Jeff Goldblum stops to speak with host Emma Chamberlain, breaking down the inspiration behind his superbly researched Met Gala ensemble.
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00:00 You look unbelievable.
00:02 Really Emma?
00:03 This is so cool.
00:04 So do you.
00:05 Thank you so much.
00:06 I appreciate it.
00:07 So are you like a big accessorizer?
00:08 I feel like the glasses are so chic and so special.
00:11 Is this something that you incorporate into your day to day life?
00:14 Yeah, yeah.
00:15 I wear glasses.
00:16 These particular ones are by Jacques-Marie Mage.
00:19 A great company and I have, I collaborated believe it or not.
00:23 There's a Jeff frame that Jacques-Marie Mage does.
00:26 That's amazing.
00:27 Yeah, yeah.
00:28 Did you read that story from which the theme is partly derived?
00:32 Yes, yes.
00:33 Garden of Time.
00:34 Yes.
00:35 The main character is Count Axel.
00:37 Yep.
00:38 Tall and imperious, you know.
00:40 Yes.
00:41 And living a kind of a beautiful life with his wife.
00:44 Yep.
00:45 But there are kind of Goya-esque, you know Goya, the Spanish artists, you know.
00:49 Yep.
00:50 The artists and there are hordes that are coming toward the house.
00:54 Yeah.
00:55 But they, you know the story.
00:56 Yes.
00:57 And you have these magical crystalline flowers that then become liquid but it makes you go
01:02 back in time.
01:03 Yes.
01:04 And for stalls kind of delays the inevitable destruction of their lives.
01:09 Of their beautiful lives and gardens.
01:11 Yeah.
01:12 Yeah.
01:13 I love that you read the short story which is the theme.
01:17 Yeah.
01:18 And you kind of did your homework.
01:19 So were you super involved in bringing the theme to life?
01:21 Well, I was interested and involved but without much time to do it, I've been doing a bunch
01:26 of other stuff.
01:27 Andrew Vitero is my stylist.
01:29 Amazing.
01:30 And he thrilled to this challenge and assignment.
01:33 He knew the story and devised this thing with Prada, you know, with whom I've worked a little
01:39 bit before.
01:40 I love them and we kind of came up with this including this Tiffany watch.
01:45 That is unbelievable.
01:46 I know.
01:47 Isn't that something?
01:48 Unbelievable.
01:49 And these, you know, on loan, these Tiffany little brooches.
01:52 The little like green brooch with the green glasses is unbelievable.
01:56 You think so?
01:57 I love it.
01:58 I do have one more question for you.
01:59 Shoot.
02:00 So this is based on a short story, right?
02:02 The theme is based on a short story.
02:03 Partly, yeah.
02:04 Do you have a favorite short story?
02:05 Do you know that short story by J.D. Salinger who wrote Catcher in the Rye called Perfect
02:11 Day for Banana Fish?
02:13 Never heard of it.
02:14 I haven't read it in a while but that's something.
02:16 How about those ones I, you know, came to know in school?
02:20 Gift of the Magi, O. Henry and the Monkey's Paw.
02:24 Yes.
02:25 And, you know, Edgar Allen Poe.
02:28 Oh, I mean Love.
02:29 Yeah, Mask of the Red Death which is a little not adjacent to this.
02:33 That's right.
02:34 The Telltale Heart.
02:35 Oh yeah.
02:36 Yeah.
02:37 Oh, not to mention The Raven.
02:38 You know, let's recite it together.
02:40 The Raven.
02:41 Ready?
02:42 Oh God, don't make me recite this.
02:43 I'm just going to dance for you while you recite it.
02:44 Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary over many a quaint and curious
02:52 volume of forgotten lore.
02:54 Oh, that's good.
02:55 That was fucking amazing.
02:56 Okay, well this is going to be the best interview of the night.
02:59 You're so good, Emma.
03:00 You're the best.
03:01 Thank you so much.
03:02 I can't thank you enough.
03:03 You're amazing.
03:04 Go have so much fun and I'll see you in there and we'll party.
03:05 Good to see you.
03:06 Good to see you, Emma.
03:07 You're so fun.
03:08 I love you.
03:09 Thank you for letting me dance.
03:09 I love you. Thank you for letting me dance.