Justin Theroux Responds to Plane Nudist, Japanese Circus and Motorcycle Gang Rumors

-Justin, there's so much I have to talk to you about. You've been promoting this film now all over the world. -Yes. -Where were you just yesterday? -Just yesterday, I was in, uh -- in Italy. And we just got back last night. Yeah. -And you also got engaged, by the way. -Yes, thank you. -Congratulations. I met your fiancée backstage. -Thank you very much. Thank you, yeah. -Beautiful. -Thank you. -What is it like, uh... selling this film around the world? -We went to Mexico, which was out of control. We went to Italy, obviously. We went to the Venice Film Festival, then we went to London, which was, you know -- It's strange just because -- It should be the least strange of the places, but I was on the red carpet there. -"Be-uhl-juice, Be-uhl-juice." -"Be-uhl-juice, Be-uhl-juice." They all have accents. [ Laughter ] -That's what they call it in London, yeah. "Be-uhl-- We love the Be-uhl. -"Be-uhl-juice, Be-uhl-juice." -"Are you gonna see 'Be-uhl-juice'"? -"Go on, go see it. Well, no, yeah." -"Go see the film." -"Yeah, see the film. We'll see it twice. 'Be-uhl-juice.' You'll say it twice and go see it twice and go to see --" -"It's not 'Be-uhl-juice' anymore. -No. -It's "Be-uhl-juice, Be-uhl-juice." -"What would you fink?" -No, actually, I was on the red carpet, and I went over to -- There was a woman holding a microphone, you know, like some entertainment show over there, and she holds the microphone out, and she goes, "Justin Theroux. Dirty sex." And I went, "What? This is going south quickly, and I haven't even said anything." -"Dirty sex"? -She goes, "Dirty sex. -It's taken 36 years to make this movie." [ Laughter ] And I was like, "There's been a big gap between..." -That's the best. That's so funny. -I, like, panicked for a minute. I was like, "Where's this interview going?" -That's so funny. -That's the last thing you want to hear. -"36 years." -"Dirty sex." [ Laughter ] -"Since the last 'Be-uhl-juice.'" [ Laughter ] That's so funny. I know you -- Speaking about traveling. I was going to ask you this backstage, but I'll do it right here in front of America. -Wow. -Is this true? Do you -- Do you sleep naked on international flights? This is a -- -This is a trick question. -No, it's not a trick. -It's not a trick question from you. So, you know how -- I mean, you're in the public eye sometimes and, you know, you get questions from like a, you know, a tabloid or something that says, "Can you confirm or deny X, Y?" You go, "Oh yeah, no, that's not true." -Yeah. -It's usually pretty silly. I got one that was that I was a nudist on airplanes. -That's correct. -That I, like, would get on airplanes naked and walk around them. -I read this. -Yes. You see? Fake news. Um, and so I thought it'd be kind of fun to, like, reply, "Yes, I am a nudist on planes." Like, this could be hilarious. And so I was running sort of some, like, reply ideas by with my friends. I was thinking, "Wouldn't this be funny? Like, what can we say?" We could say like, "Yeah, I insist on being naked because X, Y, Z." Um, and then I was telling Jason Bateman, our friend this -- this thing, and he goes, "Yeah, but, dude, you do fly naked on planes." And I was like, "What? What are you talking about?" And he's like, "Yeah. When we flew to London." We took a flight once to London together. And he was like, "And I came by to say good night to you, and you were totally naked." I was like, "I wasn't naked. I was -- I was in, like, my boxer shorts." And he was like, "Yeah, but that -- so, clearly someone saw you and they thought you were naked." So that's the origin of the story of why he -- But Jason is also that guy who, you know, wears pajamas and goes to brush his teeth three times before, you know... [ Laughter ] He puts on the whole outfit. -He wears a three-piece suit to bed. -We're not in 38J, either. You know, we're in first class. We're in a little cubicle. -So you're there. -It was dark lighting. -In your boxers. -Yeah, well, no. I would do this thing where I'll sort of go like that, and then I'll sort of... I'll just take my shoes off and maybe my shirt, and then I'm. Then I'm asleep. The whole plane's dark, so I'm not... -Yeah. You're in the fetal position, minding your own business. -Yeah. -Basically naked. -Jason Bateman [bleep] [ Laughter ] -Yeah. -Yeah. Is he big spoon or little spoon? [ Laughter ] -He's a big spoon! He's total big spoon. He's so big spoon. -Big, moppy head of hair. Yeah. -There's always stories going on about you in the tabloids. I'm sorry that you have to deal with that stuff, but I thought maybe I could run through some of these things and see if some of these stories are true, or if there's a history behind this. -Sure. -One of your first jobs was working at a circus in Japan. -That's a true story. -How? -That's a true story. I did -- I -- when I was between high school and college, I went and lived with a friend of mine in Japan to make money for college, and I got a job at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, and I made snow cones. -Wow! -So it sounds more exotic than it really is. -No. Yeah. Working at a circus. Yeah, but you made snow cones in Japan. -Made snow cones in Japan. I could still, you know, sell them. -Uh, how about this? The viral "My money don't jiggle jiggle" guy is your actual cousin. -Yes, it is. Confirmed. -Explain -- -My cousin Louie. He's a fabulous documentarian. Really funny, interesting guy. -Yes. -He's won BAFTAs. And he went viral last year -- He did a doc -- I don't know what it was. It was something where he did a rap, you know, sort of a joke rap. -And then "jiggle, jiggle." -Was one of those things that went into the inter-tubes and then just went crazy, and... [ Laughter ] So now I just saw him actually when we were in London. And he's more famous for that. -Than anything he's ever done. -Anything he's ever done. -That's so funny. All right. This one here -- you were once in a motorcycle gang called Satan's Hooves. -Yes. -What?! -Yes. -That I thought was fake. -No, I was in a... -Satan's Hooves? -I was in a motorcycle gang called Satan's Hooves, and there were, like -- there were three of us, then there were two of us, then we had a third again. I was part of the -- I was the New York chapter. -Okay. -And we were trying to come up with like... -The New York chapter of Satan's Hooves. -New York chapter. Was a big initiation. You had to get a beatdown. -Yeah. Of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. -And we were just trying to come up with a name. And we thought -- were thinking of like Heaven's Devils, which we thought would be cool. -Oh, Heaven's Devil's is funny. -Heaven's Devils. -That's a good name. -And then we thought the stupidest one would be Satan's Hooves. The hooves of Satan. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely frightening. And it was a three-membered gang. It was a three-member gang. -And then we went down to two just because one of us, I think, had to sell their motorcycle. -Let's talk about "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice." -Yeah. -This is gonna be giant. I'm so excited about this. Tell everyone who you play and what the... -I play this guy named Rory, who's sort of a, um -- a producer, director, agent. -Yeah. -And love interest to Winona Ryder. -Who's amazing, by the way. -And he's a real -- She's fantastic. And he's a real jerk. And he's -- It was really fun to play. -Yeah. -He's just sort of that guy. You'll see when the movie comes out. -But what a great cast. I mean, Catherine O'Hara, you have Jenna Ortega. -Yeah. -Michael Keaton. -Michael Keaton. -Doing Beetlejuice. -Doing actual Beetlejuice. -Is that a little odd when he's doing it? Because you're like, "You're doing an impression, but, no." -Well, I had never met him. Like, I had never even met Michael Keaton. -Oh, really? -Yeah. So the first time I met him, we were doing hair and makeup tests like you do, and he -- Someone said, "Oh --" And I'd been wanting to meet him. And they said, "Oh, he's in his trailer right now. He's he's just come through," and I go, "Oh, great." So I went and I -- he opens the door, I knocked, and I look up, and it's Michael Keaton -- or, it's Beetlejuice. He's just wearing the full hair. He's got the striped suit and everything. "Come on in." And so I went in and we sat down and talked for a minute, and then like, next day, we went to work together. -Yeah. -And it was -- I was talking to Jenna about this. We worked with him. It was so much fun, obviously, because he's so talented and has so much energy. And -- and it was actually almost weirder -- Then finally, like, weeks later, we saw him out of makeup. -Just meeting the actual Michael Keaton. -Actual Michael Keaton, but it wasn't like meeting Michael Keaton. It was like meeting Beetlejuice who had had, like, Michael Keaton makeup on. -Yeah. -Feel like... -We were like, "Who's that guy?" -It's unbelievable to see that. -Yeah. -And then also those guys together and him and Winona and Catherine. -Catherine O'Hara. -Catherine O'Hara. -And Tim Burton. -And Tim Burton! -How was Tim Burton? -Tim Burton, is -- He lives up to exactly what you would think. -I wanna know that guy. -He's really fun. He's so imaginative. -Yeah. -And he's a wonderful, wonderful guy. -That's one of the things I loved about this -- this movie, too -- the effects are really, like, claymation and real. -Yeah. He completely -- he did this kind of wonderful thing where he sort of -- he sort of -- he made -- he wanted to make it really quickly. He didn't want to, like, waste any time, you know, doing CGI and all. He sort of cleared it away, and it was sort of like making an independent film. He just sort of put a big iron dome over the whole thing, and we went in and just sort of played and made each other laugh and goofed. And then, the effects are all, like, you know, real effect, you know? So in the trailer, you can see he opens his shirt and guts blow out, and real, you know, rubber guts and goo hit us in the face. And it's just -- it's really lo-fi, but in a weird way, that's what makes it so great. -It's well done. It's super funny and super entertaining. I want to show everyone a clip. Here's Justin Theroux in "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice." Take a look. -I know this is a big step for you, but in the words of Dr. Glickman, I'm gonna give you the push you need. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Is that -- -Beetlejuice? -Eee! -[ Muffled shouting ] -First of all, I want you two kids to know this is a safe space, okay? Feel free to express yourself. Don't be afraid. I sense there's an enabler here, but we'll get to that. -You're a figment of my imagination! -Really? Is this a figment of your imagination? -[ Groans ] -Yeah! Come on! [ Cheers and applause ] Justin Theroux! "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" is in theaters and IMAX this Friday! More with Justin after the break. Stick around, everybody. Come on back.