I'm excited to see him. he's always so entertaining in interviews.  I can't wait to see what story he tells tonight. 

I agree, Brittany. That Colbert would even think he could get a conversation going about those old "coming of age" movies was ridiculous. JS clearly didn’t care to talk about them, they were a job not a lifestyle. Plus Colbert always trying to insert himself and his old acting career into the conversation was truly awkward and the conversation went nowhere. I much prefer Fallon as interviewer because he knows how to just let the conversation flow and gets those great Spader stories as a result. Colbert wasted the moment.

I just watched the segment and really enjoyed it. I laughed out loud several times. James was a delight. I loved it when he rubbed the hair on the Steph character's head and threw away Colbert's card. Obviously he didn't want to talk about his old movies. It was worth watching to me to see Spader laugh and to see his expressions. 

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I did chuckle over his mother’s nicknames for him.  Butterscotch poodle was a hoot. And I thought Jamesy was adorable.

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I thought the interview was awkward and went nowhere.  Colbert frequently shows old photos of guests, in roles way back when and so forth, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  I agree that James telegraphed in several ways that it wasn't a topic he wanted to spend time on, at least to me it seemed that way. And the "questions" seemed to maybe be about that too.

I had hopes for this interview, esp as James entered, - as the first time Colbert interviewed James, a few years back, it also was awkward.  But the Late Show gig had just started and I put it down to the show still trying to find its rhythm.  His questions were, to me, a bit confrontational and got little response from James, who didn't bite.

It was great to see James and I agree it was wonderful of him to call attention to the hard work that his PA does.   But I also agree it was a wasted opportunity.

 

 

For those of you who didn't catch it, yesterday Aly posted an unaired segment from the Colbert interview - ou need to scroll down a bit because Aly has posted a lot  since that post.  

In the column of “miscellaneous”, I watched “pretty in pink”. for the first time the other day - those films were never my thing - anyway I now understand why James called his character an expletive when shown the photo during the interview.  Lol.   And why he said he never had that experience. 😊. Anyway it was interesting to see James’ performance there.  ( I became a fan with his other films).

Tuxie400 - yes agree.  Even back then you could see it.