Nicole Kidman Thought Her First Meeting with Jimmy Was a Date; Talks Viral AMC Ad and Famous Films

I don't know if you remember this, but we met before. Oh, I remember. Do you remember this? It was really embarrassing for me. Yes. It was? Yeah, I have not seen you since then. I have not. Right? That is correct. No. But this was years ago, and do you want me to tell my version of the story? Yeah, you tell your version. I'm walking down the street in New York City. Yeah. My friend Rick calls me and says, dude, what are you doing? I go, I'm just walking down the street. He goes, I have Nicole Kidman with me, and she wants to meet you for maybe to be in Bewitched or something like that. So I go, what? OK. He goes, I can be in your apartment in like 10 minutes. I go, you're going to bring Nicole Kidman over to my apartment? I'm like, OK. I don't know. What do I do? What do I have something? What do I do? He goes, I don't know. Just get some cheese and crackers or something. And I'm like, cheese and crackers? I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have dinner parties. I don't have anyone over at my house. I'm like, I have video games and sneakers. There's a deli. And I go in the deli. I go, what? What do you mean, cheese? He goes, get brie or something. I go, brie? I don't even know what that is. I'm like, uh. So I go in. This is like, I'm on S-Tyrant Live, I guess, or something. I don't remember really when it was. I just remember, I liked you. And he was like, not now. I'm married now. But he was like, oh, well, you can meet. I mean, I don't. Not that way. Wait, what? So he says. So Rick, our mutual friend, says, oh, you know, Jimmy wants to meet you. And you can go over to his apartment. And da, da, da, da. And I'm single. And I'm like, OK, yeah, cool. Wait, what? Yes. What are you talking about? Yes. Can I date Nicole Kidman? Sure. So I go over, though, and you're there in a baseball cap. And like, nothing. Just like. I had brief tears. And you wouldn't talk. You didn't say anything. You were like, hey. I didn't say hey. I was very nervous. And I'm like, OK. I didn't know this was a thing. I thought this was a movie. It was like a hang. It was meant to just, I don't know. And then you put a video game on or something. And I'm like, this is so bad. It was bad. I swear. And you didn't talk. I didn't talk at all. And so after about an hour and a half, I thought, he has no interest. This is so embarrassing. And I kind of left and went, OK, no chemistry. And then I was like, maybe he's gay. Come on. OK, now I'm out of here. Take care. OK, now. Now I'm going to do the show. So tell me, Jimmy. Well, doctor, I remember it like it was yesterday. You told him to walk to my apartment. Do you remember what the apartment looked like? Like, not much. Anyway, we weren't meant to be, right? Wow, did you make a good decision. You did. You made a fantastic decision. You didn't. Anyway, it was like that. Oh my gosh. I'm in shock right now. We're both married with kids. Yeah. I can't believe I dated Nicole Kidman. This is fantastic. You didn't. This is unbelievable. It was one of the most awkward moments ever. You're red. I really am. I'm in shock. So am I. I can't believe it. You're definitely embarrassed. Yeah, I mean, oh my gosh. Are you friends with Rick anymore? Yes, I just saw him. No, we don't talk to him after that. He's adorable. After that. I remember I got brie cheese. Corn chips. Corn chips? Yeah. Did I get corn chips? Yeah, and some old Chinese food. How can I buy old Chinese food? It was in the fridge. It probably was. Really, it was nothing there. Yeah, I've got a good memory. Oh my God. I remember I got saltine crackers. And I didn't have, oh, it was just really awful. I didn't know. And what sport do you really like? Was it baseball or something? What sport was I into? Was I wearing? Yeah, you were wearing some baseball cap. I love that you remember I was wearing a baseball hat. And some sweats. I was not wearing sweatpants. What are you talking about? It's like you went over to like Duck Dynasty guy's house or something like that. I was not wearing camo sweatpants. I was dressed in probably a three-piece suit or something. You weren't interested. So you wore sweats and a baseball cap. That's not true. I didn't even know what you're talking about. Now I'm like freaking out. All right. I'm going to go back to Paddington. We're going to edit this out. Yeah. The bear. The little adorable bear. It's a cute bear. It's a cute movie. You play the villain in the movie. I do. That's a good juicy role. Yep. Do you always want to play? What? I can't even talk right now. I mean, you can't even talk. You're like stuttering and stuff. Yeah, are you so nervous? Only because you make me laugh now. Make you laugh, yeah. Now. I always need to. All right, so let's talk about it. It's Hugh Bonneville. My man, Hugh Bonneville. So funny. Love him. Downton Abbey. We love him. And it's a CGI bear. And of course, everyone knows the books. But the bear does have the most beautiful eyes. No, he does. He does. Why are you laughing? Everyone's feeling the sexual chemistry here. And it's awkward. And it's just odd. Want to play Mario Brothers? Let me show you my new Nintendo. That's pretty cool. I can't believe that's real history. Welcome back to The Tonight Show. We are here with my pal, Nicole Kidman. She stars in the big family film, Paddington, which is in theaters next Friday, January 16th. Now, Nicole and I are about to face off in a game called Box of Lies. Let's hear it. Here's how it works, okay? Upstage are a bunch of boxes containing objects neither of us have seen before. Taking turns, Nicole and I are going to select a box and open it on our side of the table out of view of the other person. Now, once the object has been revealed, you look at your opponent and tell them what's in the box. You may be lying, you may be telling the truth. Your opponent has to guess either lie or truth. If you guess correctly, you get a point. If you guess wrong, the other person gets a point. First to two points wins. Nicole, please pick the first box. Four. It doesn't look that heavy. It's clue number one. You're so competitive. I'm not. Video games, maybe. Oh, is this right? Is this right, what I'm doing here? I don't know. I can't see, I can't see. Okay. An old cheese sandwich with a bite taken out of it. You added of it at the end. People weren't going to say of it. Interesting. I thought that would help you. Yeah, that's confusing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. An old cheese sandwich with a bite taken out of it. A cheese sandwich. That doesn't feel American enough to me. You lie. Yes. A point. What was it? A piece of pizza. Oh, that's close to a cheese sandwich. Interesting. Tricky, tricky move. Yeah, that's what I thought. You can stop staring at me now. But you're still... I can't. Which one? I'm good, right? Not good. You lie. You're the one who's good at acting. That was miming, that was... Yeah, maybe I didn't take anything out of the box. Muscle, muscle. Okay. What's in my box? It's a heavy thing. Probably weighs about three pounds. You're blushing now. Lie, lie, lie. It's not a lie. I didn't finish up what it is yet. Okay, sorry. It is... a statue. An award, maybe. Oh, no. That's it. That's all I'm going to give you. It's a statue. Maybe it might be an award. I don't remember, I don't remember. That's my acting. It's a lie. Yes, it is a lie. But hey, big deal. It's a hammer covering the statue. Yes. How do you know it's a lie? What gave it away? It went bright red. Right? All right, here we go. Next person who wins, wins the whole thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They said eight. Okay, eight. Here we go. Oh, very light. Very light. You went to my acting school. No, I'm... How to carry heavy things. I could be pretending to be so light. No, I can even hear clunking around. Oh, shush. Shush. Oh, my gosh. Just be cool. Just tell me what's in there. A condom. Wait, stop it, stop it, stop it. You tell the truth? That's the champ right there, Nicole Kidman. Well, there's more to the story. There is more to the story? Yes, because this Dream Weaver crap, come on. What do you mean? The buffet. What? The buffet. I didn't have a buffet. No, we were at David Fincher's house. I think it was David's house. And it was when Brad and Jen were still together. So it was a long time ago. And you could have asked for my number then. Because it was round two. Well, second chance. And you still didn't ask for it. And you know that's true. What is going on? What is happening right now? So do not pretend. I was at the buffet at David Fincher's house. And I could have asked for your number. In the kitchen. And that's even more offensive that you don't remember. No, I know. Do you remember the kitchen and the buffet? Do you? See? What do you mean he had a buffet in his kitchen? I really don't remember this. They had the food laid out in the kitchen. And it was a big dinner party. And who was in the kitchen? And my agent had said, Jimmy's going to be there. And you'll see that he can ask for your number. Because, you know, it may kind of happen this way. And you'll see. And we were lurking in the kitchen. Everyone went out. And I'm like waiting and waiting and waiting. And you're at the buffet. And this is so true. And you know it. And you still didn't ask for my number. I can't believe this. So you are so not interested. No, I wasn't. I wasn't interested. It's okay. You're out of my... Everyone's shocked. They're shocked for a different reason. They're like, he wouldn't have a chance in hell with Nicole Kidman. Why would I even ask you? He wasn't interested in your pretending. What are you talking about? Anyway, let's move off it because we've gone way off track again. You're the one who brought it up. I didn't even know. I don't remember going to the buffet at David Fincher's house. You had a chance to ask for my number a second time and you didn't. Was that the last time that we saw each other? You're kidding, aren't you? I know. All right. Let's just go around with the interview. Let's just do it. We're going to have a number of mystery objects brought out in front of us. And our job is to guess what each one is. The catch is that we have to figure it out by touch alone. Are you ready for this? I am so ready. Really? All right. Since I'm the host, here we go. I'm going to go first. Why am I going first? All right. Let's see our first object. All right. So this is. All right. I'm not good at this game. I get freaked out. All right. We have 30 seconds to identify what this is. All right. You can look at it if you want. Oh, I can? Yeah. You just can't tell me what it is. Good luck. Let's see that. It's so weird. I can't even tell you how weird it is. It's so weird. I don't like it, but it doesn't feel like it's warm or anything. Did I touch it? Oh! Ew. Gross. It's like a cold liquid. What do you mean? Go ahead. Go in it? Do I have to go in the liquid? It's water. What's in it? Mmm. Yum. This is so dumb. I'm done. What is it? Ew. Oh, my God. Yummy. Oh, gross. I mean, I do like eggnog, but no, I don't want to put my hand on it. Nicole, you're up. So you lost that one. Yeah, but, you know, let's play as a team. No, no. All right, Nicole. Now, you're not afraid. You're not afraid of this at all. You're totally calm. You're cool. Stop. You're cool, right? It smells terrible. There's an odd smell. There's an odd smell to it. Yeah. You're absolutely right. Oh, don't. Is there anything in there? Oh, I am frightened now. Did you touch it? No, no. It's not bad. It's only round one. Trust me. I can't afford to lose any of my fingers. I know. I understand. I know. I didn't touch anything. I'm really right. You didn't touch anything. Oh, my God. I'm done. It's some sort of animal. It's a bird. Okay. It's a bird. It is actually a shrimp at a barbecue. Oh, you're so bad. All right. Here we go. No. All right. Here we go. Don't do it. You just don't do it, right? Oh, my gosh. Don't do it. It's terrifying. What's up? Is it like worms or something? Maggots or something? Worse. That's it. Worse than that? Worse than maggots and worms? Everyone's grossed out. I have no idea. How can I guess this? Like, what? What is it? You scared me. Yeah. Nail clippings? Get this away from me. This is the grossest. I'm freaking out. I was pretending it was something. No, you did. You actually did. But I saw blood rush to your face. You were really scared. Yes. That's how good of an actor you are. Yeah. This is a horrible game. I hate it. And I'll never play it again. No, go now. I will never play it again. No, go now. Now's the time to go. That side. Really? Yes. Oh! No, no. You have to touch it. You have to feel it. That's the whole game. Help me, guys. Please. I'm truly terrified. It's horrible. This is the most frightening game ever. I hate this game. And I will... Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Never play it again. You can tell I'm so serious. All right. Do we get it? Yes, you can know what it is. All right. What is it? It's a funny little Santa Claus that spins around. Oh, okay. You guys... All right. Now, this... We're both going to get the same item. The first person to guess it wins the whole thing. Let's do this. I can't believe what a coward I am. Right? Yeah. Right? Because you came in hot. You came in very confident. I did. And I lost. Oh, my gosh. The audience is acting. Now the audience is acting. Yeah. And now I don't know what to do. Now you're really bad. Now the audience is... Yeah. They're acting it up. But why is the box so big? Why is the box so big? All right. Are you kidding? Oh, God. It's weird. It's warm. It's warm in there. There's something sweaty and hot and sweaty in there. It's hot. It does feel hot. It's like liquid. It's probably like... What is it? Like a frog or something in there? Or water. It's water. Yeah. Okay. It's you. Thank God. It's you the whole time. I think we're going to call a tie on this. What is it? I don't know. They want us to try to feel it. Hot water. Can I touch it? Come on, guys. I have no idea what it is. I can't do it. It's just water. It's water. Hot water. Steam. Oh, my goodness gracious. Are you kidding me? I'm sorry. I would never do that. I would never in my life do that to you. I would never do that to you. I didn't know. I didn't know anything about this. What? That is insane. I didn't know what that is. An eel? I'm terrible. I'm sorry. That is lethal. Of course it is. I have holiday questions I want to ask you. Just a speed round of holiday questions. Ready for this? Nobody told me about this part of it. Ready? What? Favorite holiday song. No. You're so difficult. Did you call me difficult? You know I'm saying that jokingly. You're the most non-difficult. I don't. Favorite holiday. Well, I have a lot of favorite holiday songs. Okay. Good answer. My husband wrote a song called I'll Be Your Santa Tonight, which is pretty good. It's worth, yeah. Ooh. I'll Be Your Santa Tonight. Yeah. That's good. Favorite holiday movie. Hmm. Wonderful Life. Yeah, okay. I'll go with that. And Elf. Yeah. Oh, Elf. A little Elf. Yeah, I love Elf. Yeah. Yeah, I like Elf, too. A little Elf. Favorite holiday pie. Hmm. Pumpkin. Pumpkin pie. I love pumpkin pie. Yeah. I love pumpkin pie. A little apple pie. Bit of cream. Yeah, exactly. Real tree or fake tree? Got anything better on this list? I don't know if this list... No. No! No, it's not going to make the show. Oh, I'll ask you. Turkey or ham? Turkey or ham. I don't even know what that means. Probably turkey. I don't know. Maybe these questions are terrible. Kiss under the mistletoe? I mean... Yeah. Yeah, sure. Of course. Anyway. Do you like eggnog? Tell you what. I tried. Have you ever tried coquito? I don't know. This sounds like my kind of thing. Coquito is a Puerto Rican eggnog. And it is off the charts. Is it? Delicious. I like eggnog. But then someone introduced me to coquito. What is in coquito? It's a mystery. And it's always like someone's mom makes it. And they give it to you in like an old... Does anybody here know coquito? Am I close? Someone's mom makes it and they give it to you as a present. Yeah. And what's in it? And it's coconut and rum. Right? Ooh. What else? He just keeps saying yeah. What? Milk, rum, and... Yeah, I like that. Yeah. You can do that? All right. So you like that? Yeah. Next time we can get a little coquito. We'll try that together. Okay. Any more questions for me? Do you want to sit here? No. All right. There's nothing. Oh, my God. Did it just tear the nut? Okay, good. Thank you. I'll get rid of that. That was a bad idea. All right. I'm excited to talk to you about being the Ricardos. You're getting rave reviews on this. Was there ever any... Were you hesitant at all to not take this part? Like, I'm not sure if I want to do this because you're... Yeah, I was... No. Initially, I was like... Aaron Sorkin, which you would know Aaron Sorkin. I love Aaron Sorkin. Oh. Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay and directed the film, said to me, would you be interested in doing this? And we Zoomed. And I was like, yes. I would love to do anything with you. I read it and was just completely captivated. It's an incredible story. How do you go about this? Is it an impression? No. You can't do an impression. I mean, when Aaron originally approached me, he was like, I do not want you to do an impersonation of her, which, thank God, because I can't. I wouldn't be able to. I mean, it's about this marriage and Desi and Lucille, and I call her Lucille so that you really can sort of understand that it's not the I Love Lucy show. Yeah. There are two... The way you did it, like, I Love Lucy is one character and then Lucille Ball is like... Yeah. And Lucille Ball always said she, as a woman, was not funny. And you would be able to attest to this. Comedy is hard. Oh. What? I thought you were going to say... What are you doing? I don't care. I don't... I mean... Yes. Comedy is definitely hard. Yeah. Very hard. Yes. But... It ain't funny right now. What are you talking about? I'm not... But she was one of the best physical comedians. Yeah. And I mean, for me as an actor and primarily a dramatic actor, I was like, oh, my God, how do you do this? And when I started to study her, I was like, oh, I love playing this woman because the physical comedy and the movement of the body and being able to release into that as an actor is something I've never done. What you did on it, that was fantastic, is that you would do Lucy when the show's on and your voice is higher and you're Ricky and you're doing this whole... That is that. And that's what she does. And in real life... Yeah. And in real life, when she talks, she's a very smoker, smoked a lot. She had a very deep voice. She was a heavy smoker. Yeah. I... Well, I'd say it when you're not here, but I'll say it when you're here. You're one of the best actors that ever lived. I love you. Yes, you're amazing. Everything you're in, I absolutely buy it. Hook, line, sinker. I'm in. I always go, you are amazing in every single thing. Four years I haven't seen you. You've been very busy. I'm so happy to be back. Well, why? But I want you to come back all the time. I want you to come back once a month. I love having you on. It's so good back there because they have the Olympic hockey team. Yeah. Everyone's here. Jack and Quinn and Hillary are back there, and I held a gold medal just... Come on. See? This happens all the time. I had the Olympic gold, and I'm so thrilled for them. So... This is a big show for all of us. I'm just happy. I want to talk about... Now, get through me so you can get them on the show. No. You... Truly. No, I want to ask you a thousand questions. Okay. You told me that you've been on holiday recently. Yes. Because you said, oh, you work so much, and I'm like, a holiday a lot too. Yeah. You brought this as proof. So I just got back from Antarctica. Antarctica. Oh, my gosh. That's gorgeous. What... That's my girls, by the way. So... Aw. Yeah. Come on. And that's... We've done seven continents. Oh, my God. Really? Yeah. What are the seven continents? What? What are the seven continents? Wait. Why would you... You think that I... Come on. You think that I wouldn't know? Yeah. I think you might not know. You think I wouldn't know? Let's go. The seven continents. Come on. Are there seven? Exactly? He doesn't know. No, you got... He needs to go back to school. What do you have? Seven? Well, you have Antarctica. Obviously. Antarctica. That's a great one. Mm-hmm. That's the one everyone talks about. Yeah. You've only named one. You got... All right. You have Africa. Asia. North America, South America. Where am I from? Australia. And? Bonjour. North... North Australia? Where's Italy? Where's France? Europe. Sorry. I got six. No, you got one. I got six. You got one. I got one. You held the other one. You got North America. That was it. I was going to say Wakanda. I didn't know what we were talking about. You failed geography. What did you... I'm not good. I'm not good at... Right. If I play Trivia Pursuit, I don't like the blue chips. What did you do there? So, we saw penguins and I went on a cruise. I actually went on a cruise with lots of strangers, which I loved. Yeah. I am now the cruise... I love cruises. I've got two more planned. Wait. What? Don't you get like afraid that people are going to bother you? No. I love meeting people and I have my family with me and I just love going on cruises. So, I'm now the cruise... Would I have... I would be promoting cruises. It's my side hustle. Really? Why do you do that? What do you love about it? Because I love doing karaoke night and I love... I just love being like all the different restaurants and you can go... Anyway. Look, this is not interesting. No, it is. People want to know. I would... I truly recommend cruises. But I would... People. Yeah. Okay. I've not been on a Disney cruise though. You've not done Disney yet. No. I was going to do it with my kids when they were little, little, but I mean, I'm past that now. I'm not going on a Disney cruise. No, you could do it still. No, you should do a Disney cruise. We can go together. Are you a Disney adult? Yeah. Sure. I mean, I... You're part of Disney. You feel like a kid. Yeah. Me? I feel like a kid? Yeah, you do. Yeah. Anyway. I recommend Antarctica. I recommend cruises. And I recommend more holidays. There we go. And I want to talk about another movie you have coming out. Everyone's excited about this. Practical Magic 2 is done. It's coming out. It's happening. You and Sandra Bullock are back. My witchy sister. What was it like? What was it like getting back? Was it like riding a bike? We spent the summer together, and she is the warmest, loveliest woman. And she just... She is just heaven. Heaven on a stick. So I hope you love the movie, because the movie's got a lot of... Oh, yeah. ...witchy love in it. Yeah. So get going, right? Is there going to be a little... Another Midnight Margarita scene? Oh, yeah. There is? Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm talking about. I'll be back. Midnight Margarita. Thank you. Yeah. Right? I mean, please, you have to come back. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. But you know what? I've seen a lot of you. We all have. If you go to the movies, when you see those AMC ads, you... Yes! People... You know it's gone viral. People are dressing up as you for Halloween, doing this... Certain people. Some people in the audience are. I don't know anyone. Someone's waving right there. Really? Yeah, they are. We'll pay them. But that's pretty fun. Come on. Yes. Heartbreak feels good in a place like this. Come on. That's what I'm talking about. No, but the weirdest thing about that was we literally... It shows you when something... Like, I had no idea that thing was going to work. And we did it out of the purest of intentions because Billy Ray, who's a writer friend of mine, I called him up. I said, should we do this? We need to help the theaters. It's COVID. It was during COVID when we did it. Yeah. And the crew that I was working with on being the Ricardo's, I said, would you guys be willing to do this? And Jeff Cronenworth, who was shooting, he was the DP. He was like, I'll direct it. Called in all these favors. And we did it. Yeah. Called in all these favors. We did it for nothing. And then it went off. Good for you. Thank you. And thank you for supporting Kinemus. Thank you. So good. Let's talk about Scarpetta. This is a big deal. This is based on the popular book series. You play a medical examiner. I do. Are you method, Nicole Kidman? Yes, I am. I can do an autopsy. Oh, my God. Wow. That's amazing. I can. Yes. If I needed to, I could do the autopsy. I can remove all the organs. I can name them all. You actually asked me. They said, would you be willing to do one on the show? What are you talking about? I would never in your life ask you. No, they did. They asked. To do an autopsy on the show? Yes. Unless I misunderstood. Maybe it was on a dummy or something. But either way, I don't think that would have been a very. I have a name, by the way. I have a name. A dummy. Just call me Jimmy. But I can remove the lungs and the liver and the gallbladder. How do you get to learn all this? Because it's part of the job. And I worked with an incredible medical examiner. Don't mess with Nicole Kidman. She's the best at every single thing. You are just awesome. And you're also an executive producer on this as well. Yeah. And Jamie Lee Curtis is in it. And Bobby Cannavale. Yes. All of them. Simon Baker. Ariana. Ariana DeBose. Yes. That's my pal. She's fantastic. How do we set up what Scarpetta is about? It's a medical examiner who is coming back to her job after 30 years. And there's a parallel story of the two crimes that have happened in present day and 30 years ago. That's the beginning. And then there's all the family drama. And if you like crime thrillers, which there is a ton of people out there that like them. Oh, yeah. It's going to crush. I want to show everyone a clip. Here's the great Nicole Kidman in Scarpetta. Take a look at this. I need someone I can trust. I'm all in, Doc. No. It needs to be official. Put your hand on your heart. What? Yeah. You need a real position. You need a job. Actually, I don't need a job for the first time in my life. I'm a kept man in case you didn't notice. It needs to be official so I can protect you so you don't get kicked out of crime scenes and the morgue. Anyway, it needs to be legit. How does forensic operation specialist sound? Forensic operation specialist? You like that, right? Yeah, that sounds educated. I need you to repeat after me. I, Pete Marino. I'm officially deputized as forensic operation specialist. I'm officially deputized as forensics operation specialist. And Kay Scarpetta is going to decide my work. What is this? And she's going to make my pay as little as humanly possible. As humanly possible. Come on. Nicole Kidman, everybody!