This is John Constantine.
What, you never seen magic before?
I am an accomplished warlock,
an expert of the occult, and a master of exorcism.
You opened a door, love,
and Mallus wasn't the only thing that got out.
Have you ever not made a cool entrance?
Actually, it's... it's in my contract, yeah.
Of course it is.
- Hi. I'm Matt Ryan. - And I'm Jes Macallan.
Join us tonight as we get ready for next Monday's
season four premiere of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow."
They're in for one hell of a ride.
We'll talk about what's in store for our characters
and learn more about this magical trouble
that Constantine's just dropped on the Legends.
We'll also get an inside look
at what the writers are planning for season four
from executive producer Phil Klemmer.
Some of these creatures are murderous and awful,
and they deserve for Constantine
to send them straight to hell.
It's not a dragon, but it'll have to do.
That's all coming up on the CW's
special animated presentation,
"Constantine: The Legend Continues."
♪
How you doing, mate? Treating you good, are they?
Spoke to Dr. Hunter.
He thinks you're making some progress.
Before you know it, we'll be back on the road with the band.
'Course, we'll have to find replacements for Alan and Steve.
God bless the poor bastards. But all in good time, right?
Brought you something,
not the esoteric stuff you usually go for.
Beats staring out the window, right?
I mean, you...
Johnny.
Johnny, what are you doing? You swore you were gonna stop.
No more magic, right?
No more magic!
I have to.
I-I have to.
I have to.
I can't let it happen again, Chas.
I can't... let it happen again!
- I can't let it happen again! - Some help in here!
I can't let it happen ag...
Ohh!
Hey, easy on him!
I can't... can't let it...
♪
I'll never leave you, I swear. Baby, don't be upset.
Pregnant?
- There's only one kind. - You had an affair,
and now she's pregnant?!
That's great news. I'm so happy for you.
Madre de Dios. Why are you telling me this now?
Queen of angels.
Last time I have a drink like that.
Yeah, right.
Tell us another one, John.
I must be still dreaming.
Aah! No, definitely not dreaming.
Aah.
What are you?
We're you, Johnny.
Like hell, you are.
Materialized psychisms, Jung called us,
projections from the unconscious.
Your own inner demons given physical form.
Oh, that's not good.
And the only way I'm gonna stop you nasty little buggers
is to take... you... back!
Something opened a door between my conscious
and unconscious mind and let them out.
That's never happened before.
- We don't want any! - Open the bloody door, John!
Chas?
Maybe this isn't a good time.
It's never a good time, mate.
You look like...
Oh, thanks, mate.
And how have you been this past, what is it, 9 years? 10?
Since you spewed up all over Renee's auntie at the wedding.
Ah, she took it well, I thought,
the auntie, not Renee.
So, you two lived happily ever after, eh?
Not exactly.
We've been separated for seven months.
Who'd you shag then, knob-head?
Nobody. If it was as simple as that, maybe we could have...
Could have what?
Ah, I don't know.
We were happy. We really were.
And the past few years, I've been in a kinda dark place,
pushing Renee away, drinking myself sick.
I, uh...
You what?
I thought I was past it, John, after all this time.
I thought I was past it.
Why are you here, Chas? It's not for marital advice,
and it's not 'cause you've missed me all these years.
- That's for sure. - Maybe I have.
You were my best mate, John, since we were 10 years old.
Why are you here?
Since Renee kicked me out,
it's like my whole world's gone dark.
Only decent thing I've been able to hold on to is my little girl.
You have a kid?
She's 8 years old.
I sent you a bloody announcement when she was born.
Mm, must have missed that one.
Trish is...
She's the only light in my world,
the only hope, and, uh...
What?
_ _
She's in a coma.
Doctors haven't a clue what caused it or how to cure it,
but I spent enough time around you
to smell the stink of dark magic.
It's convenient to pin our troubles
on some devil lurking in the shadows, Chas,
but sometimes things happen,
because that's just the way the world is.
Just come have a look at her. That's all I'm asking.
Saving kids isn't something I'm very good at,
as you know better than most.
But it's different this time, John. It's my daughter,
my daughter.
All the more reason not to bring me into it.
- No. No, I won't have him here. - He can help.
Help? He's a disease that infects everything around him,
and I won't have him infecting my girl.
Chuffed to see you too, Renee.
- How long do you need? - Five minutes, alone.
Five minutes, Renee.
These bloody doctors can't do anything.
Maybe he can. Five minutes.
Not a second more.
Hello, Trish. I'm John.
Mind if I have a look at your aura?
Tainted.
By what?
Let's have a look inside.
Bloody hell!
Chas, Renee, I'm gonna need a little more than five minutes.
Why? What are you up to, John?
I'm calling in a specialist.
John. John! John!
Wouldn't want to have an MRI without the family...
And then she just came in, and she looked down...
Your timing sucks, Johnny.
I was right in the middle of a threesome
with a dryad and a sylph, both of whom, I might add,
are better in the sack than you ever were.
Hey, you were nothing to write home
to my mum about either, luv.
We both know that's not true.
Now, what do you want from the Nightmare Nurse?
Well, I did swear an oath to preserve life,
do no harm, and all that other crap.
So? What do you think?
I think you should shut up and let me do my job.
It's possession, right?
What part of "shut up" don't you understand?
It's not possession...
because there's nothing here to possess.
- What? - Her physical form is here,
but her... her essence, her soul... it's gone.
Well, someone was there a minute ago.
Let's find out who.
I shall definitely come to your aid more often.
At this point, I might as well
just make you a bed on the ship.
Hmm. Tempting.
So, Matt, having played Constantine
in so many shows and mediums,
what do you most enjoy about the character?
I feel really lucky to have just got to play the character
in all, uh... you know, across the board, you know,
from... from "Constantine" TV show to "Arrow" to "Legends"...
- Mm-hmm. - The animation.
You know, John has a lot of baggage,
and wherever he goes, that baggage comes with him,
and he's such a great character, you could drop him
anywhere in the whole DC Universe,
and he's gonna stir up some...
Schtuff.
- Stuff. - Some schtuff.
Yeah. He's gonna cause some problems.
Oh, what can I say? I'm a nasty piece of work.
Do you think he even looks at himself as... as a hero?
Or do you think he's, like, Legends material, or...
No, no, you know, he's...
he's a self-deprecating, you know, street magician,
you know, a blue-collar... a working-class guy.
He doesn't think of himself like that at all,
and, uh, I think that, you know, normally,
people who get close to John end up hurt or dead
or possessed, or something bad happens to them...
- How sad. - ...and John kind of
carries that around with him, you know,
so he... he doesn't see himself like that.
It's almost like he fits in, 'cause he's a misfit,
even though he's solo, right?
Yeah, I kinda... I kinda felt that
on the first episode that... that I did.
I kind of went, "Oh, this... this is...
he fits into this world, really, with these guys."
- Yeah, 'cause nobody fits in. - 'Cause nobody fits in, yeah.
Look, this is your bloody mess.
Now let's just stop playing tiddlywinks with the missis
and get ready for the fight that's coming.
Well, the wait is almost over, guys.
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow"
returns next Monday at 9:00, 8:00 Central, on the CW.
Okay, Jes, um, the next break,
I'm gonna ask you about #AvaLance.
Really? I had no idea you were an Ava and Sara shipper.
- Oh, me? - Yeah.
No, no, no. I'm asking for a friend.
Anyway, look, there's lots more to come, guys,
so stay tuned.
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Help me.
Trish? Trish, where are you?
In a... In a cage, I think.
It's hard to see, and it's so cold.
Are you alone?
All alone, except when he comes.
Who, Trish? Who comes?
The... The nasty man.
Does he have a name?
Trish, does he have a name?
I have many names.
Be careful to choose the right one.
Well, then tell me what the name is.
- Guess. - This isn't a bloody game.
It is to me.
What do you want with the girl?
Ooh, so many questions buzzing in your little gnat brain.
But if you want answers, John Constantine,
you'll have to come by for a visit.
Come by? Come by where?
John! John, open the damn door!
Asa! Are you okay?
Give me a second to put my dress on.
Son of a bitch!
If I was human, I'd be toast now.
...but I'll get the paperwork to them just as soon as I can.
What the hell, John?! Who's she?!
A private nurse I've hired to watch over Trish while I'm away.
Away? Well, where you going?
Los Angeles, apparently.
I'll never leave you...
- ...I swear. - I'll never leave.
- Set a meeting for Tuesday. - Pregnant?
That's the same dream I had
before all the psychisms came crawling out.
Someone's messing with my head.
Maybe it's early-onset dementia.
Eh, I should be so lucky.
Ladies and gentlemen,
as we prepare for landing, please be certain
your seat belts are securely fastened.
No problem.
Beautiful, isn't it?
We're not on a sightseeing tour, knob-head.
I don't know how I let you talk me into taking you along.
It's my natural charm. You can't resist it.
She's my kid, John.
I have to be part of this.
Besides, you need a driver.
I can drive myself.
Ha! Come off it. Five minutes behind the wheel,
and you'd be wrapped around a palm tree.
Oh, good thing I can depend on your nerves of steel.
Listen. We're messing with deep, dark magic here, Chas.
Deeper than Newcastle?
Can't change the past, Chas.
No, but you can change this.
Even if we can save Trish...
We will.
You will.
If there's one thing I've learned over the years,
it's that there are no happy endings.
There never are.
There's always a price to pay.
No price is too high when it comes to my little girl.
Tell me that after you paid it, mate.
Yeah, you're gonna be a huge help.
What's wrong with you people? Do you wanna get shot?
You are a badass.
You are the woman who has worked her way to the top
to becoming the head of the Time Bureau.
I'm keeping the suit.
#AvaLance, right?
How much do you enjoy that relationship and the story lines
that... that you get to have with Caity?
I love the fact that they let it grow for a minute last year.
It wasn't just like this sweeping thing that happened
and then they, you know, were off and running in the sunset.
It... It took a minute to get over their egos.
And thank goodness the fans really supported
the two of them, and AvaLance was born.
So, like, given that Constantine and Sara
- have, you know, a past... - Oh, my God!
Ah, you have nothing to be jealous about, love.
I am not jealous! I'm just... Ugh.
I love the scenes with you and her
and us and the three of us and that awkward...
It's like when you run into your ex
and you're with your new... It's, like, just very awkward,
and I love this season how we're pushing to work together more.
What the hell are those things,
and why do they all look like me?
Last season, actually,
she learned that she was a clone.
- Yeah, crazy. - And, uh, what was it like,
shooting that episode, having to do
all of those different versions of yourself,
fighting yourself, and all that? What was that like?
Is this as weird for you as it is for me?
- I had no idea. - The script landed on your...
- on your table, right? - Yeah.
- And you were like... - I was like, "What?!"
- "Me, me, me, me, me." - "Me, me, me, me, me."
My life, my memories, they're all manufactured.
It was heartbreaking.
I mean, imagine if you just realize, to any level,
"Oh, my childhood was a lie. Oh, my... " and then,
"Oh, none of it was real. I didn't have it.
"I just was printed, and my parents are actors,
"and I don't know how to be a kid,
and I never had a birthday party" and all this stuff.
So hopefully we delve into a little bit of the emotionality
of that sort of feeling of emptiness,
um, with Sara as well. You know,
I think she's there to kind of help Ava
through those feelings of empty and show her the ropes
of being, like, a full, enriched human being.
What can you reveal about your character's,
uh, story line this season?
Wait... I mean, that's a Phil question, man.
They keep... What can you reveal?
- Phil? Phil? - Phil?
After this break, we are gonna hear from Phil.
Yeah, I mean, it's not like
we're trying to torture them on purpose.
Where we, as well as you, will find out
what our characters are gonna be doing this season.
Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil...
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Come on, knob-head.
Let's go pay a visit to the bastard who's got your girl.
You think it's a trap?
- John. - What?
You think it's a trap?
Chas, it's always a bloody trap.
You're sure we're the only ones who can see that,
whatever it is?
The Shield of Ermed will protect Trish's body,
anchor it here while John searches out her soul.
Lost souls, mystic shields, demons.
This is... Oh, this is crazy.
You people go about your lives like sleepwalkers.
You have no idea what's out there,
the darkness that's hovering on the periphery of your vision.
I know more than you think.
Darkness you talk about,
it nearly destroyed my husband.
He was with John in Newcastle.
So you know the story?
Just scraps of it.
Johnny boy likes to brag about his exploits,
but not that one.
It was years before Chas finally told me.
Tell me.
About Newcastle?
No. I can't.
I just...
It wasn't a request.
They were inseparable, John and Chas,
from the time they were kids growing up in Liverpool,
looked after each other.
God knows their families couldn't.
Opposites, you know?
Chas was attracted to John's unpredictability,
and John... he was drawn to Chas' soft heart.
I think it was the music more than anything that bonded them.
They were obsessed,
had to learn to play, had to form a band.
They spent years performing for a percentage of the door.
They always thought
they were a day away from fame and fortune.
♪
Maybe it would have worked out
if they hadn't ended up in Newcastle.
The Casanova Club was run
by a twisted bastard named Alex Logue.
Fancied himself a sorcerer.
Had what he called "magical convocations"
in the rooms under the club.
Don't ask me what that means. I don't want to know.
But I do know that Logue
used his daughter, Astra,
as a focal point for his spells, a human channel
to draw the dark magic down into the physical world.
His own child.
Can you imagine?
Oh, it was bad.
And then John Constantine went and made it worse.
You see, John was another one who fancied himself a magician,
been studying the occult since he was a boy,
claimed he had a natural gift.
Logue had been a mentor to him.
But when John found out
what was happening with the girl,
he decided he was gonna save Astra.
He could have just called the cops.
That would have been too easy.
And of course, Chas, the loyal idiot,
was right there with him.
And what better way to stop a devil like Alex Logue
than by summoning a bigger one?
A real one.
That was John's logic,
and it worked, up to a point.
Something must have happened in the last five months.
You're more miserable than usual.
Constantine had a rough off-season.
He actually had a terrible personal tragedy
that took place, and he's not forthright about that.
He's not forthright about, you know,
the demon that lays claim to his soul.
He's not forthright about a lot of his stuff,
because a lot of it is, uh, stuff
that he's not especially proud of.
What do you mean you already have a link to Sara's soul?
Well, let's just say our souls have been one.
Leaves a metaphysical connection, love.
- Don't call me "love." - Oh. Pardon me, pet.
I don't know, it's just super fun to watch them work.
Like, you know, it's crazy that Matt Ryan
comes into a cold set, and, you know, it's first scene up,
and he's the center of attention,
and there's eight people.
You know, most people would be a little daunted
to be, like, the new guy.
Um, but the fact that he's been wearing this character
for, you know, longer than the Legends
have been wearing theirs,
he just, like, comes in and starts talking,
and you're just like, "Oh, Constantine's here."
Did you just call me your girlfriend?
Maybe.
Jes is the person, when they... they call, "Cut,"
she just starts, like, dancing around
and making the camera guy laugh,
and, you know, just, like, it's infectious.
Her enthusiasm, Matt's dedication, that...
you know, both their combined talent,
it's just like, you know, it elevates people,
and it forces our characters into just,
like, new dynamics, which I'm sure everybody wants
when you're on season four, is to... to do something new.
John, welcome aboard.
And now a special sneak peek
at the new season of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow."
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But he was arrogant even then.
Our John...
didn't know half of what he thought he did.
So he never wove a binding spell around the demon,
which means he couldn't control it...
...couldn't stop Nergal...
...from unleashing hell on Earth.
Some got out. Some didn't.
And John, well, he learned that night
that his natural gift...
wasn't gift enough.
No!
And that's how John ended up in Ravenscar.
And my Chas just soldiered on all those years,
pretending everything was all right.
I believed him, too.
But once you've been through something like that,
it never can be.
Can it?
About Newcastle?
No, I can't.
I-I just...
It's all right.
If you don't wanna tell me, you don't have to.
You could have sprung for something bigger, John.
Feel like I'm in a bloody clown car.
I didn't see you reaching into your pocket to help.
How's that for ya?
- Weird. - What?
Don't know. Maybe it's the jet lag,
or maybe it's this city.
I'm used to London.
I know her, down to every alley,
every shadowed corner of her soul,
but this place...
Too much light.
I could use a bit of light right now.
Well, you soak it in, mate. Me, I don't trust it.
This is it, 1247 Enstrom.
You one for anagrams, Chas?
No. Why?
"Enstrom."
Move the letters around, and what have you got?
"Monster."
It's funny, eh?
Yeah, I'm in hysterics.
Yes?
Clearly the right place.
I think we're expected.
Enter freely and of your own free will.
I've always wanted to say that.
Oi!
Master Beroul will be down presently.
Please wait right here.
Aah!
Bollocks!
Oi, he said to wait here.
Yeah, and that's just what I want you to do.
I rather like the smell.
Master Beroul, I presume.
"Beroul" will suffice.
Hmm. The pool's not ready yet.
I've got to wait for the bodies to liquefy,
dredge out the bones.
And then?
Use it for my daily swim, of course.
Oh. Lovely.
Isn't it, though?
A man needs to stay in shape.
Ah. You're no bloody man.
Something you'd do well to remember, Mr. Constantine.
- You know me. - Your reputation precedes you.
Why else would I go to all this trouble to bring you here?
Ah, you used Trish as a lure.
Mr. Chandler is one of the few people
on this Earth you care about.
I knew you wouldn't refuse your old friend's plea for help.
You could have just texted me.
And would you have come?
A man of your nature, John,
requires something more theatrical, hmm,
more dangerous.
There's a whole new problem with history.
Mr. Unicorn!
Yeah, that we basically created.
- Oh... - Oh, my God! Shoot it!
You didn't tell Director Sharpe
that you let all the monsters out to play, did you?
I remember my first day of this season,
and we were shooting with a unicorn...
a horse who was a unicorn.
And I was just like, "This is bonkers."
We didn't screw things up for the better this year.
We screwed things up for the more magical.
You know, magical creatures, it... it sounds...
it sounds silly, I guess, on... on first blush,
but, like, when you start thinking about it,
it's actually... it's a lot deeper and more complicated,
because, like, magical creatures
shouldn't exist anywhere, at any time, in our world.
Constantine promised us new mysterious monsters.
I want dragons.
I mean, some of these creatures
are murderous and awful, and they deserve
for Constantine to send them straight to hell.
Who told Ava about the dragon?
But our guys are people who don't belong anywhere,
so it doesn't take them long to start identifying,
"We don't want to torture these things.
You know, we want to rehab them."
Because again, our guys are all in need of rehabilitation,
and if, like, we're judging magical creatures quickly,
like, I don't know what that says about the Legends.
That is some grade-A magic right there.
People do love the supernatural.
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What was your reaction, uh, when you were approached
to reprise your role in the animated series?
Were you excited to do more with the character?
Yeah. You know, at every stage of the journey
with this character, I thought it was over, you know,
and then they keep on pulling me back in.
And I think I was on holiday on a beach somewhere,
and I got an email from David Goyer
saying, "Listen, would you like to do
this, uh, animated series of Constantine?"
And I just replied two words... "I'm in."
Just don't drop it.
Don't want you splashing it around till dead on midnight.
It's a great thing, you know.
You... You don't have to put the costume on or...
or have hair and makeup and worry about all the setups.
You know, you just walk up to the booth and do your thing.
You bloody bastard. I'll rip your head off!
When they write him in the right way,
he just lifts off the page, and it's really easy for me
to kind of slip back into the character and... and play him.
Do you wear the trench coat when you go in, and...
- No, I do it naked. - Yeah. You do? Naked?
- Yeah. - That's how I would do it.
- I feel it's very freeing. - I would definitely...
I would definitely be...
I would definitely be naked the whole time.
You never saw me,
and, uh, everything is perfectly normal.
Be sure not to miss the season four premiere
of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow,"
next Monday at 9:00, 8:00 Central, on the CW.
And streaming for free on the CW app.
Thanks for watching.
What's this all about?
I'll explain everything.
I had what you Brits would call a brain wave.
A branch office of Hell, right here,
a franchise operation, like fast food,
but with the added benefit of eternal damnation.
So many souls just begging to be corrupted and consumed.
So much power for a demon to absorb.
The sky's the limit
for the entrepreneur who gets in first.
But I've got competition...
five other demons with similar aspirations,
and I want that competition eliminated.
- And that's where I come in. - Precisely.
I don't do anything till I see the girl.
Which one?
Chas' Trish.
Ah. Nothing my kind savors more
than the sweet, subtle flavors of an innocent soul.
Where is she?
Safe, right here.
You could say she's a prisoner of love,
held quite literally within my heart.
Let her go, you bastard! Let her go!
No, Chas! If what Beroul's saying is true,
then any attack on him is an attack on your daughter.
But we don't know if it's true, do we?
Ahh!
- Chas! - Not to worry.
He isn't dead...
- Ahh! - Just displaced.
Bloody hell.
Not that the idiot could have hurt me.
Now, will you take the job?
If I'm working for you,
I want a fat salary and a swanky hotel.
Done. Now get out.
It's time for "The Young and the Restless,"
and I never miss it.
The sooner you get the girl back into her own body,
the more of it she'll still be able to use.
I'm getting close.
- Trish? I swear I'll get you out! - That's not real, is it?
I gave up trying to figure out what's real long ago.
♪
Whoa!
You said you'd sacrifice anything for Trish.
Yes!
John!
Then God help you.
"Constantine: City of Demons,"
season two, coming soon to CW Seed.
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