GENTLEMEN.

MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A THREE-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU

KNOW FROM "BREAKING BAD," "WESTWORLD," AND "BOJACK

HORSEMAN."

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," AARON PAUL!

HELLO, AARON.

>> HEY, MY FRIEND!

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN!

HEY, I WANT TO START THIS OFF.

CAN I JUST CONGRATULATE YOU ON IN AND OF ITSELF ON HULU?

I AM JUST SUCH A MASSIVE FAN OF DEREK'S VIDEO.

>> Stephen: DEREK IS AMAZING.

FRANK OZ DIRECTED IT WITH DEREK.

IT'S AMAZING.

IT'S KIND OF A MAGIC SHOW, BUT IT'S REALLY STORYTELLING AND

IT'S TRUTH-TELLING.

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

HE'S AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN BUT HE'S JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY

TELLER AND, YOU KNOW, HE TAKES YOU ON SUCH AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY

THAT YOU DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU KIND OF NEEDED AND WANTED.

AND, SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN "IN AND OF ITSELF," YOU HAVE TO

CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S BEEN OUT FOR MONTHS NOW.

IT'S STILL 100% OF ROTTEN TOMATOES.

.>> Stephen: I'M NOT PAYING HIM TO SAY THIS, BUT 100% ROTTEN

TOMATOES.

ARE YOU A FAN OF MAGIC YOURSELF?

>> YEAH, AND WHO ISN'T A FAN OF MAGIC?

YEAH, I LOVE MAGIC.

>> Stephen: DO YOU DO ANY YOURSELF?

SOME PEOPLE HAVE HIDDEN TALENTS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE?

>> NO, NO, NO.

I DO NOT DO MAGIC.

WELL, NOT REALLY.

ACTUALLY, A FUNNY STORY, IF I MAY.

>> Stephen: I HOPE.

YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY FIRST BIG GIGS WAS ON MISSION

IMPOSSIBLE 3, AND I GOT TO WORK WITH TOM CRUISE.

>> Stephen: J.J.

J.J., AND MY BUDDY WHO KNOWS HIM VERY WELL IS, LIKE, BRING

MAGIC, J.J. LOVES MAGIC.

I'M, LIKE, I'LL BRING UP MAGIC, I LOVE MAGIC.

I BRING J.J. ON SET AND I SAID, I LOVE MAGIC.

HE SAYS, YOU LOVE MAGIC.

I SAID, YEAH, WHO DOESN'T, HAVE YOU BEEN SO THE MAGIC CASTLE.

NO.

HE'S LIKE, DO YOU KNOW MAGIC.

KIND OF, MAYBE, I KNOW A COUPLE OF CARD TRICKS I SHOW MY NIECES

AND NEPHEWS, CHILD TRICKS.

SOAR WE START TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

ANYWAYS, CUT TO A LITTLE LATER IN THE DAY, THERE'S A TUNNEL

SHIFT ON SET AND I SENSE A PRESENCE KIND OF WALKING TOWARDS

ME AND I TOOK BEHIND ME AND IT'S J.J. AND TOM CRUISE, WHO I HAD

NOT MET YET.

SO J.J. BRINGS OVER TOM, INTRODUCES HIM TO ME.

I'M, LIKE, REALLY NICELY TO MEET YOU, HUGE FAN.

RIGHT AWAY, J.J. GOES, OH, YEAH, AARON IS' A MUSICIAN.

TOM IS, LIKE, YOU DO MAGIC.

NO, NO.

J.J. HAD THE PROP DEPARTMENT HAND ME A DECK OF CARDS TO SHOW

TOM A MAGIC TRICK.

I'M, LIKE, NO, I REALLY DON'T.

AND JM J. AND EVERYONE AND THE WHOLE CREW OF MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

IS LIKE DO IT DO IT.

SO I TRIED A TRICK ON TOM.

I'M PANICKED, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ALREADY, AND THE TRICK

JUST FAILED MISERABLY, DOESN'T WORK.

BUT BLESS HIM, TOM, HE'S JUST SUCH A SWEETHEART, HE'S JUST

SUCH A POSITIVE GUY.

HE STARTS LAUGHING, HE'S, LIKE, DO IT AGAIN.

I'M, LIKE, OKAY.

SO I'M NOW DIGGING DEEP, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I SHOW HIM.

LITERALLY THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS A TRICK FOR, LIKE, A THREE OR

FOUR-YEAR-OLD, YOU KNOW, AND, SO, I SHOW HIM A TRICK, IT

WORKS, AND TOM JUST, YOU KNOW, HE LAUGHS AND HE KIND OF SHAKES

MY SHOULDERS AND SAYS, GOOD JOB, AND IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLY

EMBARRASSING.

>> Stephen: I AM IN AGONY FROM 3,000 MILES AWAY, HEARING YOU

TELL THE STORY.

I CAN'T -- >> A BAD STORY.

BAD STORY.

>> Stephen: NO, IT'S A GREAT STORY.

IT'S AN AGONIZING STORY.

I LOVE OTHER PEOPLE'S AGO ADVERTISING STORIES.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF AGONIZING.

IN DECEMBER, YOU POSTED THIS VIDEO.

DO WE HAVE THIS, JIM?

>> I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A QUICK LITTLE DIP.

THIS IS MY DAILY ROUTINE.

JUST GET IN HERE.

WHOO!

CAN'T REALLY BEAT THIS.

ALL RIGHT.

LEAVING THE WATER!

AAAHHH!

>> Stephen: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

ARE YOU BUCK NAKED IN THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE.

BUT, NO, I WAS NOT.

>> Stephen: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

>> I JUST LOVE COLD WATER, YOU KNOW.

I LOVE IT.

HONESTLY, ONCE YOU STOP SORT OF RUNNING AWAY AND STOP ALLOWING

SORT OF, LIKE, YOUR SURVIVAL INSTINCTS TO KICK IN AND YOU

LEAN INTO THE COLD, YOU REALLY START EMBRACING THE COLD.

>> Stephen: YOU COULD SAY THAT ABOUT ANYTHING.

YEAH, YOU'RE FALLING OUT OF A PLANE, BUT ONCE YOU, YOU KNOW,

WAIT FOR YOUR SURVIVAL INSTINCTS TO STOP KICKING IN, IT'S A

LOVELY RIDE.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW -- >> Stephen: WHERE IS THAT, BY

THE WAY?

>> THAT IS IN MY BACKYARD IN IDAHO.

>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I FORGOT YOU'RE FROM A LITTLE TOWN IN IDAHO.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE SHOW LAST TIME YOU WERE

ON.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT A PLACE IN L.A. THAT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE

COMPLETELY SET UP FOR COVID ISOLATION.

WHAT IS IT?

>> WELL, I THINK, REALLY, IT'S -- WELL, WE'RE SLOWLY

TURNING THE PLACE INTO A FARM, BUT THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS WE'VE

GOT A NICE LITTLE SPEAK EASY.

SO I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK, NOW IS THE TIME.

>> Stephen: YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE THAT WAS A SPEAK EASY DURING

PROHIBITION?

>> YEAH, THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT DURING PROHIBITION, ONE TO HAVE

THE FIRST HOMES IN THE HILLSIDE, AND, YEAH, THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT

IT OBVIOUSLY LOVE TO DRINK, AND THEY BUILT A PEEK EASY.

THE SPEAK EASY, YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE WALL -- THIS IS

LITERALLY THE LAST THING THEY SHOWED ME WHEN WE WERE TOURING

THE HOUSE.

YOU LIFT UP THE RUG, PULL OUT THE WALL, THERE'S A FLOOR TO

CEILING SAFE.

OPEN THE SAFE.

BEHIND THE SAFE ARE TWO METAL DOORS YOU OPEN UP, AND THERE'S

SHELVING FOR BOOZE.

BUT THEN THERE'S A SECRET LEVER ON THE FLOOR THAT YOU PRESS AND

PULL UP THE FLOOR AND THERE'S A HIDDEN STAIRCASE THAT GOES INTO

A BIG SPEAK EASY.

IT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE.

IT'S BEHIND THIS WALL.

>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE ALSO -- YOU WANT TO SEE IT?

>> Stephen: YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.

>> YOU JUST OPEN UP, DO THIS.

THERE ARE THESE DOORS AT OPEN UP AND THERE'S SHELVING AREA.

AND THERE'S A FLOOR AND YOU COME DOWN THESE STAIRS.

>> Stephen: DON'T GO DOWN PAUL'S STAIRS.

YOU'RE SET FOR THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE TWO NOW?

>> YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE A SUPER CREEPY ROOM.

BUT ONCE YOU GET DOWN THERE AND HAVE A DRINK, YOU'RE GOOD.

>> Stephen: HOW MUCH DOS HOMBRES DOWN THERE?

>> QUITE A BIT.

>> Stephen: YOU DID SIX YEARS OF "BOJACK HORSEMAN," BUT YOU

HAVE AN AUDIO DRAMA CALLED "THE COLDEST CASE."

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AUDIO DRAMA AND AUDIO BOOK?

AN AUDIO DRAMA IS TAKING YOU BACK TO THE WORLD OF TALKIES

BEFORE TELEVISION.

THE AUDIO BOOK, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY READING A BOOK.

THIS IS JUST TAKING YOU DOWN, JUST SUCH A CRAZY WILD RIDE.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BOOKS, IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO DEEPER INTO

YOUR IMAGINATION.

THAT'S WHAT AUTOMOBILE IS DOING.

>> Stephen: SO IS IT FULLY DRAMATIZED, LIKE ORSON WELLS --

>> VERY DRAMA ADVERTISED.

I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET BUT I'VE HEARD SOME CLIPS OF IT

AND IT JUST SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.

JAMES PARTISAN, HE'S SO BRILLIANT AT THE CRIME THRILLER

DRAMA, AND THIS JOURNEY THAT HE TAKES US ON IS AN INCREDIBLE

ONE.

>> Stephen: WELL, THE COLDEST CASE IS AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE

NOW.

THAT'S AARON PAUL.

DON'T GO IN HIS BASEMENT.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LAKE STREET DIVE.

THANKS, AARON.

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