Danny McBride on Alien: Covenant and the Future of 'Eastbound & Down'

>>> HEY, HEY, WE GOT COMPANY!
>> WHAT?
>> WE GOT COMPANY!
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHIP!
♪
♪
>> HOLD ON!
HOLY --
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: THAT IS DANNY McBRIDE
IN "ALIEN: COVENANT."
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
IF I WAS IN A SITUATION LIKE
THAT, I KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING A
ROLE, BUT IF THE ALIEN WAS
BANGING ON THE GLASS AND I WAS
FLYING WHATEVER THAT WAS, I'D
JUST LET IT KILL ME, CRASH THE
THING AND DIE.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S NOT IN THE
HANDBOOK?
>> NO.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE COOL THING
ABOUT RIDLEY SCOTT, YOU'RE NOT
JUST ACTING IN FRONT OF A GREEN
SCREEN, LIKE HE BUILDS
EVERYTHING.
THAT SHIP, THEY BUILT THAT.
I WENT TO THE SET AND THAT SHIP
WAS SITTING THERE.
IT WAS ON THIS LIKE 50-FOOT
GIMBOL, THEY'D TAKE IT INTO THE
AIR, SHAKE IT.
FOUR DAYS I'M STRAPPED INTO THIS
THING HAVING MY GUT SHAKEN OUT
GOING UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.
IT WAS AWESOME.
>> Jimmy: SOUNDED LIKE A
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
>> IT WAS REALLY AWESOME.
>> Jimmy: WHERE DID YOU SHOOT?
>> AUSTRALIA, A LONG WAY FROM
HOME.
>> Jimmy: YEAH.
>> BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
EVEN THINGS LIKE THE ALIEN.
MOST VISUAL EFFECTS THEY'RE
MAKING YOU BE CHASED BY A TENNIS
BALL.
BUT HERE RIDLEY LITERALLY PUTS
LIKE A 6'5" CONTORTIONIST IN THE
ALIEN COSTUME AND CUTS HIM LOOSE
AFTER YOU.
>> Jimmy: DID IT SCARE YOU AT
ALL?
>> IT TOTALLY SCARED ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
YOU SIT THERE LIKE, OH, WE'RE
JUST -- PRETEND, IT'S FINE.
THEN YOU SEE IT.
OH MY GOD, THAT'S THE ALIEN!
>> Jimmy: THEN YOU'RE HAVING
LUNCH AFTERWARDS.
>> HE'S SITTING THERE WITH HIS
HEAD OFF TEXTING.
>> Jimmy: HAVE YOU SHOT IN
FAR-AWAY LOCATIONS BEFORE?
>> I HAVE.
I DID -- THE FURTHEST IS I SHOT
"ROCK THE CASBAH" IN MARRAKECH
IN MOROCCO.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT, BILL
MURRAY.
>> BILL MURRAY.
I'M A GOOD FLIER BUT I JUST GET
REAL SENSITIVE WEIRDLY WHEN I
FLY, THINKING ABOUT DYING THE
WHOLE TIME.
AND I'M SENDING TEXT MESSAGES TO
EVERYONE I KNOW.
I REALLY LOVED OUR FRIENDSHIP.
I'M ON A FLIGHT.
SO I LANDED IN MOROCCO.
AND I WAS PRETTY TIRED AND WORN
OUT.
AND YOU COME TO THE CUSTOMS
AREA.
LIKE THE GUYS ARE NO JOKE.
IT'S LIKE THERE'S GUARDS THERE
WITH AK-47s.
>> Jimmy: RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE WAITING IN LINE WITH
YOUR PASSPORT.
AND I WAS TRYING TO WALK A LINE
AND BE COMPLETELY RESPECTFUL AND
NOT HAVE THEM THROW ME OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
AND SO I GO THROUGH CUSTOMS.
AND THE LADY THAT'S BEHIND THE
CUSTOMS COUNTER IS STARING ME UP
AND DOWN, REAL STERN.
OH MY GOD, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I'M LOOKING AT THESE GUYS WITH
GUNS.
SHE LOOKS AT MY PASS PORT.
STAMPS EVERYTHING.
HANDS IT BACK TO ME.
WITHOUT SMILING IS LIKE,
"WELCOME TO MOROCCO, KENNY
POWERS."
[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: WOW.
>> YES.
SO THERE ARE FANS THERE.
>> Jimmy: THAT COULD BE THE BIG
SCREEN ADAPTATION.
>> MAYBE, YEAH.
"WELCOME TO MOROCCO, KENNY
POWERS."
WILL THERE BE ANOTHER SEASON OF
"EASTBOUND AND DOWN"?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE'RE GETTING "AMERICAN IDOL."
.
>> I THINK WE INTERVIEWED
OURSELVES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D TOP KENNY
POW OTHERS A HOVER BIKE IN
AFRICA ENDING THE SERIES.
>> Jimmy: BASE WOULD BE A GOOD
PLACE FOR KENNY, SPACE.
>> OR MOROCCO.
>> Jimmy: VERY GOOD TO SEE YO

Danny McBride on Alien: Covenant and the Future of 'Eastbound & Down'

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