1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Jam with Jones and Amanda. 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 2: Our next guest is the hilarious British actor. I've been 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 2: a fan of his four years. He's an actor, he's 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:12,120 Speaker 2: a comedian. His name is Jack Whitehall and he's usually 5 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 2: embarrassing his family with the brilliant show Travels with my Father. 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: I've seen him on a plethora of hilarious English panel 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: shows through the years. Well, now he's a Hollywood heavyweight, 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 2: starring alongside Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson in the new 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 2: Disney film Jungle Cruise. Thrilled to have him with us, Jack, Hello, 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: look at him on the zoom. 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 3: Lovely to speak to you. I like Hollywood heavyweight. I 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 3: knowywere when you're standing next to Dweene the Rock Johnson. 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 1: Week. 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 2: Well, also to be in a big Hollywood film I'm 15 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 2: imagining and I could be wrong that on English productions 16 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: you like in Australia, get a digestive biscuit and a 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: cup of tea. Suddenly you're making a giant Hollywood film. 18 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: It must have been extraordinary. 19 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was definitely quite overwhelming. And yeah, most of 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 3: the stuff that I've done before was like British TV sitcoms, 21 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 3: which are made on a shoe string and filmed on 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 3: an iPhone, So stepping on to something of that magnitude 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 3: was insane. And the sets were so big, there was 24 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 3: so many extras. There was like just so much money 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 3: as well, not not for me, obviously money, but they'd 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 3: spent on making it look incredible. There wasn't loads of 27 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: money for me. 28 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 4: Well that's outrageous. Where we want money for Jack? 29 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 3: I demanded money, money. I will not do this without 30 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 3: loads of money. No, it was, it was, It was insane. 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: The scale of it was like just jaw dropping and. 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: Jungle Cruise like Pirates of the Caribbean. The ride has 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: begat the movie. 34 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 3: M Yeah, well, I think that the ride is obviously 35 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,639 Speaker 3: like the inspiration. It's kind of been slightly like ramped 36 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 3: up for the movie. It's like the Jungle Cruise ride 37 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: with all of the like dodgy jokes and the past 38 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 3: that people love and then these incredible, like big action 39 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 3: set pieces and stuff getting blown up. 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 4: I mean, what do you do in this movie? 41 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: So you got the Rock doing his thing, Emily Blant 42 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: doing her thing, what's Jack Whitehall doing? 43 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 3: Well, I'd like to think of it that like my 44 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 3: character is in a period drama and the other two 45 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: are in action adventure movie and I'm there in like 46 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 3: three piece suits, you know, behaving like I'm in some 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 3: old like merchant Ivory film and they're running around beating 48 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 3: up the bad guys, and I'm just trying to look 49 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 3: great in three piece suit and deliver some pithy lines. 50 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: I hear the audition process was interesting that your mom 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: got involved. 52 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 4: What was that story? 53 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, my mom. Well, she's an actress, so 54 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: she's very good at doing scenes with me, and I 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 3: needed someone to take the scene with me, and some 56 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 3: of the actors that I normally use, like mates, were unavailable, 57 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: so I got my mum round to it. She read 58 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: in for the Rock, and I did my part. I 59 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 3: give some note because you'd be a bit more like 60 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: Duane the Rock Johnson, which is quite a weird note 61 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 3: to give to your arm. 62 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 4: Really into it, to give you the people's elbow. 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 3: At the beginning, I was like, I'm Jack Whitehall. I'm 64 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 3: auditioning for the role of McGregor. She was like, it 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 3: doesn't matter what your name is, Rock, just read the script. 66 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 3: I think she was hoping that maybe they'd hear her 67 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 3: on the other side of the tape and they'd be like, 68 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 3: get this woman out of Kip Manter straight away. 69 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 4: This could happen, This could happen. Well, Jack, it's great 70 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 4: to see you. 71 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: And is there any in the future will be the 72 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: any more Disney rides like the Tea Cups? Will the 73 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: Tea Cups be made into a into a movie? 74 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 3: They've got it. They've got it. I mean like they're 75 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: doing they're doing the Haunted Mansion that I know is 76 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: in development. So yeah, I mean, I'd love to throw 77 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 3: my hat into the ring if they do do a 78 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: Tea Cup remake. 79 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 4: Because it's just pretty much spinning around and throwing out. 80 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 4: All you have to do is vomit. 81 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: That's all anyone does on the Tea Cups. 82 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. 83 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 3: Well, I'm capable of that. I'll do anything. 84 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 4: And that's when the true money will come. That's when 85 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 4: it all comes to you win in the big box. 86 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 3: And let's not put it on screen. 87 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: Let's put Jungle Cruse premiers in cinemas and on Disney 88 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: Plus from July thirty. 89 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 4: Jack Whitehall, thank you for joining us. 90 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: Thank you very much. I'm going to go work on 91 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 3: my teacup now. Please do there's my handle, But I 92 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 3: haven't got a spell 93 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 4: Thanks Jack Jonesy and Amanda's gamation