*another clip from The Patriot with Isaacs and Wilkinson, after watching it Jason Isaacs shakes his head in embarrassment*
Cynthia Garrett- Welcome back to Later, we’re here with Jason Isaacs from the fantastic movie “The Patriot”. Umm, you were actually informing me of some pretty interesting stuff during the commercial break.
Jason Isaacs- *whispers* Oh, that’s private. Now, what?
Cynthia Garrett- We were talking about the sort of, pulse of the media was even present during the Revolutionary war.
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, well all of these guys wrote their memoirs you see. Cornwallis wrote his memoirs and uh, the guy I’m closely based on, Tarleton, he wrote a book that was a best-seller and uh, and someone else brought out a book that said he was lying. So they re-issued his book with an extra chapter. Plus they had reporters, all their reports of their glorious victories or their terrible defeats in the Times of London all of the time, and uh, so they had an eye to the media, even then.
Cynthia Garrett- So they were there on the battlefield?
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, a lot of reporters visited the battlefield, yeah.
Cynthia Garrett- Unbelievable.
Jason Isaacs- Which is why you see in the film, Cornwallis is very concerned about his reputation back home, it’s important. Whereas Tavington, he doesn’t really have a future back home. Ya know his father died and he’s got no money to go back to. And uh, he’s gotta make a new world for himself, that’s why he’s got to win.
Cynthia Garrett- And the fact that his father died is something you found out and put into the script.
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, found out on the internet. Amazingly, you can find out a lot of stuff about the eighteenth century on the internet. It’s all there. Somebody’s just sitting somewhere scanning in eighteenth century documents.
Cynthia Garrett- And is it true he was a rogue with the ladies, your character?
Jason Isaacs- He was, he boasted *laughs* his favorite boast was that he had killed more men and slept with more women than anybody else in the war and he didn’t use the word ‘slept’.
Cynthia Garrett- Oh my goodness. Oh well, ohh. *smiling*
Jason Isaacs- They didn’t put it all in the movie, there wasn’t enough time.
Cynthia Garrett- Well, yeah, yeah, exactly. *smiling* Now in your next film, because you are quite the rogue in the…well you’re good looking enough in the movie too to have slept with lots of women *Isaacs can be heard scoffing* but in your next movie, you, in Sweet November, correct? With Charlize Theron and…
Jason Isaacs- Keanu Reeves
Cynthia Garrett- You play…
Jason Isaacs- Keanu has now graduated, he’s just first-named.Keanu.
Cynthia Garrett- Keanu, it’s Keanu, ok. But you play a…well you play a *tries to find the right word*
Jason Isaacs- A drag queen.
Cynthia Garrett- Yes. *laughs*
Jason Isaacs- Having trouble? *smiling* I’m a drag queen. Don’t be shy.
Cynthia Garrett- You play a softer type of man, you play a drag queen.
Jason Isaacs- *nods* It’s not a huge step from an upper class British officer to a drag queen.
Cynthia Garrett- *laughing* Oh honey, you are not going to be able to go home.
Jason Isaacs- Very, very complicated clothes.
Cynthia Garrett- Haha, complicated clothes. Now I have to ask you one question, because there had to have been, now when I get dressed for the show or for the day, there definitely are women in my back register that have influenced me. That I could pull from and say, ‘oh, this or that’. There had to be a few women that you used to…
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, well I did, I was thinking. I asked friends of mine who know more about this than I do and they said, I said I must go to some drag clubs and have a look at some drag queens.
Cynthia Garrett- It’s always good to have friends who are drag queens, darling.
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, and they said ‘Don’t look at drag queens, look at who they look at, look at the icons.’ So go back to the original stuff.I was thinking about ones like Hedy Lamar, or modern ones like Posh Spice, or early Cher is a big icon for drag queens. Uh, and I tried some of these looks out and I was absolutely hideous. I mean terrifying *starts laughing* the director said to me, “Look Jason, you’re not the bad guy in this thing, you’re just too scary. You look like Cruella DeVil.” So um, they tried to soften me up, and I went for Lulu, now nobody watching in America knows who Lulu is.
Cynthia Garrett- To Sir, With Love
Jason Isaacs- Good call, that’s great.
Cynthia Garrett- *laughs* It’s one of my favorite movies.
Jason Isaacs- That’s amazing. Okay, so anyways I went for Lulu and they softened me up, they feathered the wig around the edges. Gave me a slightly urban look. They couldn’t do much about the figure. They bound my stomach with ace bandages, I couldn’t breathe at all, to try and give me a waist. And I put on a nice little green sequined frock and false nails.
Cynthia Garrett- They gave you a waist, but how did they give you breasts?
Jason Isaacs- Well, it was a big debate, my breasts. Because you know I went for this strapless thing and…
Cynthia Garrett- *laughs* It is ya know. To have them or not have them in Hollywood.
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, and I’m not Arnold or anything but I’ve got a pair of shoulders and I had to get breasts that were proportionate, so we had these…
Cynthia Garrett- Course, *laughs*, cause one always wants their breasts to be proportionate.
Jason Isaacs- So we had a look at all the various different chicken fill-it implants, you know those kinds of silicone things you can, I’m sure you don’t but you know what I’m talking about.
Cynthia Garrett- *laughing* No clue.
Jason Isaacs- *laughing* Yeah right, you see them on infomercials late at night. Anyways, we had the small, medium and large and stuff and I put the ones that were proportionate to my shoulders and I looked like Angeline.
Cynthia Garrett- *gasps* Yes.
Jason Isaacs- I looked like a lap-dancer. And I put the smaller ones in and I looked like a supermodel *shrugs* uh, or a drag queen. So we went for a nice meaty handful.
Cynthia Garrett- Handful *nodding, trying to hold in the laughter*
*audience laughs*
Jason Isaacs- I thought it was just about perfect. I thought I was pretty saucy. My girlfriend was completely repulsed by me and uh.
*audience laughs*
Jason Isaacs- And won’t touch me til my chest hair grows back.
Cynthia Garrett- *gasps* you have no chest hair right now?
Jason Isaacs- I have, well it’s bristly, and my underarms are bristly.
Cynthia Garrett- You have stubble now.
Jason Isaacs- In fact, I went shopping at the Beverly Center the other day and uh, I think you call them tank tops?
Cynthia Garrett- Yes
Jason Isaacs- And I was leaning in, she was shopping at Victoria’s…?
Cynthia Garrett- Secret
Jason Isaacs- Secret, thank you. Victoria’s Closet *shakes his head* and I was leaning on the wall *puts arm up* and she went ‘Darling *points to armpit and shakes head* and I went *pulls arm down and crosses them over his chest*
*Audience laughs*
Cynthia Garrett- Hahaha, oh no. We have to take a commercial break. I’m sorry but we’ll be back with Jason and the Later List so don’t go away.
*commercial break*
Cynthia Garrett- Welcome back to Later, we’re here with Jason Isaacs, it’s time for the Later List but before I do I would like to discuss a little bit about, you were saying during the commercial break that you have managed to keep your relationship of twelve years, or of a long time, very private.
Jason Isaacs- No, I was just saying that there’s a famous magazine in England called Hello, which is a kind of celebrity gossip magazine, as soon as you start talking about your relationship, you appear on the front cover, smiling and showing people around your home and you split up within six months.
Cynthia Garrett- Yes, exactly.
Jason Isaacs- So uh, it’s probably best not to talk about it in public and I’m going to try to do that.
Cynthia Garrett- Alright. Well good luck and let’s uh, let’s see what we can pull from the Later List. Hmm, I don’t know *smiling* I think I will throw a question at you…
*Jason Isaacs leans forward to try an peek at the card, Garrett pushes him away*
Jason Isaacs- Yeah, I’m sorry.
Cynthia Garrett- No peeking. And then you’ll throw an answer back at me. And I’ll ask you something quite simple to begin with like, where were you the first time you had sex?
Jason Isaacs- *laughs, audience joins in* Ha..ha..ha, uh, on my back.
*Garrett and audience roll with laughter and claps*
Cynthia Garrett- Ahh, good sport. What is the one thing you can’t live without?
Jason Isaacs- My Macintosh computer.
Cynthia Garrett- Really?
Jason Isaacs- Cut me open you’ll find a Mac motherboard inside me.
Cynthia Garrett- Do you have an iMac or an iBook?
Jason Isaacs- I have a G3500 thanks very much.
Cynthia Garrett- Oooo.
Jason Isaacs- the latest in a long, long line of Macintosh’s.
Cynthia Garrett- You are a diva.
Jason Isaacs- And I don’t work for them, and I don’t get them free so…
Cynthia Garrett- I pay for mine as well.
Jason Isaacs- Good.
Cynthia Garrett- What is the one thing about you that makes it difficult to be in a relationship with you?
Jason Isaacs-
*laughs* Oh, umm, fu- How long is this show?
*looks at watch nervously* Umm, *pouts his lips out*, oh, I’m not sure, that’s between me and the therapist.
*audience laughs*
Cynthia Garrett- Hahaha, oh no. Okay so what’s the one thing you’re embarrassed to admit that you’re afraid of?
Jason Isaacs- *laughs* Why would you ask somebody something that they’re embarrassed to admit?
Cynthia Garrett- *laughs* Because, darling.
Jason Isaacs- Um, I’m embarrassed to admit, I’m going slowly trying to think of something, that I am afraid of just about every living creature that isn’t human. Everything. Ants, moths, spiders, cats, dogs, you know *pets imaginary animal and talks with squeaky voice* “He wouldn’t hurt you, little Flupples” and I go *shies away and acts squeamish while audience laughs* Anything. Horses, especially.
Cynthia Garrett- *laughs* Fantastic. Don’t go away, we’ll be right back.
*commercial break*
Cynthia Garrett- Welcome back, he asked me if I would answer any of those questions.
Jason Isaacs- Well, now that I’ve played a drag queen, there’s only one question. Where did you get those shoes? *Uses Cherry’s voice*
Cynthia Garrett- Oh, from my stylist backstage. See I answered honestly.
Jason Isaacs- That was good.
Cynthia Garrett- That was easy. You let me off lightly *raises eyebrows suspiciously* Hmm. I think we should thank him then.
Jason Isaacs- I’ve seen the show, they do that, don’t they?
Cynthia Garrett- Yes, throw that. Yes, absolutely. Alright, how about a big round of applause for my guest tonight, Jason Isaacs.
*audience applauds and howls*
Jason Isaacs- Thank you.
Cynthia Garrett- Alright, not that I’m a movie expert, but I am certainly just like you in the movie going department, so do yourself a favor. Check him out in The Patriot. It’s fantastic, it’s planning now in theatres everywhere. You’re fabulous darling, thank you for doing the show.
Jason Isaacs- You’re fabulous yourself.
Cynthia Garrett- Thank you
Jason Isaacs- And so are your shoes.
Cynthia Garrett- *laughs* Thank you, but my shoes are, wait a minute, what’s the line from the movie?! It’s my favorite line, “If I’m going to die, I’ll be well-dressed”. I’m Cynthia Garrett and I’ll catch you later *laughs with Isaacs and they kiss each other goodbye*