>> I AM GOOD, HOW ARE YOU, SIR.

>> James: I'M GOOD, I'M LOVING THIS, HAVE YOU DONE THIS

ESPECIALLY FOR US OR IS THIS JUST FOR YOUR DAILY ZOOM CALLS

THIS PARTY ATMOSPHERE?

>> A LITTLE OF BOTH.

I THINK IT IS A LITTLE OF BOTH.

I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY, I SPENT THE LAST HOUR PUTTING THIS

UP FOR YOU.

THESE ARE PART OF MY SON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY YESTERDAY AND

THEN WE THREW THEM AWAY.

AND THEN I HAD THE IDEA TO GET THEM, SO I GOT THEM OUT OF THE

TRASH AND I HAVE TAPED THEM UP.

THEY MIGHT COME DOWN AT SOME POINT DURING THE SHOW, BY THE

WAY.

>> James: WELL LOOK AT THAT, VIEWERS, THAT IS SOMETHING TO

LOOK FORWARD TO.

DON'T-- DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL CUZ YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> James: YOU NEVER, EVER KNOW.

HOW ARE YOU?

YOU LOOK VERY, VERY WELL.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW IS YOUR LIFE?

>> YOU KNOW, I'M DOING-- YOU KNOW, THE BEST I CAN, ALL THINGS

CONSIDERED.

I HOPE THAT YOU ARE DOING WELL TOO.

AND YOU ARE, YOU KNOW SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH OUR KIDS THESE

DAYS.

>> James: YES.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, WHILE I HAVE THE CHANCE TO SAY

IT, THAT YOU ARE A BIG PART OF THAT.

IN FACT, I HEAR YOUR VOICE DAILY BECAUSE MY MIDDLE DAUGHTER TINA

WHO SHARES A BIRTHDAY WITH REGGIE, I FOUND OUT, SHE IS

OBSESSED WITH TROLLS, OBSESSED.

BEYOND OBSESSED AND TROLLS, IS ON ALL THE TIME IN OUR HOME.

AND YOUR CHARACTER IS THE CHARACTER THAT I SHOW HAVE BEEN

DESIGNATED TO PLAY.

>> James: OH, YOU'RE BIGGIE.

>> SORT OF.

>> James: YEAH.

>> I DON'T DO A LOT OF LINES BUT SHE LIKES TO RUN AWAY AND I'M

CONSTANTLY CHASING HER AROUND.

SHE REALLY RESPONDS TO THAT.

>> James: THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY.

>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE JOY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO MY LIFE

AND IT REALLY IS A GREAT MOVIE.

>> James: THAT HAS REALLY MADE MY DAY, IT HAS.

AND I'M PLEASED THAT YOU ARE ALL WELL AND HEALTHY AND SAFE IN

YOUR GLORIOUS FAMILY.

I MEAN HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING NOW FOR I THINK 23 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT AND THEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENS.

HOW HAVE YOU FOUND BEING AT HOME FOR ALL OF THESE MONTHS, HAVE

YOU FOUND IT A DIFFICULT ADJUSTMENT?

>> YEAH, MY TYPE OF WORK DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A CHECK LIST TYPE

THING.

>> James: SURE.

>> THINKING ABOUT THINGS OR YOU KNOW, AND THE ODDEST THING HAS

BEEN HAVING TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AROUND MY CHILDREN.

LIKE HOW DO I NOT LOOK LIKE-- THEY'RE USUALLY IN DISOOL

WHEN I'M SITTING THERE GOING LIKE THIS.

THAT IS WHY-- WHY I PRETEND THAT I'M WORKING HARD, I AM WORKING

HARD AND WHEN GI TO WORK I GO TO WORK HARD, BUT WHEN I AM HOME

TRK IS JUST A DIFFERENT THING.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO SAY WHAT DOES HE DO ALL DAY, MY FATHER.

WHAT IS HE DOING.

>> James: THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.

>> AND IT IS ODD.

LIKE THE OTHER MORNING I WAS READING AN ARTICLE, LIKE ON MY

iPAD AND MY DAUGHTER CAME OVER AND SAID DAD I'M SO SORRY TO BUG

YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE WORKING.

I WAS READING AN ARTICLE LIKE ABOUT CLONING OR SOMETHING.

AND SHE GOES, DADDY, I'M SO SORRY TO BUG YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE

WORKING.

AND I JUST KIND OF WENT WITH IT, I WAS LIKE-- YEAH.

I AM.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

LIKE I NEED HELP WITH THE HOMEWORK.

LET ME FINISH THIS, I'M ALMOST DONE WITH THIS.

WHEN I AM DONE I WILL COME HELP YOU, OKAY.

YEAH.

JUST DON'T BE WORRY-- SORRY, THIS IS HOW IT IS.

pWE ARE BOTH DOING THIS.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE THIS KIND OF CHARADE, I'M KEEPING UP A

CHARADE OF LOOKING LIKE I'M WORKING ALL THE TIME, LISTENING

TO LIKE-- I AM GOING TO LISTEN THIS AUDIO BOOK BECAUSE I GOT TO

GO WORK ON IT.

AND IT'S NOTHING, TO DO WITH WORK.

>> James: NOW LET'S TALK, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NEW SEASON OF FARGO.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS ON TV.

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, IT IS AN ANALOGY, THERE IS A NEW

STORY, NEW CAST, TELL ANYONE WHAT THIS ONE IS ABOUT AND WHO

YOU PLAY.

>> BASICALLY I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY BUT IT IS

ABOUT THESE TWO CRIME FAMILIES THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR POWER IN

KANSAS CITY IN THE '50S.

AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS TO IT IS THAT THEY EACH HAVE TO TRADE

THEIR YOUNGEST SON TO THE OTHER CRIME FAMILY BOSS TO LOOK AFTER

THEM.

AND SO WE'RE WATCHING CHRIS ROCK'S CHILD AND HE'S WATCHING

MY LITTLE BROTHER.

AND IT IS BASICALLY JUST, TO ME I THINK IT'S THE BEST JOB I HAVE

HAD.

>> James: REALLY, WOW.

>> I THINK SHALL-- I MEAN I REALLY WAS HONORED.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE ST ANALOGY.

EVERY SEASON IT IS A DIFFERENT CAST.

BUT YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN-- YOU ARE RARELY ASKED TO

JOIN SOMETHING YOU LOVE.

LIKE THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ARE ALREADY DONE WITH.

>> James: YEAH.

>> SO TO BECOME PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU LOVE, EVEN

WITH ALL NEW PEOPLE, YOU FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY TO MARTIN FREEMAN

WHOS WITH IN THE FIRST SEASON AND KIRSTEN DUNST AND EWING

McGREGER, ALL THESE PEOPLE IT IS LIKE A BATON, YOU KNOW, AND I

YUS DON'T WANT TO RUIN ALL OF THEIR WORK EITHER.

I DON'T WANT TO BE THE WORST SEASON.

LIKE I DON'T WANT-- YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO NEGLECT ATE THEIR

WORK OR-- THEY GATE THEIR WORK OR WHATEVER, AS A HUGE FAN, I

WANT IT TO BE A GREAT SEASON.

I REALLY THINK IT IS.

IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

>> James: IT IS A REAL DEPARTURE OF CHARACTER.

WHEN YOU PAY A CHARACTER LIKE, THIS THE HEAD OF A MAFIA CRIME

FAMILY, IS IT, IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT EASY TO

SWITCH OFF FROM AT THE END OF A WORKING DAY?

>> IT'S NOT THAT IT IS HARD TO SWITCH OFF BUT IT IS HARD TO

REMIND YOURSELF THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS.

SO FOR INSTANCE SALVATOREEE ESPOSITO, A FULL BLENDED ITALIAN

PIECE OF MAN WHO MAYS MY LITTLE BROTHER, BUT HE'S MY

FALLER-- TALLER BROTHER, ANYWAY, HE'S FROM ITALY.

AND HE WAS IN CHICAGO.

AND WE-- COULD TO GO TO THE MOVIES TOGETHER.

WE HAVE A ROUTINE WHERE A CAR WOULD COME, AN UBER OR WHATEVER,

WOULD PICK ME UP AND PICK HIM UP ALONG THE WAY TO THE MOVIE

THEATER AND GO SEE THE MOVIE.

WELL, IT HAD BEEN LIKE A FEW-- LIKE RIGHT AFTER COUNTRIES

MACE-- CHRISTMAS, I HADN'T SEEN HIM SO WE WERE GOING TO GO SEE A

MOVIE.

I GET THE CAR AND THEN I SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS DRIVING,

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MAKE A QUICK STOP OVER HERE, PICK UP MY

BUDDY, HE'S FROM ITALY ON BUSINESS, A GOOD MAN, YOU'LL

SEE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> GOOD, THIS IS MY LAST DRIVE OF THE DAY.

TIRED, WANT TO GO HOME.

WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE SOON.

WE PULL UP, GET N HELLO MY FRIEND, WHAT'S HAPPENING, GIVES

ME A BIG HUG.

AND WE'RE CATCH UP, HE SAYS HOW ARE YOU, I'M GOOD, GOOD, HOW ARE

YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO THERE WEEK?

>> THIS WEEK WE SHOOT THE THREE GUYS IN THE PARKING LOT, WE

ASSASSINATE THEM.

>> YOU DID.

YOU DID THAT?

HOW WAS IT?

WAS IT SHALL.

>> IT WAS FUN, IT WAS FAST.

>> WAS THERE A LOT OF BLOOD.

>> NO, NO, NO.

VERY FAST. HOW ABOUT YOU.

>> WHAT DID I DO?

I DID THE THING WHERE WE PRETEND-- PRETENDED TO KILL THAT

GUY, WE LIT HIM ON FIRE AND WE SHOVED HIM DOWN THE HILL, HE WAS

ROLLING THEN WE BLEW HIS BODY APART DOWN THERE, IT HAS BEEN A

GREAT WEEK.

I LOOK UP, AT SOME POINT I LOOK UP AT THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND

THE DRIVER OF THIS CAR IS LIKE-- AND I DON'T THINK

ERECTED, SALVATORE DID NOT, AND I SAID IMMEDIATELY, SIR, I'M SO

SORRY, WE ARE ACTORS, THIS IS NOT, WE AREN'T TALKING, THESE

AREN'T REAL DEATHS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE NOT, LOOK,

AND HE SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.

BUT-- OKAY, I'M GLAD EVERYONE IS OKAY.

BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING.

LITERALLY, I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID.

JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YEAH, THIS IS ODD.

YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR JOB IN

PUBLIC, IF YOUR JOB IS KILLING PEOPLE THIS TIME AROUND.

YOU HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT.

>> James: WELL, I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THE SHOW.