AND AS FALCON IN "THE AVENGERS."

HIS NEW FILM IS "THE BANKER."

PLOOZ PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," ANTHONY MACKIE.

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>> OH, BOY!

>> Stephen: NOW, I GOT A QUESTION--

>> I LOVE YOU, BUT I DON'T TRUST YOU.

>> Stephen: DITTO, MY FRIEND.

>> I DON'T WANT THE SARS-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.

I DON'T EVEN DRINK BUDWEISER NO MORE.

WHATEVER IT IS, I DON'T WANT IT.

>> Stephen: I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT: YOU AND JON ARE

WEARING THE SAME SUIT TONIGHT.

>> HEY, HEY!

I AIN'T TRYING TO SAY NOTHING.

WE BOTH FROM THE SAME CITY.

WE GOT THAT SWAG.

I AIN'T TRYING TO SAY NOTHING.

WE SHOWED UP IN DIFFERENT CARS.

HE DIDN'T EVEN CALL ME.

IT'S CRAZY.

WE JUST KNEW WHAT TIME IT WAS.

>> Stephen: LAST NIGHT WAS THE PREMIERE OF THE NEW FILM "THE

BANKER", WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALSO A PRODUCER OF.

>> YEAH, YEAH YEAH, I PRODUCED IT WITH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE

AND WAS ABLE TO GET A GREAT CAST INVOLVED.

>> Stephen: THE PREMIERE WAS HELD AT THE NATIONAL CIVIL

RIGHTS MUSEUM IN MEMPHIS?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT THAT NIGHT.

>> IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY, MAN.

IT WAS MIND BLOWING.

I HAD NEVER HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF GOTH LORRAINE HOTEL WHERE

DR. KING WAS ASSASSINATED.

AND WE HAD THE PREMIERE THERE.

AND THEY BROUGHT US THROUGH THIS-- IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE BN,

THEY BROUGHT US THROUGH THIS AMAZING MUSEUM, JUST GOING

THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY.

AND THEN AT THE END WE GOT TO GO TO THE ROOM WHERE DR. KING WAS,

WHERE HE STEPPED OUT ON TO THE BALCONY AND WAS ASSASSINATED.

I WAS JUST MOVED TO TEARS.

I LITERALLY WAS-- I WASN'T ABLE TO FATHOM THE IDEA OF STANDING

ON THE STEPS WHERE THIS MAN WAS KILLED.

>> Stephen: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING.

>> IT WAS, IT WAS.

AND THIS MOVIE KIND OF-- IT PLAYS ALONG THE SAME TIMES THAT

THAT HAPPENED.

I MEAN, THE 60s-- I FEEL LIKE THE 60s WAS THE DECADE WHERE

AMERICA WENT FROM BEING A TEENAGER TO AN ADULT.

YOU KNOW,, WE LOST SOME MONUMENTAL FIGURES IN THE 60s,

DR. KING BEING ONE OF THEM.

AND TO BE AT THAT HOTEL WAS AMAZING.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT ON EARTH.

>> Stephen: YOU WERE WITH YOUR COSTAR LAST NIGHT RIGHT HERE.

SAMUEL JACKSON RIGHT THERE.

>> I LOOK FLOSSIE THERE, TOO.

SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.

>> HEY, YOU SEE THAT?

THAT'S CALLED WORK, BABY.

THAT'S CALLED WORK RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S CALLED WORK.

>> Stephen: BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT IN EVERY PHOTO TAKEN

OF HIM, SAMUEL JACKSON LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAVING A BETTER TIME

THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

PEOPLE KNOW YOU OF COURSE FROM "THE AVENGERS" TOGETHER.

BUT GUWAY BACK.

TELL ME WHO IS GOING ON-- WHAT IS THIS RIGHT HERE?

>> THAT WAS A MOVIE DIWITH SAM BACK IN THE DAY CALLED "THE

MAN."

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME WORKING WITH HIM.

>> Stephen: THIS IS 15 YEARS AGO.

>> 15.

MY ROLE WAS SO SMALL.

MY CHARACTER'S NAME WAS BOOTY.

AND THE DIRECTOR WAS LIKE-- MY CHARACTER DIDN'T HAVE A NAME.

HE WAS LIKE, WHAT, DO YOU WANT TO CALL HIM?"

I WAS LIKE, BOOTY."

THAT'S ME AS BOOTY AS A LOCAL LITTLE STREET HUSTLER, AND SAM

PICKED ME UP TO GET SOME INFORMATION.

>> Stephen: AND GETTING FREAKED OUT.

>> YES, I WAS A SNITCH.

YES.

I WAS A STREET SNITCH.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE FROM THE MOVIE.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?

>> WELL, THIS IS THE CLIP WHERE THE GUY I PLAY, BERNARD GATOR,

IS A YOUNG MAN TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY IN L.A. AND WANTS TO

BECOME A REAL ESTATE TITOON.

SO HE BUYS THIS BUILDING AND HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF FIXING IT

UP, AND THE POLICE COME AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE A BLACK MAN IN

LOS ANGELES COULD BUY AND OWN PROPERTY SO THEY GIVE HIM THE

HUFT BELL WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.

>> Stephen: JIM.

>> YES, OFFICERS, IS THERE A PROBLEM.

>>> WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT YOU.

MR. COOPER IN PART 2ADOESN'T LIKE YOU WORKING IN A BUILDING?

>> WHY NOT.

>> SHE SAID YOU'RE IMPERSONATING THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING.

>> NO, HE OWNS THE BUILDING.

>> I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.

>> I DO OWN THE BUILDING, OFFICER.

ALL THE PAPERWORK IS FILED DOWNTOWN, BUT I KEEP A COPY WITH

ME JUST TO BE SAFE.

>> THIS ACTUALLY LOOKS REAL.

>> YEAH, I GUESS SO.

TRY TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL TO YOUR TENANTS.

>> YES, SIR, OFFICER.

SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

>> Stephen: NOW, THIS IS BASED--

( APPLAUSE ) CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT

THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY.

>> IT IS.

BERNARD GARRETT, HE AND JOE AT ONE POINT OWNED THE LARGEST

COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

IT WAS THE BANK BUILDING, THE BANKER BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN L.A.

THEY BOUGHT IT.

AND THERE'S PICTURES WITH THEM WITH LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WITH

EVERYONE, BECAUSE THEY AT ONE TIME WERE SOME OF THE WEALTHIEST

PEOPLE IN L.A. IN THE 60s.

>> Stephen: NOW, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR'S "AVENGERS: END

GAME," CAPTAIN AMERICA-- SPOILER ALERT-- CAPTAIN AMERICA HANDED

HIS SHIELD OVER TO YOUR CHARACTER.

>> UH-HUH.

>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, FALCON, SAM WILSON.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY-- AND THIS IS VERY

EXCITING TO PEOPLE OUT THERE-- YOU'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON

"FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER."

WHAT YOU CAN TELL BUS THIS PHOTOGRAPH RIGHT HERE?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> WE STARTED SHOOTING A FEW MONTHS AGO.

WE'RE ALMOST DONE.

AND THE SHIELD IS IN GOOD HANDS.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I HOPE SO.

BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.

JIM, CAN WE HAVE A SHOT OF THAT?

IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.

THE SHIELD IS RIGHT UP UP THERE.

YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

>> Stephen: ON DECK.

>> Stephen: "QT AND SO IT BEGINS, WELCOME BACK, GUYS.

HOOIVE THE FALCON OF WINTER SOLDIER.

LEG DAY SAVES LIVES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO THE GYM AND DON'T WORK LEGS.

YOU SEE DUDES JACKED UP HERE AND THEY WEAR SWEAT SWEATPANTS.

THIS SUMMER WE'RE GOING TO DO "HOT BOYS SUMMER" HOT SHORTS

SUMMER BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE THE LEGS AND LET THEM

KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT.

IF YOU GO BACK, DUDES USED TO WEAR LITTLE SHORTS BECAUSE THEY

WANT YOU TO SEE THE LEGS.

TO ALL MY GUYS OUT THERE, LET'S BRING THE SHORT-SHORTS BACK.

LET THE LADIES SEE THE LEGS.

( APPLAUSE ) YOU GOT SOME HOT SHORTS?

>> >> Stephen: I'M WEARING THEM

RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU-- I'M A FAN OF CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE

PREVIOUS DEPICTION.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE THE SHIELD?

>> IT'S MONUMENTAL, MAN, WITH THIS MOVIE WITH "THE BANKER" AND

THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS TO HAVE--

FOR MARVEL TO SELECT A YOUNG BLACK MAN INY AMERICA TO

REPRESENT THE MONIKER OF CAPTAIN AMERICA IS-- IS UNPRECEDENTED.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE TO THAT.

IT-- IT MOVES ME NOT ONLY THAT MY KIDS GET TO SEE A BLACK MAN

AS CAPTAIN AMERICA, BUT ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS-- WHITE, BLACK,

LATINO, AND ASIAN-- GET TO SEE A BLACK MAN AS CAPTAIN AMERICA.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ALL OF THIS-- THIS

MOMENT, THIS MOMENT OF COURSE WAS PREDATED BY THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT BEING MADE IN THE COMIC BOOKS THEMSELVES.

>> UH-HUH.

>> Stephen: IS THAT SAM WILSON BECAME CAPTAIN AMERICA IN THE

COMIC BOOKS.

>> RIGHT.

>> Stephen: AND THEN DO YOU KNOW WHO THEY ORIGINALLY MADE

NEWT FALCON?

( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE

FALCON'S GOING TO BECOME CAPTAIN AMERICA, JOE CASADA, THE EDITOR

OF MARVEL COMICS, CAME ON TO ANNOUNCE THAT I, STEPHEN

COLBERT, WOULD BE THE NEW FALCON.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) RIGHT THERE.

>> NOTHING MAKES ME HAPPY GLER YES.

AND IT JUST MEANS A LOT TO ME TON THERE ARE WHITE KIDS OUT

THERE WHO WILL SEE FINALLY A WHITE MAN ALLOWED TO BE A SUPER

HERO.

IT'S MOMENTOUS.

>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF THIS HAPPENS!

>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAD TO WORK OUT JUST TO

GET READY FOR THIS DRAWING?

>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, HOW MUCH DID YOU SHAVE TO PUT THOSE WINGS

ON?

>> Stephen: OH, I WAX FROM THE NEX DOWN, BABY.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

NEVER KNOW.

>> Stephen: PEOPLE LOVE THESE CHARACTERS.

WERE YOU OBSESSED WITH THIS AS A KID?

WHAT DID YOU NERD OUT ON AS A KID?

>> NO, I NEVER-- MY BROTHER, MY OLDEST BROTHER WAS A BIG COMIC

BOOK GEEK AND HE WOULD ALWAYS BEAT THE ME UP BECAUSE I WOULD

STEAL HIS COMIC BOOKS FOR PAPER FIGHTS.

I WAS A WEIRD KID.

I USED TO HANG OUT OUTSIDE.

I NEW UP IN NEW ORLEANS.

FOR CHRISTMAS WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GOT THIS STUFF, I GOT

FISHING RODS.

I USED TO BIG IN PEOPLE'S YARDS AND GO FISHING.

I STILL DO THAT.

IF I'M IN YOUR YARD DIGGING WORMS DON'T GET MAD.

>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FISH?

RED FISH?

>> I LOVE A GOOD RED FISH FIGHT.

BUT I'M A BASS MAN.

MY GOAL IS TO RETIRE AT 50 AND BECOME A FISHERMAN ON "BASS

MASTERS."

>> Stephen: I'D WATCH THAT.

>> YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE ME WITH MY UGLY STICK.

I YANK HARD,UN WHAT I'M SAYING?

IF I'M GOING FOR A 15-20-POUND PITCH.

>> USE FIVE-POUND TEST LINE.

I SET MY DRAG LOOSE AND LET THEM GO.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUMP IN AND GET THEM AND BRING THEM IN

THE BOAT.

>> Stephen: DO YOU USE BRAIDED LINE, A MONO?

>> I DON'T LIKE BRAIDED.

BRAIDED IS TOO STRONG.

I LIKE REGULAR EASY LINE.

YOU WANT THEM TO WEAR THEMSELVES OFF.

>> Stephen: YOUR FAVORITE KNOT, A UNI?

>> SLIPKNOT, ROUND AND ROUND THROUGH THE HOLE.

>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THE REAL?

>> I'M A ZIP CODE DUDE.

BOOM LIKE AN 808, BABY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT?

THAT 808 AIN'T GOING TO LET YOU GO.

THAT WAS FISHING TALK!

THAT WAS FISHING TALK.

>> Stephen: CIRCLE HOOK?

>> ALWAYS.

>> Stephen: OR "J."

>> ALWAYS.

AND I TAKE MY BAR OFF SO IF IT COMES OUT, THEY GO.

>> Stephen: I'M GLAD WE LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THAT

CONVERSATION.

THAT'S MY RETIREMENT PLAN, TOO, BY THE WAY.

"THE BANKER" OPENS IN SELECT THEATERS THIS FRIDAY AND IS

AVAILABLE ON APPLE TV+ ON MARCH 20.

ANTHONY MACKIE, EVERYBODY!" BASS MASTER.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A