YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM COMEDIES LIKE
"EASTBOUND AND DOWN" AND "TROPIC THUNDER."
HIS NEW MOVIE, "ALIEN: COVENANT" IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> WE'VE GOT COMPANY!
WHAT?!
WE'VE GOT COMPANY, OTHER SIDE OF THE SHIP!
>> OPEN THE DOOR!
HOLD TIGHT!
I'M STARTING MY CLIMB!
HOLD ON!
>> AHHH!
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME DANNY McBRIDE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> OH, WOW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT WAS
FANTASTIC.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> IT'S A LITTLE FUNNY SPACE COMEDY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
JUST LIKE THE NORMAL STUFF I DO.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT A LITTLE COLD TODAY.
YOU WANT A LITTLE OF THIS ACTION.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I'M SUCH A BIG FAN OF YOURS,
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
I'M A HUGE FAN OF YOURS.
I SAW YOU IN TROPIC THUNDER.
I THOUGHT, WHO IS THAT?
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.
I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU ABOUT VICE PRINCIPALS.
>> TELL ME ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: VICE PRINCIPALS SHOOTS IN CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA, IN THE COUNTY, AND YOU JUST MOVED AND BOUGHT A
HOUSE IN CHARLESTON.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: THAT'S MY TOWN.
I KNOW, THAT'S WHY I MOVED THERE.
I DID THIS TO ORCHESTRATE A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND I.
>> Stephen: I'M UP FOR IT.
I'M GAME, TOO.
THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT PERFECTLY.
I TOLD MY WIFE THIS WAS GOING TO WORK.
>> Stephen: WHO SOLD YOU ON ME AND WHAT SIT ABOUT CHARLESTON,
THE TOWN?
>> I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND WHEN WE SCOUTED THAT
LOCATION FOR VICE PRINCIPALS, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
WE WERE GOING TO SHOOT THE SHOW.
I GOT ON THE PLANE AND HEARD SOMEONE CALL PI NAME AND IT WAS
BILL MURRAY AND HE SPENT THE WHOLE RIDE TELLING ME WHAT AN
INCREDIBLE CITY CHARLESTON WAS AND HOW WE SHOULD SHOOT OUR SHOW
THERE.
>> Stephen: SO BILL MURRAY CONVINCED YOU?
>> HE CONVINCED ME.
>> Stephen: HE'S NOT FROM CHARLESTON.
>> BUT HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M FROM CHARLESTON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO CLEAR THIS STUFF WITH ME.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS STUFF IN WILAMET, ILLINOIS, WHERE BILL IS
YOU CAN ASK HIM: ( LAUGHTER )
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN 22n 22nd OF AUGUST, SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, GOING ALL-RIGHT OVER CHARLESTON.
WE'LL HAVE TO PARTY.
>> ALL THE PERKS MOVING TO THIS TOWN.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE SOUTHERN, YOU GREW UP IN VIRGINIA.
>> SPOTSLEVAINIA, VIRGINIA.
>> Stephen: CIVIL WAR BATTLEGROUND?
>> I THINK IT IS THE BLOODIEST GROUND IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA.
THERE WERE SO MANY CIVIL WAR BATTLES THERE.
YEAH, IT TAKES THE RECORD.
IT WAS VERY COOL.
>> Stephen: HOW DID YOU GO FROM A KID IN SPOTSLEVAINIA
HANGING OUT, CAUSING TROUBLE, HOW DID YOU GO FROM THAT TO
BEING THE POWER HOUSE WHO IS DANNY McBRIDE?
HOW DID YOU GET INTO SHOW BUSINESS?
>> SOMETHING I ALWAYS ASK MYSELF.
I LOVED MOVIES WHEN I WAS A KID.
I WOULD TRY TO MAKE THEM ALL THE TIME.
>> Stephen: WITH YOUR FRIENDS?
WITH MY FRIENDS.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS HAD A VIDEO CAMERA IN SIXTH GRADE.
IT WAS OUR FIRST FILM CALLED "STAND BY ME 2".
>> Stephen: THE SEQUEL?
RAY BROKER, THE KID WHO'S DEAD IN THE FIRST ONE, COMES
BACK AS A ZOMBIE TO KILL ALL THE KIDS WHO SAW HIS DEAD BODY.
>> Stephen: TO GET REVENGE?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: SOUNDS LIKE A STEPHEN KING STORY.
>> YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.
IT WAS REALLY FUN.
WE GOT PRETTY WILD WITH IT.
EVERYONE PLAYED A CHARACTER.
I WAS GOREDY.
WE WERE SHOOTING MY DEATH SCENE AND ONE OF OUR OLDER BROTHERS
HAD A CAR.
I WAS, LIKE, JUST COME AT ME WITH THE CAR, NOT AT A FAST
SPEED, I'LL JUMP ON TO THE HOOD AND IT WILL BE FINE.
JUST GO SLOW.
NO, HE JUST -- I LITERALLY GOT HIT BY A CAR, ROLLED OFF THE
HOOD AND LIMPED HOME FOR DINNER.
MY MOM IS, LIKE, WHY ARE YOU LIMPING?
OH, JUST FINISHING THE MOVIE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DID YOU GET THE
SHOT?
>> OF COURSE.
>> Stephen: IS THERE ANY CHANCE THIS FILM WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE THE TO SEE SOME TIME?
>> I'M THE ONLY ONE WITH A COPY AND NO ONE WILL EVER SEE IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T BREAK
THROUGH TILL YOU WERE ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD, RIGHT?
>> ABOUT 28.
>> Stephen: WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE?
>> A PLETHORA OF THINGS.
A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, BARTENDER.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE FUN.
HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU JUST PUT ON "BRAVE HEART" AND GO, THIS IS
HISTORY?
>> EVERY DAY.
( LAUGHTER ) >
THEN I WENT THE LOS ANGELES, TRIED TO UP MY GAME.
I GOT A JOB AT THE HOLIDAY INN IN BURBANK AS THE NIGHT MANAGER.
I THOUGHT I COULD WRITE SCRIPTS >> Stephen: GRAVEYARD SHIFT?
YEAH, LIKE WHEN YOU COME IN AT 11:00 AT NIGHT.
I WAS THINKING HOW MUCH ACTION CAN A HOTEL SEE THAT LATE AT
NIGHT?
I'LL WRITE SCRIPTS ALL NIGHT LONG.
AS SOON AS I GOT THE JOB THERE, EVERYONE WAS TELLING ME HOW THE
TOP FLOOR WAS HAUNTED.
THE CRYSTAL VIEW LOUNGE, THERE WAS A GHOST UP THERE.
I SPENT ALL MY NIGHTS TRYING TO SUMMON THE GHOST.
I WOULD TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE TOP FLOOR AND WALK AROUND THE
TOP FLOOR.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU?
REVEAL YOURSELF TO ME!
( LAUGHTER ) SO FOR --
>> Stephen: DID IT WORK?
WELL, AT ONE POINT, IT DID WORK.
IT NEVER WORKED, THEN SUDDENLY, ONE NIGHT, I WAS OUT THERE DOING
IT, THINKING, ALL RIGHT, I'M NOT GOING TO SEE, THE GHOST IS A
LIE, AND I WAS IF THERE KIND OF WALKING AROUND, BEING KIND OF
FLIPPANT ABOUT IT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, JUST LIKE EVERYONE
TELLS YOU, THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED, IT GOT SUPER COLD AND I
FELT, LIKE, OH, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING IN HERE
RIGHT NOW.
SO I QUICKLY TURNED, HAULED AS BACK TO THE ELEVATOR, FEELING
SOMETHING IS BEHIND ME.
GET TO THE ELEVATOR.
NO ONE IS ON THE FLOOR EXCEPT ME BECAUSE I'M AN IDIOT AND IT'S
ALL DARK.
I HIT THE ELEVATOR BUTTON, IT OPENS, I GET INSIDE, IT CLOSES
AND THEN, BING!
IT OPENED BACK UP TO A DARK CORRIDOR AND I WAS LOOKING IN
THERE TERRIFIED, HITTING THE BUTTON TO CLOSE.
ON THE WAY DOWN, EVERY SINGLE FLOOR, THE ELEVATOR STOPPED AND
THERE WAS NO ONE ON ANY OF THEM, AND I QUIT SOON AFTER.
( LAUGHTER ) MY TIME PRETENDING TO BE JACK
NICHOLSON IS DONE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A LOW-RENT SHINING.
>> YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE NIGHT MANAGER.
( LAUGHTER ) OKAY.
I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
>> GIVE IT TO ME.
>> Stephen: ABOUT THE "ALIEN: COVENANT" THING.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
GREAT CAST, HEARING GREAT THINGS, BUT THIS -- WE ALREADY
SHOWED THE CLIP OF YOU AND THE ALIEN TRYING TO COME THROUGH THE
WINDSHIELD AT YOU.
>> YEAH, I DID THAT FOR REAL.
>> Stephen: OKAY, BUT THIS CLIP OF ONE OF THE TEASER
TRAILERS, THE MUSIC THAT YOU CHOSE, OR NOT YOU BUT THE MUSIC
CHOSEN IS REALLY UPSETTING, I FIND.
♪ ALMOST HEAVEN ♪ ♪ WEST VIRGINIA ♪
♪ BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS ♪ ♪ SHENANDOAH RIVER ♪
♪ COUNTRY ROADS ♪ ♪ TAKE ME HOME ♪
♪ TO THE PLACE ♪ ♪ I BELONG ♪
>> Stephen: WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
AHHH!
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> HOW DARE YOU!
>> Stephen: WHY?
WHY?
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO RUIN A PERFECTLY LOVELY SONG LIKE THAT?
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A MEMORY WITH ME DRIVING AROUND
WITH MY SISTER IN 1969 IN HER BOYFRIEND'S BLUE MUSTANG
CONVERTIBLE TO THAT SONG AND NOW FOREVER I WILL ONLY THINK OF
THIS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY RUINED FOR SURE.
>> Stephen: DANNY, LOVELY TO MEET YOU, MAN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: SEE YOU IN CHARLESTON.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: "ALIEN: COVENANT," OPENS THIS FRIDAY, DANNY
McBRIDE, EVERYBODY!