Ewan McGregor Has A Four-Letter-Word For 'Beauty And The Beast' Haters

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST
GUEST TONIGHT CURRENTLY STARS AS AN ENDEARING CANDLESTICK IN
"BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" AND AN ENDEARING DRUG
ADDICT IN "T2 TRAINSPOTTING."
♪ ♪
>> GO, GO, GO!
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>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME EWAN McGREGOR!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> THAT WAS NICE.
WHERE ARE WE?
>> Stephen: WE'RE IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER RIGHT NOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER BEEN IN HERE.
>> Stephen: NEVER BEEN IN HERE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T COME HERE WHEN DAVE WAS HERE?
>> I NEVER LOOKED UP IF I DID.
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> Stephen: WE CHANGED THE CEILING.
>> WELL, IN THAT CASE, MAYBE I HAVE.
( LAUGHTER ) I LOVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE
PLACE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE KEPT IT AS COLD AS WE USED TO.
>> THAT DOES REMIND ME OF DAVE'S STUDIO.
>> Stephen: AS I SAID IN THE INTRO, YOU ARE PLAYING A TALKING
CANDLE STICK.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: AND A 40-YEAR-OLD HEROIN ADDICT IN THESE TWO
DIFFERENT FILMS.
WHICH ONE OF THESE THINGS IS MORE BELIEVABLE?
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE THE IDEA THAT ANY OF THE
GUYS FROM "TRAIN SPOTTING" ARE ALIVE IS PRETTY CRAZY.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S QUITE A STRETCH TO BELIEVE ME AS A CANDLESTICK.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: OH, I TOTALLY BUY YOU AS A CANDLESTICK.
>> THE TRUTH IS, RANT CLEANED UP HIS ACT OVER THE YEARS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CLEAN UP AFTER HEROIN AND GET OVER IT.
>> Stephen: THOSE GUYS ARE LIVING A PRETTY ROUGH LIFE
THERE.
THE FACT YOU PEOPLE IN T2 HAVE ALL YOUR TEETH IS SURPRISING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I DON'T THINK BOBBY HAS ALL
OF HIS THERE.
HE'S MISSING ONE, I THINK.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST," YOU PLAY A
CANDLESTICK.
HOW DOES ONE PREPARE AS AN ACTOR, HOW DOES ONE DO A RIDE
ALONG AS A CANDLESTICK?
>> MONTHS AND MONTHS OF RESEARCH.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY KNOW.
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT IS I SORT OF JUST SWANNED INTO IT
WITHOUT MUCH THOUGHT.
IT WAS A MISTAKE, AS IT TURNED OUT.
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH
A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH WOMAN FOR 23, -5, -4 YEARS, AND I THOUGHT
I COULD DO THE FRENCH ACCENT, WITH BULL I COULDN'T DO IT.
>> Stephen: YOU DID THE FRENCH ACCENT AS LUMIER AND YOU
COULDN'T DO IT?
>> IT WAS A BIT SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A BIT MEXICAN?
WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BEAST!
( LAUGHTER ) >> WE ARE GUESTS!
WE ARE GUESTS!
S-- ( LAUGHTER )
>> WE RECORDED IT BECAUSE I'M A CANDLESTICK.
WE GOT THERE BEFORE SHOOTING, RECORDED ALL THE DIALOGUE, AND
WHAT WE RECORDED WAS GOING TO BE PLAYED BACK ON SET FOR THE
AMAZING ACTORS TO LISTEN TO.
AND I LEFT GOING, OH, NO, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE
LISTENING.
>> Stephen: IS THIS JUST IN A RECORDING BOOTH OR WAS IT THE
SIR COZ WITH THE BLUE BALLS ON.
>> WE DID THE BLUE BALLS THING, WHICH IS A BIT OF WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE HERE ACTUALLY.
WE DID THE BALLS THING JUST TO GET MY MOVEMENT SO I COULD FEEL
A BIT LIKE ME, I GUESS.
THEN I RECORDED MY DIALOGUE.
WE DID IT TOGETHER IN A RECORDING STUDIO.
>> Stephen: WHO IS HE?
HE PLAYS COGSWORTH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE CHILDREN, SURAL YOU KNEW THIS MUSICAL
BEFORE YOU TOOK THE JOB, RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN?
>> OLDEST IS 21, MY YOUNGEST IS 6.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU ESCAPE FROM DISNEY, THE BLACK HOLE THAT
IS BE OUR GUEST?
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, THE ORIGINAL.
>> Stephen: IT'S VERY GOOD.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO.
I DON'T KNOW, IT WASN'T ONE THEY WATCHED.
>> Stephen: HAS IT NOT BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SCOTTISH?
>> NO.
NO.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT IT SHOULD BE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
O, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS QUITE HANDY IN A WAY BECAUSE
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY A PART THAT'S WELL KNOWN, IT'S GOOD YOU
DON'T KNOW IT SO IT CAN BE YOURS.
I DIDN'T TRY TO BE LIKE THE GUY WHO DID IT IN THE CARTOON IN THE
'90s.
>> Stephen: THERE IS A LITTLE CONTROVERSY IN THIS FILM.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF GAY SEX IN THE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERING )
THERE IS A LOT OF GAY SEX IN THIS CARTOON.
IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR ALABAMA, YOU SHOULD NOT GO AND
SEE THIS FILM!
WHAT WOULD JESUS THINK?!
>> Stephen: I'LL ASK HIM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT?
>> Stephen: NO, YOU SHOULD HAVE.
THERE ARE RUMORS HE HAS GAY PARTS.
>> HE'S A GAY CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: I THINK IT TURNS OUT THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY.
>> HE'S A GAY CHARACTER.
IT'S 2017.
FOR (BLEEP) SAKE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
IS THAT ANY OF YOUR DIALOGUE FROM THE FILM?
OR IS THAT -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> NO, NO.
>> Stephen: BUT IT IS SOME OF YOUR DIALOGUE FROM T2
TRAINSPOTTER.
>> SOME OF MY LIGHTER DIALOGUE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOW SPEAKING OF AN ACTOR, SOMEONE WHO'S COMMITTED
TO THEIR ROLE IN TRAINSPOTTING, YOUR CHARACTER LOVES THE
DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS HEROIN AND HAS TO KICK IT BUT KEEPS GETTING
SUCKED BACK IN.
DID YOU DO A RIDE-ALONG THERE?
DID YOU EVER SAY TO YOURSELF, WELL, IF I'M GOING TO PLAY A
HEROIN ADDICT I AT LEAST SHOULD KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THE
NOD.
>> I DID THINK ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
MOMENT IN TIME.
THE TRAINSPOTTING NOVEL WAS SORT OF A NOVEL OF OUR GENERATION IN
SCOTLAND AND FURTHER AFIELD I GUESS.
BUT IN SCOTLAND IT WAS LIKE THE BOOK OF OUR GENERATION.
AND WHEN WE ARE PREPARING TO MAKE THE MOVIE, I FELT LIKE IT
WAS -- IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BECOME WHAT IT HAD BECOME.
IT FELT THAT SPECIAL.
I WAS CONVINCED IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING PIECE OF WORK.
I DID THINK, I'VE NEVER DONE HEROIN AND IF I'M GOING TO
CONVINCINGLY PLAY A HEROIN ADDICT, IRKED TRY.
I HAD A NOTION OUR SCRIPT WRITER -- HE'S A DOCTOR -- AND I
THOUGHT, WELL, HE COULD GIVE US SOME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: REALLY?
YEAH, HE COULD GIVE US SOME.
>> Stephen: DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND HAVE HEROIN IS THIS.
>> I'M SURE THEIR ACCESS TO SOME SOMEWHERE.
>> Stephen: SURELY.
I THOUGHT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT SAFE.
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AND THEN I STARTED WORKING WITH DANNY
BOYLE AND WE WENT UP TO GLASGOW AND WORKED WITH RECOVERING
ADDICTS AND ONE GUY BECAME OUR HEROIN ADVISOR ON SET.
I WENT TO ONE OF THEIR RECOVERY MEETINGS AND I WATCHED THESE
YOUNG GUYS AND GIRLS COME IN AND I SAW THE EXTRAORDINARY
SUFFERING THEY WERE GOING THROUGH AND THE PAIN IN THEIR
EYES AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY DISRESPECTFUL TO THEM
FOR ME TO GO TRY HEROIN.
>> Stephen: TO DABBLE.
I DIDN'T NEED TO.
IT WASN'T NECESSARY.
SO I ASKED ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO
GIVE US THEIR TIME, AND I ASKED THEM TO DESCRIBE WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO WITHDRAW AND WHAT IT FELT LIKE WHEN YOU INJECTED
HEROIN.
I'M AN ACTOR AND I HAVE TO USE MY IMAGINATION, SO THAT'S WHAT
WE DID.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DISRESPECTFUL TO THEM TO HAVE
DONE THAT.
>> Stephen: WHEN I WATCHED TRAINSPOTTING, I NEEDED SOME OF
THE SUBTITLES FOR SOME OF THE SCENES.
IS THAT SCOTLAND'S REVENGE ON THE ENGLISH?
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, I THINK OUR MIDGEYS ARE
THE REVENGE.
THEY'RE TINY MOSQUITOES.
THEY'RE A NIGHT MAYOR.
NOBODY GOATS THERE BECAUSE THEY GET EATEN ALIVE BY THEM.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A SCOTTISH PHRASE YOU PARTICULARLY
LOVE THAT I PERHAPS WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANT IF YOU
SAID IT?
BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE FILM I'M ONLY GETTING THE
EMOTIONAL CONTENT FROM.
>> YES, WELL, I'LL COME ON TO THAT.
PARTLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, I THINK, WHEN WE MADE
THE FIRST TRAIN SPOTTING FILM, THEY ASKED US TO REDO THE FIRST
THIRD OF THE MOVIE TO MAKE IT SLIGHTLY LESS SCOTTISH.
>> Stephen: YOU DUBBED IT?
JUST THE FIRST THIRD, WE DUBBED SOME OF IT.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
IF YOU SEE THE BRITISH VERSION, BOBBY CARLISLE HAS A
MAJOR SCENE AND IT STARTS AT THE VOLLEY WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE
BUB AND THEY TIED IT UP SO YOU COULD SLIGHTLY UNDERSTAND HIM
AND IT RUINED IT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S
SAYING YOU GET THE POINT NOT TO GO NEAR HIM OR ANNOY HIM IN ANY
WAY.
SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT THIS TIME, BUT WHAT DANNY'S DONE IS HE HAS
DONE SOME SORT OF SLIGHTLY AMUSING SUBTITLING AROUND THE
BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE TO HELP THE AMERICAN EAR INTO THE
ACCENT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
BECAUSE IT'S AN ACT OF TRUST FOR THE FIRST FEW MINUTES.
>> YEAH.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY FAVORITE SCOTTISH PHRASE?
>> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO.
IT'S A BIT RUDE, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: SURE.
IT GOES LIKE THIS -- IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET HUNG FOR
STEALING A SHEEP YOU MIGHT AS WELL (BLEEP) IT AS WELL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: "T2 TRAINSPOTTING"
OPENS IN SELECT CITIES THIS FRIDAY.
EWAN McGREGOR, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FINN WITTROCK.

Ewan McGregor Has A Four-Letter-Word For 'Beauty And The Beast' Haters

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