Trump Calls Gas a "Very Inexpensive" Price to Pay for War| Tom Cruise, Lili Reinhart | with Thursday, September 17

0:05From Studio 6B and Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City, it's The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. And I join Jimmy and his guests, Tom Cruise, Lili Reinhart, and featuring the legendary Roots crew. Two, three, four, two. And here he is. Jimmy Fallon! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Thank you very much! Hey! Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Welcome, everybody! Welcome, everybody!

0:55Yes! Thank you very much! Thank you. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself. I know we're excited. Welcome to The Tonight Show. Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Cruise is my guest tonight. Oh, my God. Yes! The best. Tom will be out here in a minute. He's currently climbing up the side of the building. In his new movie, Tom plays the world's most powerful man who tries to convince people he's humanity's savior before his actions destroy everything.

1:28Anyway, President Trump is in the news and... Yeah, after they wouldn't put his name on the Kennedy Center, Trump is now threatening to tear it down. And last night, photographers captured Trump on Air Force One looking at a poster that says Kennedy Center demolished. Take a look at this. It's real. Ooh. Usually when Trump is demolishing something on Air Force One, it's a bucket of KFC. Wait. Like, wing me, wing me. Yeah, when he found out the photo went viral, Trump was like, see, this is why I should always travel in the back of a catering truck. That's why I always... That's what I always say.

2:09Trump said the Kennedy Center is, quote, in very, very bad shape. Then a staffer leaned in and said, sir, that's a report from your last physical. He said, oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. And... More news from Washington. After working just seven days since their summer recess, Congress left for another break until November. Yeah, they're already back on vacation. Check out the moment they decided to adjourn.

2:53at Disney World? Aye! All in favor of going skinny dipping in the Gulf of America? Aye! All in favor of yelling welcome to Jackass and pushing Mitch McConnell down a halfpipe? Aye! All in favor of renting a pedal pub and cycling around D.C. totally shwasted? Aye! All in favor of going to a private island, but, like, not that private island? Aye! House adjourned.

3:19We'll get this. Last night during a speech in North Carolina, Trump said high gas prices are a very inexpensive price to pay for the war. Then his teleprompter said, hold for booing.

3:36Meanwhile, I read that Trump said that he has talked to Iran directly, and hopefully we're toward the end of the war. That would mean more if Trump hadn't been saying that since the start of March Madness. But still. But we're in the final stretch before the midterm elections, and you might think Trump's recent statements and actions might work against the Republicans. But check out this interview that we found with a Trump supporter right before he began his second term. You voted for President Trump. What are you hoping to see from a second Trump administration? Well, I'm just trying to provide for my family, so I'm hoping he spends most of his time trying to get his name added to the Kennedy Center and shuts it down if he can.

4:12I'd also be real jazzed if he started one of those forever wars in the Mideast that he said he would never start, but only if it costs taxpayers$246 million a day, and we start really losing it pretty much right off the bat, just taking L after L. Now, in a perfect world, I would love to not be able to afford gas while he tries renaming New Mexico New America and posts pictures of himself as Hulk Hogan. But, you know, you can't always get what you want. That's so interesting. We knew back then every... Amazing. Amazing found footage? Well, people are talking about this. The Fed has raised interest rates a quarter of a percent from 3.75 to 4%.

4:57How about that? Oh, that's so typical. When's it gonna end? Wow. It sounds like you're pretty upset. Uh, yeah. A quarter percent? That's barely anything. They're being too stingy. We need to raise it more. Wait, no, it's bad when they raise interest rates, right? Yes. Yeah, I know that. Yeah, because, like, it's bad. Wait, what do you think an interest rate is? An interest rate. Well, um, so with the Fed, it's in control of the rates, and, you know, when they raise it, the interest rate, it gets, like, it gets raised. I mean, really raised. And so you want it low for the most part. But in some circumstances, it's actually good to be at, you know, to have it at a good level.

5:55Because it's like, when it's high, it's bad. And then when the Fed comes in, and of course in Australia, the whole thing's reversed. But I digress. And not to mention, you know, stocks. I mean, it's just, I think that speaks for itself. It's the Fed, man. Does that make sense? No, I don't think you said anything just now. Okay, I don't know what an interest rate is. Fine. Explain it to me, Jimmy. Well, of course. I'm happy to explain. An interest rate. It's like when the Fed is... You know? You know? So, okay, so the interest rate's there, right? You know, and then you know, of course, it's housing.

6:42So it's like, at the end of the day, we're all having fun and life happens and we love and laugh and love to laugh. But we're here at the end of the day. You know, it's about prosperity. So a way to think about interest rates is, in a lot of ways, is like the Fed, okay? You take the Fed, take the Fed. It's like, well, it's federal, right? That's the short form. We all know that. So it's like we need to rethink the Fed in so many ways. Like a new kind of interest rate, if that makes sense. because interest accrues. Accrues. So with a new rate, that will grow. It has a growth mindset, which is bringing it back to prosperity.

7:19Then that should happen. Does that make sense? Uh... Oh, yeah. I get it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right, right? Because with the, you know, right? Oh, yeah, because, yeah, with the... Yeah, totally. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, because, yeah, right? And of course, okay, I see. Hey, thank you. I'm happy to help you. Of course, that's for you. That's absolutely. Happy to help you. No, and I got from you. I got from you. I'm happy to. You're the man. Bye, good. See you. Take care. Bye. Thank you.

8:04In other news, switching gears, this is why an Australian river that's full of crocodiles was just chosen to host rowing and canoeing at the 2032 Olympics. Well, those events just got a lot more entertaining. Hey, I read new research that found that working from home could be worse for your health than going into the office. With more on this, let's check in with our writer, Brooks, who's in his office just down the hall right now. Brooks, how's it going? Hey, Jimmy. It's going well. Just hard at work in my office right down the hall. Uh, gotcha. Well, what do you think about this new research?

8:37I definitely think there's some merit to it. I feel much healthier being in the office than at home. Sorry, Brooks, did your background change? Oh, uh... No, uh, nope. Same as it was. Anyway, as I was saying... Broke, stop, stop, stop it. I can tell that you're not actually here. What are you talking about? Yes, I am. Is that a doorbell? No, I think that was the building beeping. You know how the building that we're both in right now beeps sometimes? No, look, if you're down the hall, why don't you just walk down here right now and prove that you're here? Jimmy, you read my mind. Here I come.

9:23Here I am, Jimmy, in the flesh from head to toe.

9:32Okay, you are here. I'm sorry for doubting you. Get back to work. Sounds good. Bye, bud. Take care. Our writer Brooks, everyone. He's there.

9:48He's happy. He's all right. He's okay. He's doing all right. He's doing okay. Oh, my God. Anyway, just stay there, and I'll finish your work over there, Brooks.

10:04And, finally, a new study found that knowledge about wine is linked to higher intelligence. Yeah. If you know a lot about wine, it could mean that you're smarter. Well, I think the president heard about that study. Check out the video he just put out. It's official. Knowing about wine makes you smart. And the Trump family owns its own winery, so I know more wines than anyone else. Wines like... Mullet. Zendaya. Penis grease. Penis grogu. Cabinet full of sausage. Yum. Vince Vaughn. Charizard. Yay. Vagina. And, of course, Spider-Man Brand New Day. We have a great show! Tom Cruise is here tonight!

10:50Tom Cruise! Lili Reinhardt is joining us. Stick around. We'll be right back with Tom Cruise. Come on, athletic. Come on, athletic.

11:12Our first guest is the biggest movie star on the planet. His films have earned over$13 billion worldwide. Yes! And he's the nicest dude ever. We love him. His new movie, Digger, is in theaters and IMAX October 2nd. Please welcome Tom Cruise!

11:37That's what I'm talking about! Feel the love!

11:47Welcome back. Welcome back. Come on. That's what I'm talking about. They love you. Come on. People love you. We love you. Tom. I love you. Thank you. That's got to feel good. That's got to feel good. Welcome back to the show. Oh, come on. You're the one. You're the coolest. But, Tom, I have to say, I saw Digger last week. You knocked it out of the park. It's one of the... Bang, bang, bang. Oh, my God. That character you coming up and talking to. Bang, bang, bang. Hey, man. Let's go. Like, 20 minutes in, I don't know who I'm watching. I've never seen an actor jump into a role like this. It's fantastically well done.

12:29That was a fat suit. I, look, this is what you look like in the movie. This is you as Digger Rockwell. It was so much fun. And it was so much fun. No, but you're, dude, by the way, I do get to see... The prosthetics are amazing. The character, everything you came up with, the hair, everything. At one point, I saw your butt. Your butt came out of the... That's prosthetic. No, that is not prosthetic. That is prosthetic. I can do better than that. I can do better than that. I don't know, maybe that was method acting, but that's real. I go, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, that's not real. But how did you come up with the character and the voice?

13:09Oh, man, Alejandro. It was so fun. Just the way he talks, whatever the way he... We just find it. You just find it. The character... I don't know. People talk about, well, Les Grossman are different characters. Yes, Les Grossman was... I've been so fortunate. That was... You knocked that one out. This is Les Grossman taken to another level. Yeah, I know. It's insanity. He says stuff that maybe you think and you want to say... And you don't say it. And you don't say it. And then things you just go, I can't believe he just said that. The film is totally original. It's audacious. It's funny. It's moving.

13:43How long have you known Alejandro? You know, I have known of him since his first film, Amores Perros, which I've few see. Yes. It's just like the guy makes one masterpiece after the next. He's an amazing human being. And did you always want to work together? Look, I'd hoped to. I'd hoped to have that opportunity. He's just, he's astonishing. Yeah. He's astonishing. And it's, you know, English is his second language, and you see the language in the film is so amazing. I have a 10-minute monologue. It's all one take. By the way, that is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. It got a standing ovation in the middle of the film.

14:22Did it really? Yes. Wow. Well, it's choreographed. Here's you in this scene. It's like a courtroom scene. That's one take? Yeah, one take. It's so fun. This is Tom Cruise. Zoom in. That's Tom Cruise. Oh, okay. That is...

14:41Oh, my God. Let me... This guy comes to me, he's like, I want you to look like this. I was like, you got some cojones. No, but you're... Let's go. You're doing this speech, and you're acting, and it's so good, and you're in character, and you're up the stairs, and there's 200 extras, and you're coming down, and you're walking on the beam. I go, what is he? And at one point, it's spinning, that camera shot, where the floor is. There's some action in there. There's like, look, I do have, it is a fat suit. Yes, I know. We all know it is. It definitely is. Yes, yes, yes. You're in character. Cowboy boots.

15:14Cowboy boots. Yes, and that wasn't your butt in the thing. Absolutely, I know. You're right. You're right. But do you get more nervous doing that type of scene or jumping out of a building or any of that? You know, I just get excited. Like, you know, you work on things and then it's just, you want to just play jazz. You know, I get excited. Let's play. Let's play. It's like, okay, let's jump. It is like being, you know, when you're doing that, it is metaphorically being on a cliff and going, okay, what's going to happen? How many pages of dialogue is that? I don't know. It was long. Like 10, 12 pages of just pure...

15:51It's just you going for it. And I'm like, yes! Just me. Yes! Bang, bang, bang. Just go, man. And I'm like, dude, let's go! Let's call the fuck! He's unbelievable! There's no one like this dude! Yes! It was awesome! I'm lucky. We all went nuts, man. I feel so lucky. The world premiere of Digger is in London next week. Then you travel the world promoting this movie. But you weren't able to take the night off the other night, which is rare to see you, and you went to see the Chiefs game. Yeah. With your buddy... As you can tell, it's like, come on. Come on. Now, now when, now when the biggest movie star in the world is sitting next to the biggest artist in the world, what, what do you talk about?

16:44She was schooling me on football. For real? For real. Like, she was bringing the football, first of all, she's a genius. I've been following her since she was a kid. Yeah, she is a genius. Everybody there, all their friends, They're a beautiful couple, you know, and magical in their own right. And everybody there in that booth. I haven't been to a football game since pre-COVID, you know, where I was working and everything. So to get to hang out there and have that moment, it was a lot of fun. But she knows her stuff. Oh, she knows her stuff. She's like, this is like, I was like, okay. Because she told me that she was like, I don't, she didn't know much about football.

17:18She knew, she knew nothing about football when she met Travis. It was like her, it's like, what was it like playing against your brother, like tackling each other. I think Travis, I told Travis, he was like, very patient. She said, you know, he's so patient, kind of said, I'm sure he was. But now she's... I think everybody be very patient. Yeah, but now she's telling you what's up and knowing the plays. She knows, she knows. She's just bringing it. She knows, she knows. Yeah. And then, and then outside of football, do you talk about music or movies? We're talking about music and movies. She's funny.

17:52She's got such a great sense of humor. She is. A brilliant writer. Also, by the way. Beyond, beyond, beyond. Brilliant. Brilliant musician, a director, very skilled. Speaking of music, by the way, I don't know if you saw these rumors on the Internet. I just wanted to show them to you. You don't have to react. You can react if you want to. This says, uh, Tom Cruise... Digger is, uh... Really? Yeah. Digger is secretly a musical. Serious? Yeah. People think Tom Cruise's new movie, Digger, is hiding. It's really a musical. Let's keep going. Tom Cruise's Digger musical conspiracy taking over the Internet.

18:25Did it take, like, over the whole internet? Yes. What do you have to say for yourself, Tom Cruise? Was it trending? Yes. It was almost trending. Yes, it was almost... Okay. Wait, what do you say to someone who believes Digger is a music... No, but I think it's a very good idea. I think we should do Digger the musical. By the way... It's Digger Down. Yeah. Digger... Digger Down.

18:53Digger Down. Digga down. Digga down. Digga down. Digga down. Oh, yeah!

19:02Wait till you see this. Wait till you see it. It's off the rails. It's so good. It's one of the best performances. And before we show a clip from Digger, I know you love popcorn, so we got our hands on the Digger popcorn bucket, by the way. Thank you. With the booth. With the booth! With the booth. I love how they do this in movie theaters now, you know? It's so fun, right? I love it. It's fun. Should we share it with others? Should we...? Yeah!

19:33You guys want popcorn with Tom Cruise? Can we put some more? Hey, take a walk? Don't we have one? Yeah, we'll take a walk. Walk. Who do we want to have popcorn? Let's go. Thank you!

19:52This is very nice. This is exactly what you have to do. Come on. Yeah, you can come up here. Tommy, you want to come up here? That's what I love. Got to share with everybody. Get in there. Get some popcorn. Make sure everyone's got... We're going to make sure everyone gets as much popcorn.

20:20That's Tom Cruise right there giving popcorn. Popcorn, everybody. Oh, my God.

20:27Tom... Hey, Tom, we can't give popcorn to everyone... I know. ...in the audience. I wish I could. I wish we could share something with everyone. Can we share something with everyone? Well, we could share someone. Courtesy of Tom Cruise and our friends at IMAX, the entire audience is getting two tickets to see bigger in IMAX!

20:53Tom Cruise, everybody! Digger hits theater in the IMAX October 2nd! We'll be right back with more Tonight Show. Stick around, we'll be right back.

21:17Our next guest is a talented actress who stars in and executive produce the highly anticipated new movie The Love Hypothesis, which begins streaming on Prime Video September 23rd. Please welcome Lily Reinhardt!

21:40Welcome back to the show. We love having you on the show. Happy belated birthday. You just turned 30. Come on, big deal.

21:51Happy birthday! Thank you. I feel good. Did you have a big party? What did you do? I did not. I've been in the middle of the press tour, so my birthday was at my house for two seconds between Europe and then here. I laid in the pool. My boyfriend got me a beautiful cake. Come on! I watched 13 Going on 30. As one does. I know. It was very nice. 13 Going on 30. You have to do that. It holds up. Oh, my God. What a good movie. It does hold up. Yeah. I love everyone in that. Well, you recently broke the internet because you got to star in a BTS music video. Here's you with BTS and Swim. Yeah.

22:36I love Swim. That's my favorite song on the album. It's so good. Did you know that they were fans of yours? How did you hook up with them? They're, I mean, I was sent a DM by their creative director, and thank God I opened it. But I hope they would have been more formal without me having... Imagine if I never opened the DMs. Yes! Do you normally open your DMs? Every now and then? Good question. Every now and then... There's some scary stuff in there. So I tend to shy away from that. But yeah, he had seen my show, Helen Harper, and really was a fan of it. So I think he thought of me for this leading lady in their music video.

23:11And I flew to Lisbon and filmed for four days. Lisbon was where you went? I went there, yeah. Were you intimidated? It was a little intimidating. I mean, they're the biggest band of all time. Yes, they really are the most talented guys. I know, and I was actually... My first instinct was, BTS is asking me to be in a music video I can't dance at all. But you're going to have to with BTS. Well, that was my fear. I was like, I'm going to have to turn them down because I can't dance. I cannot do... Have you seen their music videos? Yes. The dance moves that are happening there, I can't do that. So I...

23:49They're the most talented man ever. They're real deal. No, so I was like, I actually am gonna have to... No, no, no. You're Lilian Reinhardt. You can hang with anyone, man. But so, because the dancing in the music video for me was just kind of more improv-y and free-flowing... Okay. I was able to do it, but I was intimidated. Were you nervous at all? Well, so, flying in to the airport, it was really windy, and so I was extremely nauseous shooting the whole thing. I talked about throwing up last time I was on your show. That's correct. Here I am now talking about it again. But I was incredibly sick, like, for the four days that we were shooting it because that plane ride in just really screwed me over.

24:31So I, when we were on this boat, I was on probably the legal limit of nausea medication that a human being can be on. You didn't get sick again, did you? No, I didn't. Well, actually... You did? Not on the boat. I didn't get sick on the boat. Did you get sick on BTS? No! I don't know! I don't know where the story's going. I don't know. No, no, I'm just saying, like, you can't, I guess the idea with nausea meds is that you can't be sick and throwing up if you're, like, slightly unconscious. So that's, like, what, so I was on so much medication, and we're on this boat, and I'm, like, just, like, rocking along with the boat because I'm half asleep.

25:07So I'm, like, kind of unconscious in the music video when I am on the boat. All right, so when we watch it again, it's not method acting. Yeah, no, I'm just really... Heavily medicated. All right, very nice. I got to say congratulations, because this is a big deal. You got nominated for one of Cleveland's most interesting people of 20... 26. Yeah. This is a big deal. Are you from Cleveland? I'm from Cleveland, yeah. Yeah, great. Fantastic. I'm from a little city outside Cleveland called Bay Village. Bay Village. So you're up against a ventriloquist, a meteorologist, an NBA cookie mom and a boomerang champion.

25:46And let's be real. I'm the least interesting person out of all of the... What are you talking about? You're just... You're in the BTS. You have a ventriloquist on there. First of all, she's a meteorologist and ventriloquist. Oh, is that right? Yes. And you have a cookie mom. I don't know what that is, but it's incredible. Yes. And I'm just... Yeah. I mean, I... I share this honor with my friends there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When you started auditioning for roles. What roles did you audition for? I was doing a lot of self-tapes in Ohio. I auditioned for probably most notably Glee. But I was a huge Glee fan.

26:25Yeah, me too. Because I think the show takes place in Ohio. It does. So I was little 16-year-old me, auditioned for it, like when you clearly didn't get it. You didn't get it? Well, no. No? No, no, no. What would you do for your auditions? You just had to sing. I don't remember what the song was clearly. Well, I was also 16, and you have to be 18 to be on. I would have had to have been older, so I didn't book it, obviously. But you still stayed a fan. Yeah, I was a big fan. You stayed a Gleek. I was a Gleek. I was tweeting. I wanted the Glee Twitter account to like one of my tweets or something.

27:00They never did. But I was live tweeting with the show every week. I was a big fan. My dad watched it with me. I love that show. Look at you now, though. Let's talk about your new movie, The Love Hypothesis. This is your rom-com. I loved it. Thank you. I love it. I love a good rom-com. It's two scientists, fake dating. It's actually based on a Star Wars fanfiction. Yeah. So, Allie Hazelwood, our author, she wrote a fanfiction of Rey and Kylo Ren, and it inspired The Love Hypothesis. So, it's all of an atom, and they fake date so that Olive's friend on will pursue the crush that she has. It's kind of hard to explain, but she's doing it for her friend.

27:46Yes. Yes. Yes, and then we don't know. And then we don't know. No, we don't know what's about... But it's super cute and super cool. Did you do a lot of research and watch a lot of rom-coms? I watched so many rom-coms while I was shooting. I really did. But I didn't do research. Science was my worst subject in school ever. Yeah. I wasn't gonna... Yeah, I joked to my family. I was like, I'm playing a Stanford scientist. I don't know. Yes, that's... Yes, finally! Yeah, finally. Yeah, that's what I think, too. I wanted to say happy belated birthday. And I know last time you were on the show, you told us how much you love Taco Bell.

28:17Yes. It's your favorite. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they actually released a Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie. This is limited, limited, limited, limited edition. And this is just for you. Are you going to try it with me? Of course I have to. But for good luck. This is happy, happy... Okay, cheers. Get all the crust in there and everything. I don't know what this is gonna taste like. Is it Baja Blast? It's Baja Blast. All right, good. Cheers. Cheers. Happy birthday. Thank you. All right, here we go.

28:52I don't know about all that. I'm not gonna spit it out. You like that? I don't know. Are you on Dramamine right now? I have no idea. I don't know. Lilly Reinhardt, everybody! The Love Hypothesis begins streaming on Prime Video September 23rd. Stick around!

29:19My thanks to Tom Cruise, Lily Reinhart, and the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Good night, everybody. Thank you.

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