OPERATION ANTHROPOID WHICH WAS TWO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES,

A LITTLE KNOWN BUT INCREDIBLY DARING ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN

CHECKCHECKOS LAVACAIA.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WE WERE TO ASSASSINATE THIRD IN THE REICH AT THE TIME.

>> Stephen: HE WAS SUCH A BASTARD THAT HITLER HIMSELF SAID

THAT GUY'S GOT A HEART OF IRON.

WHEN WERE HITLER'S TELLING YOU TO TONE IT DOWN, YOU'RE PRETTY

BAD.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?

>> Stephen: YEAH.

THAT IS, LIKE, THE WORST VERSION OF HIGH PRAISE.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

O THIS IS AFTER GERMANY IS COMING AND HAVE TAKEN OVER THE

LANDS.

>> IT'S UNDER NAZI RULE AND IT WAS UNTHINKABLE ANYONE WOULD TRY

TO TAKE SOMEONE THAT HIGH UP IN THE REICH.

BUT THIS OPERATION WAS LED BY -- THERE WERE SEVEN PARACHUTISTS

THAT WERE PARACHUTED IN AND WE PLAY TWO OF THE PARACHUTISTS.

THE CLIP YOU SAW WAS THE START OF THE EXECUTION OF THE PLAN TO

ASSASSINATE HIM.

WE'VE TRIED TO STICK REALLY CLOSELY TO THE STORY IN THE

MOVIE.

AND THEY -- THE ATTEMPT WAS SORT OF BOTCHED SOMEWHAT.

HIS GUN JAMMED AND WE ENDED UP HAVING TO THROW A GRENADE.

THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND HE ENDED UP DYING A FEW DAYS LATER

FROM THE POISONING FROM THE SHRAPNEL.

>> HE WAS THE GOVERNOR OF BAVARIA AT THE TIME AND RULING

FOR THE NAZIS.

>> YES.

THIS GUY WAS THE BRAIN CHILD FOR THE FINAL SOLUTION.

PEOPLE CREDIT THAT, WHY ANYONE WOULD TAKE THE CREDIT FOR THAT.

BUT HE MASTER MINDED THE WHOLE THING.

>> Stephen: HE DIES OF SEPSIS A FEW DAYS LATER.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: THE REPERCUSSIONS WERE HORRENDOUS.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: A TOWN CALLED LOUDECHE, WIPED OUT AND THE TOWN

WAS ERASED BECAUSE SOMEONE CLAIMED THEY HAD BEEN ONE OF THE

ASSASSINS FROM THAT TOWN BUT WASN'T.

>> NO, THEY HAD NO CONNECTION TO THE TOWN AT ALL.

>> Stephen: I WENT THERE A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT'S JUST A FIELD

WHERE THERE WAS AN ENTIRE TOWN BECAUSE THE NAZIS WANTED TO SAY

YOU DO THIS AND WE EERASE YOU FROM THE WORLD.

>> SURE.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

O THE BASIC QUESTION, WAS IT WORTH IT?

I THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO CHECKS LAVACAIA WOULD HAVE

BEEN FAR WORSE THAN THE REPRISAL THAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE

ASSASSINATION.

>> Stephen: THE PARACHUTERS WERE LIVING IN ENGLAND.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: WAS THERE A CONNECTION WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT

WITH THE BRITISH?

>> THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

THERE WAS A CZECH RESISTANCE IN PRAGUE AND THEN THESE GUYS WERE

SENT BY BRITAIN AND THEY WERE GETTING THEIR ORDERS FROM

LONDON.

>> Stephen: DID YOU THESE BACK-TO-BACK?

WERE YOU DOING FIFTY SHADES AND THEN KILLING NAZIS?

WAS THAT A BACK-TO-BACK SITUATION?

HOW DO YOU MAKE THE SWITCH FROM SOMETHING SUPER SEXY TO SUPER

SAD?

>> I HAD A BREAK.

I DID COME OFF ANOTHER MOVIE THAT'S COMING OUT NEXT MONTH,

STRAIGHT INTO ANTHROPOID, BUT I'D HAD A LONG BREAK FROM "FIFTY

SHADES."

>> IT'S A MOVIE FOR NETFLIX.

>> Stephen: SEXY OR SAD?

AD.

>> Stephen: BUT SO SAD IT MIGHT BE SEXY?

>> YOU SAID IT, YEAH.

>> Stephen: SURE, WHY NOT?

PLEASE COME BACK SOME TIME AND SHOW US YOUR BUTT.

WE WOULD LOVE IT.

>> I'D LOVE TO.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH!

AH, HERE WE GO.

(CHEERING) >> Stephen: HERE.

GREAT, OKAY.

>> Stephen: I'M SURE WE'RE GOING A LITTLE BIT LONG HERE

BUT -- OH, THAT'S A LOT.

>> THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE SHOW TO DO.

>> Stephen: HERE'S TO RESISTING TYRANNY.

>> PERFECT.

>> Stephen: JAMIE DORNAN, EVERYBODY!

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