTERS

AND YOU KNOW, OUR SINGLE MOMS AND PARENTS WHO SPLIT UP, WE HAD

ACTUALLY A LOT IN COMMON.

AND ONE OF US WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> James: YEAH.

>> AND THEN FROM THE SUB LIME THERE TO THE RIDICULOUS, ONE OF

THE OTHER THINGS THAT-- .

>> James: OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

>> EVEN WITH THE-- AND EVERYTHING, YEAH, JUST A SILLY

LITTLE THING THAT I HAVE IN MY OFFICE HERE THAT MAKES ME SMILE.

>> James: SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

SHARING THAT WITH US, BRYAN, REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION

FOR OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING?

>> YES, I DO.

TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO BRIAN SCRANSTON.

>> James: OKAY.

>> IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TALKING A WALK OUTSIDE HAVE YOU EVER

THOUGHT THAT YOU SAW SOMETHING OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYES

AND WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONCE THERE WAS A PERIOD THAT JAMES CORDEN WAS AROUND MY

NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAD SINCE GOTTEN A RESTRAINING ORDER.

BUT I THOUGHT I SAW HIM BUT HE HAD THIS FAKE MUSTACHE.

AND IT WAS IN ONE OF THOSE OLD-FASHIONED SWIRLY MUSTACHES.

BUT I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS REALLY HIM OR NOT.

>> Reggie: THAT IS ACTUALLY TRUE.

>> James: IT WAS ME, IT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

PLEASE THANK THE INCREDIBLE BRYAN CRANSTON, THANK YOU SO

MUCH BRYAN, FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

YOU ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST.