Justin Theroux talks ‘Beetlejuice,’ friendship with Woody Harrelson

. >>> 36 YEARS AGO THE ORIGINAL "BEETLEJUICE" MOVIE HIT THEATERS. IT WAS A GHOST STORY WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST. NOW THE JUICE IS LOOSE. >> THE JUICE IS LOOSE AGAIN. THE NEW SEQUEL CALLED "BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE," AND JUSTIN SYLVESTER PLAYS THE LOVE INTEREST OF WINONA RYDER'S CHARACTER LYDIA. HERE IS A SNEAK PEEK AS THE FAMILY MOURNS THE DEATH OF LYDIA'S FATHER. >> WHY! NO! NO, NO, NO! >> WHAT'S WRONG? >> I'M TRYING TO CAPTURE THE PERFECT PRIMAL SCREAM. I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO DO THE SAME. >> WHY? >> FOR THE COLLECTIVE. WE CANNOT SINCERELY CELEBRATE ALL THAT WAS GOOD ABOUT OUR DEARLY DEPARTED UNTIL WE RELEASE THE HORROR THAT THEY INFLICTED UPON US. >> OH, MY GOD. I WAS, HOPEFULLY, GETTING SOME BOXES IN TOWN AND I HEARD YOU SCREAMING. ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? >> IT WAS DELIA. >> I AM GOOD. >> YOUR TIMING IS LIKE SO ON POINT. >> THANK YOU. >> BEFORE WE GET STARTED -- >> IT'S HARD TO IGNORE. >> BABY ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. >> LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL PUP. I AM FROM TEXAS. HE? >> SHE. >> SHE IS A TEXAN? >> SHE IS A TEXAN. FROM CONROE, TEXAS, OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON. >> A RESCUE DOG? >> FROM HURRICANE HARVEY YEARS AGO. I GOT HER, YEAH, ABOUT SIX GLORIOUS YEARS AGO. >> SO YOU ARE SUCH A DOG PERSON. SINCE YOU WERE A KID? >> YEAH. ALWAYS HAD DOGS GROWING UP. AND LATER LIFE, STARTED HAVING PITBULLS. >> TO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE DOG? YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COVER HER EARS. >> MY DOG PUMA, A WHITE PUT BULL, WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. AND SHE IS MAKING HER WAY TO FIRST. >> "BEETLEJUICE," FIRST OF ALL, ALMOST EVERYBODY SAW THE ORIGINAL EXCEPT HODA. >> YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ORIGINAL? >> NO. >> HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> SHE WASN'T ALLOWED OUT OF HER HOUSE. >> SO YOU DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HALLOWEEN? WHAT ARE ALL THESE STRIPES? >> SERIOUSLY, SHE DIDN'T SEE "GREASE." >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. >> THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> SO -- >> POOR PARENTING. >> "BEETLEJUICE" IS A CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE THAT -- >> YEAH, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> SO IMPORTANT. SO WHEN YOU FIND OUT THEY ARE DOING A REMAKE, WERE YOU HESITANT? >> YEAH, LIKE EVERYONE, I WAS TOTALLY HESITANT. THEN I READ THE SCRIPT. IT WAS FABULOUS. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH A GOOD READ. THEN TIM BURTON. YOU GO, MY GOD, TO PLAY IN HIS WORLD FOR A WHILE. >> WE LOVE HOW YOU DESCRIBE RORY IN HIS OWN SOAP OPERA. I AM JUST GOING AROUND. >> CHEW ALL THE SCENERY. >> THAT PONYTAIL IS SOMETHING. >> ISN'T THAT GREAT? TERRIBLE PONY. I GUESS CHARLIE CHAPLIN FOUND HIS HAT AND CANE. I FOUND MY RIDICULOUS, LIKE, MY RIDICULOUS WIG. I HAD THIS CAP WITH A BAD, YOU KNOW, LOOKS LIKE SOME -- >> SO EXPLAIN WHO HE IS. >> TELL US ABOUT HIM. >> IN WORDS THAT YOU CAN SAY ON MORNING TELEVISION. >> HE IS THE PRODUCER AND -- OF WINONA HAS A TELEVISION SHOW IN THE MOVIE. HE IS THE PRODUCER. AND IT WAS -- >> WE GOT HIM. >> HE IS SAFE. >> YOU'RE OKAY. AND HE IS THE PRODUCER OF THE TELEVISION SHOW AND KIND OF HER AGENT, HER MANAGER, THIS TERRIBLE -- >> ALSO HER LOVE INTEREST? >> YES. >> FIRST OF ALL, YOUR LIFE IS JUST FUN IN GENERAL. WOODY HARRELSON IS ONE OF YOUR BESTIES. >> HE IS GREAT. >> THIS IS THE TRUE OPPOSITES ATTRACT. >> YOU TAKE YOUR DOG EVERYWHERE. >> YES. LIKE I SAID. >> TELL US ABOUT THIS FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE SOMETIMES OPPOSITES ATTRACT AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. >> THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE DID A SHOW TOGETHER FOR HBO CALLED WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS AND IT IS JUST -- HE IS THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF ME. HE IS A -- I COULD SAY HE IS A STONER, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S FAIR. >> LEGAL SOME PLACES. >> HE LIKES TO SMOKE MARIJUANA. A LOT OF IT. AND I PARTAKE OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOT REALLY MY THING. HE IS LATE TO SET. VERY RELAXED. HE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, LIKE, SHOWS UP 45 MINUTES LATE AND NOT EVEN BE APOLOGIZING. >> ARE YOU ALWAYS EARLY? >> AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES EARLY. NERVOUS, AINGE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WHICH SHOULDN'T TECHNICALLY WORK. I LOVE HIM. >> ADMIRE SOMEONE WHO WALKS IN, GOES HEY, NOT CARE IN THE WORLD. >> SHE GETS LATE. SHE IS EARLY EVERYWHERE. LATE IS LIKE ONE HOUR. >> YEAH. >> NO. I WOULD LOVE TO NOT HAVE THE STRESS OF FEELING I NEED TO BE ON TIME. BE LIKE I AM GOING TO ROOMS AND LIKE, HEY, I'M JUST HERE. IT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW? >> IS YOUR CHARACTER A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT? >> HE IS HORRIBLE. HE IS REALLY FUN. HE IS THAT PERFECT COMBINATION OF, LIKE, STUPID BUT CONFIDENT. ALWAYS HILARIOUS. >> I LOVE IT. JUSTIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. YOU ARE STICKING AROUND. SO IS THE PUP. YEAH. ALL GOOD. JUSTIN AND SNOOP I LIKE THIS. WE ARE BACK, GUYS, WITH JUSTIN THEROUX. THIS IS THE HOT SEAT. THE STAR OF THE NEW MOVIE "BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE." WE ARE GOING TO PLAY A GAME CALLED THE HOT SEAT. YOU ARE THE HOST. >> HI, DONNA. >> HI. >> I CAN BARELY SEE YOU GUYS. >> RELAXING IN THE MORNING. >> SERIOUSLY. >> OKAY. JUSTIN, WELCOME TO THE HOT SEAT. >> TURN OFF THE SMOKE. >> WE CAN'T BREATHE. >> HERE IS HOW IT WORKS. IT'S VERY SIMPLE I I AM GOING TO ASK A BURNING QUESTION. I HIT THE BUTTON AND WITH THE SPOTLIGHT LANDING ON YOU, YOU HAVE TO ANSWER, OKAY? HERE WE GO. FIRST QUESTION. WHO WAS YOUR FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH? >> OH. >> WHO IS IT GOING TO BE? >> FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH. >> I KNOW WHO MINE WAS. >> OH? THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE IT'S YOU. >> SPIN AROUND. MY FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH WOULD BE MICHELLE PFEIFFER. SHE WAS THE FIRST, WHEN I SAW HER ON SCREEN. >> WHAT MOVIE? >> CATWOMAN. AND I THINK "SCARFACE." SO STUNNING. >> WHEN A HAPPENED WHEN YOU MET HER FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> I DON'T THINK I HAVE MET HER. >> WHAT? MICHELLE PFEIFFER COME ON OUT! [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO, I NEVER MET HER. YOU DON'T JUST MEET MICHELLE PFEIFFER. YOU GO. >> AND IT SOUNDS NICE. IT'S RELAXING. >> I LOVE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE FOOD. >> Y'ALL PUT ME IN THE SPOT. >> QUESTION NUMBER THREE. WHO IN YOUR LIFE THROWS THE WILDEST PARTIES? >> WILDEST? >> WHO IN YOUR LIFE THROWS THE WILDEST PARTIES? >> WILDEST PARTIES. >> GIVE US AN ANSWER JUSTIN. >> ONCE AGAIN ME. THE WILDEST PARTIES ARE THROWN BY MY GOOD FRIEND CARLOS, WHO OWNS RAY'S BAR. >> WHICH I HAVE BEEN TO. >> AND WE ALSO, ME AND MARK RONSON AND HIM PUT TOGETHER A CHRISTMAS PARTY USUALLY RIGHT HERE AT THE PEBBLE BAR. >> WE LOVE THE PEBBLE BAR. >> DO YOU EVEN THE PEBBLE BAR, TOO? >> KINDA, A LITTLE BIT. >> WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THERE. >> REALLY? >> WE HAD OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT WE CAN DO ANNUALLY, ME, MARK AND CARLOS. THAT IS A WILD PARTY. >> OUR PARTY STARTS AT 3:00 P.M. WHAT TIMES DOES YOURS START? >> MIDNIGHT. >> IF YOU ARE PROBABLY STILL THERE -- >> WE WILL BE SO ANNIHILATED. >> OKAY. QUESTION NUMBER FOUR. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TIPSY FACETIMED? WE KNOW WHO THIS IS GOING TO BECAUSE SHE IS THE QUEEN OF THE TIPSY FACETIME. HODA KOTB. >> OH, I KNOW. THIS IS SO BAD. IT WAS MARTINA McBRIDE. >> WHAT? >> I DON'T KNOW -- YOU KNOW WHY I DID IT? WE WERE OUT WITH -- WE WERE AT MY FRIENDS AT MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AND THEY PLAYED A MARTINA McBRIDE SONG. I WAS LIKE, I LOVE HER. SHE WAS LIKE THIS. HELLO? >> SHE ONCE MADE US DO IT ON BOURBON STREET TO ZAC BROWN AND ZAC BROWN AT THE END WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS BE SAFE. I WAS LIKE, OH, NO. >> TIPSY FACETIMES HAPPEN AT