Jamie Campbell Bower Smells Jimmy, Shows Off His Stranger Things and Rings of Power Prosthetics — Transcript

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1. 0:01-You're a stud. You're a stud. Welcome back to the show.
2. 0:03Always great to see you. -Thank you.
3. 0:06-Last time you were here, we were talking about
4. 0:07the final episode of "Stranger Things."
5. 0:09You famously played Vecna. -I did.
6. 0:12-And do fans still come up to you and ask you all questions?
7. 0:16-They do. -We got in trouble last time
8. 0:19because you remember I did that little video
9. 0:21where we were sort of doing the exercise routine?
10. 0:24-Yes. -As Vecna.
11. 0:25There was this thing about conformity-gate
12. 0:27where they thought there was going to be a ninth episode
13. 0:29of "Stranger Things." -That's correct.
14. 0:30-They took that as confirmation
15. 0:32that there was going to be a ninth episode.
16. 0:34I'm sorry, everyone. -I apologize.
17. 0:37-Forgive us. -That was our fault.
18. 0:38I apologize. No way. -Yeah way.
19. 0:41But, you know, a lot of people have asked a lot of questions,
20. 0:44and, um, I've come here today with a promise that I have --
21. 0:49I need to keep. -Oh, yeah.
22. 0:51-My dad got really sick about four years ago,
23. 0:53and I went to the hospital that looked after him
24. 0:56about two weeks ago and met with the staff
25. 0:59who looked after him, who are amazing.
26. 1:01Shout-out to you guys. Thank you so much.
27. 1:03You're incredible.
28. 1:04[ Cheers and applause ]
29. 1:06I also got to meet with some patients, as well,
30. 1:08some young patients.
31. 1:10And I met a young person called Grace.
32. 1:12And I said, "Grace, do you have any questions?"
33. 1:13And Grace said, "Yes, I do have a question for you.
34. 1:15You've been on 'Jimmy Fallon,'"
35. 1:17and I said, "I have. I've been on 'Jimmy Fallon' two times,
36. 1:19and I'm actually going back for a third time in October."
37. 1:21And she said, "What does Jimmy Fallon smell like?"
38. 1:24[ Laughter ]
39. 1:26[ Drumroll ]
40. 1:28So I'm here today to answer the question for Grace.
41. 1:32Grace, this is for you. If you don't mind, Jimmy,
42. 1:34I didn't know what to say because I'm always a bit nervous
43. 1:36when I come on the show.
44. 1:37So, if you don't mind, I'd like to give you a sniff,
45. 1:40and then we can tell Grace what you smell like.
46. 1:43[ Cheers and applause ]
47. 1:45Would that be okay? -Yeah. I mean,
48. 1:46yeah, absolutely. -Amazing. Thank you so much.
49. 1:49[ Sniffing ]
50. 1:50[ Cheers and applause ]
51. 1:53[ Laughing ]
52. 1:55-What...? -Well...
53. 1:57[ Laughter ]
54. 1:59In the spirit of the season, you smell like fall.
55. 2:03-I do? -You do. You smell like --
56. 2:04-Like, an autumnal... -Sort of an autumnal,
57. 2:07uh, overtones with, um -- with -- with notes
58. 2:10of pumpkin spice latte.
59. 2:12[ Laughter and applause ]
60. 2:15-Yeah, that's right.
61. 2:16People throw them at me all day when I walk to work.
62. 2:19[ Laughter ] They throw pumpkin spice lattes.
63. 2:21Do I -- do I have, like, a nutmeg-y cinnamon vibe?
64. 2:24-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like sort of wholesome and warm.
65. 2:26-I don't really -- I don't wear anything or do any, uh,
66. 2:30colognes or any of that stuff or perfumes or anything.
67. 2:32-Natural musk. Lucky you.
68. 2:34[ Laughter ]
69. 2:38-"Natural musk." That's correct.
70. 2:41You smell amazing, by the way.
71. 2:43-Thank you. It's fatigue and nicotine.
72. 2:46[ Laughter ]
73. 2:49-Oh, my God.
74. 2:50[ Laughs ]
75. 2:52That's my favorite brand. Uh, I...
76. 2:54[ Laughter ]
77. 2:55I was going to get into some things
78. 2:57because I know that you're very musical,
79. 2:59and you learned a lot of instruments as you were a kid.
80. 3:01Were your parents musical? -Yeah.
81. 3:03My mom works in the music industry.
82. 3:05My dad has got zero musical talent.
83. 3:08Um, but my brother and I were very musical growing up.
84. 3:11I learnt violin when I was like 4 or 3,
85. 3:14learnt via Suzuki method, which is you learn by ear.
86. 3:17-By ear. -Yeah, exactly.
87. 3:18Which I'm so grateful for.
88. 3:20And then, I played the trumpet,
89. 3:22the French horn, and the trombone.
90. 3:25Uh... -Wow.
91. 3:26-Yeah. My lips are quite large,
92. 3:28so I just kept... [ Laughter ]
93. 3:30I kept going up in mouthpiece size.
94. 3:32[ Laughter ]
95. 3:34And then, I wanted to -- and then, I wanted to be, like--
96. 3:37you know, I wanted to play rock music and play the drums
97. 3:39and play the guitar, and my parents said to me --
98. 3:41I begged them for lessons, and my parents said,
99. 3:44you know, "You teach yourself.
100. 3:46The best people we work with are people who are self-taught."
101. 3:49So I bought my neighbor's really bad Pearl drum kit,
102. 3:53set that up in my garage,
103. 3:55and just made absolute trash, hell noise.
104. 3:58Yeah, yeah, exactly.
105. 4:00-That's rock and roll. That's the way to do it.
106. 4:02[ Cheers and applause ]
107. 4:03Because I saw a photo of you,
108. 4:06uh, and I just wanted to show this,
109. 4:08because it was you DJ'ing at San Diego Comic-Con.
110. 4:12And, uh... [ Cheers and applause ]
111. 4:14I didn't know you could do that.
112. 4:16I was like, "I know he's musical, but does he...?"
113. 4:18You know how to DJ? -Apparently so.
114. 4:20-Wow. -Apparently so.
115. 4:22-Really? -I mean, we used to --
116. 4:24When I was like 18, there was a big music scene in London,
117. 4:27and we used to -- There still is,
118. 4:29but this was at the time it was sort of like indie music,
119. 4:30and we used to DJ a lot.
120. 4:32And then, Amazon called me and said, "Would you like to DJ?"
121. 4:35And people I worked with went, "We're assuming this is a no,"
122. 4:38and I went, "No, this is a definite yes.
123. 4:40This sounds like chaos."
124. 4:41But it's been so long that I didn't realize
125. 4:43that now we have to use, like, USB sticks.
126. 4:45I was like, "Is it gonna be a CD or am I bringing vinyl?"
127. 4:48They were like, "You can bring your little USB-C stick."
128. 4:50So, yeah, it was so --
129. 4:51-What do you come up with? Playlists?
130. 4:53I mean, I'm so lost when I see --
131. 4:54Questlove's a great DJ, but I get lost,
132. 4:57and I wouldn't know what to do.
133. 4:58I would just put on my playlist and walk away.
134. 5:01[ Laughter ] And go, "Enjoy."
135. 5:03Which is maybe what he does, you know?
136. 5:05[ Laughter ]
137. 5:07-I just sort of faked it for most of it.
138. 5:08I'm, like, just there pretending to do things.
139. 5:10No, but I -- -But do you get two playlists,
140. 5:12I'm assuming, and then you go from one song to the other one?
141. 5:15-Yeah. -Same BPMs and stuff?
142. 5:16-Well, you try, you try.
143. 5:18I mean, like, those who are good at it can do that.
144. 5:20I'm, you know, just a guy
145. 5:22that sort of just pushes the fader to one side and...
146. 5:23-You play this song, then that song.
147. 5:25But you have a good mix. -I try to, I try to.
148. 5:27I try to sit down and think about it, yeah.
149. 5:29-Next time, I want you to come on
150. 5:30and maybe do a little DJ'ing for us.
151. 5:32-You know I keep my promises. I'm keen.
152. 5:33-Yeah, right? You're good. -I'm keen, I'm keen.
153. 5:35[ Cheers and applause ]
154. 5:38So, you go to Comic-Con. Everyone's like,
155. 5:40"That's -- Vecna is here from 'Stranger Things,'"
156. 5:42but you're like, "No, even bigger now.
157. 5:44I'm joining 'Lord of the Rings.'"
158. 5:45Are you kidding me? "I'm in 'The Rings of Power.'"
159. 5:48Look at this.
160. 5:50Celeborn, the elf.
161. 5:52[ Cheers and applause ]
162. 5:53Celeborn!
163. 5:56You went from the most terrifying monster in existence
164. 6:00to the most coolest, nicest,
165. 6:03good-looking elf in "Lord of the Rings."
166. 6:07Your character -- You've called it a loverboy.
167. 6:09-Yeah, I did. Yeah. Yeah, he's so -- he's lovely.
168. 6:12I mean, you know, he's -- he's Galadriel's husband.
169. 6:15Galadriel, as we all know, is, you know,
170. 6:17famously played by Cate Blanchett --
171. 6:18in our show, played by Morfydd Clark,
172. 6:20who is amazing and wonderful.
173. 6:23I've been sort of in prison for the last two seasons.
174. 6:27Um, and, uh, she thinks that I'm dead.
175. 6:30And so I've sort of reappeared, and I'm like,
176. 6:32"Hey, I'm back. How are you doing?"
177. 6:34-Yeah, yeah. "I'm back. How are you doing?"
178. 6:36-"What's going on?"
179. 6:38-But you have the same visual effect person -- effects person
180. 6:41that did your makeup on "Stranger Things," as Vecna.
181. 6:44-Yeah. Barrie Gower, who is amazing. Yeah.
182. 6:46-Must be fun. -It's amazing. It's incredible.
183. 6:48I mean, let's be honest, like Vecna, incredible, awesome.
184. 6:52Did take a long time to put on -- about 7 1/2 hours.
185. 6:55[ Audience "Oohs" ]
186. 6:57Thank you very much. -Yeah.
187. 6:58[ Laughter ] I couldn't even imagine that
188. 7:01and then acting on top of that, by the way.
189. 7:03So, well done, by the way. -Thank you.
190. 7:04-You deserve any award, every flower you can get.
191. 7:07-Thank you. -You are phenomenal.
192. 7:09-Thank you. That is so kind. -Even without the makeup,
193. 7:11you as Vecna, you were phenomenal.
194. 7:12-Thank you. -But you told me,
195. 7:14"I actually travel with -- uh, with some prosthetics."
196. 7:17-I do, I do, and I did --
197. 7:19I did bring them especially for you this time, as well.
198. 7:23-You're the best. -So, funny enough,
199. 7:25we're on tour, at the moment, for "Rings of Power," as well,
200. 7:28and we were just in Mexico City. We flew in this morning.
201. 7:31And upon arriving in Mexico City,
202. 7:33my bags got searched, and I could tell --
203. 7:37that when I sort of rocked up, I could tell
204. 7:38that the person searching my bag was a fan
205. 7:40because they went, "Vecna, right?"
206. 7:42And I was like... [ Laughter ]
207. 7:44"Jamie, but, yeah, Vecna." [ Laughter ]
208. 7:46And I was like, "I actually have, in my bag,
209. 7:49some prosthetic pieces,
210. 7:50one of which is the hand of Vecna and some ears
211. 7:53from this 'Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power' show.
212. 7:56Would you like to see them?"
213. 7:57And she was elated. And I tell you what,
214. 7:59it was the quickest bag search I've ever had.
215. 8:00So thank you so much. -Yeah. Good job.
216. 8:02-But I brought them with me, and I thought it would be fun
217. 8:04if maybe I could show you them? -Yes, let's see them right now.
218. 8:07-Amazing. -This is amazing.
219. 8:09[ Cheers and applause ]
220. 8:14-So, here's the hand. Here's Vecna's hand.
221. 8:16-That's the real Vecna hand?
222. 8:18-That is the -- that is the real Vecna hand.
223. 8:20Probably one of maybe a few in existence.
224. 8:24And funny enough,
225. 8:26all of these pieces will eventually just disintegrate.
226. 8:29They're made of foam latex.
227. 8:30So, you know, they -- -They won't last.
228. 8:31-They won't last. -No matter what you do to them.
229. 8:33-Exactly. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, all that good stuff.
230. 8:36-Do you mind? Can I -- -Please, please, have a go.
231. 8:38Fill your boots. -Wow.
232. 8:41It feels so real. I can't even tell you.
233. 8:44I mean, whatever this real would feel like,
234. 8:46but it feels like... [ Laughter ]
235. 8:47It feels like a hand.
236. 8:49Feels like it has a zipper.
237. 8:50You have a zipper here on the side?
238. 8:51-Yeah, a little zipper to make it easy to get in and out of.
239. 8:54And it's not always that, um...
240. 8:57uh, flaccid?
241. 8:59Uh... [ Laughter
242. 9:01I it has a -- -It's more erect?
243. 9:03[ Laughter ] -Yeah, it's firmer, firmer.
244. 9:05-Firmer, yes. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
245. 9:07There's a mechanical piece inside it that I normally wear.
246. 9:10-You got to do what you got to do sometimes, you know?
247. 9:12[ Laughter ]
248. 9:14The technology has come a long way.
249. 9:17And whenever -- If you have any problems,
250. 9:18it's not embarrassing.
251. 9:19You can just talk to your doctor, and...
252. 9:21[ Laughter ]
253. 9:22If your Vecna hand --
254. 9:25if your Vecna hand stays up for more than five hours...
255. 9:28[ Laughter ]
256. 9:30...you should call your doctor. And then --
257. 9:32-"If you, too, suffer with flaccid Vecna..."
258. 9:33[ Laughter ]
259. 9:35-That's amazing. -Yeah.
260. 9:36And then, what are these?
261. 9:37-And these are ears from the actual show.
262. 9:40So, these are -- I mean, here, please, feel free.
263. 9:43Take them out.
264. 9:45These are Celeborn's ears from the show.
265. 9:46I tend to steal things from movie sets.
266. 9:49And these are the actual ears. So they are --
267. 9:52They take a scan of our ears,
268. 9:54and then, from that, they build our own specific ears.
269. 9:57And that is Barrie Gower and the BGFX team,
270. 10:00who we adore and love.
271. 10:01So thank you so much, Barrie.
272. 10:03-Would you mind wearing...? -I would love to.
273. 10:04[ Cheers and applause ]
274. 10:07-Do you want me to help you? -Uh, maybe.
275. 10:09I mean, it's kind of difficult
276. 10:11'cause, normally, they're, like, glued on.
277. 10:13So let's see if I can just --
278. 10:14I might just have to kind of hold one.
279. 10:16In fact, I'll tell you what.
280. 10:17If I hold one on,
281. 10:19do you mind slipping the hand of Vecna on the other
282. 10:21so we can create some sort of terrifying monster?
283. 10:23-This has never been done. -Would that be okay?
284. 10:25-Yes, this is Vecna and "Lord of the Rings" together.
285. 10:28-Amazing. -Never been done.
286. 10:29-Okay, we'll call that in, Jimmy. That's fine, that's fine.
287. 10:31[ Laughter ]
288. 10:33-"We'll call that in," yes.
289. 10:35Am I -- -This is a travesty?
290. 10:36-No, no.
291. 10:38-This is what it's like at work, as well.
292. 10:39That'll do. That'll do. There we go. That's lovely.
293. 10:42-That is -- -Wait. I ended up with an ear.
294. 10:44-That is sad. -No, it's not sad.
295. 10:46That's...scary. [ Laughter ]
296. 10:50No, that's all right. And you could hold the ear on.
297. 10:52And then I'll hold it from this side.
298. 10:53And then you get, like... -Fabulous.
299. 10:55-...a screen grab. No, no, this is the ear?
300. 10:57Yeah. I'll put this here. -Okay, great.
301. 10:59-I'll hold this over there. -So here we are.
302. 11:02-I'll hide. And there you go.
303. 11:05[ Cheers and applause ]
304. 11:10Thank you so much for doing that.
305. 11:11-Thanks, Jimmy. [ Both laugh ]
306. 11:13-What is -- What can we say is happening
307. 11:16in this new "Rings of Power," "Lord of the Rings."
308. 11:18-So, this season picks up five years after
309. 11:21the end of season two. For those who know,
310. 11:24Sauron is on this quest to craft the One Ring, you know?
311. 11:29And this season, that is his sort of main drive, you know,
312. 11:31to destroy Middle Earth.
313. 11:33Um, Charlie Vickers, who is playing Sauron,
314. 11:36is amazing This season --
315. 11:38I've been a fan of the show for --
316. 11:39you know, since season one.
317. 11:41It's stepped up and up and up.
318. 11:42And this season sort of takes us towards
319. 11:44the sort of opening of those first movies
320. 11:47that we know and love so well that came out sort of 2000-ish.
321. 11:51-That's fantastic. I want to show a clip.
322. 11:53Here's Jamie Campbell Bower in
323. 11:55"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."
324. 11:57Take a look.
325. 11:59-It isn't polite to stare.
326. 12:02-I wasn't staring.
327. 12:05-Then what were you doing?
328. 12:09-Taking the air.
329. 12:14It's strange...
330. 12:16to make war in such a place, don't you think?
331. 12:18-Stranger still to celebrate it.
332. 12:23-Is that why you dance alone?
333. 12:25-I wasn't dancing.
334. 12:28I was sparring.
335. 12:31-Don't you suppose everyone would be better with a sword
336. 12:33if they sparred with somebody else?
337. 12:36-Oh, I am splendid with the sword.
338. 12:37-Well, as it turns out, I'm not so terrible a dancer.
339. 12:40-Ooh! [ Cheers and applause ]
340. 12:43Jamie Campbell Bower, everybody!
341. 12:45"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"
342. 12:47premieres November 11th on Prime Video.
343. 12:51We'll be right back with a performance from Angèle.
344. 12:54Stick around, everybody.