( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE HE IS!

LOOK AT THIS GUY!

HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND?

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOUSE OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND?

>> IT WAS GREAT, MAN.

I HAVE TO SAY, YOU HAVE A VERY COMFORTABLE COUCH.

I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> James: WELL, NOW, YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN NEW ORLEANS,

WHICH IS A PLACE I STILL HAVEN'T VISITED.

BUT YOU USED TO RUN YOUR OWN MUSIC LABEL WITH YOUR COUSIN.

WHAT SORT OF OF ARTISTS WERE WE PUTTING OUT?

WHAT SORT OF MUSIC WAS THIS AND WHAT WAS THE LABEL CALLED?

>> SO WE HAD A LABEL CALLED TAKE FOUR RECORDS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T

HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND ONLY PROVIDED TAKE FOUR TAKES.

IT WAS MY COUSIN AND WE PUT OUT A LOCAL RAP.

IT'S CALLED BOUNCE MUSIC.

WE HAVE OUR OWN CULTURE OF MUSIC HERE.

IF YOU GOOGLE BOUNCE MUSIC, EVERY AFTER THISSIST THAT PUTS

OUT A MAJOR HIT WILL REMIX IT INTO A BOUNCE SONG.

ADEL'S SONG HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE, I NEVER HEARD THAT SONG

EXCEPT FOR THE BOUNCE VERSION AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS THE BEST

SONG OF ALL TIME.

AND I HEARD THE ORIGINAL AND I WAS LIKE, SHE SHOULD HAVE STUCK

WITH THE BOUNCE VERSION.

>> James: THERE'S A GROWING PART OF NEW ORLEANS THAT YOU

BUILT IN EVERY RESPECT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.

I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW OR LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW YOU BUILD

HOUSES.

HOW MANY HOUSES HAVE YOU BUILT NOW?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN SINCE 2006, 2007, SO I HAVE DO ABOUT THREE

OR FOUR A YEAR.

SO I'M CLOSE TO 37, 38 HOUSES.

>> James: BUT YOU'RE GENUINELY IN THERE PUTTING THE WORK IN,

DOING IT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

>> James: IS IT?

I LOVE BUYING A PIECE OF DIRT AND THEN, THREE MONTHS LATER YOU

COME AND YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW STRUCTURE THAT YOU'VE BUILT

AND CREATED WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.

>> James: I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SHOW IN THIS.

"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE "."

( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST YOU AND THE AVENGERS

BUILDING HOUSES.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T ON DISNEY + ALREADY!

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT WOULD BE A GREAT SHOW WITH ME AND CHRIS PRATT.

THE LAST THING ON EARTH I WANT TO SEE IS SEBASTIAN STAND OR

PAUL RUDD WITH A NAIL GUN.

>> James: BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT.

YOU AND CHRIS PRATT ARE PUTTING THINGS UP AND THEN, LIKE,

SEBASTIAN STAND IS TRYING TO SAW SOMETHING AND HE'S LIKE OW!

( LAUGHTER ) >> SOMEBODY WOULD DEFINITELY

LOSE A LIMB.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT LIZZIE WOULD DEFINITELY SHOOT A

NAIL GUN AT ME 100% NO FAKE.

>> James: IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, I THINK THIS SHOW

IS A GO, I REALLY DO.

NOW, YOU'RE BACK IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.

YOU'RE IN THE SERIES "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" WHICH IS

OUT ON DISNEY PLUS IN MARCH.

YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, EVERYBODY ONLINE IS SAYING

YOU'RE THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA, AND I THINK YOU ARE.

( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S IT.

I THINK YOU ARE.

I THINK IT'S YOU.

>> NO, THE THING IS, IF YOU WATCH "END GAME," AT THE END OF

THE MOVIE, SAM WILSON NEVER ACCEPTS THE SHIELD.

HE ACTUALLY TELLS CAP THAT THE SHIELD IS FOR HIM AND IT DOESN'T

FEEL RIGHT ON HIS ARM.

IF YOU LOOK AT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARVEL IS GREAT AT BUILDING

CHARACTERS OVER THE COURSE OF MANY FILMS, AND FROM WINTER

SOLDIER WHICH IS MY FIRST MOVIE TILL NOW, MY WHOLE GOAL IN THE

MARVEL UNIVERSE WAS TO HELP CAP, WAS TO BE CAP'S FRIEND.

>> James: SURE.

SO AT NO POINT IN TIME IN "END GAME" DID SAM WILSON ACCEPT

THE SHIELD AT ALL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT IT MADE HIM HAPPY TO COME BACK FROM TIME AND

STAND ONCE AGAIN AT CAP'S SIDE.

>> James: BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE SERIES KICKS OFF.

THIS IS BASED ON NOTHING, I SHOULD SAY.

I THINK IT -- THIS IS MY OWN THEORY -- IT KICKS OFF WITH YOU

BEING, LIKE, OH, I CAN'T DO IT, I CAN'T DO IT, AND BY THE END OF

EPISODE ONE, BANG!

HE'S GOT THE SHIELD, AND WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES.

>> SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO BE

VERY SINCERE.

>> James: ALL RIGHT.

I MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE, I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO GET A

CALL ABOUT THIS -- EVERY MARVEL MOVIE, THERE'S BEEN PHOTOS

LEAKED OF A CHARACTER OR AN EVENT BIPAP RATSY BEFORE A --

POPARAZZI BEFORE THE SHOW OR MOVIE CAME OUT.

SO IF WE'RE SHOOTING IN ATLANTA, PRAGUE, WIDE OPEN AREAS, AND I'M

CAPTAIN AMERICA, NOT ONE POPARAZZI WAS THERE TO TAKE A

PICTURE OF ME?

>> James: OR -- WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I'VE GOT IT -- IT'S THE

LAST -- IT'S THE LAST SCENE OF THE SEASON, AND THAT'S WHY THEY

HAVEN'T GOT IT BECAUSE THE LAST THING IS YOU PUT THE THING ON

THE SUIT ON AND YOU'RE INSIDE, INTERIOR, AND YOU GO, I'M READY,

I'LL DO IT.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: THAT'S THE LINE?

>> James: COME ON.

AND THIS IS WHY YOU'RE NOT A WRITER FOR MARVEL.

>> James: I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY'LL PLAY THIS

CLIP BACK.

( LAUGHTER ) NOW, YOU HAVE TO BE -- BECAUSE

YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, CAPTAIN AMERICA --

( LAUGHTER ) -- YOU HAVE TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE

WHEN YOU MAKE "AVENGERS" MOVIES.

IS THERE A TIME -- AND I KNOW YOU REALLY LOOK AFTER

YOURSELF -- IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU THINK, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M

JUST GOING TO GO NUTS AND LET GO NOW AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS,

JUST TAKE THE WHEELS OFF?

>> OF COURSE.

EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR CUTOFF DATE, SO MY NUMBER IS 55, AND MY

GOAL, EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER, MY GOAL WAS TO BE

THE OLD, ANGRY POLICE CHIEF IN TE STATION HOUSE THAT JUST

COMES OUT AND YELLS AND CURSES AT EVERYBODY LIKE THE OLD DUDE

IN BEVERLY HILLS COP, THAT'S MY GOAL AND MY CAREER.

SO IF THEY MAKE -- I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE LAW AND ORDER

NEW ORLEANS.

I COME OUT, AND I'M THE POLICE CHIEF, AND I'M LIKE, DAMN IT!

GO SOLVE THE CASE!

AND GO BACK IN MY OFFICE.

YOU WORK ONE DAY A WEEK, YOU MAKE A BUCKET OF MONEY AND NO

ONE QUESTIONS YOU.

>> James: I LOVE THIS.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS AS A CAREER PLAN, AND THEN WHEN THAT

SHOW IS ON -- WHICH WILL BE IN, LIKE, 20 YEARS' TIME -- WE'LL

ALL GO TO OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, HE USED TO BE CAPTAIN AMERICA.

>> LOOK AT HIM NOW.

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOUR NEW MOVIE

OUTSIDE THE WIRE, TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.

>> BASICALLY, I PLAY LEO, HE'S A CYBOR SOLDIER WHO ENLISTS A

YOUNG DRONE PILOT TO GO WITH HIM AND TRY TO STOP THESE BAND OF

BAD GUYS FROM GETTING NUKES AND TAKING OVER THE WORLD.

SO BASICALLY IT'S TRAINING DAY MEETS TERMINATOR, BUT WITH THE

TWO OF US BEING AS SEXY AS POSSIBLE.

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, YOU SHOT THE

FILM IN BUDAPEST, AND WHILE YOU WERE THERE, WILL SMITH HAD A BIG

MOVIE PREMIERE, HE HAD A HUGE 50th BIRTH AT A PARTY, AND YOU

GOT TO GO TO THIS PARTY, RIGHT?

>> I AM OFFICIALLY NOW WILL SMITH'S FRIEND.

I WAS INVITED TO HIS 50 50th BIRTHDAY PARTY.

YOU WEREN'T THERE.

>> James: I WASN'T THERE.

SO WE'RE IN BUDAPEST, AND MY PUBLISHER CALLS ME AND SHE'S

LIKE YO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?

IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WILL SMITH WA GOING TO BE THERE AND IT WAS

GOING TO BE HIS PARTY, AND EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT HOW TO GO.

AND MY PUBLICIST WAS LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT WILL SMITH

WITH HIS 50th BIRTHDAY CAKE?

AND I'M LIKE, IT IS WILL SMITH, I WILL JUMP OUT OF WILL SMITH'S

50th BIRTHDAY CAKE IF I GET TO GO TO THE PARTY, RIGHT.

SO SHE'S LIKE, OKAY, COOL.

SO WE GO AND WILL PUTS ON A CRAZY CONCERT, JAZZY JEFF IS

THERE.

>> James: OH, STOP.

THE THIS IS MIND BLOWING, RIGHT.

SO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AROUND

HAVING A GOOD TIME.

SO THE CAKE COMES UP, I GO TO PUSH THE CAKE OUT, AND WILL

SMITH TURNS AROUND AND GOES, ANTHONY MACKIE AND I GO, OH,

( BLEEP ), WILL SMITH KNOWS MY NAME.

I SAID, YO, WHAT'S UP?

HE GOES, YO, MAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

AND I GO TO HUG HIM, AND HE GOES TO GIVE ME LIKE A PULL ME IN

CLOSE LIKE YOU'RE MY DUDE, LIKE RIGHT HERE, SO WHEN I DO THAT,

HE DOES THAT, AND HE CATCHES ME RIGHT LIKE IN THE SWEET SPOT

WITH A RIGHT HOOK.

AND I WAS LIKE WOW!

HE GRABBED ME AND IS, LIKE, YOU GOOD?

I SAID ARE WE IN A FIGHT?

ARE WE ABOUT TO GO RIGHT NOW?

LET ME GO, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

AND HE HELD ME TILL I GOT MY BALANCE BACK.

I KNOW SOMEBODY GOT VIDEO OF THIS BECAUSE HE STRAIGHT-UP

PUNCHED ME IN THE JAW BUT I CUR SURVIVED A RIGHT HOOK FROM

MOHAMED ALI.