>> jimmy: my thanks to jeff bridges, ali larter, andy woodhull! the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen! oh my goodness. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thank you for watching. have a great weekend. i hope to see you next week. bye-bye, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight, chris pratt, laverne cox,

music from big data and joywave, featuring the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening. good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that's just wonderful. that is just wonderful to hear. we begin tonight with something you probably heard about. orlando bloom and justin bieber almost got into a bar fight yesterday at a nightclub in spain. luckily the fight was quickly broken up before anyone's hair got mussed. [ light laughter ]

many are calling the fight the "thrilla in vanilla." [ light laughter ] the thrilla in vanilla. some political news. in a speech today, president obama criticized congress for trying to sue him, saying that they need to focus on the economy and should stop just hating all the time. john boehner responded, "maybe we would stop hating, if you'd stop frontin'." [ laughter ] because when you front you get hated. [ light laughter ] that is the congressional motto. i know it's in latin so you can't tell, but that's what it is. this is amazing. according to new estimates, beyonce and jay-z will make $84 million from their world tour, which is good because $84 million is an easy number to divide by two. [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] so that's good. just makes it easier. it just makes it easier. [ applause ] listen to this, "fifty shades of

gray" -- "fifty shades of gray" has become the most viewed trailer of 2014 with over 36 million views on youtube in its first week. and i think it's great that for once, married women had to clear their browser history. [ laughter ] you see? see how awful it is to have to hide who you are from your spouse? now you know how i feel. [ light laughter ] share my shame. some sports news. this weekend major league baseball pitchers recorded the two millionth strikeout in the history of the league. while i recorded my two millionth strikeout during my junior prom. [ light laughter ] try to keep up, baseball. [ light laughter ] more sports news. cleveland browns wide receiver josh gordon claims he failed his most recent drug test because he ingested second hand marijuana smoke.

said gordon, "that's right. i smoked some with one hand. then i smoked some with my second hand." [ laughter ] because, yeah. [ applause ] i smoke a lot of marijuana. sometimes one of my hands will get tired. joint cramp. any morrissey fans here? any fans of morrissey? [ cheer ] [ laughter ] i was surprised by this. a former bodyguard is suing morrissey, claiming he was fired because he was unwilling to beat up an over-eager fan. i guess he figured anyone who was that into morrissey had already suffered enough. [ laughter ] this is an odd story. according to french officials, the gardens at the louvre have become overrun with rats. though officials later

apologized and promised to refer to us as americans in the future. [ laughter ] [ french accent ] "this was a mistake. it was a slip of the tongue. also, they way you scurry around, sometimes you look like rats. [ light laughter ] that is not my fault. it is the fault of the way that you scurry. scurry less and we will call you rats less." [ laughter ] here's some tech news. wikipedia is now accepting donations using the online currency bitcoin. so now you can support information you are not sure is true with currency you are not sure is money. [ laughter and applause ] finally. i guess this is no surprise. a new report shows that people are eating less beef than they did in previous years. apparently the only people still

having beef are justin bieber and orlando bloom. [ laughter ] the thrilla in vanilla. this is unfortunate. a new jersey woman crashed her car into a pole while still in costume from a clown show, a clown show she had just performed. fortunately she was unhurt, and when police arrived she already twisted the airbag into a funny little dog. [ laughter ] this is pretty cool. in response to a recent meat recall, mcdonald's in japan will soon start selling tofu mcnuggets. when they ask, "do you want fries with that?" respond "oh, i only want fries. thank you. tofu mcnuggets." finally, i don't know what to make of this. toys r us is selling a new doll with an anatomically correct penis. an anatomically correct penis. even weirder, it's a "my little

pony." [ laughter ] [ audience oohs ] ladies and gentlemen, this is the 8g band! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: how we doing 8g band? everybody good? chris pratt is on the show tonight. i'm so excited about that. [ cheers and applause ] he's in the new film "guardians of the galaxy." i'm very excited to see it. i got to see it last night. there was a screening last night, and i found out i could go to it, which is great. and i asked my wife, "do you want to go to the screening of this movie, 'guardians of the galaxy?'" i should point out, i've been talking about it a lot recently. i was at comic-con last weekend. i'm a big fan of comic books. we recently moved. we've had a lot of discussions about what to do with all my comic books, all my comic book

art. my wife does not take the position of, we should get more of it. we should fill the whole apartment." [ laughter ] last night, i said to her, "hey, do you want to see a movie? do you want to go to the screening with me?" she said, "what is it called?" i said,"'guardians of the galaxy.'" she said, "what's it about?" what's it about? i don't know, what do you want me to tell you? it's about a single girl who moves to new york city and tries to find love in a crazy world. [ laughter ] it is about space pirates! [ light laughter ] there is a talking raccoon. and a wood -- a tree man. this is 'guardians of the galaxy.' there will be multiple planets. one will be in peril. people will try to stop him. [ light laughter ] she said, "i don't know. doesn't sound like the kind of movie that i like." i'm like -- we came and she liked it because it is really great. also, i, made some jokes about justin bieber tonight. i felt bad about a joke i made about justin bieber last night. we made a joke about how he doesn't have the thickest mustache when he grows a mustache. not the most impressive mustache. i feel bad because i can't grow

a mustache either, but it's harder for me because my dad was here last night. my dad has an incredible mustache. my dad is of a generation where men cared about their mustaches. he still wears it as a hair flag of pride. [ laughter ] and my dad has had a mustache my entire life except for a two week period. we went on vacation. i feel like my father was probably in his mid 40s and came to the conclusion if he shaved his mustache off he would look younger. so he decided on vacation to shave his mustache off and surprise us. so we were in our hotel room and my dad came out of the bathroom, it was like, surprise! we thought like a stranger had broken into the apartment. [ laughter ] it was so terrifying. when some one has had a mustache your whole life then they don't have a mustache, you're like, "intruder!" [ laughter ] thankfully it grew back. thankfully it grew back. we have such a great show tonight. as i mentioned, star of "guardians of the galaxy," chris pratt is here. [ cheers and applause ]

such a fun movie. he's so good in it. also, joining us from the hit show "orange is the new black" laverne cox. any "orange is the new black" fans here? [ cheers and applause ] and we'll have music from big data and joywave. [ cheers and applause ] two bands tonight. so, anyone here tonight use twitter? are there any twitter users here? [ cheers and applause ] great. well, every now and then i like to take a look at what is trending on twitter because it keeps me updated on what is going on in the world. some of the thing that trended yesterday, were #israel, #obama, #russia. millions of people who were tweeting about those topics, educating me about those topics. we got to thinking what were topics that didn't even come close to trending yesterday. we thought we'd find out in a segment we're calling "the least trending topics on twitter." so here is our first least trending topic. #shovelselfie. [ light laughter ]

you guys remember when the world cup was number one trending topic on twitter for a month. i know for a fact that won't be the case for shovel selfie. take a look at some of the tweets. @dr.nizbit. "keep this little baby i picked up last night at home depot. #shovelselfie." let's see another one. there were only three. @joeburner tweeted, "gonna stab me some earth tonight. #shovelselfie." apparently there's pictures of men and their shovels. this last one is a little disturbing, i will say. this is from @caveman173. he tweets, "my wife said it's me or the shovel and i said, 'seeya later.' #shovelselfie." [ light laughter ] i feel so bad for that woman who is no longer with caveman173. [ laughter ] here's another topic that didn't get a lot of traction yesterday. #moneyintoilet. you know how people will sometimes show off their wealth by making it rain by throwing

their money in the air? well apparently these people are trying to show off their wealth using a new technique of putting their money in a toilet. let's take a look at some of these. @ryguymalone tweeted, "i am so rich with dope ass cash, i done stacked the bills deep in the bowl. #moneyintoilet." [ laughter ] and here's one more. this is interesting it was this person's first tweet. @mr.clooney2133 tweets, "hello, twitter. look at this. #moneyintoilet, #seasonthreeofernowondvd." [ laughter ] wow. anyway welcome to twitter, george. finally here's one hashtag that has one tweet and one tweet only. #lampfights. let's see who tweeted about lamp fights. @chrisrobbie22 says, "check out the sick video me and my buddy made. i'm super proud of it. #lampfight." i guess he made a video. let's take a look. >> ah.

light's out for you. >> ah. oh no, my friend. my only friend. oh! >> oh, you're back. i want more. [ laughter ] >> seth: such a complete narrative arch in such a short video. i can't believe lampfight didn't trend. maybe they will next week. those are the least trending topic on twitter. we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yeah... with nfl mobile on verizon. yes! get in there! go, go, go, go, yes! let's go, drew. the "not-so-good more" would be them always watching you. go for it, paul! get open! come on, paul! let's go! hustle! what is that, chamomile tea?! uh, lattes. you wanna take a nap?! get the "good more" with nfl mobile, free with the more everything plan. exclusively from verizon. now get 50% off all new smartphones.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back to "late night" everyone. we're big fans of tech news here, and the iphone 6 is going to be released soon. and a lot of us folks were wondering if it's going to live up to the hype. if the iphone 6 is going to live up to the hype. to shed light on the issue, please welcome grandma. ♪ hi there, thanks for being here. >> hi. >> seth: thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> thank you for having me, michael myers. [ laughter ] >> seth: it's seth meyers. >> don't set fires in here. it's all wood. >> seth: okay. okay. >> you know what your name should be? >> seth: what's that? >> little lord cuteleroy.

>> seth: oh, that's very nice. thank you. >> how old are you? 20? >> seth: no, i'm twice that age. >> i'm twice that age. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] so grandma, what are your thoughts on the iphone 6? >> can i be honest with you, seth? >> seth: yeah, of course. >> i do not care for this, desk. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] make sure to talk to someone about that. do you have anything you would want to share with us about the new iphone 6? >> it's simple. and in it's simplicity lies brilliance. and on top that brilliance lies trickery. next to that trickery you can find a bucket of deceit. [ laughter ] and what's swimming around in there? a fish made of facts. and for lunch we are going to have some true caviar which is good because i do not care for normal caviar. >> seth: i'm not sure i follow you. could you clarify? >> well a lot of people think caviar is a brand of alcohol, but brace yourself, it's fish eggs. [ laughter ] brace yourself again, humans use it as food. brace yourself a third time,

because it's not eaten by poor people, but by the rich. >> seth: okay, yeah. that's true. >> it's a choice they made. nobody dared them to do it. >> seth: yeah, okay. that is strange. but grandma, we were talking about the iphone 6. >> oh, don't even get me started on the iphone 6. >> seth: i'm afraid i must get you started on the iphone 6. >> well, it's simple. and in its simplicity lies -- >> seth: grandma, i'm going to stop you there. just tell me what you think about the iphone 6. >> all right. first of all, iphone is a terrible name for a phone. every phone is a phone. you can't just call a thing what it is. you are not 3 years old. nobody drives a ford car, you drive a ford sorento. [ laughter ] >> seth: well actually no one drives a ford sorento because it's a kia sorento. >> i used to live in sorento, it was hot. >> seth: okay. maybe i'll try this. i'll just say some of the new features of the iphone and you say how you feel about them. >> you can do what you want.

and i can do what i want. [ laughter ] >> seth: how do you feel about the new all glass case. >> i used to be in an all glass case. [ laughter ] i stood in the window at macy's back before there were mannequins. [ laughter ] >> seth: weren't there always mannequins? >> that was us! that was how still we were standing. >> seth: i'm afraid we have gotten way off topic. >> now that depends on what the topic is. >> seth: the topic is iphones. >> then yes, we've gotten way off topic. okay. focus up. >> seth: alright, great. >> iphone 6. coming in september. >> seth: there you go. >> new operating system. >> seth: great. >> not bird eggs, but fish eggs. >> seth: oh no. why are we talking about caviar again? >> you can't even crack a fish egg. >> seth: i know, but still. >> you know what? hold on. i want to take a picture of you for my pinterest board. >> seth: wait. i'm sorry. is that the samsung s5? >> yeah. you know, people are making a

big deal about the iphone 6 and its new bigger screen. but what they may not have heard is the 4.7, this model is still smaller than the htc and samsung galaxy s5. >> seth: oh so you do really know about the iphone 6? do you have any other thoughts? >> yeah, i think that cup of pencils on your desk is childish. men use pens. >> seth: okay. thank you. [ laughter ] give it up for grandma, everybody. we'll be right back with chris pratt! thank you so much for coming. ♪ [ cheers and applause ]

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back to "late night," everyone.

you know our first guest tonight from his work on "parks and recreation" and movies like "zero dark 30" and the "lego movie." he stars in highly anticipated new film "guardians of the galaxy." it opens nationwide this friday. let's take a look. >> drop it. >> hey. >> drop it now! >> hey, cool, man, no problem. no problem at all. >> how do you know about this? >> i don't even know what that is. i am just a junker. man, i was just checking it out. >> you don't look like a junker. >> it's just an outfit, man. stop poking me. >> what is your name? >> my name is peter quill, okay? dude, chill out. >> move! >> why? >> i may have questions for you. >> hey, you know what, there's another name you might know me by! star lord. >> who? >> star lord, man. legendary outlaw. >> guys, move! >> oh forget this.

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: please welcome chris pratt! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] they would go. they would keep going. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ yes! yes! yes! yes! [ cheers and applause ] hey. right. ♪ >> seth: really? and you guys only rehearsed that

for a week. >> it really worked, you guys. thank you that paid off. >> seth: congratulations. >> thank you. >> seth: so great to have you here. >> so fun to be here. >> seth: i saw you last night, at the movie, very briefly. the screening was great. congratulations. it's so exciting -- it must be such an exciting time for you. you're going into the last seasons of "parks and rec." the "lego movie" was a hit. and now this. >> yes, i'm having the time of my life. >> seth: this movie is so much fun. it's so different. we were talking backstage. were you a fan of "guardians of the galaxy?" because i was a big comic book fan, but i was not -- i did not have a familiarity with gaurdians. >> i had a familiarity with that comic as a kid. and coincidentally had collected some comics, for a brief period in my life in the 90s. i won like, some money in a -- playing bingo and spent it all on comic books. [ laughter ] >> seth: sure. look, it's the classic tale. >> classic story. boy meets bingo hall. boy falls in love with -- >> seth: he wins. he's gonna blow it on comics. >> every time. yeah, and one of them i weirdly had purchased "guardians of the

galaxy." but it was a different -- yeah, so i had the title, but i never really read the comic books. i mostly just looked at the pictures. much like most books. >> seth: sure, right. >> if there's not pictures -- >> seth: if you're going to be picture-based, comics is definitely the best way to go. >> yeah, it's the best reading for a picture-based reader such as myself. >> seth: do you -- you have got, let's say, there is so much cgi in a movie like this. i'm sure it takes years. it's great though. some of the best cgi i have ever seen in a film. >> ground breaking. yeah. they did really cool stuff. >> seth: bradley cooper plays rocket. he's outstanding as a raccoon. without knowing you kind of can't tell it's bradley. he's actually like, really acting. >> yeah, he's doing the real voice, yeah. >> seth: vin diesel hit the jackpot. >> yeah. >> seth: let's be honest. he plays grut. >> yes. >> seth: he only says one thing. >> well he says i -- "i," "am" and "groot." so really says three things. >> seth: sure. >> but, and it's exclusively in that order. >> seth: right. >> and, but --

that's what he says every time he says anything. and they have a good banter between rocket and groot, because rocket understands what groot is saying. so, no matter what groot is saying, he says, "i am groot." but he had to say it several different ways. much like, say, an actor doing shakespeare. >> seth: sure. >> you don't know what the hell they're saying, but you can tell. >> seth: yeah, yeah. right. >> their hands are going. >> seth: there's no way of knowing what the words mean. >> there's literally no way of determining what someone in a shakespeare play is saying. >> seth: right. >> it's a foreign language that no one ever heard of. >> seth: right. you go like costumes. and you assume if some one dies they were a good guy. >> yeah. the good guys die. and then facial expressions. sad. >> seth: sad. you know sad, you know happy. >> you know happy. >> seth: those are the only two i think in shakespeare. i've seen a lot of shakespeare. i think it's just sad and happy. >> it's pretty simple stuff. yeah. >> seth: you had to get -- i feel like vin had to say it bunch of different ways. but you had to get in tremendous shape for this movie. how long did you have to like, get exercising to be ready to

play this character? >> oh, man. like eight months. >> seth: wow. >> about eight months. including like -- building up to shooting the movie and then shooting the movie. it was about eight months. of, of, pretty intense training. >> seth: what was the hardest thing to give up? because i'm assuming nutrition wise you changed your game too. >> i think my personality. [ laughter ] i think, like shedding that. and replacing it with just the guy who, like, talks about, pull ups and stuff. [ laughter ] like i turned into a bro for a minute. i was like, "oh, this is the worst. i'm so sorry." my wife is like, honey. like in fact tonight it's over. >> seth: right? >> yeah. >> seth: this is it. this is the end of the press tour. >> this is the end of the press tour. the movie is coming out. i am going home and i am going to eat a pizza and we're gonna make oatmeal pancakes. daddy's back. >> seth: great. >> that's why i was dancing earlier. i ate, you put rice krispy treats back there. >> seth: i did. >> like 40 of them. >> seth: yeah, how many did you eat? >> they gone!

>> seth: they all gone? >> yeah. >> seth: really? >> i'm on a sugar high, a rice krispy treat sugar high right now. >> seth: i'm so happy for you guys. i'm also a little heartbroken that you're going into the last -- you're filming the last season of "parks" right now. about to start. >> yeah. >> seth: you got -- i did not realize this until today. you got in a little trouble from nbc. they filled me in. you got in a little bit of trouble for, why don't you tell us what you did? you actually got admonished by the brass. >> yes, i am pretty sure i know what admonished means. [ laughter ] just in case, does that mean they yelled at me? >> seth: yeah. >> yeah, they did. yeah, they did. i -- it's kind of funny now. because they're not going to fire me, i don't think. because we are going to be done this year. >> seth: sure. >> wait, they could fire me. they sent me a letter saying i am not supposed to make a joke about this. just so you know, this is really serious. >> seth: okay. yeah. so no matter how funny this is, don't laugh. >> it's gonna seem really funny like i think it was hilarious. >> seth: right. >> but it was -- it was the whole time. >> seth: when they talked to you about it, you felt, you realized

you were in the wrong. >> when i framed the letter next to the frame of me naked, i was like, this is as a reminder. [ laughter ] >> seth: so tell us what you did? >> basically there's a scene. early on, i think it's the second season, when andy was still dating anne, or had been dating ann was in love with ann. and she wanted him to come to the house. and he got the signals crossed somehow thought she wanted him to come to the house naked and hook up. >> seth: right. >> and so i show up naked at the house. and leslie is there. amy poehler is there to receive a naked andy. and so they gave me these underwear that are nude colored, like skin color that they do in the movies that they're going to pixelate out the junk area. >> seth: right. >> they don't make you show your junk they just make it a skin color brief that i was wearing. so i show up in these skin-colored briefs, this is at the end of the day, i'm not quite eliciting the response that i was hoping to from amy. >> seth: right. amy's supposed to open the door and be surprised. >> she's supposed to say, "oh, my god, your penis." and then like, "oh no!" i was like, three, four takes in, and mitch, our boom operator -- i was like, "mitch, i am going

to go snake out on this one. [ laughter ] i'm going to go naked." and he's like, "oh, gosh, i don't know." i was like, "too late." [ laughter ] >> seth: like, by the way. if you work on the set if the boom operator is cool with it, that clears it. >> pretty much. the general rule of thumb. and, so i, went, trou down. and the reaction was awesome. >> seth: and it's the one they used. >> it's the one they used. >> seth: so we actually have a clip. >> do you have the clip? >> seth: this is just method acting at its best. let's see this reaction to that. >> oh. >> baby, i'm back! >> thank you, so, wow! oh! >> why are you naked? >> whoa! [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: they're serious. very serious. and you learned your lesson? >> yeah, i did. >> seth: you learned your lesson. >> and they said, in the letter they did say like, "hey, listen, you can't do this. and also, probably don't go joke

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome back, everyone. our next guest was recently nominate for an emmy for her work in hit show "orange is the new black." the second season is available on netflix now. let's take a look. >> love a guy or girl. the hole is not inside the hole. you have your vagina proper. and you have your clitoris. the urethra is located between the -- in the vagina, inside the labia majora. >> for real? >> for real. i designed one myself. and playing -- and everything. >> seth: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome laverne cox! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: so lovely to see you again.

>> hey, seth. that's a good band. >> seth: give it up for the band. [ cheers and applause ] >> they're making me want to dance. >> everyone's dancing tonight. it's a good night here. it's a real dancing energy. >> dancing's good. >> seth: yeah, so congratulations on your emmy nomination. >> thank you. >> seth: so exciting. [ cheers and applause ] did it knock you off your feet? were you expecting it at all? how did you react when you found out? >> i was not expecting it. i have a confession. the night before i went to goldderbi.com, which is the website where you can kinda make your predictions for award shows and stuff. and i saw what they were saying. and no -- like one person predict that i'd be nominated. i was like, "oh it's not going to happen." so i want to sleep. and so i woke up. and like i had all these messages from my agent and publicist. and i was like, "what?" and then i went online to confirm that i indeed was nominated. and the moment -- i was like -- i was like in shock and disbelief. and then i jumped up and down. and then i cried. [ light laughter ] >> seth: so you ran the gamut. you did pretty much all the emotions. >> i about like five to ten minutes. i just had the whole thing. i was literally jumping up and

down in my 315 square foot new york apartment. [ laughter ] >> seth: the true new york emmy nomination experience. >> i know, right? >> seth: it's exciting for anyone to get nominated for an emmy award. but you are the first openly transgendered person ever to get nominated for an emmy award. does it make it even more special for you? [ cheers and applause ] yes. >> you know, it's a dream come true, you know? i think a lot of actors -- i just like the work. i do love -- i love being a working actor. but i've dreamed about this my whole life. i have been giving emmy award winning speeches in my shower my entire life. >> seth: gotcha -- [ light laughter ] how are they, too long, too short. do you think they're good? >> i always do them really quickly because i am afraid they gonna to cut me off. so like i think about thanking everybody really, really quickly. >> seth: you should turn the water -- cold as you go. and that's like the way you can play it off. and oh, my god they're turning me to cold. i got to wrap it up. >> it's a really good idea. but if anything, i have been thinking a lot about sydney poitier, when who won an oscar 50 years ago actually.

he was the first black actor to win a leading actor oscar. and he said that he didn't feel like black actors had overcome, because he was the only one. so when i think about the sort of historical piece of this, it think it's so important there is more of us nominated and there's more us of us who get to have a role like this and live our dreams. >> seth: that's great. but there has to be a first. so congratulations again. [ cheers and applause ] and you were an advocate for transgendered people for a long time before the show, you've been an advocate since. how have people responded? is it important for people in that community to have someone like you on that show? >> it's been amazing. and i think it is absolutely important. i met this woman in edmonton, canada, earlier this year, who -- when she met me she was in tears. and she said that watching the show, and particularly episode three that i'm nominated for in season one, that that show inspired her to come out to her wife, she had not yet begun to transition. came out to her wife. she has a kid. and she has come out to her wife. she's completed her transition

at work. and her family is intact. and it very much mirrors sophia's story, and that happened because of this character. it's literally is changing people's lives. and she recently sent me a photo of her with her family, and they're a lovely family. >> seth: that's so wonderful. one of the great devices of the show is this way we see the characters. you know, and how they found their way to prison. in episode three, the one you are talking about, we see sylvia pre-transition, and i didn't realize that that was your brother played you. >> yes. >> seth: so how did that come about? >> you have heard by now that my brother plays sophia pre-transition. >> seth: but i didn't know that. because -- he looks -- you guys look a lot alike. >> well we're identical twins. >> seth: oh, well there you go. [ laughter ] oh, now that's interesting. i don't know if you guys know that. that means they look alike all -- [ laughter ] >> yes. >> seth: some say, identical. [ laughter ] >> yes. well i, of course, because you know how we actors are. i, of course, wanted to play sophia pre-transition. i was like, "who is going to play it? i have to do it."

and we did like an eight hour hair and makeup test. we finally got to this very butch look, and i remember going to jodie foster, who directed the episode. i'm like, butching it up. she's at lunch. and she is like, "we have to hire some one." [ laughter ] i wasn't butch enough apparently to play myself pre-transition. and so then they were doing auditions for folks and the casting director contacted my agent and was like, you know, "can we use a photo of laverne for the break out audition?" and my agent was like, "well you know she has a twin brother." and jane huston was like -- [ gasps ] "i have to meet him." [ laughter ] and then my brother was like, when i mentioned it to him, i was like, "would you be interested in doing this?" he was like, "how much does it pay?" [ laughter ] and i guess it paid enough 'cause he did it. >> seth: yeah. and he is not an actor, correct? >> he's not an actor. he's a musician. his name is m. lamar -- mlamar.com. >> seth: his name's not mlamar.com, right? >> it's m. lamar. >> seth: okay, i gotcha. >> not the.com. that's his website. >> seth: no, i get it. it's the future. [ laughter ] >> yeah, he has very long hair. and he --they wanted him to cut

his hair, you know, to be more butch. and he was like, "i'm not doing that. no." he is not an actor. so he's like, there's no investment in it for him. me, i'm like, "yeah, i'll cut my hair." -- or take it off. [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: preferece, take it off secondly. and that's so amazing. i remember seeing in the credits and seeing that jodie foster directed that episode. that must have been amazing in it's own right. >> it was so incredible. so my very first day of working on "orange is new black" i arrived and i'm like, "what is the food like?" so i went to crafty -- craft services. and the food was delicious. i was in craft services and this woman comes up to me. she's like, "hi, i'm jodie, i'm directing episode three." and i'm like -- i'm just like -- "i know who you are." and she's like, i was just standing there like, jodie foster is talking to me. why is she talking to me? she's like, "it's your first day right? let me show you around." and then she commences to give me a tour of the set. and i am just like, "why is jodie foster talking to me?" [ laughter ] i am walking around like, "she's asking me these questions about

my life like she's really interested." and, i didn't understand at that point the that episode three would be my back story episode. and i am just like -- and i got back to my dressing room and i called my brother, actually. i was like -- and i am shaking. i was shaking. i was like, "i just met jodie foster. and i have to act now. i don't think i can do it. [ hyperventilates ] he was like, "just breathe. just breathe. you can do this." and i did it. and now i am nominated for an emmy. [ applause ] >> seth: yeah! always remember to breathe. always remember to breathe. >> always remember to breathe. >> seth: congratulations once again. laverne cox everyone. [ cheers and applause ] "orange is the new black" is available on netflix now. we'll be right back with big data and joywave. ♪

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: tonight we have music from two new york-based bands, both of whom are making their "late night" debuts. first, here to perform the number one song on alternative radio, "dangerous," please welcome big data featuring joywave! [ cheers and applause ] ♪

♪ how could you know how could you know that those were my eyes peeping through the floor ♪ ♪ it's like they know it's like they know i'm looking from the outside and creeping to the door ♪ ♪ it's like they know and now they coming yeah now they coming ♪ ♪ out of the shadows to take me to the court ♪ ♪ because they know gotta shut this down cause they been watching all my windows ♪ ♪ cause you understand they got a plan for us i bet you didn't know that i was dangerous ♪ ♪ it must be fate i found a place for us i bet you didn't know someone could love you this much ♪ ♪ how could they know how could they know

what i been thinking ♪ ♪ like they're right inside my head ♪ ♪ because they know because they know what i been hidin ♪ ♪ they're right under my bed they're on patrol ♪ ♪ here they come yeah here they come out of the shadows to take me to the court ♪ ♪ because they know gotta shut this down ♪ ♪ cause they been watching all my windows they gathered up the warrant cause ♪ ♪ i've gotta get out of here slip down into the dark keep on running ♪ ♪ and i've gotta get out of here

sink down into the dark ♪ ♪ yeah understand they got a plan for us i bet you didn't know that i was dangerous ♪ ♪ it must be fate i found a place for us i bet you didn't know someone could love you this much ♪ ♪ ♪ nobody's listening when we're alone nobody's listening there's nobody listening ♪ ♪ no one can hear us when we're alone no one can hear us no no one can hear us ♪ ♪ i've gotta get out of here

slip down into the dark keep on running ♪ ♪ and i've gotta get out of here slip down into the dark ♪ ♪ cause you understand they got a plan for us i bet you didn't know that i was dangerous ♪ ♪ it must be fate i found a place for us i bet you didn't know someone could love you this much ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: big data and joywave. catch big data on tour this fall with fits and the tantrums and

come back after the break for more joywave! [ cheers and applause ]

[ cheers and applause ] >> i want to thank to night's guests, chris pratt, laverne cox, big data, joywave and of course the 8g band. now to perform their own hit,

"tongues," welcome back joywave. for the full performance go to the latenightseth.com. ladies and gentlemen, joywave. ♪ ♪ pick me up dust me off give me breath and let me cough ♪ ♪ drag me back collect my thought i've come back to the land i'd lost ♪ ♪ the palms are down i'm welcomed back to town sometimes i feel like they don't understand me ♪ ♪ i hear their mouths making foreign sounds sometimes i think they're all just speaking tongues ♪ ♪ ♪ tell me all the things i've missed who's been killed and who's been kissed ♪ ♪ drag me back collect my thoughts i'll be gone when the drugs wear off ♪ ♪ the palms are down i'm welcomed into town sometimes i feel like

they don't understand me ♪ ♪ i hear their mouths making foreign sounds sometimes you'd think they spoke another language ♪ ♪ >> carson: welcome to another edition of "last call", i'm carson daly and this is amp radio, where i do a little morning radio show. tonight, we got some great music "the birds of satan", how about that for a name of a band, they're going to perform from studio 606, i'll explain that coming up. power creator courtney kemp agboh gets "the spotlight" treatment, but up first, it's all about wil wheaton. and even though wil's only 41 years old, his career has spanned over three decades, with memorable performances in "stand by me", "star trek: the next generation, and "the big bang theory." his latest gig, has been dubbed