♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- jessica lange. star of broadway's "appropriate," actor corey stoll. an all-new "closer look."

featuring the 8g band with andy hurley. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. and now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. there was a total solar eclipse today over north america, and just as his vision return from the last one. [ laughter ] former president trump compared himself in a truth social post over the weekend to the late south african president nelson mandela, and if there's anything truth social users hate, it's when you make them google something. [ laughter ] after the earthquake in new york last week, georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor green said in a post on x, quote, "god is sending america strong signs to tell us to repent." "strong signs"? it was a 4.8. if that's a sign, then the f train has been telling us to repent for years. [ laughter ] south carolina senator tim scott on friday launched a new talk

show cohosted with four other black republicans. sorry, with the four other black republicans. [ light laughter ] while speaking at his palm beach fund raiser over the weekend, former president trump complained that immigrants aren't coming into the u.s. from, quote, "nice countries," like denmark, switzerland, or norway. and then at the end added, "or slovenia!" [ laughter ] former president trump attended a fund raiser over the weekend at the palm beach home of headge fund billionaire john paulson with former first lady melania trump, where she finally got to meet an actual billionaire. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] former president trump has reportedly told people in private that he could end the war in ukraine by pressuring the ukrainians to give up territory to russia. ah, yes, the guy who still claims he won in 2020 wants someone else to give up. [ laughter ] according to a new report, homeowners in florida pay five times more for insurance than the national average, presumably

because of the threat they face from hurricanes, flooding, sinkholes, and of course, other floridians. [ laughter ] a comic book featuring the first appearance of superman recently sold at auction for $6 million, while a comic book featuring the first appearance of aquaman was used as scrap paper to write down the bid. [ light laughter ] and finally, a firefighter in florida was arrested for indecent exposure after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman in a 7-eleven store. the last thing that place needs is another weird-looking weiner. and that -- [ laughter ] that was the monologue, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] we are off and running for you tonight. she is a tony, emmy, and academy award-winning actress who is currently starring in "mother play" at second stage's hayes theater here in new york. the one, the only, jessica lange will be here. [ cheers and applause ] and he is an incredible actor you know from "house of cards," "billions," and "ant-man."

he is in a fantastic play, "appropriate," at the belasco theatre also here in the city. i saw it and loved it. corey stoll will be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] but before we get to all that, i have a very exciting announcement. i want to mention a new podcast launched today, it's called "the lonely island and seth meyers podcast." [ cheers ] it's me and my friends and former "snl" buds, andy samberg, akiva schaffer, and jorma taccone, aka the lonely island. we'll be talking about our time at the show, that show being "snl." and episode by episode, we'll discuss how each digital short was made and what was going on at the show that week. why did we need another podcast? well, it's mainly an excuse for me to talk to these guys. please welcome via zoom andy samberg, akiva schaffer, and jorma taccone, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] here we go. >> hello. >> seth: hey, guys. hey, good to see you. this is very exciting. i can tell by your glasses. what did you guys think of the eclipse? >> the what? [ laughter ]

>> seth: what did you guys think of the eclipse you're wearing the glasses for? >> we are? this is just a fashion choice for us, seth. >> seth: so you're just wearing those glasses for fashion? >> literally no clue what you're talking about. [ light laughter ] >> seth: you're also -- i want to know, you're all kind of looking a little bit up. >> huh? [ light laughter ] >> seth: andy, if you don't know about the eclipse, why did you send this picture to me earlier today? [ laughter ] >> that's a.i. [ laughter ] >> seth: this isn't you? this is an a.i. photo? >> yeah, that's from the movie "a.i." [ laughter ] >> seth: oh. i can't believe you guys didn't know there was an eclipse today. >> can i be honest with you, seth? >> seth: yeah. >> i can't see [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] should we take -- >> seth: you're very -- so your argument is you're wearing these glasses for style and you can't

see [ bleep ] out of them and you just realized? >> we look great, though. >> is this good tv? [ light laughter ] >> seth: what? >> he asked if it's good tv. i'll answer that. no. >> no. >> seth: all right. >> count of three, take them off, guys. ready? >> i just did. [ laughter ] one, two, three. >> slow down, andy, slow down. >> you look great. >> one -- >> count of three, let's take them off. >> one, two -- i can't see [ bleep ]. >> one, two -- >> what the hell? [ laughter ] >> seth: this is great. this is really -- now -- >> can i tell you something? >> seth: andy -- >> can i tell you something? when your bros sell you out like that, it makes me feel sad. [ laughter ] aws >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] oh, no. did you find a new button on your zoom? >> yes. you're in trouble, seth. he discovered it finally. >> seth: this is very exciting. we launched a new podcast today. >> we did, finally. >> seth: and just for full

transparency, this is something that i've been excited about, akiva has been excited about, jorma has been excited about, and andy, why don't you tell everybody what you think about podcasts? >> i don't like them, and i don't think they're good. [ light laughter ] >> seth: and you've thought that from the beginning? >> yeah, from the jump. and as it's gone on, that has not changed. [ light laughter ] >> seth: right. so you just want the audience to know that we have got a new podcast, but you weren't excited about doing it, and you haven't gotten more excited while we've been doing it? >> yeah, that's correct. [ laughter ] but, it's about "snl"! yeah, man! [ cheers and applause ] whoo! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. >> whoo! >> seth: excuse me, are you using our podcast promo slot to say frisbee sucks? and also you've never given her a new post-it note? [ light laughter ] >> same post-it note. [ laughter ]

>> seth: akiva and jorma, i'll let you guys talk real quick about the podcast. have you at least enjoyed going back and remembering our time together on the show? >> yes, love it. it's my only opportunity to see friends, so, yeah, absolutely. >> i listened to episode one this morning, and i didn't like how i sounded on it. i don't like how i sound right now. i'm just going to get a lot quieter. [ light laughter ] quieter in life i think now. >> seth: gotcha. and andy, i noticed you put the glasses back on. [ laughter ] >> yeah, it's just 'cause, um, these guys are putting me to sleep, and i don't want anybody to see that my eyes are closed. >> save it for the podcast. >> seth: now, andy, i will say -- i mean, i think collectively, you might be the one that shows up with the lowest energy when we record our podcast, and sometimes it requires a lot of extra energy from us just to try to bring your energy up. >> that sounds right. but in an entertaining way. [ light laughter ] [ laughter ] >> seth: have you been --

>> seth, seth, seth, seth. seth, seth, seth, seth. >> seth: yeah? >> see if you can guess which digital short this is. you guys ready? one, two, three. [ thud ] [ light laughter ] i think i heard someone get it. >> seth: yeah. "laser cats." >> no! >> no! >> seth: what is it? >> in my pants. >> seth: oh, it's "[ bleep ] in my pants"? >> that could have been a laser cat in the background doing a laser cat. i think that's fair. >> seth: well -- >> let's do it a second time. let's do it a second time. guess which one this is. three, two, one. >> seth: oh, you're going to make us guess the same one we know? [ laughter ] >> this time, guess the other one this time. >> seth: "[ bleep ] in my pants"? >> no, "laser cats"! [ laughter ] you edit this, right? >> blew it, man! >> seth: so like, in general, do you think this is like the back and forth we had so far is going to make people more inclined to listen to the pod? [ laughter ] >> i don't think so.

>> seth: yeah. >> i mean, i think the timing on the pod is better than the delay that we're having here. >> seth: yeah, that's true. are you -- does it make you extra mad, andy, that we've released the podcast on the day of a historic eclipse? >> yeah. i do think that we have our priorities backwards. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] but like, in terms of rarity, the opposite of an eclipse is a new podcast? >> yeah. they basically come out every day, whereas an eclipse happens once every 50 years. >> seth: andy, be honest, how good was the eclipse? >> i would say, like, out of the eclipses i've seen -- [ light laughter ] >> seth: are you remembering them all now? [ laughter ] >> like second or third. [ laughter ] >> pretty good. >> yeah, it's -- i mean, pretty good or pretty bad, depending. >> seth: who took this picture? who did you make take this picture? >> my wife, joanna. she took it. >> seth: did she enjoy this bit?

was your wife laughing while she took this picture of you? >> i would say -- no. [ laughter ] >> seth: thank you for your honesty. you guys, i'm very excited. i have really enjoyed doing this podcast a great deal. i should also note, we started doing it like a year and a half ago. so if people are listening to it and we're talking about 2022, it's because we've been really [ bleep ] at scheduling them. [ light laughter ] >> really hard to get us all together. >> seth: so everybody should go check it out. it's lovely talking to you guys now. thank you so much for your -- and by the way, i think it speaks to how much you care about the podcast that not one of you got on a plane to come out here and promote it. [ laughter ] >> absolutely. >> we love you so much. yeah. >> you know what, it's a celebration! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> congratulations, seth. >> seth: check out "the lonely island and seth meyers podcast" on apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. [ cheers and applause ] and on april 15th, andy will be hosting a conversation with me at the dolby theatre in los angeles for a paleyfest

event celebrating our tenth anniversary of "late night." for tickets go to paleycenter.org. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back everybody to "late night." throughout his political career, donald trump has tried to cast himself as some sort of antiestablishment populist outsider. but this weekend, he held a fund raiser with a bunch of rich wall street donors where he promised to cut their taxes. for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: when he first launched his campaign in 2015, one of trump's big talking points was that he was unlike other politicians because he could use his own money to fund his

campaign, so he would never owe anyone else any favors. >> here's the good news. i'm very rich. i don't need anybody's money. it's nice. i don't need anybody's money. >> yeah. >> i'm using my own money. i'm not using the lobbyists, i'm not using donors. i don't care. i don't want their money. i don't need their money. i'm turning down millions of dollars for the campaign. >> from who? >> millions. everybody's offering me money, and i don't want it. so, i'm turning down millions of dollars. >> seth: i'm sure i've said this before, but really rich guys don't walk around telling people they're really rich. they say things like, "look, seth, you're not good in sketches." [ laughter ] also, there's no way donald trump has ever turned down millions of dollars in his life. if you tied a $5 bill to a roomba and let it loose in mar-a-lago, it would keep him preoccupied for the rest of his life. [ laughter ] also, he'd get stuck in a corner. [ laughter ] of course even back then, it was obvious that trump's act was all bull[ bleep ]. he was a billionaire serving the interest of billionaires who had spent decades immersed in the grimy back rooms of wall street and washington politics. sadly, the only people who were

willing to say that back in 2016 were far left woke america haters like this guy. >> donald trump is not an outsider. he is pretending to be an outsider. donald trump has been supporting the washington establishment, the washington corruption for four decades. so, to all the folks at home who are donald trump supporters who are furious with washington, i get that. but donald has been funding and supporting everything you're furious about. donald is going to cut a deal that favors wall street and big business and leaves the working man out in the cold. >> seth: whoah, i don't have my glasses on. is that chris hayes or rachel maddow? [ laughter ] ted cruz looked so much younger when his conscience was clean. [ laughter ] the second he endorsed donald trump, he aged like the picture of dorian gray. [ laughter ] the point is donald trump is a creature of the establishment and always has been. he's a billionaire serving the interest of other billionaires. after he won in 2016, one of the first things he did as president-elect was make a surprise appearance at a fancy

manhattan restaurant where he promised the wealthy patrons he would cut their taxes. >> president-elect donald trump seen here alongside his family at his gilded apartment in trump tower. last night, ditched the press to head to the opulent 21 club restaurant in midtown, manhattan. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> have a good meal. >> thank you. >> hi, mr. president-elect. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we'll get your taxes done. don't worry about it. >> thank you, sir! [ light laughter ] >> seth: oh, look at that down and dirty populist out there shaking hands with the common clay of america. people who eat hundred dollar steaks on a weeknight with cufflinks on. [ light laughter ] the only way trump could have been any happier is if he went table to table and took a bite of everyone's meal. "we'll get your taxes down, hopefully to as low as 5%, which incidentally is the same amount of your cheeseburger i'm now gonna eat." [ laughter ] trump's anti-establishment schtick was a scam back then. it's even more of a scam now. over the weekend, trump rubbed elbows with some of the richest people in the country at a palm beach fundraiser where he took in $50 million of that money he claimed he would never accept.

>> billionaires flocked to florida last night for a glitzy fundraiser to bolster trump's campaign coffers. donors were invited to give upwards of $824,600 per person. trump's campaign said it raised a whopping $50.5 million last night alone. now, no reporters were allowed, and trump didn't take any questions, but he did address the media before heading in. >> people are just wanting change. rich people want it, poor people want it. everybody wants change. our country is really doing poorly. we're a laughing-stock all over the world. we're going to get that changed very quickly. and this has been some incredible evening before it even starts. >> seth: "it's been an incredible evening. just look at how thrilled melania is to be here. [ laughter ] i know she looks super bummed, but trust me, that's her in a good mood. [ laughter ] what's a three out of ten happy face for most of us is a 9, 9.5 for mel here. show us a smile, mel. [ laughter ]

[ glass shattering ] i was worried that was going to happen." also, can we go back to this? >> people are just wanting change. rich people want it, poor people want it. >> seth: i love trump's little shoutout to poor people. like, he knows he's at an elite fund raiser with millionaires and billionaires, so he throws a little sop to the rest of his supporters. "let's not forget the poors. especially the mouth breathers who come to my rallies. i wish they could be here, but unfortunately, the dress code says flip flops and american flag shorts are not allowed." [ laughter ] trump continued to drone on about the fundraiser. >> the election's going to be in now a little more than six months. and it's going to be the most important, i believe, election we've ever had. i think it's going to go down as the most important date in the history of our country. that's november 5th, will be the most important date in the history of our country. >> seth: i think he's saying it's the most important date in our history because he doesn't know any other dates in our history. [ light laughter ] if you asked him what happened on the fourth of july, there's a good chance he'd say, "that's when tom cruise was born." [ laughter ]

and just to give you an idea of how elite this fundraiser was, check out the food they served. the evening's menu included an endive and frisee salad, filet au poivre, and pavlova with fresh berries for dessert. that menu had so many foreign words, i'm surprised he didn't have it deported. there's also -- [ laughter ] -- nothing on that menu donald trump would ever actually eat. or maybe those are secretly his favorite meals and his love of fast food is just a ruse for his supporters. after all, we've never seen him eat fast food. he just takes pictures with it like some kind of reverse instagram influencer. [ light laughter ] maybe that's a fake chicken top and underneath is just a bucket full of vichyssoise. [ light laughter ] vichyssoise would be his favorite soup. if you believe the steele dossier, we know he loves leeks. [ laughter and groans ] [ cheers and applause ] and that was a 7-year-old pee tape callback. [ air horn ] we felt like you guys deserved that because, you know, you missed the eclipse to be here. [ laughter ]

so, we thought we'd put in a 7-year-old joke dependent on people knowing leeks are an ingredient in vichyssoise. [ sad air horn ] [ laughter ] and just as he did in 2016, trump once again promised behind closed doors that his real priority was making sure his wealthy donors could keep more of their money. >> the former president made a policy promise to his donors last night, tax cuts, but what else? >> yeah. tax cuts among other things, allie. it was a big night for the former president off the campaign trail and into a big night of fundraising in palm beach, down the street from his mar-a-lago golf course. he did speak with some of the nation's wealthiest donors, around 100 of them, saying that he's going to extend these tax cuts. >> seth: of course he did. when he's talking to his supporters at rallies, he's ranting about bull[ bleep ] like voter fraud, or windmills killing birds, or woke libs turning christmas gay. but when he's behind closed doors with his rich buddies, he knows what they really want to hear. what happened to "i don't want

their money, i don't need their money?" trump's going to have to go back and edit some of those old clips to make them more accurate. >> everybody's offering me money. i want their money. i need their money. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with jessica lange, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. ground.] uneven [silence in the vehicle.] [car traversing over rocky ground] (vo) we got a subaru forester wilderness to discover all of the places that make us feel something more. [minimalist piano plays throughout.] [heavy sound of water coming from waterfall.] (vo) subaru is the national park foundation's largest corporate donor, helping expand access for all. get 2.9% apr financing for 72 months on a new 2024 forester, going on now. (vo) welcome to lobsterfest. is your party ready?

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: give it up for the 8g band right over there, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] sitting in on drums with us this week, he's a grammy-nominated musician who plays for multi-platinum selling rock band fall out boy. [ screams and applause ] the band is fresh off their massive worldwide headline tour, supporting their latest release "so much for stardust," which debuted as the number one rock album in the country. andy hurley is here, everybody. [ screams and applause ] thanks and welcome to the show, andy. >> thank you, seth. >> seth: our first guest tonight is a tony, emmy, and academy award-winning actress you know from movies like "cape fear," and "tootsie," and shows such as "feud" and "american horror story." she stars in "mother play," which is in previews now and opens on broadway april 25th at second stage's hayes theater. please welcome back to the show, the one, the only jessica lange, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause

>> seth: hello and welcome back. >> hello. i know. it's nice to be here. very nice. >> seth: it's nice to have you back in the studio. it's nice to have you back on broadway here in new york city. >> ah, yes. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: so, it's been about eight years since you did "a long day's journey." >> right. >> seth: does it take you about that long to forget how hard broadway is? >> yes, actually. [ light laughter ] by then your memory starts to fade and you think "i can do this." yeah, it's not -- [ light laughter ] and then you're in the thick of it and you think, "why? why did i sign up for this?" [ light laughter ] >> seth: now "long day's" was -- i mean, that is a play that is over four hours. >> yes. >> seth: so at least this is not that. >> no. >> seth: does it make it seem a little easier because the running time is shorter? >> well -- of course. i mean, you're not on stage for four hours every evening. but this play has a velocity to

it that is just like exhausting because it never stops. from the moment we -- and we're never off stage for more than like a fast, you know, off-stage costume change or something like that. so it's a bit like running a sprint. >> seth: right. >> rather than the marathon. >> seth: right, and both are very hard. >> very hard. [ light laughter ] >> seth: this is -- like you mentioned, you play "mother play." it is about a mother and her 2 children over the course of 40 years. >> mm-hmm, yeah. >> seth: tell us a little bit about it. >> well, it's paula vogel, who is the playwright, is an amazing writer. this is based on her experience, her mother, her brother, herself. and she tells this story of -- it -- i mean it deals with --- there's a lot of humor in it, so i don't want to make it sound like it's incredibly grim. [ light laughter ] >> seth: that is a problem with a lot of broadway plays. where you're like, "also, there are jokes." >> yeah.

there's a lot of laughter in the audience throughout the show. but it deals with really kind of heartbreaking familial experiences. >> seth: well it would be very funny if someone wrote a broadway show about a family through 40 years, and it was like, "everything went great." [ laughter ] >> yeah. not an unhappy day. >> seth: yeah, pretty -- pretty -- yeah, no incident in four decades. [ laughter ] >> yeah. true. >> seth: you know, i wanted to -- you know when you do eugene o'neill obviously, you know the text is set, right? this is a new play. you're in previews. >> yes, yes. >> seth: you obviously -- the playwright is around. you must find out in real time what works and what doesn't. >> yeah, i mean it's the first time i've ever done a new play. i've done williams, i've done o'neill, and i remember after my -- our first preview of "a streetcar named desire," the director came back and addressed the cast and said, "well, at least we know the play works." [ laughter ] it was like -- >> seth: that is a very funny

note to give a cast. >> yes. it was very encouraging. [ light laughter ] but you know with this, i mean, it's a brand new experience because i've never -- i've never worked on a absolutely new play, something that's never been seen before where the characters have not been created, and, you know, you're just finding your way through. the great thing about having paula is that she's there and it's kind of a living, breathing experience. where things are changed that don't work or things are added. and yeah, so its been -- it's -- and working with tina landau and the other two actors, celia keenan-bolger and jim parsons, has just been an extraordinary experience. >> seth: i would imagine, though, it does increase the level of difficulty in this preview process because -- >> ugh. [ laughter ] >> seth: based on that sigh, i can tell you disagree. uh, no, because you obviously learn your lines for a play, and then they're shifting and changing. >> yeah.

>> seth: i'm sure even when you know it's for the better, the change -- >> right. >> seth: -- it must just be a high wire. >> yeah, no it's --it is a little bit of a high wire act. you know, we're in our second week of previews now, just coming off one of those brutal five-show weekends. >> seth: i can't believe you do five shows in a weekend -- >> i know, it's just -- >> seth: and then come and do a talk show on a monday. are you insane? [ laughter ] >> i am. i thought, "who signed me up for this?" [ laughter ] >> seth: i went back and said "hi" to you and saw you getting in hair and makeup and i'm like, "you should be in bed!" >> i know. [ laughter ] i should be in bed. i know. but it's -- yeah. you come in and you have notes, you know, things are changing, maybe a line, couple lines, or something's been cut. yeah. yeah, so it's -- it is, it's a very fluid process. >> seth: you're also playing someone along -- you know where you're playing someone over 40 years. >> yes. >> seth: this is not -- there are no prosthetics. >> no. >> seth: theres no, you know giant makeup changes.

does that feel like a fun -- as an actor, does it feel fun to -- how am i going to effect my performance to show -- >> yes. it actually has been a great challenge. well, you have experience with "gray gardens," so -- >> seth: yeah. thank you for remembering. [ light laughter ] >> but we -- you know, when we were doing that, you would be in the makeup chair for sometimes, you know, four hours in the morning for prosthetics and everything else, wigs, you know. you alter your -- the way you look. but with this, it has to be all through the physicality of the actor and through -- like the energy. where is that energy placed, and the voice of course plays a huge part. so it's been -- i mean, i've really enjoyed it. >> seth: that's great -- >> i like playing 37 for some reason. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] somehow, i still remember what

that was like, but yeah. [ light laughter ] >> seth: that's why -- i mean, i would also like to get back there, jessica. >> yeah. >> seth: i'm not lying to you. you also -- we see through some very innovative set design work, five different apartments. >> yes. >> seth: you know some are not particularly nice. what were your -- your early days in new york city -- >> oh, my god. >> seth: you had a -- one of the more memorable sublets i've heard. [ laughs ] why did -- why did someone -- >> i shouldn't even laugh. it's -- well, yeah. i mean, i've had a few really sketchy apartments in new york. >> seth: yeah. >> one was a sublet in the west village. i think i at the time -- and it was quite a nice apartment. i mean, unfurnished and i had no furniture, so i lived there with no furniture for about several -- for about a year's time. [ light laughter ] but the reason she offered it to me, because i was staying at somebody else's apartment in the building, and then she asked me

if i wanted to sublet hers. it turns out she didn't want to live there anymore because she had been stabbed in the hallway. >> seth: yeah. [ audience ohs ] >> so -- >> seth: that's what i'd call a pretty good reason. [ laughter ] >> yeah. and she did tell me, but i thought -- >> seth: well, that's nice that she told you, yeah. [ laughter ] >> i thought, well, lightning's not going to strike twice. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> so i went ahead and signed up. >> seth: you should have a blog called "jessica's real estate tips." [ laughter ] >> yes, yes. >> seth: were you in new york when you first got cast in "king kong?" >> i was, yes. i was actually, um -- living in that apartment. >> seth: oh, there you go. so it was good luck too. [ laughter ] >> and uh -- >> seth: she was like -- that woman was like, "i get stabbed, she gets 'king kong.'" [ laughter ] >> yeah. there's no justice. [ laughter ] but, yes, i was -- i was in new york. i was -- i'm sure nobody remembers the lion's head.

i was working as a waitress -- [ claps ] oh, one person. [ scattered applause ] working as a waitress at the lion's head. a good night would have been maybe $25, and somebody said to me -- because they knew i was taking acting classes. i had just come back paris -- from living in paris for several years and was taking acting classes. and somebody said, "you should try modeling." and i thought, "well, maybe i could make a little more money." you know, besides waitressing, but i never did get a modeling job. but the person submitted me then, for an audition for "king kong." and, yeah, they flew me out there. which was really exciting. i went to mgm, which had always been like this childhood fantasy, my favorite studio. and went in to do this screen test, and they took one look at me and didn't want to like even put me on film.

but i thought, "well, hell, i've gotten a free trip to l.a." [ light laughter ] you know, how bad is that? but then, the agent back in new york said, "you know, you've flown her out there, just run some film." so they had the first a.d. just come down as kind of a, you know -- >> seth: just a courtesy for someone who got on the airplane. >> just a courtesy, yeah. and ran a little bit of film and they said, "would you just wait here for a minute?" and then the director showed up. and then a little while later, the producer showed up. and by the time i flew home, they'd given me the part. >> seth: that's unbelievable. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: and you know, it is -- we pulled them because, you know obviously so much -- and there's a new "king kong" film coming out soon, it's all -- >> i didn't know that. >> seth: it's a lot of cgi. >> yeah. >> seth: but yours was not -- you are --it was an animatronic hand that you spent a lot of the movie in. >> a big hydraulic hand. >> seth: yeah, there you go. [ cheers and applause ]

>> no wonder i look like i'm in distress. >> seth: yeah, exactly. they're like, "look like you hate the hand." you're like, "no problem." [ laughter ] well, they made a great choice. and it is so wonderful to have you here in the studio. >> it's great to see you again. >> seth: thank you for coming back. what an honor and delight. [ cheers and applause ] jessica lange, everybody. "mother play" is in previews now. it opens on broadway april 25th at second stage's hayes theater. we'll be right back with corey stoll. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis or active psoriatic arthritis, symptoms can sometimes take you out of the moment. now there's skyrizi, so you can show up with clearer skin... ...and show it off. ♪ nothing is everything ♪ with skyrizi, you could take each step with 90% clearer skin. and if you have psoriatic arthritis, skyrizi can help you get moving with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: our next guest is a talented actor you know from films such as "ant-man" and "the many saints of newark," and shows like "billions" and "house of cards." he stars in the fantastic play "appropriate," which is on broadway now at the belasco theatre through june 23rd. please welcome back to the show corey stoll, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> seth: now, i heard word that when you got to the building, and obviously we have our guests get here at a certain time to make sure they're here, but you also you went up on the roof and got a little eclipse in. >> yeah, yeah. my brother is a huge astronomy afficionado and he asked me "what are you doing when the eclipse is happening?" i said, "i'm going to be on seth meyers." and he was really offended.

[ light laughter ] so luckily i was able to squeeze that in. >> seth: well, tell him i'm very offended by that reaction. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, he said, "can't you do the interview on the roof or something?" >> seth: but did you actually get the glasses on and take a look? >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: and how was it? >> it was really cool. >> seth: okay, great. >> we didn't get to see the full totality here but -- >> seth: because there was a little -- did you have a little but of cloud cover? >> it was cloudy, but also in new york, we don't get the see the whole thing. >> seth: right. well, it's still the greatest city in the world. [ light laughter ] you grew up here. you're working here now. what is the thing new yorkers most approach you about when they see you on the street? is there one piece of your work that they are the most -- >> well, i mean, usually, they ask for directions. >> seth: okay, gotcha. [ laughter ] and you tell them what they should know you from. >> don't you know me? haven't you seen -- i would say "billions" now. >> seth: "billions"? they're very excit -- that's exciting. i would imagine new yorkers are very -- >> it's like a new york show. >> seth: yeah, and i imagine the more dressed up you are, the more they probably think "billions." >> yes. >> seth: yeah. this play is fantastic. i got to see it. it was so exciting. this is also a new play, and you were doing it off-broadway, and now you've just transitioned to broadway.

this is a genuine hit you guys have on your hands. >> it is, it is. it deserves to be. it's really -- >> seth: it's a really great play. [ cheers and applause ] at what part -- again, you do this a fair amount. did you -- when did you know it was special? >> the second the play started. >> seth: yeah. >> the second we started performances. you know, i mean, i knew it was a great play, and i knew in rehearsal that we had something good here. but then as soon as we saw the reaction of the audience, it was like, this is something special. >> seth: i will say when intermission hit, and i've been to a lot of broadway shows -- i think sometimes intermission hits and everybody stands up and they're all talking about different things. they're like, "what time is our dinner reservation after this?" you know, like in -- "you know the babysitter --" and everybody was just talking about how much they couldn't wait for the second act to start. do you feel like when the act ends -- the first act ends, there's the electricity in the audience? >> yeah. i mean, that first act starts like a shot and doesn't let up until the intermission. >> seth: is it unfair for me to ask you to explain the play? because it's one of those where -- it's not hard to follow when it's happening, but it's a

little bit tricky to describe. >> yeah. i mean, there's one big secret that we try not to share. >> seth: yes. >> calling it a spoiler sort of doesn't really give justice to what's happening. but there's a family, the three lafayette siblings were estranged. you know, the youngest brother has been gone for like ten years, and he left the family under very dark circumstances. and our father just died, and we are selling the family plantation, and we find amongst his belongings something very disturbing. >> seth: there -- i feel as though -- >> and it's very funny. >> seth: it is. [ laughter ] we just had this thing with jessica lange. same thing. you describe broadway shows. you're like, "also a lot of laughs." and there is a ton of laughs in this. >> yeah. >> seth: there's one of the biggest laughs i've heard at a broadway show where if i describe what the laugh is about, people would be like, "what?" and you know what i'm talking about. >> i do, i do. it's the biggest laugh i've ever gotten on stage. >> seth: the biggest laugh i've ever seen on stage. and it is so -- and the reason it gets such a big laugh is it's so -- the writing is so well-earned. it's not a cheap laugh at all. >> exactly, exactly.

the whole play was leading up to that. >> seth: you have -- it feels like your character over the course of the play becomes somebody -- i read an article about this, where people are rooting for you and then maybe they stop rooting for you. and is that another thing that you can tell on stage, when you're like sort of the hero? everybody maybe puts "hero" on you and then -- >> you know, i think -- i think every character is sort of like that in the play at some point. >> seth: that's true. >> you know? i think brandon jacobs jenkins, who wrote the play, brilliantly plays with how the audience identifies with somebody and then that person completely disappoints or offends everybody. and then you switch allegiance to somebody else, and then it just goes back and forth. and nobody is a hero, but nobody is entirely irredeemable. >> seth: well, it's also because it is about a generational thing. you also realize you are all -- you all are sort of the descendants of the person whose secrets you're finding out. and what you have to sort of fight through to deal with the secrets of the past. it's a very -- a very cool part of this play. >> yeah, yeah. i mean, it's about inheritance in every sense of the word. >> seth: have you ever been in a

play that has moved to a bigger theater like this? >> uh, no. >> seth: how is that part? is it -- does it feel like a different play being in a bigger space? >> it does. i can't quite figure out how. [ light laughter ] it's a bigger theater. it's airier. it's like this -- it's gorgeous, the belasco, it's got this huge ceiling and it's very wide. we got, you know, a couple hundred more people in the house. so the bigger laughs are bigger, but it sort of holds the sort of epic nature of the play better. >> seth: i would imagine, yeah, it would have no problem holding an audience's attention no matter how big that audience is. >> yeah, and even though this is -- you know, it's sort of in the tradition of like the great, you know, family yelling plays of america. [ light laughter ] and -- but it's also almost greek in that sense. it has that sort of -- >> seth: you're right. there is some great family yelling. i wonder. at some point i was like, "oh, i do feel like i'm home." [ light laughter ] we were just talking to jessica

about the long days, and you obviously have two show days. what do you do -- because, again, i would imagine this is a very emotionally taxing play. certainly it seems that way. during goodnights, i'm like, "oh my god, they've all just gone through the ringer." what do you do for sort of self care between the two shows? >> well, i've set up my dressing room like a bit of a spa. i've got a little fountain about that big. >> seth: oh, that's about as big as it fits in a broadway dressing room. >> weighted blanket. >> seth: oh, wow. >> diffuser. and i just -- >> seth: and do your cast mates know to -- that's corey's time? >> yes, yes. yeah. i make it clear that i need my space. >> seth: you were wonderful a few years ago in the "sopranos" prequel, "many saints of newark." you played young uncle junior. you were fantastic. >> thank you. >> seth: during the pandemic, i did a rewatch of that show with my wife. you'd watch -- had she ever seen it? >> my wife? >> seth: yeah. >> no. >> seth: okay so you -- and she was pregnant when you watched the "sopranos." >> that's right. >> that is a very stressful show to make someone with child watch.

>> yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] you know, other young parents will play mozart, you know, "baby einstein." >> seth: yeah. >> and we have people killing each other. >> seth: it would be really funny if when i met your kid, he's like, "hey --" i'm like, oh yeah, they were -- [ light laughter ] they were definitely watching "sopranos" when she was pregnant. >> he does like deli meats. >> seth: okay. well, that's good. and he calls it -- he calls it prosciutt. [ light laughter ] hey, thanks so much for being here. the play is so wonderful. congratulations on it. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, corey stoll! "appropriate" on broadway now at the belasco theatre. for tickets visit appropriateplay.com. and stick around, we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ if you're living with hiv, imagine being good to go without daily hiv pills. good to go off the grid. good to go nonstop. with cabenuva, there's no pausing for daily hiv pills. for adults who are undetectable,

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