Stephen Colbert Guests February 26, 2026
Guests
Wyatt Russell and CMAT
The February 26, 2026 episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert featured Wyatt Russell and CMAT.
Episode clips
Wyatt Russell
Wyatt Russell discusses sharing a role with his father in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, his family’s mistaken belief that he was playing Godzilla and choosing hockey before acting. He also recalls childhood film appearances and explains why making violins is easier for him than playing one.
Kurt and Wyatt Russell discuss their acting family while promoting Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, with Wyatt recalling the few films of his father’s that he watched growing up. Stephen Colbert presses Kurt about the ambiguous ending of The Thing, and father and son remember Wyatt’s childhood cameo opposite Snake Plissken in Escape from L.A.
Wyatt Russell explains how a Vancouver guitar maker led him from building guitars to the harder craft of making violins, though he admits he remains a terrible player. Kurt Russell remembers Wyatt playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” for his dying grandmother so badly that Kurt could not stop laughing, before they promote Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
Kurt and Wyatt Russell discuss sharing the same character at different ages in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and discovering that they interpreted the role similarly while reading scripts together. Wyatt also explains choosing hockey over acting as a child, then recalls a doula mistakenly believing he had been cast to play Godzilla.
CMAT
- Euro-Country · View album →
CMAT performs “When a Good Man Cries” from her album Euro-Country on The Late Show.
Other episode clips
FAQ
- Who were the guests on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Feb 26, 2026?
- Wyatt Russell and CMAT were the guests on this episode.
- When did this episode air?
- Feb 26, 2026.