EU Leaders to Stage Intervention with Trump Over His Greenland Obsession | Natalie Portman, Charlie Heaton | Wednesday, January 21

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Episode: EU Leaders to Stage Intervention with Trump Over His Greenland Obsession
Guests: Natalie Portman, Charlie Heaton
Air Date: January 22, 2026

Overview

This episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon blends sharp political satire and playful celebrity interviews. Jimmy opens with his trademark, joke-packed monologue riffing on current headlines, notably President Trump’s Greenland obsession and recent world events. The episode features in-depth, lively conversations with Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman—discussing her new animated film "Arco," motherhood, and producing—and Charlie Heaton, star of Stranger Things and Industry, who shares behind-the-scenes stories, cast camaraderie, and career transitions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Jimmy Fallon’s Monologue: Icy Gags & Political Satire

• Weather Gags ([01:10]):

  • Jokes about New York’s freezing weather, e.g., “It was so cold…I luged to work!”

• Trump & Greenland Obsession ([01:10]–[02:58]):

  • Mocks Trump's World Economic Forum speech calling Greenland a “piece of ice,” quipping that "the people of Greenland called Trump a piece of something else."
  • Satirizes Trump’s method for attempting to acquire Greenland: stuffing “two McNuggets in his cheeks and [saying] ‘I'm going to make them an offer they can't refuse.’”

• EU ‘Intervention’ with Trump ([02:35]):

  • Highlights European leaders planning an "intervention" with Trump about Greenland, riffing: “It's the only intervention where the group tells one person, ‘you're giving us a drinking problem.’”

• Other Political/Pop Culture Gags ([02:58]–[05:00]):

  • Air Force One's “minor electrical issue” riffed as Trump overloading the system with a tanning bed and hair dryer.
  • French President Macron wearing aviators to “cover up an unsightly eye condition,” but “he let it go to his head”—cue Jimmy’s exaggerated impression.
  • J.D. Vance expecting fourth child: “Nice to hear pitter patter of little feet around the White House that aren’t Marco Rubio's.”

• Comedic Poll Segment ([07:04]):

  • Jimmy polls three “typical Americans” about inflation and tariffs, mocking generic answers and awkward banter:
    • Q: What are you doing about higher prices?
    • A: “Cutting back on extras,” “budgeting more carefully,” and “are person one and two dating?”
    • Q: Confidence in the economy?
    • A: “If we were in a throuple, you guys could catch me up on political stuff.”

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2. Interview with Natalie Portman: Virality, Motherhood, & 'Arco'

Segment Starts: [08:47]

A. Viral Cameo & Mom Pride

• Portman recounts going viral for her surprise stage appearance at the Madison Square Garden concert for "Role Model" ([09:35]):
  • “I was so scared. Like, that's crazy that people do that!” – Natalie Portman ([09:58])
  • Wore her 14-year-old son’s clothing line, Devante: “I wore one of his shirts on stage, so I just kind of felt like a banner for him. It was very exciting.” ([10:22])

B. Oscar Memories & High School Dorkiness

• Jimmy brings up her Oscar win and a photo where she was pregnant with her now-teenaged son ([10:38]):
  • “But everyone thought I was going to, like, give birth on stage. And I was like, four months pregnant.” – Natalie ([10:49])
• Reveals her high school yearbook superlative was “Most Likely to Be on Jeopardy,” not acting-related ([11:35]):
  • “I was, like, such a dork…I had, like, white out on my hands and a really big backpack.” ([11:54])

C. Producing & New Projects

• Talks up her hand in producing and starring in "Arco" and traveling to Sundance for “The Gallerist” ([12:24]):
  • “Arco is the animated film that's going to be out in theaters this week…all hand drawn, beautiful look to it. Super inspiring and adventurous for kids.” ([12:39])
  • “It’s [The Gallerist] kind of an art world satire, and it's an amazing cast.” ([12:55])

D. 'Arco' Details & Artistic Vision

• “Arco” voice cast: Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Andy Samberg, Mark Ruffalo, Flea ([13:12])
• On working with director Hugo Bienvenu:
  • “He said to me, it's about a memory of the future.”
  • “That's so cool.” – Jimmy ([15:01])
• Film’s plot: “There’s a boy, Arco, who steals his sister’s time travel cape. He lives in the future, and he time travels to his past, which is also our future, and meets a girl there named Iris. And together they kind of learn how to imagine a different way of the world being.” – Natalie ([14:10])
• Multiple award nominations and wins for "Arco" noted ([13:47]).

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3. Interview with Charlie Heaton: Stranger Things & Industry

Segment Starts: [15:41]

A. Stranger Things: Nostalgia & Ending

• Looks back on a viral “2016 vs. 2026” photo challenge ([16:39]):

  • Shows his first and last days on set as Jonathan Byers:
    • “That is my first ever day on set. 2016. …and then this was my last ever day on set.” ([17:14])
  • “Man, I remember being terrified of this haircut …They bowl cut me.” ([17:36])

• Recalls pivotal scenes and series ending ([17:57]):

  • On the breakup (“un-proposal”) with Nancy:
    • “We get to the unproposal, and it was just. Yeah, the writing, it was really beautiful.” ([18:28])
  • On fan confusion:
    • “A lot of the audience are pretty young.” – Charlie ([19:12])
  • Jonathan saving Steve: “For all those people, it was like, finally, they can give Jonathan, like, credit for, like, one good thing.” ([20:18])

• Friendship with Joe Keery, his real-life “garden” in Atlanta ([20:47]):

  • “I bought this property [in Atlanta]… it has this beautiful, like, long, meandering garden. …Joe lived at the back of my garden and I lived in the house…in a tent.” ([21:18])
  • But: “The thing is about that garden, though, it's full of mosquitoes.” ([21:35])

• The Flamethrower Moment/Props ([21:49]):

  • “So all season, I'm excited about getting to the point, the flamethrower moment, because it's gonna be really sweet. But in reality…there's nothing coming out of this thing. …So you've got to try and make it look cool.” ([23:13])
  • “Nothing's coming out of it. …You just have a flashlight. …it's totally awkward.” ([23:49])

B. Unique Character Choices

• On Jonathan’s infamous running style:
  • “It's an acting run. Total character choice. Yeah.” ([24:20])
  • “That's not how you run in real life?” “Not at all. I don't run like that.” – Charlie ([24:25])

C. Shifting Gears: Industry ([24:27]):

• Heaton describes “Industry” as about “the worst people trying to like one up each other for power and wealth. It's like the worst of humanity.” ([24:51])
• On switching from Stranger Things' camaraderie to Industry’s cutthroat world:
  • “I've been on a show that's about, like, people coming together, the best of humanity…then be like, what happens when people just want to tear each other apart?”
• “You can watch it and you don't need to know about financing. …You watch it and you won't understand it, but at the end you kind of get it.” ([25:25])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jimmy (re: bitter cold):
  “I didn't Uber to work. I luged.” ([01:14])

• On Trump & Greenland:
  “In response, the people of Greenland called Trump a piece of something else.” – Jimmy ([01:24])

• Natalie Portman, on being on stage at MSG:
  “I was so scared. Like, that's crazy that people do that!” ([09:58])

• Charlie Heaton, on his Stranger Things bowl cut:
  "They bowl cut me. …I was almost like sending it to my dad. He's an 80s. You know, he was in the 80s. I was like, dad, check this out. You're gonna love this." ([17:47])

• Charlie Heaton, on Jonathan's running style:
  "It's an acting run. Total character choice. Yeah." ([24:22])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:10] – Jimmy Fallon’s monologue & news
• [07:04] – “We polled three Americans” comedy sketch
• [08:47] – Natalie Portman joins; viral cameo, son’s clothing line
• [10:38] – Oscar win, yearbook superlative story
• [12:24] – Portman on producing, "Arco," "The Gallerist"
• [13:47] – "Arco" awards and cast reveal
• [14:10] – Explaining "Arco" plot and themes
• [15:41] – Charlie Heaton joins; Stranger Things reflections
• [17:14] – "First day" vs. "Last day" Stranger Things
• [18:28] – The “unproposal” scene with Nancy
• [20:47] – Life in “Charlie’s Garden” with Joe Keery
• [21:49] – On using a flamethrower in Stranger Things
• [24:20] – The “Jonathan run” meme: method acting
• [24:27] – Charlie on Industry: dark, cutthroat worlds

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Tone & Style

The episode is characterized by Jimmy Fallon's irreverent, rapid-fire humor and relaxed, genuine rapport with guests. The tone meanders between satirical and celebratory, with guests reflecting candidly on their work, personal growth, and viral pop culture moments. The overall mood is warm, lively, and playful—a blend of timely comedy, entertainment industry insight, and heartfelt reminiscence.

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Conclusion

A quintessential Tonight Show episode: monologue zingers targeting current news and politics, celebrity guests recounting relatable yet starry stories, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes offering fans a look at life on and off screen. Natalie Portman radiates enthusiasm for new artistic challenges and motherhood; Charlie Heaton provides a bittersweet glimpse into the end of a cultural touchstone and fresh artistic starts. For fans of newsy humor, movies, and TV, the episode delivers laughs, insights, and sincerity in equal measure.

Transcript

[Jimmy Fallon]

From Studio 6B in Rockefeller center in.

The heart of New York City, it's.

A Tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon. Tonight joins Jimmy and his guest, Natalie Portman, Darlie Heaton. And featuring the legendary Roost Crew. 2244. Jim. And now, here he is, Jimmy Fallon. Oh, yes. Thank you very, very much. Enjoy yourself.

Enjoy yourself. Welcome, Welco.

Welcome.

Welcome to the Tonight Show.

That's right. We're here. You made it. Thank you.

Well, guys, it was another absolutely freezing day here in New York City. Oh, my gosh, it was so cold. I went to LaGuardia just to be groped by the TSA. Go for it. Go for it. Can't even feel anything down there. Go for it. If you find it, good luck. I don't know what to say. It was so cold. I didn't Uber to work. I luged. Seriously, I haven't been this frozen since I watched heated rivalry with my grandmother. I mean, that's how fro it is. It is brutal out there. It is so cold. Al Roker went on Hot Ones and shoved the wings down his pants. I didn't know what was happening. Let's get to some news here. Today, President Trump delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, and at one point, he called Greenland a piece of ice. In response, the people of Greenland called Trump a piece of something else. And people are talking about this. People are talking about this. During his speech, Trump insisted that the US Acquiring Greenland said that he won't use force to get it. When asked how he'll get, Trump stuffed two McNuggets in his cheeks and said, I'm going to make them an offer they can't refuse.

[Charlie Heaton]

Seminar for the gay reviews.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's an impression of some guy doing an impression. Impression of some double. Double. It's like a turducken. Yeah, yeah. Meanwhile, I read that Trump. Ducken. I read that European leaders that the forum plan to stage an intervention with Trump about his desire to own Greenland. Yeah. It's the only intervention where the group tells one person, you're giving us a drinking problem.

Okay.

You're giving us. Did you guys see this? On the way to Switzerland, Trump had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a minor issue on Air Force One. Oh, minor issue. You mean Epstein? What? Oh, no, no, no. Minor. What's that? A minor electrical issue. Oh, electrical issue? Yeah, yeah, a minor electrical. Okay, my bad. Yeah, no problem. A minor electrical issue on Air Force One happened after Trump tried to plug a tanning bed and his hair dryer in at the. More news from Switzerland. Yesterday, while giving a speech, French president Emmanuel Macron wore a pair of aviators. Take a look at this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He said the reason for wearing the glasses was to cover up an unsightly eye condition. But I don't know, it kind of sounds like he let it go to his head. Check out this clip. Business leaders, your majesties, distinguished heads of state and governments, cheeky babies, cool cats, dadios, dweeboids, chumps, hot momos, poseurs, nerds, nerdettes, dreambots, squares, grease balls, and foreign dignitaries. Let's not all flip all it, you dig? Yeah, he changed a little bit. Cut his head. Hey, I read that J.D. vance and his wife Usha announced that they're pregnant with their fourth child. That'll be nice to hear the pitter patter of little feet around the White House that aren't Marco Rubio's. Yeah, J.D. vance and his wife are having another baby. Well, that can be a lot of work. So I've got a little advice for the Vice president. Having a newborn can be tough. When they're born, they come out screaming, you know, like, no, get those lights off. They can be up all night and then they're sleeping all day. You know, like, this is taxpayer money. When the president said, we're gonna do foreign aid, but we're gonna do foreign aid for countries. Of course, they can't talk, so they struggle to communicate. You know, like. They only speak in baby talk. You know, like bing, bing, bing, bong, she. The main focus is milk, you know, like whole milk. And it's whole with a W. Oh, no. You always know when they're, well, going to the bathroom. But after all that work, it's worth it when they look at you and show you love. Kind of like in the end, just know that one day he'll say his first words, you know, like, daddy, you're my daddy. I hope that helps. Well, switching gears, I saw that Lego just unveiled the 2000 piece Golden Retriever set. Yeah, it's perfect for anyone who's always tripping over their dog and thinking, if only this were made out of Legos. What a show we have for you tonight. She's an Oscar winning actor who produced and stars in the new animated film Arco, which opens in New York and LA this Friday and in theaters everywhere January 30th.

Natalie Portman is here tonight. Fun.

[Charlie Heaton]

I know.

[Jimmy Fallon]

He plays Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things. He also stars in the series industry, which airs new episodes Sundays at 9pm on HBO and HBO Max, Charlie Heaton is joining us tonight. Well, guys, according to a new survey, two out of three Americans say President Trump has not done enough to lower the prices of everyday goods. Well, we wanted to find out more, so we conducted our own poll. It's time for. We polled three Americans.

Three people. Three Americans.

Alright. First we asked, what should President Trump be doing to lower prices? Person 1 said, Remove the tariffs. Person 2 said, Stabilize trade relationships. Person 3 said, wow, good answers. Was I supposed to study for this? Next, we asked, what's one everyday item that's gotten more expensive? Person one said, eggs. Person two said, rent. Person three said, did you give them the answers? I'll say rented eggs. Is that a thing? Then we asked, what are you personally doing to adjust to the higher prices? Person one said, cutting back on extras. Person two said, budgeting more carefully. Person three said, are person one and person two dating? They seem really dialed in. Next, we asked, do you think tariffs play a role in higher costs? Person one said, absolutely. Person two said, they affect the supply chain. Person three said, supply chain tariffs, totally. I knew that maybe we could all three get together sometimes. Then we asked, how confident are you in your understanding of the economy? Person one said, fairly confident. Person two said, pretty confident. Person three said, I feel like if we were in a throuple, you guys could catch me up on some political stuff. Person one said, Definitely not. Person two said, in your dreams, pal. Person three said, I'll take that as a maybe. My DMs are wide open. If you're feeling slidy. There you have it. The people have spoken.

Stick around.

We'll be right back with Natalie Portman, Everybody.

Go on, Mr. Old Asses Drop top whips my joints.

Our first guest is an Oscar winner who produced and stars as two of the voices in the new animated film Arco, which opens in New York and LA this Friday and in theaters everywhere January 30th. Please welcome Natalie Porton.

Hi, Bud. Hi.

I love you the show. It's always great to see you.

[Natalie Portman]

So great to see you. And I want to say happy birthday, Amir.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

Questlove's birthday.

[Natalie Portman]

We're so lucky to have you in our world.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, that's very nice. We're lucky to have you in our world.

[Natalie Portman]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're busy, busy, busy. It's busy Producing and starring in this new film I saw over the summer, by the way, went viral because you were on stage with Role Model.

[Natalie Portman]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You were Sally.

[Natalie Portman]

I was Sally in Role Models Madison Square Garden concert. Because we were making a movie Together. He's an actor as well. Tucker Pillsbury is his actor name.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Tucker Pillsbury.

[Natalie Portman]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's fantastic. That's role model's name. It's so good.

[Natalie Portman]

So he was doing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But you came out and surprised everybody. Were you nervous?

[Natalie Portman]

I was so scared. Like, that's crazy that people do that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It is.

[Natalie Portman]

I mean, you all do that.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah.

[Natalie Portman]

Get up in front of that many people. Insane.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But you had to dance. And it was. But it went viral. Everyone loved it.

[Natalie Portman]

I wore. My son, my 14 year old started a clothing line called Devante.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Of course he did.

[Natalie Portman]

And thank you. I'm very proud of him.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on. That's gold right there.

Congratulations.

[Natalie Portman]

And so he really just did it all on his own. And so I wore one of his shirts on stage, so I just kind of felt like a banner for him. It was very exciting.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The Oscar nominations come out tomorrow and I know you've won an Oscar. Yeah.

[Natalie Portman]

Very, very lucky.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Here you are holding the Oscar. What do you remember about Oscar night?

[Natalie Portman]

Well, I was pregnant, as you see, with my son, who's now 14.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wow.

[Natalie Portman]

And you've been showing him off since. Yeah, basically since he was in utero. But everyone thought I was going to, like, give birth on stage. And I was like, four months pregnant. I was like, I'm just.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Dude, I'm not even halfway done.

[Natalie Portman]

I'm like short. Girls show real fast.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Why? Yeah. Is it tough in heels when you're.

[Natalie Portman]

It's scary. You think you're gonna, like, fall on your face, right?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

Yeah. But you did that.

[Natalie Portman]

I did it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You crushed it.

Yeah.

[Natalie Portman]

Thanks. That's nice.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You've been acting professionally since you were 12, I want to say.

[Natalie Portman]

Yeah, the professional. I actually turned 12 while I was shooting that movie.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Really?

[Natalie Portman]

Here in New York City. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But I was shocked to find out your superlative in your yearbook had nothing to do with acting. Can you tell everyone what your superlative was?

[Natalie Portman]

It's really embarrassing, though.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I, like, makes you laugh.

[Natalie Portman]

Well, I was already an actress in high school.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Natalie Portman]

And, like, there were superlatives, like most likely to win an Oscar. Most likely. I did not get those. I got most likely to be on Jeopardy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

There you go. That's what I'm.

[Natalie Portman]

I was, like, such a dork. I was, like, known for. I always had, like, white out on my hands and I had, like, a really big backpack.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, really? Have you ever been asked to be on Jeopardy?

[Natalie Portman]

I was. I was asked to be on, like, you know, like, celebrity Jeopardy. And I was very. Have you ever done it?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Are you kidding me?

[Charlie Heaton]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Wheel of Fortune, Maybe that's more my speed. I've worked my way up. No, I think you start with Madison Square Garden, then you do Jeopardy. Okay, yeah, yeah.

[Natalie Portman]

That's the obvious.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's the obvious trajectory. Yeah. In addition to acting, you've become a powerhouse producer. Congratulations. You're about to. Arco is the animated film we're going to talk about. But also you're about to go to Sundance Film Festival.

[Natalie Portman]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Tell me about this one.

[Natalie Portman]

So Arco is the animated film that's going to be out in theaters this week, which is so beautiful.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's crazy.

[Natalie Portman]

I'm so proud of it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What a great look.

[Natalie Portman]

First time director, all hand drawn, beautiful look to it. Super inspiring and adventurous for kids.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What's the Sundance film?

[Natalie Portman]

And the Sundance film is called the Gallerist. It's a movie by Cathy Yan, and I play a gallerist in it. It's kind of an art world satire, and it's an amazing cast, and I'm really, really excited about it.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Well, there's a great cast in Arco, by the way. The voices in Arco.

[Natalie Portman]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's everybody.

[Natalie Portman]

So we got Will Ferrell.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on.

[Natalie Portman]

Which is like.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Come on.

He's the best.

[Natalie Portman]

America Ferreira.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I love her too.

[Natalie Portman]

The greatest. Andy Samberg.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's all I need. That's all I need.

[Natalie Portman]

Ruffalo.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Oh, of course.

Throw in a little Ruffalo in there.

[Natalie Portman]

And Flea.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

[Natalie Portman]

So, by the way, have you heard.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Flea's new jazz album?

[Natalie Portman]

No.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Have you heard that? Flea's new jazz album. Ooh.

[Natalie Portman]

Oh, I'll check it out.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Secret. Secret sauce. Secret sauce. Yeah, it's gonna be really good. It's been nominated for all sorts of awards. I'm just gonna read through a couple. It was nominated for best animated feature at the Critics Choice Awards.

[Charlie Heaton]

Come on.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It was nominated for best animated motion picture at the Golden Globe Awards. It won best animated feature at the National Border Review Awards. Come on now.

Natalie Portman.

[Natalie Portman]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And you and Mark are getting rave reviews as well. How do we sum up what the film's kind of about? I love the theme of it and the idea.

[Natalie Portman]

Thank you. So there's a boy, Arco, who steals his sister's time travel cape. He lives in the future, and he time travels to his past, which is also our future, and meets a girl there named Iris. And together they kind of learn how to imagine a different way of the world being.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's so good. It's so.

[Natalie Portman]

I think it's very beautiful. I'm very proud of it. And I feel like I can say it. Cause I'm, you know, the mere producer. The director is incredible. It's his first movie.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Who is the director?

[Natalie Portman]

His name's Hugo Bienvenu, and he's a French. Young French filmmaker.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And what drew you to this film?

[Natalie Portman]

He. The first time he showed me the animatic, which was so beautiful.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The style.

[Natalie Portman]

I don't know what the style is.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So how to compare it?

[Natalie Portman]

Stunning. And he said to me, it's about a memory of the future.

[Charlie Heaton]

And I was like, that's.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's so cool.

[Natalie Portman]

Such an amazing way.

[Jimmy Fallon]

I'm getting a tattoo. I'm getting a tattoo.

[Charlie Heaton]

Hello?

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

Yes. But where I tried. We could be up. Of course. My abs. That's where all the good ones go, man. Everyone's looking at the beach, man.

Natalie Portman, everybody. Arco opens in New York and LA.

This Friday and in theaters everywhere January 30th.

Stick around, everybody.

First thing, I'm subsurface unseen. Had a whole plan about our first strain.

You know.

Our next guest as Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things, which is streaming now on Netflix. He's also starring in season four of the show industry, which airs new episodes Sundays at 9pm on HBO and HBO. Max. Please welcome Charlie Heaton.

Feel the love. Feel the love, Charlie. Thank you, Charlie.

Charlie Hayden, welcome to the show. Finally.

[Charlie Heaton]

Finally.

[Jimmy Fallon]

We're meeting and talking five seasons together. You were so great in the show, and I want to get into all things stranger things. You know, there's a trend on the Internet now. 2026 is 2016. Like, right. It's the new 2016. And people are showing photos of what they were doing in 2016. And I was wondering, did you do that trend?

[Charlie Heaton]

I, unbeknownst to myself, might have done that trend.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, maybe you're not really on the social, so.

[Charlie Heaton]

I'm not. No, I'm not. I don't do social media, so I don't. Yeah, that's not really. I don't really know the trends. But what is the trend?

[Jimmy Fallon]

You just show basically what you did in 2016.

[Charlie Heaton]

And what's the point?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That you existed in 2016. Okay, okay, I did.

[Charlie Heaton]

I did.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You did exist.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

But you brought us up. You did that. You're doing the trend, right? We're about to do it right now. You brought us a photo that you took in your dressing room in 2016 and then a photo that you took recently.

[Charlie Heaton]

Well, yeah, kind of. Yeah. So that is my first ever day on set. 2016. I think it would have been, like, October, and then this was my last ever day on set. I mean, which was.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Ow.

[Charlie Heaton]

Death. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

What do you remember about this guy?

[Charlie Heaton]

Man, I remember being terrified of this haircut. I literally, you know, you do. You go in. They were excited. They goes, that's my hair, by the way. So they, you know, they bowl cut me.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You have a full bowl cut?

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. And I think it was like, I was almost like sending it to my dad. He's an 80s. You know, he was in the 80s. I was like, dad, check this out. You're gonna love this.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. And what do you remember about this guy?

[Charlie Heaton]

Man? He was really sad. Was he? He was really sad. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Was that your last day of filming?

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah, that was the last. The last day. So I guess at this point, I think spoilers are spoilers.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Thank.

[Charlie Heaton]

Thank you. Spoilers are fine, I guess. This was the rooftop scene that we shot with Maya and Joe and Natalia.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. It was so sweet and so good, I gotta say. Your scene with Natalia, with Nancy. The breakup scene. Yes. Was fantastic.

[Charlie Heaton]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That was good. That was some great acting right there, bud.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah, thanks, man. That was. Yeah, that was a gift of a scene. You know, we. Our reading of that. We get to read about six months before, you know, we do the final table read of those episodes. And me and Natalia were sat across from each other. And, you know, we're reading this scene and we read the first line that I hate the Clash, and everyone went still. We both looked up and we were like, wow. We go through the scene and we get to the unproposal, and it was just. Yeah, the writing, it was really beautiful.

[Jimmy Fallon]

The UN Proposal. That's right.

[Charlie Heaton]

The UN proposal.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I saw online a lot of people were confused. They didn't understand what this.

[Charlie Heaton]

There was. There was an online discourse, and it kind of confused me because I was like, why? Why didn't people understand it's a breakup? And then I kind of remembered that, like, a lot of the audience are pretty young.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yes.

They're very young.

Yeah. Yeah.

But it is. It's one of the best breakup scenes.

[Charlie Heaton]

And.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Thank you. Speaking of season five, by the way, Jonathan and Steve are really competing for Nancy's attention. And a lot of people freaked out that you were the one that saved Steve's life.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Come on, bud. Come on.

You saved his life. We actually have a video of a group of fans reaction in theaters when this happened. Take a look at this. Okay.

No, no. Steve. What the. Yeah, that's right. W How you doing? Wow. Come on. Oh, yeah.

What do you think of that? When you read that in the script.

[Charlie Heaton]

It was just a sweet moment. I mean, me and Joe are so close. You know, we've been so close for so many years. So to have that together, it was like, finally, Jonathan gets, like, a moment. Oh, for all the team. I love Team Steve, by the way. I am a bit more Team Steve, but for all those people, it was like, finally, they can give Jonathan, like, credit for, like, one good thing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, he was so good. You can take great pictures. He's really talented. Photographer.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yes. Great.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're friends with Joe Keery in real life.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

And in fact, his band Joe, last year released the song called Charlie's Garden.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yes. Amazing. Amazing album.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's a great album. Good dude. What is. Is there a connection with Charlie's Garden? What's your garden?

[Charlie Heaton]

Yes. Yes, there is. So filming in Atlanta, so we shoot the show, and I bought this property, and it has this beautiful, like, long, meandering garden. And I bought it off a master gardener. This guy was. He was kind of like Bilbo Baggins. And I'm not joking. Like, when I bought the property off him, he, like, left with it felt like he was leaving with a stick on his shoulder, you know? But I inherited this beautiful, beautiful garden. So during filming, that's kind of where we all hang, you know, all of the cast and we just had.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You all lived together?

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. Well, Joe lived at the back of my garden and I lived in the house. Not in. He had a property?

[Jimmy Fallon]

No, like, in a tent. In a tent?

[Charlie Heaton]

They touched each other.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Charlie Heaton]

Joe lived in a tent in the.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Back of my garden. That was nice. Morning, Joe. Bring him food. Yeah. That's so sweet of you.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. Here's a coffee. But, yeah, we just. It was about our time spent there. The thing is about that garden, though, it's full of mosquitoes. So it's like, although it sounds idyllic and beautiful, in reality, you're just getting bit and you're just like, should we go in? Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

At a certain time, I got to say, in the final battle against the Mind Flayer, you get to use a flamethrower. I do, yeah. And this is. Come on. This guy. What the. What was that like? Who came up with that idea?

[Charlie Heaton]

I like how cool it looks like in that shot. It looks so. It looks really cool. So essentially, I think there's always been this competition throughout every season. Obviously, Nancy gets amazing, right? She gets all the guns and all the weapons.

[Jimmy Fallon]

She's a badass. Yeah, she's a badass.

[Charlie Heaton]

She's amazing. But every season where all the boys are trying to compete for a weapon, you know, like, Finn. Finn's always like, when we gonna get a weapon? And same. It was like, am I ever gonna get a weapon?

[Jimmy Fallon]

You never had a weapon?

[Charlie Heaton]

Not really. There's a scene in season two where Finn has a candlestick, and it's where all. It's the end of two where 11 saves the day and all the demo dogs come in, and Finn has a candlestick, and everyone's got a weapon. Nancy's got a shotgun. I've got nothing. And I saw a meme of it, and the meme was like, what is Jonathan gon kill the bats with his glaze. With his stare.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, his stare at the bat.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. With his, like, brooding stare.

[Jimmy Fallon]

So that's your weapon. Yeah. Oh, my God.

[Charlie Heaton]

So this season came around, and the question came up of, like, what's gonna happen this season? And Russ was like, dude, man, you're gonna get a flamethrower. It's gonna be sweet, dude. That's how they do it. You know?

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're doing the double.

Yeah.

[Charlie Heaton]

He was like, no, it's really sweet. So all season, I'm excited about getting to the point, the flamethrower moment, because it's gonna be really sweet. But in reality, there's. I mean, think about it. There's nothing to do. It's not. That's. There's no flames. There's nothing coming out of this thing. So you've got to try and make it look cool. But it's like, how would you make a. Like, how do you do it? Jimmy.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You better. You better watch out.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yes. Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, no. Pretty big.

It's totally awkward.

Yeah. Yeah.

It's totally awkward. So nothing's coming out of it.

[Charlie Heaton]

Nothing's coming out of it. It's got a little light on the end, and you just.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You just have a flashlight.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah, just a little flashlight. And you're just like.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It was great, but they promised it.

[Charlie Heaton]

Was gonna look sweet, and it does look pretty sweet.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It looks really. They did a great job.

[Charlie Heaton]

They did a good job. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Another thing that fans are loving, by the way, is Jonathan's run. The way he runs. Do you hear about this now? Did you pick.

[Charlie Heaton]

How could I not hear about this?

[Jimmy Fallon]

I don't know. But did you pick a certain run I love?

[Charlie Heaton]

You know? Yes.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Okay.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

It's an acting run.

[Charlie Heaton]

Total character choice. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's not how you Run in real life.

[Charlie Heaton]

Not at all. I don't run like that.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Never?

[Charlie Heaton]

No, no, not at all.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Just making sure. Let's talk about your other project, by the way. Let's talk about industry. Congratulations.

[Charlie Heaton]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You're part of another show.

[Charlie Heaton]

Thank you.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Industry. Totally different vibe.

[Charlie Heaton]

Very different vibe.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah. Is it tough to do, to go from Stranger things to do a totally different. You've been with that family for years.

[Charlie Heaton]

Yeah. I would be lying if I said it wasn't. I wasn't. Yeah, it wasn't scary.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Yeah.

[Charlie Heaton]

Because you know, you've been on an established cast. It's a very, like you say, very different vibe. And then. Yeah. Joining industry, it's already established and you've got to find out how you fit in. And for those who don't know, it's like, it's about like the financial world in Britain and it's about like the worst people trying to like one up each other for power and wealth. It's like the worst of humanity. So I've been on a show that's about like people coming together, the best of humanity, how we can support each other and then be like, well, what happens when people just want to tear each other apart?

[Jimmy Fallon]

That's what this is about. Yeah. Did you know about financing at all before you took this role?

[Charlie Heaton]

No. No, no, no. The good thing is you can watch it and you don't need to know about financing.

[Jimmy Fallon]

You don't.

[Charlie Heaton]

You watch it and you won't understand it, but at the end you kind of get it. Yeah.

[Jimmy Fallon]

Charlie Heaton, everybody. All seasons of Stranger Things are available now on Netflix.

New ep of Industry airs Sundays at 9pm on HBO and HBO Max.

We'll be right back with more Tonight Show. Stick around, everybody. My back to Natalie Portman, Charlie Heaton, your old droog, Matt Lebanon, the Roots right there from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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