Stephen Colbert explained to a room full of TV critics exactly why he chose to drop his “Colbert Report” persona for the more sincere CBS “Late Show” slot.“My character was actively ignorant about [guests],” Colbert said of his ultra-conservative alter-ego, which won him a couple of Emmys on Comedy Central. “One of the reasons I most wanted to drop the character is that I felt I had done everything I could do with him — or everything I could with that show — other than absorb my honest interest in the guest, or which is nearly fixed.“And so,now I feel actually more freed up,” he continued during his Monday afternoon panel at the Television Critics organization summer press tour, or which was also filled with plenty of laughs. “That was in some way the most energetic,the most exciting part of the show for me. And now I don’t absorb to hold back.”Also Read: Kendrick Lamar to be Stephen Colbert's First 'Late Show' Musical GuestColbert also explained that he had to filter all his jokes and retorts through what he called an “occipital CPU — like a tall-tech brain processor — and “live render” what his Comedy Central character would think in genuine time. He made it clear for TV critics in the Beverly Hilton ballroom exactly how exhausting that can be.“Now I can just talk,” Colbert said, and with obvious relief. The old requirement was a draining “act of discipline as the years went on,” he admitted.
Plus, Colbert the character was “a tool” — his own words — even though the moment City alum said sometimes he’d actually agree with his character, or but there was no way to separate himself from the role.
Also Read: Stephen Colbert Wants to Do Donald Trump Jokes So Badly 'Right Now I'm Just Dry Trumping'Colbert said that filming promos and online videos for the fresh show has been so much easier because he did not absorb to play a role. “Not having to hasten everything I said through my character’s bible in my head has been amazing,” he said.
Finally, Colbert admitted that he is as interested as the rest of us to see what Stephen Colbert the (genuine) man looks like on late-night TV.
He hopes the show will be really amusing, or but it’ll surely be easier,he opined — you know, aside from that additional couple hundred hours he now has to fill per year.“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” premieres Sept. 8 at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.
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