>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Stephen: THAT'S AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL DRESS.

>> I WANTED TO BRING SOME SPARKLE S.

>> Stephen: IT SEEMS A VERY GLAMMUOUS FORM OF CAMOUFLAGE,

ALMOST, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON THERE.

>> THAT'S VERY TRUE.

>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER YOU'RE PLAYING INDEPENDENT

MOVIE, WHAT IS HER NAME?

>> MICHELLE.

>> Stephen: SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE COULD USE SOME CAMOUFLAGE AND

GET AWAY-- >> FROM JOHN GOODMAN.

I KNOW.

HE'S SO SCARY AND I GREW UP LOVING JOHN GOODMAN.

WHY ARE YOU SCARING ME.

>> Stephen: IT'S JUST HIS JOB.

YOU ALSO GREW UP IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA.

>> A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS WORN THERE AND LIVED THERE UNTIL I WAS FIVE.

>> Stephen: THAT'SESOME.

>> I CLAIM IT.

>> Stephen: AND THEN YOU MOVED TO UTAH?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: HERE'S WHY I ASK, IN THE MOVIE THERE YOU'RE IN AN

UNDERGROUND SHELTER HIDING, HE SAYS, FROM SOMETHING TERRIBLE

OUTSIDE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT.

OKAY, THERE ARE PREPPERS-- YOU KNOW WHAT A PREPPER IS?

>> I ABSOLUTELY CO.

>> Stephen: I'M NOT SURPRISED BEING FROM UTAH YOU KNOW WHAT

PREPPERS ARE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PREPPERS IN YOUR FAMILY?

>> IT'S A SUBJECT THAT COMES UP A LOT IN MY FAMILY, STRANGELY --

>> HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE SOME BEEF JERKY THIS WEEKEND.

>> MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW WERE RAISING CHICK EPS FOR A

WHILE BECAUSE IF THE THING HAPPENS, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME

CHICKEN.

>> Stephen: RIGHT, SOME ATTACK ICKECHICKENS TO PROTECT YOU FROM

WHATEVER IT IS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> Stephen: DO THEY EVER SAY WHAT THE THING IS?

LIKE IF "THE THING "HAPPENS.

>> THE THING IN THE MOVIE.

>> Stephen: NO, YOUR SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS BUT THEY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS

COMING THIS, FEELING IN THE AIR.

>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: NOW, THE MOVIE ITSELF, IS THIS-- IT'S CALLED

"10 CLOVERFIELD LANE," AND BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH

MR. ABRAMS, IS IT-- IS IT A SEQUEL TO "CLOVERFIELD."

>> IT'S NOT A SEQUEL TO "CLOVERFIELD" BUT I WOULD SAY IT

HAS A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION, WHICH J.J. HAS TALKED ABOUT AND

I THINK IS AN APT WAY TO TALK ABOUT IT BUT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH

I CAN ALL I CAN TELL YOU.

>> Stephen: IF YOU CHAINED YOU IN AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER, WOULD

YOU TELL ME MORE?

>> NOT A WORD OUT OF ME.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO KIND OF KNOWN-- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

LIKE THIS MONIKER-- BUT YOU'RE CALLED AWE MODERN SCREAM QUEEN.

>> A LITTLE BIT.

>> Stephen: YOU DO A LOT OF HORO.

>> I'VE DONE A FEW.

>> Stephen: DO YOU LIKE THAT MONIKER?

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHO STARTED CALLING ME THAT.

IT'S ON MY WIKIPEDIA PAGE.

>> Stephen: IT HAS TO BE TRUE IF IT'S ON YOUR WIKIPEDIA PAGE.

>> EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CALLS ME THAT, THEY SAY, KNOWN FOR HER

ISRAELIS ROLLS IN AND THE FIRST ONE THEY MENTION IS RING 2."

IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A SCREAM QUEEN --

>> PARTICULARLY SCARY BACK OF YOUR HEAD.

YOU MIGHT HAVE VOLDEMORT'S FACE BACK THERE.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> Stephen: YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF ODD PROJECTS.

DO YOU SEEK THEM OUT, OR DOES THED ONNESS FIND YOU?

>> I'M NOT QUITE SURE.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO THE WEIRD, TO THE UNSETTLING, SINCE

I WAS VERY LITTLE.

I THINK PART OF IT WAS GROWING UP IN UTAH AND HAVING THINGS BE

SO CLEAN AND NICE AND NORMAL.

>> Stephen: AND BIG OPEN SKIES.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF THE SKY AND THE ROCK OF

THE EARTH OUT THERE.

>> YES, VERY TRUE.

>> Stephen: MAKES YOU FEEL SMALL SOMETIMES.

>> MAKES YOU FEEL SMALL.

MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT THE WEIRD UNDERBELLY OF THE WORLD LOOKS

LIKE.

>> Stephen: IT SEEMS VERY CLEAN OUT THERE BUT THERE IS A

WHOLE LOT OF METH.

>> OH, THAT IS TRUE!

>> Stephen: THERE IS.

THERE IS SO MUCH METH IN UTAH.

>> YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT UTAH.

>> Stephen: I DID A COUPLE OF STORIES FOR "THE DAILY SHOW" WAY

BACK IN THE DAY AND I WENT TO A JAIL ONE DAY TO TALK ABOUT AN

INCARCERATION STORY AND I SAID WHAT ARE THEY IN JAIL FOR?

AND THEY SAID, THEY'RE HERE FOR METH.

THEY SAID CHECK THE NEWS, I GUARANTEE YOU THERE WILL BE A

REPORTER STANDING IN FRONT OF A FLAMING GARAGE.

>> IT'S SO TRUE.

>> Stephen: SURE ENOUGH THAT NIGHT THERE WAS.

>> GROWING UP, THERE WOULD BE SOME EXPLOSION IN MY

NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU KNOW THAT'S A METH LAB THAT JUST BLEW UP.

AS A 10-YEAR-OLD,UN THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE JOINING THE CBS FAMILY THIS SUMMER

BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING A SHOW CALLED "BRAIN DEAD?"

ANOTHER WEIRD ONE.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

>> ALIENS EATING BRAINS OF PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

>> Stephen: SO IT'S A HISTORICAL DRAMA.

>> YUP.

>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE "SPIRITUALLY RELATED

TO "CLOVERFIELD."

I HOPE IT SCARES ME.

>> IT WILL.

>> Stephen: MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD.