AWARD WINNER AND THE GREATEST SHOW, THE WONDRFUL MR. HUGH

JACK PLN IS HERE ON THE SHOW, HOW ARE YOU, HUGH.

>> I'M DOING OKAY.

WE'RE HANGING IN THERE.

DEBORRA.

>> James: DEB MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE TOP OF THE

SEGMENT, HOW ARE YOU, DEB.

>> THERE SHE IS.

ALLEGRA, OUR LITTLE DOG, OUR LITTLE DOGGY.

WE ARE DOING ALL RIGHT, WE'RE HANGING IN THERE, MAN, HOW ABOUT

YOU.

>> James: I'M GOOD, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING, MY HUNCH IS YOU

GET THIS A LOT.

JUST SEEING YOUR FACE HAS LIFTED MY SPIRITS.

>> HAS IT REALLY?

>> James: YEAH, DO YOU FIND PEOPLE SAY THAT TO YOU A LOT.

I THINK YOUR NATURAL SORT OF SENSE OF SELF LIFTS PEOPLE

AROUND YOU.

DO PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT?

>> NO, BUT THANK YOU.

>> James: WELL, THEY SHOULD.

>> THEY SAY THAT.

THAT IS THE TRUTH.

>> James: MAYBE-- .

>> SCHOOL DROPOFF, THAT KIND OF THING WHERE EVERYONE TURNS

SCHOOL DROPOFF INTO A COCKTAIL PARTY, EVERYONE IS HANGING

AROUND.

I DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT.

>> James: HOW ARE YOU-- HOW ARE YOU DOING, IN THIS ISOLATION

PERIOD OF OUR LIVES.

WHAT IS GETTING YOU THROUGH THE DAY.

WHAT SORT OF STUFF ARE YOU UP TO?

>> I'M DANCING QUITE A LOT IN MY LIVING ROOM WHICH APPALLS MY 14

YEAR OLD.

I'M PLAYING A LOT OF BACK DISZ GAMON, COOKING, LAST YEAR I WAS

DOING THE TOUR, AND I WAS AWAY FOR PROBABLY MORE TIME THAN I

HAVE EVER BEEN AWAY FROM THE FAMILY.

SO IN SOME WAYS FOR ME IT IS GREAT.

FOR THE KIDS IT SAY NIGHTMARE HAVING ME AROUND BUT SORT OF I

DON'T KNOW, I'M FINDING THE SIMPLE DISUF IS REALLY

CATHARTIC, TRYING TO NOT PLAN TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE

YOU CAN'T PLAN TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE.

ON JUNE 29,-- WHEN YOU CAN'T PLAN, YOU END UP SIMPLIFYING

THINGS AND I'M SUPER LUCKY THAT I CAN STAY AT HOME.

I AM JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST

CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT, TO LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC AND JUST

HANG OUT AND WITHIN THE DOG, BE WITH THE KIDS, COOK FOR THEM,

PLAY MONOPOLY, DO JIGSAW PUZZLES, ALL THAT STUFF.

>> James: YOU ARE RIGHT, I KNOW HOW BEFORE YOU WERE, I

IMAGINE STILL ARE, WHEN THAT DAY WILL COME, YOU WERE SO EXCITED

ABOUT DOING EASY MAN ON BROADWAY BUT THEN SOMETHING ABOUT THIS

MEANS YOU KIND OF, YOU COULD ALLOW YOURSELF TO GET ANXIOUS

ABOUT IT, STRESS ABOUT IT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS

REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

SO YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO IT AND GO YOU KNOW,

WELL, I WILL BE-- I TELL YOU WHAT, HERE IS THE THING I THINK

AS A THEATRE LOVER, BROADWAY IS GOING TO NEED PEOPLE LIKE YOU

COMING BACK DOING MUSICALS LIKE THAT WHEN IT'S SAFE AND PROPER

TO DO SO, YOU KNOW?

>> AND ARE YOU STILL OKAY TO BE MY UNDERSTUDY, THAT IS SO GREAT.

THANK YOU, MAN.

NO, I DO AGREE.

WHEN IT IS SAFE, WHEN PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE, THERE IS

NOTHING LIKE THAT FEELING OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, HEARING

A GREAT STORY, AND THE MUSIC MAN, MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT,

BUT ST REALLY A STORY ABOUT BELIEF.

IT IS REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HEARING THE BAND EVEN WHEN IN IS

NOT ONE PHYSICALLY THERE.

REALLY BELIEVING EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY.

IT IS A GREAT STORY, HOPEFULLY A GREAT CELEBRATION.

BUT RIGHT NOW I AM A LUCKY MAN.

I AM A WORKER.

LIKE I HAVE WORKED AND HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK.

BUT ST A LITTLE CHALLENGING TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE ST LIKE,

WE HAVE DONE A WORK SHOP FOR THE MUSIC MAN.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

IT IS KIND OF TAKING A BREAK, IT'S CHALLENGING.

>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN BASICALLY NONSTOP FOR, I MEAN

WHAT, 20 YEARS NOW?

YOU HAVE JUST BEEN CONSTANTLY EITHER DOING MOVIES, LIVE SHOWS,

MUSICALS, WHO IS THAT IN THE BACKGROUND.

>> OSCAR.

>> HI OSCAR.

>> I MEAN YOU HAVE BEEN JUST SO FULL OF-- HOW ARE YOU FINDING

CREATIVELY YOUR MIND KEEPING CREATIVELY SORT OF ENGAGED IN

THINGS.

>> IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

BECAUSE AS I SAID YOU TAKE AWAY YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THIS OR

WORK ON THAT SONG FOR THIS THING OR WE HAVE THIS OR I'M DOING

THIS FILM AND I NEED TO LEARN THAT SKILL FOR THAT FILM.

RIGHT NOW IT'S SORT OF OPEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS NEXT.

SO FOR ME, MUSIC, I'M LISS EGG ENING TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF

MUSIC, DIFFERENT PARTS OF MOVIES.

I'M SORT OF DAY DAY DREAMING A LITTLE MORE.

AND I THINK CREATIVELY THAT IS THE THING THAT WE REALLY DON'T

HAVE THAT MUCH TIME FOR.

IT WILL NOW BE SAFE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DAY DREAMING.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THEEKS ZOOM CLASSES AT COLUMBIA

UNIVERSITY, WHAT IS IT, YOU HAVE BEEN ZOOMING IN THE CLASS.

>> A FILM PROFESSOR THERE WHO I KNOW, DONE SOME INTERVIEWS,

BACKSTAGE BEFORE WE WERE DOING AN INTERVIEW I SAID I'M REALLY

EMBARRASSED WHEN I WALK ON MOVIES, I AM LIKE YOU, I COME

FROM THE THEATER SO MY FILM KNOWLEDGE, I'M WAY MORE

SUCCESSFUL THAN MY KNOWLEDGE SHOULD ALLOW ME TO TO BE.

>> I AM LIKE HMMMM, HMMMM, SO I REALLY WANT TO LEARN, SO I DROP

IN, AND THE OTHER 50NFA STUDENTS VERY KINDLY ALLOW ME TO DO THAT

MFA STUDENTS ALSO A CLASS FOR ANYONE, SUNDAY NIGHTS, 8 P.M.

YOU CAN TUNE IN, WATCH A GREAT MOVIE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH

COLOMBIA PROFESSOR.

>> THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE THING TO DO ON A

WEEKEND.

IF WE CAN.

>> NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.

YOU HAVE HAD QUITE A SIGNIFICANT-- YOU AN DEB, YOUR

WIFE, YOU CELEBRATED YOUR 24th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, I

THINK WAS LAST WEEK.

>> THE 11th AV APRIL.

>> LIKE TEN DAYS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE, HOW DID YOU MAKE THE DAY SPECIAL?

>> WE WERE TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 24 YEARS AND I CAN

COUNT ON ONE HAND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN

TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW US, WE ARE TOGETHER ALL THE TIME BUT FOR ONE REASON OR

ANOTHER, THE PLANET HAVE NOT LINED UP FOR US TO BE TOGETHER,

DEB COOKED A MEAL, THE KIDS WERE THERE AND WE WERE MAKING

SPEECHES AND THE KIDS WERE ROLLING THEIR EYES.

AND WE WERE JUST-- .

>> James: WHAT WAS DEB DOING BEHIND, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO

DO THERE.

>> ALL CAN I SEE IS-- .

>> YOU SILENTLY CALL THE DOG OVER.

SHE'S GOING, HEY, DEB, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

>> THANKS.

THANK YOU.

>> James: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T

THINK I'M COMPLETELY UP TO SPEED ON HOW THIS HAPPENS OR HOW IT

CAME AROUND BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR FEUD WITH RYAN

REYNOLDS.

>> YEAH GOOD.

>> James: HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT, WHO STARTED IT.

WHAT IS IT, AND WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW?

>> RYAN HAS AN INSATIABLE NEED FOR ATTENTION.

AND IT STARTED WITH HIM CALLING ME OUT AND STARTING AN ONLINE

PETITION TO GET ME TO COME BACK TO WOLVERINE.

I KNOW HIM, I AM LIKE COME ON, BACK IT OFF.

JUST BACK THIS OFF.

AND HE JUST WON'T LET IT GO, LIKE EYE DOG WITH A BONE.

SO WE JUST KEEP GOING AND GOING.

AND ANY ADVICE FROM YOU OR ANYONE WATCHING OF HOW I CAN

ACTUALLY SORT OF-- HE'S GUM ON MY SHOE.

I MEAN LIKE I SAY THAT IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY.

>> James: REALLY?

BUT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE CALLED A TRUCE.

YOU HAVE CALLED A TRUCE.

>> NO, WE HAVEN'T.

SO THE ALL IN CHALLENGE WHICH IS AMAZING AND BENEFITS FIVE

DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITIES LIKE NO KID HUNGLY,

WHICH I LOVE, WHICH IS FEEDING PEOPLE, WITH FOOD INSECURITY, I

LOVE THAT.

AND THE IDEA CAME TO DO SOMETHING WITH RYAN FOR THAT AND

IT IS LITERALLY SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THAT.

THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY GET HIM TO COME

TOGETHER.

>> WE TRIED TO DO A TRUCE AND IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK OUT.

WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.

WE ARE GOING TO DO A LEMON AID STAND TOGETHER WITH RYAN.

>> James: ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE.

>> RIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LEMONADE STAND.

OF COURSE HI THE IDEA THAT OF COURSE WE SHOULD BE OPPOSING

LIKE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET.

SOI DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO HIM THE WHOLE TIME BUT WE'RE GOING

TO DO IT TOSMGHT WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER.

I WILL BRING MY MATURE ASSAULT AND BE A GROWN UP.

>> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE A PERMANENT

THING AFTER THAT, OR IT MIGHT OPEN UP AGAIN.

>> HERE IS WHAT MI PREPARED TO PUT ON THE TABLE.

AND YOU CAN TELL HIM, I AM PREPARED FOR THIS TO BE A TRUTH.

>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR, TRUTH IS NOT FRIENDSHIP, TRUTH IS

NOT-- TRUTH IS NOT GETTING TOGETHER.

BLAKE IS WELCOME TO COME OVER ANY TIME, BLAKE, COME OVER ANY

TIME, BRING THE KIDS OR BABYSIT THE KIDS, LOVE THE KIDS BUT JUST

A TRUCE, THAT'S IT.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN, THAT KIND OF-- THAT SEEMS GROWN

UP.

>> James: I THINK THAT SOUNDS PRETTY REASONABLE.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

YOU MENTIONED WOLVERINE, IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS, 20 YEARS SINCE

WOLVERINE CAME OUT.

BECAUSE CAN I REMEMBER SEEING YOU IN OKLAHOMA IN THE WEST END.

AND THEN I THINK IT WAS-- IS IT THE NATIONAL, YOU MOVED TO THE

WEST ENDS.

>> TO THE LYCEUM.

>> AND THEN THE NEXT THING I KNEW THIS GUY WAS LIKE WOLVERINE

AND THE X-MEN AND I COULDN'T PUT THE TWO TOGETHER FOR A MOMENT.

HOW DID YOUR LIFE CHANGE WHEN X-MEN CAME OUT.

>> BY THE WAY, WHEN I AUDITIONED FOR WOLVERINE I HAD THE PERM,

BECAUSE I WAS PLAYING CURLY, SO I WORE A BASEBALL CAP TO THE

AUDITION.

AND CASTING AGENTS, I WAS IN LONDON.

I HAD TO RACE BETWEEN THE MATINEE ON A WEDNESDAY AND THE

EVENING SHOW, I RAN INTO SOHO AND DID THE AUDITION AND I DID

THE FIRST TAKE, CUT, MR. JACKMAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD

PROBABLY LOSE THE BASEBALL CAP, ST REALLY NOT WOLVERINE.

I SAID OKAY.

I PUT IT BACK ON-- I TOOK IT OFF-- PUT IT BACK ON.

SO EVERYTHING CHANGED.

IN MANY, MANY WAYS IT ALL CHANGED.

BUT NOT, EVEN WHEN I WAS FILMING IT, OF COURSE THINGS CHANGED IN

A WAY, LIKE THINGS HAD BEGUN FOR ME BUT THERE WAS NO SENSE THAT

MOVIE WAS GOING TO BE A HIT, HI FRIENDS OF MINE IN HOLLYWOOD WHO

ARE LIKE MAKE SURE YOU BOOK ANOTHER FILM BEFORE THIS COMES

OUT, BECAUSE THE WORD ON THE STREET IS IT IS NOT GOOD, SO AT

LEAST YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE TO HAVE ANOTHER SHOT.

SO I WENT AUDITIONING AFTER WE FINISHED THE FIM AND I WAS IN A

ROOM WITH 30 PEOPLE, AND I REMEMBER DEB AND I WERE NO NEW

YORK, I WAS SHOOTING SOMEONE LIKE YOU FOR GOLDWYN AND WE WERE

ON-- WE WERE ON THE STOOP AND ALL THE PHONE CALLS STARTED

COMING IN.

ABOUT THE BOX OFFICE AND HOW MUCH OF A HIT, LIKE ONE AFTER

THE OTHER AFTER ANOTHER.

WE WERE SITTING ON THE STEP AND SHE GOES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO

BE DIFFERENT.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE FROM HERE.

AND I WAS LIKE NO, NO, SHE GOES TRUST ME, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO

BE DIFFERENT.

AND SHOCK HORROR, SHE WAS RIGHT.

>> James: WELL, AND FROM THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT I

THINK ST MAYBE MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCE OF YOURS I HAVE SEEN

ON SCREEN, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I FAN I

AM.

BUT YOUR PERFORMANCE IN BAD EDUCATION IS COMPLETELY

BRILLIANT.

AND CAN I NOT-- WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS MOVIE THE OTHER DAY.