-♪ Run fast for your mother ♪

♪ Run fast for your father ♪

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-I loved meeting your poodle backstage.

-Oh, yeah. -Winnie.

-She somehow makes everything about her.

-Well, she's just very cute. -She's just so selfish.

-No, well, I -- -She is a queen.

-I met her on Zoom.

-Yes. And that's when she was puppy.

That's when she was humble. -It's gone to her head now?

-Oh, it's gone to her head, absolutely.

-Does she think she's a star? -Of c-- She is a star.

-She is. Well...

-Like, what is she doing right now as we're speaking?

-Well, if I'm on set -- Like, I take her to my movies

and stuff like that. and we're always at the studio.

And if she hears my voice or sees me, she feels comfortable.

But if she can't, she gets really anxious.

We have a little codependency issues.

We'd have to go through it. -A little bit.

-Just a little bit. But that's because of COVID.

Like, I got her in COVID, and so we didn't leave the house.

We were always together.

So, yeah, she's here right now. She's backstage.

-But she doesn't freak out in front of

the audience or anything?

-No. Actually, when she was 8 weeks,

I took her to a Falcons game.

I was just like, "You got to get used to this, kid."

-Wow. -And she did.

She was just like, "Okay, whatever."

And so now she just thrives on sets on studios.

She doesn't like being at the house.

She's like, "I want to go out. I want to go to work."

She knows where she's going. -What are we waiting for?

Do you want to bring Winnie out? -Let's do it.

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Everyone, please welcome to "The Tonight Show,"

Winnie the poodle!

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-Winnie! Winnie! -Winnie. Winnie.

No, Winnie. Winnie. No, no, Winnie.

Winnie, over here.

-Winnie! -Winnie, hi. Winnie, hi.

There you go. There's mommy. There's mommy.

-Mama's here. Hi.

Come on. Let's go. [ Clicks tongue ]

Come. [ Cheers and applause ]

-She's like, "I just got to shake the nerves out.

I got to shake the nerves out."

-Well, she's just like, "Whoa! Where's my mom?

I can't hear her."

-Hi, Win. -Yeah.

-Hi, Winnie. It's so nice to see you.

-Yeah. She's happy to be here, I think.

[ Laughter ]

-Now, when you are on set,

does Winnie know when you're being you or when you're acting?

-She knows when I'm acting and she knows

when I'm actually really upset.

But she's she's an actor. She knows when I'm upset.

She knows when I'm fake crying.

-Is she playing hard to get or...

-I swear. She just -- She knows the camera.

-She really does. She's looking right at.

-Every campaign, every photo shoot...

Every photo shoot, she knows. -Look at this dog.

[ Cheers and applause ] "Who? Me?

She's like, "Who? Me? Who? Me? You guys talking about me?"

-So, she's not about, like --

She doesn't really care about human attention.

She cares about an audience.

-Yeah. -She loves the camera.

So, I actually, on "Damsel," did a huge stunt.

I had to to jump from one cave to another and I did the stunt.

And she has never made a cry, a yelp.

She knows when I'm acting.

But this stunt was so realistic that she cried out to me

because she thought I was actually going to die.

And I remember just looking at her being like,

"It's okay, baby."

And she was just like, "Okay.

Like, that really looked real, Mom."

-"Don't scare me, mom." -Yeah, I know.

-Yeah. -It was so terrifying.

But she, like, somehow makes her way into --

She's been on covers of magazines.

She knows the camera and she works it.

-She really is so cute.

Well, welcome, Winnie the poodle.

-Yes.

-Also, I saw your fiancé, Jake, backstage.

-Yes. -Fiancé.

-Yes. -By the way, congratulations!

Pal, I'm so excited. -Yes. Me, too.

-He's a great guy.

And you were telling me backstage

that the proposal story was pretty incredible.

I have not heard it yet. Do you mind sharing?

-Yes. Well, I haven't told anyone this,

because I -- You know, like, there are moments, key moments.

But I'm like, "Fallon is the best."

And, also, I think this is too good of a story to not tell.

But, basically, Jake and I bonded over diving.

We love diving. We got our diving licenses together.

And one day, we were on vacation,

and he was like, "Mill, you got to be up at 8:00 a.m.

We're going on a dive."

And I was like, "8:00 a.m. dive?"

-Yeah. This is vacation, yeah.

-And he's telling me like,

"We're going to the same spot we usually go to."

I'm like, "It's boring. Let's go somewhere new."

He's like, "No, we have to go to this spot."

So, we go under and we're like many meters down.

And, like, he gives me, like, a shell,

and I, like, turn it over, and it's a ring.

And I was like -- And I, like, looked at him,

and he was like, "Bllll!"

And I was like...

And he was like, "Bllll!" -Yeah, bubbles.

-And I was like -- Because this means "up."

"I want to go up."

So that technically would mean like a,

"No, I don't want to marry you.

I want to go up." So I was like, "Okay."

And I think it was underwhelming,

but we freaked out.

Anyways, he puts the ring on my hand,

and as I go to show him, the ring falls off my finger,

plummets, like, so fast, it was like a cinematic movie.

Jake threw himself into the -- like, so deep.

Like, the diver was like, "You can't do that.

Like, your ears.

Literally, your brain will explode."

He throws himself.

He does a cinematic, like, grab, opens, and he saved the ring.

-Come on. -And I truly --

-That's a stud. -I know.

I truly feel like it's a reflection of who he is

and I feel like we're always going to have each other's back,

and if anyone drops the ball, we got it.

So, there we go. [ Cheers and applause ]

-But then, that's not the end of the proposal.

-We got to the top, and he was like,

"Do you want to marry me?"

And I was like, "Oh, like, yeah. I mean, yeah.

That would be -- You should probably ask me in person."

And then he was like, "You know, I bought you this ring

because your mom wouldn't let me take her ring,"

which is the one I'm wearing.

This is my mom's ring.

And he was like -- My mom was like, "Absolutely not, Jake.

You're not taking my ring down there.

I know you'll drop it." And, sure enough, I did.

-He did drop -- She was right. -She was right.

So when we got up on the boat, he was like,

"This is your mom's ring, and I got it from your parents."

And it was very magical.

And his parents were there, and we just looked so disheveled

coming out from a dive.

-Like, "We're engaged!"

-And then, we were like, "We're engaged, but, also,

we have to tell you this crazy story that just happened."

-Yeah, because no one knows. -No one knows that my --

-You're in the middle of nowhere.

-We were just like, "Uh, yeah." -That's so personal and great.

-Yeah. -Thank you for sharing that.

-Absolutely. -I'm so happy for you guys.

-Yes. Thank you. [ Cheers and applause ]

-You're the best. -Thank you.

Let's talk about "Damsel." -Yes, please.

-This is a giant new Netflix movie, March 8th.

Your co-star Robin Wright was here last night.

Called you a powerhouse, by the way. Not too shabby.

-I don't even know what that, like --

-That's Robin Wright. -It's the coolest thing ever.

-That is pretty cool. -I know.

I just watched that and I was just like, "Whoa.

Like, that is so cool to even just see as,

like, a description.

Like, I don't know. It means so much to me.

-It's actually a very physical role, too.

I mean, you do a lot of --

-Well, like, I mean, I did the stunt

that Winnie literally thought I was really

throwing myself into something.

I mean, I've never done stunts like that before.

-Do you say no to anything? -Yeah.

I'm claustrophobic, so I say no to anything

that I'm in tight spaces.

I have to say no.

And, sure enough, when I read that script,

there was a lot -- There was one specific thing where I was,

like, basically crawling through a cave,

but it was the size of an air-conditioning vent.

And I was I was going through it and I said, "No, I can't do it.

Like, I can't do it."

So, I came back the next week, and they were like,

"Can you try it again?"

I tried it again, but this time, I had my fiancé

and my assistant, like, holding my feet

just so I could feel someone, like,

because I was so terrified.

And then the director's on the other side,

giving me, like, positive affirmations.

He was like, "You're doing great, Millie."

Like, because he's Spanish. He's so passionate.

And I was like, "Thank you." Sobbing, crying.

So when you see the scene in the movie, it's all real.

I wasn't acting.

-You're overcoming one of your fears.

Good for you.

-Yeah. -Step by step.

We'll get you there.

By feet or by your hands, we'll make sure --

We got you covered, yeah.

How do we set up "Damsel" for everybody?

-Oh, my gosh.

Well, "Damsel" is about a young woman

who marries a prince, and all seems romantic

and just like a fairy tale,

until he shows some serious red flags.

-Yeah. Oh, yeah.

-And, in fact, it is not as it seems.

And it's very dangerous and very cinematic

and it's an adventure that you have to follow

this young woman on and --

-And there's dragons involved. -There is a dragon.

-I don't want to say, but there's a dragon.

Clapping for a dragon.

-There is a dragon. There is a dragon.

And that is my co-star for the whole film.

-Yeah. I want to show a clip.

Here's Millie Bobby Brown in "Damsel." Take a look.

-You may make your return.

-I'm supposed to carry you back.

-I'm fine with walking, really.

-Floria would love this part.

-Close your eyes.

I've got you.

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I'm sorry.

-[ Screams ]

-Yo!

This is going to crush, Bud. You like that, Winnie?

Winnie's a little scared. -Kind of intense.

-Winnie, it's gonna be alright. Millie Bobby Brown, everyone.