 Jay. Yeah. You are a magician. Um, well what? A magician. Oh, sorry. Sorry, I'm so sorry. Oh gosh, so rude. Good morning, Hank. It's Tuesday. The eight-episode adaptation of my first novel, Looking for Alaska, comes out in eight days on Hulu, which means I'm starting to think it's gonna happen. In the 14 years since the book was published, I have made many public announcements that it was gonna be a movie or a TV show or something only to have that fall through, which is often the way of Hollywood. But yeah, this is gonna happen, I think. I should say it's also coming out in the UK on BBC Three, and in Canada and Europe and Australia and New Zealand and lots of other places. More info in the doobly-doo. So listen, when this book was first published in 2005, around a third of my life ago, I never dared to imagine that it would be in print 14 years later, let alone that it would still be finding lots of new readers, who now see the book, of course, with its pay phones and pre-vaping nicotine distribution systems as a kind of historical fiction. But I'm so grateful that the story is still around and so grateful to Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, who have been working on this adaptation for more than 10 years. The early reviews have been good, and the cast is so lovely, as you're about to see, their chemistry is super real. All right, guys, don't be too weird in the background. All right, we're gonna rattle away. Uh-oh. Yeah, just go... Oh, Jaycee, you're great. The whole family's here to support. Great. I'm here with... Christine Froseth, aka Alaska Young. Jay Lee, who plays... Sofia Vasileva. Who plays... Lara Butterskaya. Wow, that's a very good accent for somebody who doesn't normally have an accent. Thank you. My Russian parents. I can roll my Rs. It's like a dream, this entire thing, you know? Has any of your magic made it into the show? Well, leave that for the viewer's surprise. I love it. I love it. Have you read the book? Yes. I called my mother at three in the morning from a hotel room and cried, and I read it in one sitting. Aw, that's quite sweet. It was really wonderful. Do you know how John feels about Keanu Reeves? Oh, yes. John Green loves Keanu Reeves. Thank you. My level of obsession with J. Cole... I didn't know that you were that into J. Cole. Oh, I'm obsessed. Are you friends with him? No, I'm not. I feel like you could be friends with him. Oh, John, no, no, no, no. I don't know, but... You run in the next life. Oh, I just noticed your nail polish, which makes me want to cry. Oh. Oh, jeez. Oh, God. I know. How does it make you want to cry? It's just intense for me, man, because it's like a person I imagined is sitting next to me. It's weird. I'm a crier. I'm a crier, too. Oh, good. I love to cry. What's your favorite act at the circus? I like the trapeze artist. Everyone has said that so far. Really? Yes. See, we pick a really good cast here. What do you think the meaning of life is? Oh, that was one I wanted to answer. I'm going to steal my mom's words to be happy. What's your favorite act at the circus? Ooh, um, the tiger acts. You're the first person not to say the trapeze. Oh, really? Yeah. That is a really good one, though. I just didn't know how to pronounce this. Because you are not, English is not your first language. No. Although you would think that you don't have an accent, really, but you are originally from... Norway. Finland. Yes. Sweden. I will not, yeah, get into that. Every time somebody asks me where you're from, I'm always like, oh, God. I know that there's another Norwegian country, and I can't remember what it's called. They're not even called Norwegian countries, are they? They're called Scandinavian countries. I was like, what do I say to that? Have you cried on the set? Yes. First day on set, obviously, and then when I walked into her room. Are there any ways in which you are like Alaska in real life? I think our internal lives are quite similar, but externally, we're very, very different. We have to leave? But we just started. All right, okay, a couple more questions. Real quick, real quick. What is the meaning of life? To be with the people that you love, to be happy, and always be yourself. Wow, that was incredibly good and quick. Wait, say that again? What would you have your last words be? Prospect. I really hope you like the show again. It comes out on October 18th, or October 19th if you live in some places. Check your local listings. Hank, I'll see you on Friday.