Jeff Goldblum details his upcoming Netflix project 'Kaos' and teases his character of Zeus while chatting with The Hollywood Reporter on the Met Gala steps. Plus, he receives a surprise visit from Taika Waititi and Rita Ora.
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00:00How are you?
00:02Some enchanted evening, you may see, etc, etc.
00:09Nice to see you.
00:11I miss you horribly.
00:13You look fantastic.
00:15May I say, is that a band-aid on your arm?
00:17What did you do, get a shot today?
00:18Oh, I didn't get a shot.
00:19That's a piece of tape.
00:20But thank you so much, Mr. Jeff Goldblum.
00:22What is it like in there?
00:23I love your stream of consciousness.
00:25I love when you just go and tell us everything.
00:27What's going on up there and what's going on in there?
00:30You know, just what you see.
00:32You see everything I do.
00:34Look at that, you know.
00:36What an eyeful.
00:38What an eyeful.
00:39That's lovely.
00:40Actually, I've already seen a couple of friends that I hadn't seen,
00:43that I wouldn't get an occasion to see otherwise.
00:45So that's awful nice.
00:46Look at your shining faces.
00:48That's sweet as sugar pop cereal.
00:52You're always so stylish.
00:54I'm noticing that you have two different glasses.
00:56Is this green a nod to Wicked at all?
00:59Oh, possibly.
01:02What know you of Wicked?
01:04Are you interested in the Wicked?
01:07Jeff, can you tell me one thing that you haven't told anyone else on the carpet?
01:11You always tell me the best thing that we can look forward to when it comes to Wicked.
01:15I can't hold anything back when I gaze into those peepers.
01:18What can I tell you?
01:22Well, I'm very interested in tonight's artistic assignment
01:27and the theme of Garden of Time,
01:30how you can hold back inevitable destruction
01:34and how we can enjoy the moment and turn it into something beautiful.
01:38I enjoy that theme.
01:41And then I can tell you in the meat and potatoes file
01:45that I got something coming out on Netflix in August
01:48called Chaos, K-A-O-S, that you may like.
01:53It's about the Greek gods.
01:57A new twist.
02:00A modern twist. And guess who I play?
02:03Zeus.
02:04Zeus, exactly.
02:05Wait, really? Of course you do because you're a god.
02:08You're everything, Jeff Goldblum.
02:11What has been so fun about playing Zeus or diving into Zeus?
02:15That's a good question.
02:18Well, this particular Zeus, I can't ruin some surprises,
02:24but he has got a complicated past and family relationship.
02:35You know, he's got a bunch of...
02:37I'm married to my sister, that's first of all,
02:39for a couple of thousand years now,
02:41played by the great Janet McTeer,
02:43and I've got some children
02:46with who I'm struggling to do the right thing,
02:50but they've got strong personalities and this and that.
02:54And then I've got a couple of brothers
02:56that are part of the organization and the effort
02:59that we're trying to make,
03:01but that becomes a volatile, difficult situation and...
03:04Sounds like chaos.
03:06It is chaos.
03:07And it's a little bit related, not unrelated to
03:09and adjacent to the theme tonight.
03:13We think that life is smooth sailing,
03:17but there's evidence that there's imminent destruction and loss
03:22and that we have to face loss, just like we all do.
03:25And so my character needs to struggle with that.
03:29That's one thing.
03:30And then Wicked comes out in November.
03:33Have you met Taika Waititi before?
03:35Have I met him?
03:36We did Thor Ragnarok together.
03:38Are you kidding?
03:39Taika, Jeff, have you guys seen each other?
03:41Taika!
03:43Look at these silver foxes.
03:44Reunion for the ages!
03:46Guys, look at these silver foxes
03:47really showing up at the Met this year.
03:49Wolves!
03:50When was the last time you guys saw each other?
03:53At the Oscar party two years ago.
03:57Two years ago, yes, that's right.
03:59We have an age today.
04:01Taika, how excited are you to see Jeff Goldblum in Wicked?
04:05I'm excited to see Jeff Goldblum in any festival of my life.
04:09Just in my peripheral and even right in the direct vision.
04:14I'm more excited.
04:15Especially in your brown leather.
04:17Oh yeah.
04:18If I can make it six more steps, I can take off these gloves.
04:21Go, go!