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Ashley Scott on the Late Show Transcript
-- Thursday October 31st, 2002
Birds of Prey Online presents a transcription of Ashley Scott's appearance on The Late Show with Craig Kilborn from last night, October 30th. Ashley spoke in a delightful slight Southern accent about modeling, blind dates, and bar brawls. If you weren't able to catch the show, or even did see it but still want to reread what was said, here is the entire interview in full.
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Notes : There was a mention in the show's "news" about the South Carolina Gamecocks, a sports team from the University of South Carolina. The first guest on the show was Frankie Muniz from Fox's 'Malcolm in the Middle'. He discussed a magazine article in which singer Avril Lavigne said he had an annoying face. This is "that girl" that Ashley references.
CK: She's starred in 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence', and the television series 'Dark Angel'. Her new series 'Birds of Prey' airs Wednesdays on The WB.
They show a clip of Helena and Reese from the pilot episode.
HELENA. I'm not your enemy.
REESE. What, I'm supposed to believe you're a friend?
HELENA. I didn't say that.
She suddenly swiftly reaches out and kicks the gun out of his hand, and then tosses him the unlocked handcuffs, which he catches. In a flash, she's over by the open balcony doors.
HELENA. I hate locks.
REESE. So you save people.
HELENA. On good days.
REESE. Why don't you carry any weapons?
HELENA. I am the weapon.
She winks at him and then turns and rushes onto the balcony, throwing out her arms and - leaping off. She soars out of sight.
CK: Please welcome Ashley Scott.
People cheer and she comes out grinning, shakes his hand, laughing. She makes some motions with her hands and sits down, then clips her mic to her dress.
AS: All right.
CK: How you doing?
AS: Am I in?
CK: How you doing? This is kind of exciting, this is kind of exciting.
AS: Gamecocks!
CK: Yes. We're saluting South Carolina and that's where you're from.
AS: Yes, I'm from Charleston.
CK: Yeah.
The audience cheers.
CK: Go ahead. Go ahead.
AS: And my brother goes to USC, so... can I do this?
CK: Uh-huh.
AS: Can I do this?
CK: Go ahead. He goes to the University of South Carolina.
AS: Yes, he's a Gamecock, and... (she reaches behind the chair and pulls out a shirt) he is running for vice president of his class so, um...
She holds the shirt up to herself. It reads 'Vote Zach Scott for Vice President'.
AS: Vote Zach Scott vice president, student body.
CK: There it is.
There are hollers and laughs from the audience.
AS: He didn't know I was doing that, I probably just killed him, sorry.
CK: So, he's gonna maybe win, and be the V.P. or something?
AS: I hope so! I sent out my checks, and...
CK: There you go, there you go. You started - you grew up in Charleston?
AS: I grew up in Charleston.
CK: And you were a model?
AS: I was.
CK: What made you wanna do modeling? All the girls wanted to model, right?
AS: I didn't really wanna do it, it just kinda happened that way --
CK: You were discovered?
AS: I was discovered.
CK: In Charleston?
AS: Yes.
CK: What'd, what'd they say?
AS: They said 'Come up to New York City and make some money', and I thought... all right, sure!
She laughs.
CK: And how old were you at the time?
AS: I was fifteen.
CK: Wow. And your parents said 'Go ahead, take off, do your thing'?
AS: Yeah, they were really supportive, and uh, it was a great experience. I was able to travel around the world, and...
CK: And you were able to make a lot of good money then, as a fifteen-year-old.
AS: Yeah, I spent it --
CK: Yeah.
AS: -- quicker than I made it at that age.
CK: Sure.
AS: But um, yeah.
CK: Then, how'd you get discovered for acting, what was your big break?
AS: Well I came out here to visit a friend of mine.
CK: Mm-hmm.
AS: And read for a part in the movie S1M0NE, you all know S1M0NE?
CK: Yeah.
AS: That hot little bombshell, the blond.
CK: Yeah.
AS: Didn't get it, obviously, but uh, got hooked up with a great agency, and...
CK: So they said they wanted models for that, cause that girl Rachel Roberts is a model.
AS: Well, they were looking all over...
CK: And did you - that was with Pacino.
AS: Yeah, I got to meet him!
CK: You met him?
AS: Yeah!
CK: That must've been intimidating, no?
AS: Actually, it was cool, he was just like a normal guy. I just kinda sat down and read the script with him...and it didn't work out.
CK: Yeah.
AS: But it opened a lot of doors. And then A.I. came, which wasn't a bad --
She puts her hand out and touches his leg, then pulls back.
CK: That was great.
AS: Sorry. I'm all --
She mimicks her action of grabbing his leg.
CK: That's okay. Feel free. Frankie wanted to do it too.
AS: He's cute, that girl's crazy. He's a hot little thing.
CK: He's a hot little thing.
AS: Yeah.
CK: Is that what you said?
AS: Yeah.
CK: I didn't say that, she -
AS: Big thing. He's a hot big... man.
CK: Yeah, big man. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Uh, uh, what about this show? I'm having a little problem with Birds of Prey, uh, because you play...
AS: (clasps hands together) Why?
CK: Batman and Catwoman's daughter --
AS: They did get it on.
CK: They did not get it on!
AS: They just didn't do it in front of anybody.
CK: This is my Batman!
He pulls out a picture of Adam West, which Ashley leans over and mugs next to, comparing 'father' to 'daughter'.
CK: Adam West, that's Batman. And if he ever frolicked with Catwoman he would've been very safe, I don't think anything would've happened. So I have a problem now, I don't know if I can even watch Birds of Prey because --
AS: She's pretty crazy, I'm sure she rocked it right, yeah.
There are lots of laughs from the audience and Ashley claps her hands over her mouth.
AS: Yeah, I picked Michelle Pfeiffer, so I'm assuming she influenced him to do things that weren't... appropriate.
CK: Yeah, so you're the daughter. It makes sense that the daughter would be very attractive from Batman and Catwoman.
AS: No, no, no.
CK: I believe so. That's how they work. Now here's the costume. This costume -
He holds up a publicity still.
AS: Yes, sir.
The guys in the audience cheer.
CK: Do people want you to wear it a lot? Like do guys when they take you out say 'Put on the costume!' or how does that work?
AS: Um, not yet. I haven't had much time to date right now, so not a lot of that, but I wear enough in the show.
CK: You did wear... tell me about the costume, you had a bad blind date years ago? And you put something on...
AS: Yeah. I like to wear costumes.
Audience members whistle.
AS: I like to dress up. And I went on a blind date, my first blind date, and it was the worst experience of my life.
CK: What was so bad about it? You just didn't like the guy?
AS: Well, he had dandruff... that, that, yeah, that isn't so good. It was just a dud. It was a --
CK: Okay.
AS: So we went on the date, and it was 'I'm so tired, I wanna go home' (imitates yawning and stretching). So I went home, and I called my girlfriend, and we put our wigs on and our big glasses and we went back out. Now this was South Beach, and that's about a four-block by ten-block, you know, area.
CK: So you shortened the date, you got out of there.
AS: Yeah, I fibbed.
CK: You fibbed, you said 'I'm tired' or something, then you went home and you put on your 'wig'?
AS: Yes.
CK: Like what is your wig?
AS: Uh, it was an afro.
CK: Oh, you put on an afro.
AS: Yeah, I have this thing for curly hair because I always had long blond - I'm blond. (Indicates hair) It's fake.
CK: It doesn't look like blond from my vantage point.
AS: No, it's fake. They, they do things with it.
CK: Pull it off.
AS: No, no, they dye it.
CK: Oh, okay.
AS: So I had this big afro, and I have like thirty of them, but this one in particular is so big, it isn't like big around, it just kinda flops down...
CK: Sure.
AS: So I thought I was in disguise but he ran right into me.
CK: You ran into the guy? Later?
AS: Ran right into him.
CK: What did he say?
AS: Not a whole lot. It was a bad experience.
CK: If I were him I would've blown dandruff all over you.
AS: Yeah, it could've... I know, I could've fended him off with my wig. It was embarrassing cause I don't like to fib.
CK: You don't like to fib.
AS: And I got busted.
CK: But I also heard, cause I do my research, young lady --
AS: Apparently.
CK: -- that years ago, mabye it wasn't years ago, that you got into some kind of a brawl in a bar. Does that ring a bell? Cause I picture you as a nice Southern belle...
AS: Yeah!
CK: And I can't believe you would be throwing down in a bar.
AS: Yeah, it was like a bad John Wayne film. We um, I was in Hawaii with some friends of mine and a guy came at me and went to hit me and it was - and I'm not a fighter!
CK: Wait, how did this start?
AS: I mean, I do on the show -
CK: How did this start, though? A guy doesn't just --
AS: He was picking on a friend of mine, and threw him in a koi pond.
CK: He threw a buddy of yorus in a koi pond?
AS: Yeah, it wasn't pretty. And I stood up, cause I'd been drinking a little bit, and I had the muscles, and I was like 'Bring it on' and he brought it on and he came at me. And I --
CK: No, he didn't touch you, did he?
AS: He came at me and then he didn't touch me...
CK: What'd you do?
AS: I did my thing.
She winks. The audience cheers.
AS: But it's not something I'm proud of, cause that kind of anger, you know...
CK: But what was your thing?
AS: It was just a fight-or-flight...
CK: What was your thing? Did you hit him?
AS: Yeah.
CK: Who was the wimp who got thrown in a koi pond?
AS: And he's not a wimp, that's the worst part, he just got caught off guard. It's not his fault.
CK: How fun, what are you doing tomorrow for the big Halloween, anything exciting?
AS: I'm working, I'm gonna go pretend I'm the Huntress.
CK: Okay, all right. Birds of Prey, looks interesting, it's on the WB Wednesday nights, that's tonight, right?
AS: Right. Vote Zach Scott!
CK: Right, thank you, Ashley Scott. We'll be right back after this.
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