SHE'S A TALENTED ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM THE "50 SHADES OF

GREY" MOVIES AND SO MUCH MORE.

BAD SCIENCE, THE EL ROYALE, AND SO MUCH MORE.

THE INCREDIBLE DAKOTA JOHNSON IS HERE TONIGHT. LOOK AT THIS

DRESS.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> HI.

>> James: IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> SO NICE TO SEE YOU VZ LOOK AT YOU.

YOU LOOK-- LOOK AT THIS DRESS.

>> THANKS, I GOT REALLY EXCITED TO LOOF MY HOUSE.

>> James: I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, YEAH.

>> SO I JUST BROUGHT OUT THE BIG GUNS.

>> James: I HAVE GOT TO SAY, IT IS A TRIUMPH, WOULDN'T YOU

SAY, GUYS?

TRIUMPH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: AND WHAT A DAY, WHAT A DAY FOR YOU TO BE HERE.

WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH ALL OF THESE, THE

INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, DID YOU WATCH THIS MORNING?

DID YOU ENJOY?

>> I WATCHED AS MUCH AS I COULD OF IT.

I MEAN NOT OH MY GOD, THAT SOUNDS SOD BA.

LIKE I-- .

>> James: NO, I JUST THOUGHT OH, YEAH, THEY STOLE THIS

ELECTION, IT IS A PANDEMIC, GET IT OFF.

>> NO, BUT HAVE I BEEN DOING TESTS, I WASN'T ABLE TO WATCH

THE WHOLE THING BUT I WATCHED THE GOOD BIT, THE IMPORTANT BIT.

>> James: I SKIPPED OUT AT THE THE DANCE-- IT IS NOT DISRESPECT

TO HIM, WE HAVE WORK TO DO.

YOU KNOW, THIS SHOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, TAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF

PLANNING.

WELL, I'M THRILLED THAT YOU ARE HERE.

SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY.

IT WAS A REAL MIX OF MUSIC TODAY AT THE INAUGURATION.

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DID A YOUNG DAKOTA JOHNSON, WHAT WAS HER

VIBE, WHAT DID YOU LISTEN?

>> WELL, I GREW UP IN A MUSICAL FAMILY.

MY BROTHERS ARE MUSICIANS, MY DAD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW

RELEASED AN ALBUM IN THE 80SST.

IT WAS PRETTY GOOD IT WAS ON AT ONE POINT, I THINK, WELL, IT IS

GOOD.

IT IS LIKE A SUPER '80S ALBUM.

THAT IS NOT THE POINT, THE POINT IS THAT I LISTENED TO A LOT OF

NIRVANA AND PEARL JAM AND THE STUFF THAT TEENAGE BOYS IN THE

'90S LISS BED TO.

>> James: SURE.

>> BUT THEN I WAS LIKE, I GOT TO STAY IN MY LANE SO I WENT FULL

SPICE GIRLS.

>> James: OH, FULL SPICE GIRLS.

WHO DIDN'T.

>> WHO DIDN'T, WHO WOULDN'T.

>> James: YES, 100 PERCENT.

DID YOU EVER GET TO MEET THEM?

>> I DID, I MET THEM.

WE WENT TO A CONCERT.

MY DAD TOOK ME AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND WE WENT BACKSTAGE

AND MET THEM AND THEY WERE GETTING READY AND THEY WERE ALL

IN THEIR ROBES AND HAIR AND MAKEUP.

I GOT A PICTURE WITH THEM.

AND THEN WE GOT THE PICTURE DEVELOPED AND IT WAS JUST ME AND

ALL OF THEIR HEADS WERE CUT OFF.

>> James: NO.

>> YEAH.

>> James: WHO TOOK THE PHOTO.

>> ME AND A BUNCH OF BOOBIES.

>> James: YOU AND FIVE WOMEN'S.

>> BOOBIES.

>> James: BOOBS IN ROBES, DID YOUR DAD TAKE THE PHOTO?

>> YEP.

>> James: THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

NOW I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, AND I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THIS OUT

TODAY, THAT YOU ARE A BIG FAN OF TATTOOS.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SURPRISED.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE SURPRISED EITHER.

>> James: I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN YOU, YOU KNOW.

>> MY WHOLE BODY.

>> James: YES.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN, LIKE YOU JUST DON'T STRIKE ME AS

A TATTOO FEEND.

>> I'M NOT A TA TOON FEENDZ, I HAVE 11.

>> James: I THINK THAT IS -- I THINK 11 IS FEEND, I THINK ANY

MORE THAN 8.

>> NOT IN 2021.

THAT IS CONSERVATIVE.

>> James: REALLY?

>> YES.

>> James: WHAT, WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

WHERE ARE THEY?

>> WELL, THERE ARE A FEW ON MY ARMS AND LUKE SOME OV RANDOM

ONES IN OTHER RANDOM PLACES.

>> James: OKAY.

>> THAT I REGRET.

>> James: DO YOU REGRET THEM.

>> I REGRET SOME OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST SILLY NOW.

>> James: LIKE WHAT, WHAT SORT OF SILLINESS.

>> WELL, ST NOT, ST LIKE TOO SERIOUS.

THERE IS ONE ON MY ARM THAT SAYS ACTIONS NOT WORDS IN LATIN.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, DON'T YOU HAVE A TATTOO SWRZ I HAVE ONE, YES.

>> CAN WE SEE IT.

>> James: YEAH, ST DOWN HERE IT IS ON MY LEG THERE, CAN YOU

SEE THAT?

>> WHAT DOES THAT SYMBOL MEAN?

>> James: WELL, IT MEANS.

>> ARE YOU SHUR YOU KNOW WHAT IT MANIES.

>> James: YEAH, THIS IS THE THING.

I THOUGHT IT MEANT, ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT IT MEANT TATTOO.

WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE FUNNY.

BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS WERE GETTING LIKE CHINESE SYMBOLS AND

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY IF I GOT THE CHINESE SYMBOL FOR

TATTOO.

IT UNITS OUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.

IT MEANS HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.

WHICH I'M NOT MAD AT.

BUT SOMEONE ELSE TOLD ME THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT MEAN CRANE.

>> LIKE A MACHINE OR A BIRD.

>> James: A MACHINE, YEAH.

>> THOSE ARE AT LOT OF WAY DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> James: I'M FINE WITH HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, PLEASED WITH

TATTOO, AND IF IT MEANS CRANE, I DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE TO SEE

ITNESS WITH CRANES ARE NICE.

>> James: WHAT DOES YOUR SAY ACTIONS NOT WORDS.

>> BECAUSE MY DAD USED TO SAY THAT TO ME WHEN I WAS A

TEENAGER.

AND I WOULD SAY I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND I NEVER DID IT AND THEN

SO HE ALSO SAID THAT IF I EVER GOT A TATTOO HE WOULD DISOWN ME.

SO.

>> James: HOW DID THAT WORK OUT.

>> WELL, I GOT A TATTOO OF THAT HE USED TO SAY.

>> James: VERY SMART.

>> BUT MY MOM TOOK ME TO GET MY FIRST TATTOO.

>> James: REALLY.

>> SHE ALSO TOOK ME TO GET MY BELLY BUTTON PIERCED WHEN I WAS

14 AND SHE ALSO GOT HER BELLY BUTTON PIERCED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM TELLING YOU THIS.

>> James: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU BOTH GOT YOUR BELLY BUTTONS PIERCED.

IS IT STILL IN, BELLY BUTTON PIERCING.

>> I THOUGHT YOU MEANT MINE.

I WAS LIKE NO.

>> James: NO, AS A VEUB, IS IT STILL IN.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> James: BECAUSE EVERYONE WENT NUTS FOR IT FOR AWHILE.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

WE SHOULD FIND OUT.

DID YOU WANT TO GET ONE?

>> James: NO, I COULDN'T GET ONE, NOT WITH MY STOMACH, THAT

WOULD BE A TERRIBLE, THAT IS WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT.

>> MAYBE NOT.

>> Reggie: THAT WOULD BE-- .

>> James: BELLY BUTTON PIERCINGS, ARE THEY STILL IN.

>> I WAS IN THE SEATTLE IN THE '90S SO A LOT OF SAW A LOT OF

PIERCINGS.

I WOULD SAY THAT ALL THE STUFF IN THE '90S IS COMING BACK.

>> James: IS IT COMING BACK.

>> YEAH, I THINK WE WILL SEE MIDRIFFS AND-- .

>> James: AND A HALFELS.

>> YES.

>> James: THERE WAS ALWAYS A GROUP OF GIRLS AND ONE GIRL HAD

GONE A BIT SEPTIC, A GREEN BIT AROUND HERE AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD

TAKE IT OUT.

IT HURTS TOO MUCH--OUT, DON'T TOUCH IT.

>> FOR JANEVEN, SHE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GOT ONE.

>> GOSH, THAT SIN TENSE.

>> James: WHAT ABOUT OTHER PIERCINGS.

I THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH ANY, THAT S SAID FOR ME.

>> NIPPLE?

>> James: NO.

>> EAR.

>> James: NO.

>> NO.

>> James: I DID EAR FORTH A PART AND THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS

16.

>> UP THERE SWRZ I THOUGHT I WOULD LOOK LIKE HIM, I DIDN'T,

IT WAS NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD.

>> James: I DON'T THINK CAN I GET ANY PIERCING NOW, I DON'T

THINK I COULD PULL ANY OF IT OFF.

>> YOU COULD PULL AN EYEBROW.

>> James: NO WAY.

>> YOU HAVE GREAT EYEBROWS.

>> James: I THINK I AGREE BUT IF I HAVE AN EYEBROW PIERCING,

I'M A DIFFERENT GUY.

I'M A DIFFERENT GUY.

YOU KNOW?

GUILLERMO, COULD I PULL IT OFF?

>> GO FOR IT, MAN.

>> James: NO WAY.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE IN YOUR

NEW FIM "OUR FRIEND."

FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT, TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND

WHO YOU PLAY.

>> IT IS ABOUT A COUPLE WHO THE WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL

CANCER.

AND THEY ARE BEST FRIEND MOVES IN WITH THEM TO SORT OF TAKE

CARE OF THEM AND HELP THEM THROUGH THE TIME.

AND IT IS KIND OF A TUMBLING OVER TIME OF THE YEARS WITH

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FRIEND.

AND IT IS REALLY ABOUT LOSS AND TRAGEDY BUT THE HUMOR OF THE

PAIN OF LIFE AND COMPASSION SWRZ NOW YOU PLAY A REAL PERSON IN

THIS FILM.

>> YEAH.

>> James: SHE IS-- HOW MUCH MORE OF A CHALLENGE IS THAT?

I IMAGINE THAT CAN BE QUITE STRESSFUL.

>> I THINK IT, I MEAN, IT IS STRESSFUL IN A COUPLE-- COUPLE

OF SENSES BUT ONE BECAUSE HER FAMILY WAS THERE AND HER

DAUGHTER, THEY FILMED IN THE TOWN THAT THEY LIVED AND THEY

STILL LIVE THERE.

SO THE WHOLE TOWN KIND OF KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND WHO WE WERE PLAYING AND HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF INTENSE.

BUT I DIDN'T FEEL PRESSURED TO EMULATE HER SPECIFICALLY LIKE I

WOULD IF IT WERE SOMEONE WHO WAS WIDELY KNOWN FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR

AND THEIR PERSONALITY.

IT WAS MORE LIKE I WANTED TO HER HEART TO BE AUTHENTIC.

I WANTED HER RELATIONSHIP TO BE AUTHENTIC.

AND I WANTED THE STORY TO FEEL REAL AND EVERYBODY, WE ALL KIND

OF AGREED THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO RATHER THAN

TRYING TO PREVEND-- PREVENT TO BE SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU JUST

CAN'T.

SOMETIMES SOMEBODY IS SO INCREDIBLE THAT YOU CAN'T

CAPTURE THEM PERFECTLY.

>> I THINK YOU'VE DONE THE MOST BRILLIANT JOB IN THIS FILM.

I FOUND IT REALLY, REALLY MOVING.