>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE LATE SHOW." BACK WITH THE STAR OF
"THE OLD MAN," JEFF BRIDGES PAGER IN THE SECOND SEASON OF
"THE OLD MAN," PREMIERES TONIGHT.
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST SEASON OF THE SHOW.
INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH SCARE THAT YOU HAD.
WOULD YOU MIND EXPANDING TO THE PEOPLE WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO?
>> Jeff: WELL, MAYBE FIVE EPISODES UNDER OUR BELT AND WE
HAD TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID.
>> Stephen: BACK IN 2020. >> Jeff: I'M ON THE GROUND
DOING SOME EXERCISES. I FEEL LIKE A BONE IS IN MY
STOMACH. I SAY TO MY WIFE, COME OVER
HERE. SHE SAYS YOU WANT TO GET THAT
CHECKED OUT. NO, IT DOESN'T HURT.
WHERE GOING TO MONTANA AND I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WENT TO MONTANA FOR TWO MONTHS, HAD A GREAT TIME.
COME BACK AND WERE GOING TO START THE SHOW AGAIN IN A COUPLE
WEEKS. I SAID I BETTER GET THE THING
CHECKED OUT. THEY TAKE AN MRI, CT SCAN.
YOU HAVE A 12 BY 9-INCH MASS IN YOUR STOMACH, MR. BRIDGES.
LYMPHOMA. THERE WAS NO PAIN.
I LOOK AT SEASON ONE, I'M GETTING HIT IN THE STOMACH.
I HAVE THIS NINE BY 12 TUMOR! >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW TOUGH
YOU ARE. >> Jeff: IT DIDN'T HURT.
NOWHERE DID I LEAVE OFF? OH, YEAH.
THEY FIND THE RIGHT COCKTAIL FOR THIS LYMPHOMA.
THEY GET RID OF -- IT'S WORKING.
SO HAPPY. THIS WAS ALL HAPPENING ON
JANUARY 6TH, BY THE WAY. >> Stephen: ON JANUARY 6,
20.1. 20.1.
>> A COMEBACK AND I SAY MY CANCER IS GOING DOWN.
OH COME OF THE TV. LOOK, THAT'S WEIRD.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER FORM OF CANCER.
>> Jeff: YEAH! THEN I GET A LETTER FROM THE
TREATMENT CENTER SAYING YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID.
I SAY WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
THE TREATMENT WAS STRIPPING ME OF ALL MY IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IN THE COVID MADE THE CANCER LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR FIVE WEEKS.
GOT THE MORTALITY THING RIGHT THERE.
FOR MY WIFE, IT WAS PROBABLY WORSE, I THINK FOR MY FAMILY
GOING THROUGH THAT. AND THEN IT WAS A SLOW RECOVERY.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO WORK BUT IT TURNED OUT I
COULD GO BACK. ALL THE CAST AND CREW.
IT WAS LIKE WE HAD A LONG WEEKEND BASICALLY.
IT WAS CRAZY. SUSAN, MARRIED 45 --
>> Jeff: 47 YEARS AGO. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER 50 YEARS.
>> Stephen: NICELY DONE. YOU ARE UP IN MONTANA.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LIVE UP IN MONTANA.
WHAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH MONTANA?
>> Jeff: I DID A MOVIE UP THERE WITH CLINT EASTWOOD.
A YOUNG GUY IN MY 20s, RIDING A HARLEY UP THERE.
THEN I DID A MOVIE CALLED "RANCHO DELUXE CLOSE TO WHERE I
MET MY WIFE. >> Stephen: WAS SHE WORKING ON
THE MOVIE? >> Jeff: NO.
WE WERE SHOOTING AT CHICO HOT SPRINGS.
DOING A SCENE AND HARRY DEAN STANTON NIC THIS GORGEOUS GIRL.
SHE HAS TWO BLACK EYES AND A BROKEN NOSE.
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BEAUTY JUXTAPOSED WITH THE
DISFIGUREMENT, I'D COULDN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF HER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A MAKEUP TIP FOR YOU LADIES UP THERE.
GET YOURSELF A JEFF BRIDGES TYPE.
WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK. WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE JEFF
BRIDGES, EVERYBODY.