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Merry Christmas.
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I'm Graham Norton.
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Welcome to my show.
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CHEERING
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Hello!
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Good evening.
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You're all so welcome to the show.
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Yay, we're great.
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Hello to our virtual
audience watching at home.
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Hiya!
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Yes, we're back in tier three.
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It's the best one.
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But, hey, it's nearly Christmas.
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Time to sing those traditional
songs, the One Day of Christmas, No
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Mistletoe and Wine, and I Saw Mummy
Kissing Santa Claus Because She's
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a Filthy Super Spreader.
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There is some good news, though.
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Yes.
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It looks like there
might be a Brexit deal
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after all.
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The only sticking
point now is fishing.
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There's Boris with the UK's quota
for the next ten years.
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Actually, Boris does love a photo
opportunity with a fish, he really
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does.
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Here is manhandling a herring,
kissing a cod, and almost groping a
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sturgeon.
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APPLAUSE
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All right,
who is on the show tonight?
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With me here in the studio,
it's the star of the Crown and
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Mission Impossible,
Vanessa Kirby is here!
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She is the co-creator and star
of This Country, it's Daisy May
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Cooper!
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They are two of our greatest actors,
back together for a new
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series on the lockdown stage,
it's Michael Sheen!
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And David Tennant!
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Shortly, we'll be joined
by Hollywood great George Clooney.
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CHEERING
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I know.
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And Oscar winner Viola
Davis will be here.
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Plus we'll have music right
here in the studio from
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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe!
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It must be Christmas.
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It's Christmas.
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Can I just say, well
done on everyone
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getting the Christmas memo.
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It's very...
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I mean, think you got
the memo twice, Daisy.
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Oh, God.
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No, you look very
Christmassy, it's nice.
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And do you know what?
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I managed to pack the Christmas
stuff, but I've got two left
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boots.
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So I've had to wedge
my foot into it.
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Do you have two pairs?
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Do you have two pairs
of the same boot?
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Yeah, I've got two pairs the same.
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But as you can tell, the laces,
they're completely different.
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It's either that, or just
really bad shoplifting.
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Or they'll all left.
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What's nice is, David
and Michael, you have
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been working together
in
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lockdown.
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Is this your first time seeing
each other in the flesh?
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Well, we have, since
we were on this show,
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promoting Good Omens,
a year
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and a half ago...
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When we were allowed to sit
close to each other.
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This is only the second time we have
physically seen each other
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since then.
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And yet, I have stared
at this face almost daily.
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I have seen more of him
than my own family.
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And lockdown, I mean,
it's been so strange.
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I know in your flat, Vanessa,
someone's been doing DIY.
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This isn't you doing DIY.
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No, this is my brother.
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It kinds of sums up how
good our family are at DIY.
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Before I show you his
DIY, how old is your
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brother?
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He's 34.
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That sheds a new light on it.
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His girlfriend asked him to put
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thing.
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I don't even know what it's called.
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I doubt he does either.
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I think it's just a towel rail.
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It has like a hook.
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Coat hooks.
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There are just so many
things he got wrong
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in this.
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This is the coat hook
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How?
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I mean, wrong wood, too high...
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I know.
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I mean, you either can't
open that door, or you
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can't shut it, one or the other.
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And he used a drill,
which was worrying
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as well.
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should have a drill.
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I can't...
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I still can't work out
which way it should go.
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Well, not that way.
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I like the fact that he did that and
then still went ahead and drilled
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it, like he didn't go,
"That can't be right."
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He thought, "That
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Plus, it's not really
in the centre either, is it?
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I think that's the least
of your worries.
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It's the least of your worries.
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Does everyone come home and just
throw their hat at it like James
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Bond, like Sean Connery
as James Bond?
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Just catch them like hoopla?
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Listen, we start out
with series two of Staged.
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It stars Michael Sheen
and David Tennant as Michael
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Sheen and David Tennant.
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It begins on the 4th
of January on BBC One.
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So if people didn't see the first
series, what is kind of the premise?
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And how has it changed
and developed in season two?
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Go.
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Well, season one was
the idea that lockdown
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happened and we were supposed to be
rehearsing a play together, so we
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decided to try and keep
doing it, over Zoom.
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And then it was basically just
an excuse for us kind of
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moaning at each other.
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The premise for both
series is two actors being
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crap at home.
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That is essentially the premise.
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And the second season,
do you leave your houses?
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Well, that would be giving
stuff away, wouldn't it?
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I think the first series,
I think it reflected that
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time when you were literally locked
in and you couldn't leave and you at
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least knew the rules.
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The second series exists
in a world that we are
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all in.
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We are going, yesterday I could do
that but today I'm not allowed,
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or I'm allowed if I go
with my Gran, I'm not sure.
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I can go out but I have to be
back at six o'clock.
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It's very much reflecting
that confusion that I
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think we are all in,
but we are still mostly
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staring at each other.
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We're constantly on the verge
of going somewhere.
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But maybe never quite getting there.
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Listen, we've got a clip.
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This is Michael.
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Michael has a plan.
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Has this never happened
to you before?
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Once.
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You got recast?
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I did.
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Why?
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Don't want to say.
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But you know.
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I know.
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Go on.
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No, no.
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Why not?
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Because I am doing
something about it.
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What?
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Can you keep a secret?
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Evidently.
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I am befriending him
slowly and methodically,
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engineering ways for us to work
together, insinuating my way into
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his life, the better to exact my
slow and decisive revenge.
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Very good!
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That makes it look rather dramatic.
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And there's a confusion
because your real partners
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are also in it.
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Yes.
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They are.
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Which is great.
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But when lockdown started,
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There was no choice.
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Charming!
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Yes, darling.
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You can be in it.
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No, I was thrilled,
because Georgia and I have
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been trying to work together
for ages, and suddenly nobody could
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argue.
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It was like, well, we're here.
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One of David and Georgia's 20
children appeared at one point in
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season one.
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In silhouette only, yeah.
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By mistake.
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But we just kept it in.
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Because the other
thing is in the show,
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you only ever see me
in
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one place.
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I'm in my kitchen.
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In that clip, that's
all you ever see.
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David is in a different
place every single shot
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almost because there
are so
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many children in his house, he has
to keep moving around the house.
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Yes, pure expediency,
but of course people
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think it's a choice.
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Oh, I love what you did -
you're always moving,
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Michael's always steady.
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Interesting.
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No, it's just...
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It's the only choice we had.
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So the tribe is harder
to work around than the
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new...
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Well, not quite newborn.
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How old now?
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She's 15 months now.
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Oh, wow.
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She'll have a line soon.
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Exactly.
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I mean, we really
wouldn't be able to...
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If we filmed any more, she now runs,
she propels herself through the
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house, there's no stopping her,
she's a force of nature.
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But there are scenes
that Georgia and I
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do together which would
always have to be,
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which we just do ourselves
in
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the house, and that,
that would be very tricky
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because you could get the baby down
for a nap, you get one
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on an iPad, one on a film,
one on a colouring book.
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You'd have about 20
minutes to sort of...
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There's always one you're not
sure where they are,
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isn't there?
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If it's only one, that's fine.
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That's fine.
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Just send Myrtle out
to find her and come
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back.
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Do you count them up
to bed at night?
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Like Fagin in Oliver?
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Watch them go out and
watch them come back
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in.
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Now, in lockdown, we've all had
challenges, and Daisy May Cooper,
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you love a challenge.
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You love a challenge.
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So you saw this...
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Was it on Instagram or Facebook
you saw this challenge here?
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Yes, I found that
on Instagram, and I
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thought, I've got to take that on.
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And I'll just say, Daisy May Cooper,
she did pass that test, and then
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some.
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But now the other pictures we have,
did people send them to you?
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So, it just kind of went mental
and I think people were just really,
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really bored.
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And it got...
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I mean, I don't know
what you've got to show,
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but my favourite one was a woman
sent me a picture of an entire car
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parcel shelf under her tits.
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It's just insane.
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I mean, how strong are they?
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We've got a nice lady here.
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She's got the entire
Godfather collection.
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And then this woman...
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I mean, this woman can
fly Ryanair anytime.
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Look at that.
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God!
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That's impressive, isn't it?
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That's a rack.
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APPLAUSE
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Oh, you've been
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working in lockdown.
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Very good.
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Very good indeed.
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Let's meet our first guest tonight.
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He's a double Oscar-winning
actor, director
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and producer, all of it,
Hollywood legend, it's
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only George Clooney,
ladies and gentlemen!
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CHEERING
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Yay!
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Graham, nobody said
that it was special sweater night.
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Clearly.
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Clearly, they didn't.
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Why don't I just wear these flowers?
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LAUGHTER
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You've got a roaring fire.
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It looks nice and Christmassy.
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It does.
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Watching the clip...
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I've got flowers all over me.
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Watching the clip...
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Comedy's terrible.
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Watching the clip, Michael,
it looks like I'm in your
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kitchen.
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That's what I just said to David,
why is George Clooney in my
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kitchen?
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Yeah!
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By the way, your wife says hello!
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LAUGHTER
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By the way,
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can I just say this?
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This is a very illustrious
group you're there with.
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David and Michael,
by the way, it's too much
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talent in one room,
for you two to be doing a show
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together is ridiculous.
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Is my wife telling you to say that?
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Hang on a minute, let me ask her.
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And, Vanessa, my wife
and I, but my wife
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in particular, yes,
you've had this
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extraordinary career,
but the
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Crown is literally her...
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We both are fascinated
by it, and you in
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that are spectacular,
spectacular, and I'm
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just excited to see
what the
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rest of your career is going to be
because you're just an extraordinary
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actress, and, Daisy, I just saw
David Copperfield and it was
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fantastic.
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I haven't seen your show yet,
but now that I'm aware of it, I
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will definitely see it.
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Oh, my goodness!
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That's a lot of talent in that room.
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That was worth showing
up for, right?
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George Clooney,
you're here to tell us
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about your latest film,
The
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Midnight Sky.
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It's out on Netflix
from Wednesday, the 23rd of
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December.
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And this is your baby.
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You've produced it,
directed it, you're in it.
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So tell us about the story.
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It's based on a book, right?
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It's based on a book.
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Let me see.
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How can I get to it quickly?
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Everyone dies in the end.
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How's that?
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LAUGHTER
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Oh...
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I was going to say something,
but no, I mustn't spoil it.
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It's basically the idea
of what mankind
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is capable of doing
to itself if we don't pay
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attention, quite honestly.
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It's as film about regret
and redemption and, in some ways,
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about whether or not this whole
struggle
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is worth it, and I think
the argument is it is, but we're not
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going to get out of it alive,
but we might get out of it intact.
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It's sort of set in two places.
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Part of it is in space
and part of it is
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kind of the ends of the earth.
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Yes.
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I'm the ends of the earth part.
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And we're about to see a clip.
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This is you and this
is your character,
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Augustine, making contact with
the spaceship for the first time.
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This is Lake Haven weather station.
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Lake Haven, I can't
tell you how happy I
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am to hear your voice.
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For some reason, you're
the only person who
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wants to talk to me.
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We've lost contact
with NASA and everyone
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else.
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Do you have information
on our transmission blackout?
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Lake Haven, are you there?
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How much do you know
about the conditions on Earth?
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We have received nothing.
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I'm sorry, Lake Haven.
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I missed that last transmission.
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Is that mission control?
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Late Haven, are you receiving this?
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I don't know all the details.
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I know it was a mistake.
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APPLAUSE
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Ooh.
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Graham, I have your...
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I have your beard.
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Yeah!
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I like to think you've
modelled it on me!
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LAUGHTER
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Our very own David Oyelowo
and Felicity Jones are in there.
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Yeah.
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And tell me this, as a director,
when did you kind of come
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to the realisation that you might be
able to play the gnarly old guy?
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LAUGHTER
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That's funny!
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I did an interview, Graham,
you'll enjoy this because you're
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now the gnarly old guy.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah.
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And so, I was doing an interview
the other day and they said,
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"You used to be in all these movies
like Out of Sight
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and Ocean's Eleven."
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And they go, "Is this the...
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Is this what you want to now
do with your career?"
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I was like, "No!"
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LAUGHTER
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I don't want to be
the old, old gnarly guy!
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It's old age, there's
nothing I can do about it.
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If I could go back to 1998, I would.
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But the young actor playing
the young Augustine, Ethan...
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Is it Ethan Peck?
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Oh, there he is.
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Yeah.
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There he is.
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That is me as a young man.
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And I'm directing, and I'm casting,
and so he's six foot
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three, great looking.
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And I'm like...
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I can't cuss on this thing,
but I said, you know, "Screw it,
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I'm hiring that guy!"
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LAUGHTER
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But now, we can see how
accurate he is, in terms
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of being you at that age,
because we've got a picture
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of you at that age.
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Here you are.
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Look at you!
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Oh!
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WOLF-WHISTLES
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That wasn't that age!
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You are a rat!
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LAUGHTER
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Are you...
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Are you younger there or older?
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I'm 22, look at the mullet!
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You don't have that
mullet when you're 30!
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LAUGHTER
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00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:09,760
That's
a 22-year-old mullet.
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But here's the thing,
here's the thing.
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We can go further back, George,
because your father,
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your father recently,
he revealed this
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picture of you at 11.
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Now, if anyone at home
is thinking, "God, my children
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are so ugly," er...
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This is, no, this is really
cheery, because this
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11-year-old grew into
George Clooney.
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LAUGHTER
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00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,240
Yeah.
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Yeah.
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00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,320
APPLAUSE
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Oh, my God!
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Hope for all!
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In fairness, we didn't have a lot
of cash and my mom cut my hair.
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00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,320
And, clearly, that's not her skill.
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LAUGHTER
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00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,120
She was in a hurry that day!
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00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,040
Ray Charles could have
cut my hair better!
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LAUGHTER
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You're 11 in that picture, George.
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Were you already a prankster at 11?
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Were you one of those kids?
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Yeah, I thought things were funny.
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I mean, I think...
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Yes, I thought there were things
that were funny to do,
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got in trouble in school a lot.
448
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I guess.
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And I hear even your kids now,
they're three, they're
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already being pranksters?
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00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,000
Yeah, I...
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So, look, my kids are clearly my
wife's children, right?
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They are three and they
speak fluent Italian.
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And they're way ahead...
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My wife's a genius,
they're brilliant kids.
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It is my job to dumb them down.
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LAUGHTER
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It's my job to put, you know,
the actor in 'em a little bit.
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And so, I teach them
horrible things...
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Because remember, it's
only the four of us,
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so I just want to hear the shriek
from my wife and I
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know I've succeeded.
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You know what I mean?
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So, I taught them to put
Nutella in their nappy,
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and then go upstairs and take it
off, and then pick it up and eat it.
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LAUGHTER
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APPLAUSE
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And the sound you hear...
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Who has a 15-month-old?
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One of you guys does.
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Michael.
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00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,000
Yeah, both of us.
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Both of you do?
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OK.
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00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,640
You guys are very elegant.
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Teach 'em this move.
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I promise you, it's
going to be good.
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You should do it.
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But weirdly, Daisy May Cooper,
your daughter has been...
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Is she pranking you?
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No.
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I think she's a psychopath.
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LAUGHTER
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There's this thing.
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OK, so throughout lockdown,
basically what she was doing,
486
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and I don't know why,
but she was going out
487
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to the shed and pooing
in the shed, and then...
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00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,320
How old?
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Nearly three.
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OK.
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So, I mean, she knows
not to do that.
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She knows what a toilet is, yeah?
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Yes.
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00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,800
So, I mean, we had, like,
this sort of weird VE street party
495
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down our street and people got,
like, little cakes and stuff.
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And little...
497
00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,320
I mean, it was a bit
depressing because of Covid.
498
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My daughter had taken one of these
little flags out of the cupcake
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and put it in her poo, in the shed!
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LAUGHTER
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And I was in tears.
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00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,640
I said to my husband,
"I think we've sort of got a bit
503
00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,320
of a Dennis Nilsen on our hands!
504
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What's the next step from this?"
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00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,440
But you got her to stop, right?
506
00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:10,200
Well, I had to...
507
00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,960
Because she's obsessed with Frozen,
so I had to get this Elsa to do this
508
00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,360
video Zoom to say,
"OK, so I've spoken to Olaf
509
00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,520
and he said that you're
pooing in the shed."
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LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
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It could be worse, George.
512
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,960
It could be worse.
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00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,640
I feel better about
myself right now.
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LAUGHTER
515
00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,360
George Clooney, so good
to see you again.
516
00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,720
Good luck with The Midnight Sky.
517
00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,120
And a very happy Christmas
to you and your family.
518
00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,480
George Clooney, everybody!
519
00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,520
Bye.
520
00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,720
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
521
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,920
Hey!
522
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,600
Let's just love George for a bit.
523
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,240
Aw!
524
00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,280
Yeah.
525
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,720
Because George loved all of you!
526
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:53,760
Yeah.
527
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,680
Well, he didn't really
know who I was.
528
00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,720
LAUGHTER
529
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,760
He Googled you.
530
00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,800
He Googled me!
531
00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,840
He Googled you!
532
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,520
If he dies tonight,
his search history
533
00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:02,720
will include Daisy May Cooper.
534
00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,200
LAUGHTER
535
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,840
And he knows you now
as the mother of the girl
536
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,280
who puts flags in her poo!
537
00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,120
That's how he'll
always remember you.
538
00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:16,880
"Is that the woman with
the Christmas gifts on her head?"
539
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,640
Also, you can relish
the knowledge that the next time
540
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,800
George Clooney does a poo,
he's going to think
541
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,040
about putting a flag on it.
542
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,440
It's going to cross his
mind just for a moment,
543
00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,640
and that's because of you.
544
00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,040
LAUGHTER
545
00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,200
Now, let's turn to Vanessa Kirby.
546
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,440
Already creating Oscar buzz...
547
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,480
I know it's embarrassing,
but you are.
548
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,680
..with her latest movie,
Pieces of a Woman.
549
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,600
It's out on Netflix
from January the 7th.
550
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,640
January the 7th.
551
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,800
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
552
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:45,840
Yes.
553
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,840
Yeah.
554
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,040
And it's getting amazing reviews.
555
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,240
And you've already won awards.
556
00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,120
Here you are at the Venice Film
Festival, with your lovely prize.
557
00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,680
It is quite the prize.
558
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,720
It's impossible to carry.
559
00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,640
Is that marble at the bottom of it?
560
00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,680
I think maybe.
561
00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:00,720
Yeah.
562
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,400
It's like a kind of football trophy.
563
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,440
Don't complain about it.
564
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:04,480
Don't complain about it.
565
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:05,520
I'm not complaining.
566
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,800
No, but it's quite hard to hold.
567
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,720
It kind of like clangs
like a cowbell.
568
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:10,880
LAUGHTER
569
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:17,000
Yeah.
570
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,160
So, if people haven't
heard about this film -
571
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,280
and there's been a lot of press
already - who do you play?
572
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,480
Tell us about the story.
573
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,120
So, I play a woman called
Martha who, at the very
574
00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,040
beginning of the movie,
there's a kind of
575
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,080
30-minute birth scene.
576
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,680
Continuous take that we did.
577
00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,600
And then, she kind of goes
through an unspeakable tragedy.
578
00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,720
And then, the film is really
about how we all go through such
579
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,120
difficult times in different stages
of our lives, and how you kind of...
580
00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,360
when your world falls apart,
how you kind of manage to get
581
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,520
through it and pull yourself
together and get, you
582
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,360
know, get through...
583
00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:55,720
Sometimes, where it feels
like an eternity, how do
584
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,840
you overcome it and come out
the other side, basically?
585
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,240
And it deals with grief and how
different people react
586
00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,280
differently to that grief.
587
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,320
Yes.
588
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,640
We've got a clip.
589
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,640
This is you and your mother,
played by the great Ellen Burstyn,
590
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,280
basically kind of butting heads
about how best to move forward.
591
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,400
She has to pay for her incompetence.
592
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,440
Is this about money?
593
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,720
No!
594
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,600
Is it about what people think?
595
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,760
It's about you.
596
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,440
It's about you having to face this.
597
00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:24,480
I am facing this!
598
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,520
I am facing it!
599
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,200
I am facing this!
600
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,000
Well, I don't think you are!
601
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,400
We need...
602
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:31,920
We need some justice here.
603
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,240
No, you need.
604
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,120
That is what you want,
that is what you need, that is...
605
00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,280
That is your way,
that is not my way!
606
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,640
That is what you need!
607
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,800
Martha, if you had done it my way,
you'd be holding your baby
608
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,760
in your arms right now.
609
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,240
Huh...
610
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:57,920
You know what?
611
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,400
You...
612
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,800
You're ashamed.
613
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,040
You're so ashamed of me!
614
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,320
You're ashamed because I failed!
615
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,960
Ah, what a disgrace!
616
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,200
Ah, what a disgrace!
617
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,600
I failed!
618
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,400
APPLAUSE
619
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,760
Oh, sad!
620
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,760
Very.
621
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,520
It is an extraordinary film.
622
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,400
It's got scenes like that, but then
it's got really such quiet...
623
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,440
Yeah.
624
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,480
..beautiful moments.
625
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,920
That's like one of the crescendos.
626
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,960
Yeah.
627
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,000
But the...
628
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,600
I mean, I knew what it was about
before I saw it and I knew
629
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,760
that there was going to be this
half-hour, one-take,
630
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,800
you know, labour scene.
631
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,680
But it's kind of beautifully done,
and it's frank, but it's not
632
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,720
impossible to watch.
633
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,360
I mean, how many times did
you do that one take?
634
00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:40,400
The birth, yeah.
635
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,440
We did...
636
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,880
We did it over two days.
637
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,280
We did four takes the first
day, two the second.
638
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,160
And actually, to be honest,
when they told me that they wanted
639
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,800
to do that, I thought,
I was relieved because you can't...
640
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,200
You know, as actors,
you're always trying to be present,
641
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,280
in the present moment,
and things come into your head
642
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,480
about, "Oh, this is happening."
643
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:06,000
You know, you get taken
out of the moment.
644
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,600
But at least in that,
you could sort of, I wouldn't
645
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,480
have to break it up,
or go to lunch, then come back
646
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,880
and pretend that I was six
hours into a labour.
647
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,080
You know what I mean?
648
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,120
GRAHAM LAUGHS
649
00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,520
Which is like, you always
feel like such a phony
650
00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:19,960
when you do stuff like that.
651
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,600
So it was kind of, it was sort
of exhilarating really,
652
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,240
because you got to just like do
the flow of it.
653
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,440
And it was kind of
like a play really.
654
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,520
And you've worked in theatre a lot,
but you were in the very,
655
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,440
you know, lauded production
of Streetcar Named Desire,
656
00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,640
which won lots of awards.
657
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,560
But you were working
with a revolving stage,
658
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:36,600
which is no-one's friend.
659
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:37,640
Yeah, which is no...
660
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,360
Especially not mine,
I'm not very coordinated,
661
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:40,760
so that was already a risk.
662
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,800
Yeah.
663
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,960
But did you get stuck
in it or something?
664
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,000
I did, I did.
665
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,080
Oh, my God!
666
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,640
It was one show.
667
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,480
So...
668
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,120
And it was a really unfortunate
moment in the play because...
669
00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:53,800
So, the stage is
obviously going round.
670
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,480
It goes round in every scene change.
671
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,120
And I had a big birthday cake
because my character was...
672
00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,560
It was Blanche's,
Gillian Anderson's birthday.
673
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:06,200
And the stage was going
round and I did my normal route.
674
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,360
I think they maybe changed
the times or something,
675
00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:09,560
or I'm just not coordinated.
676
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,240
And as I stepped onto the stage...
677
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,360
I also had a fake pregnancy bump
as well, which was quite heavy.
678
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,000
As I stepped, my foot got stuck
under the moving revolving
679
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,440
stage, and I thought,
"Shitting hell!"
680
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,480
LAUGHTER
681
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:20,600
And it was moving.
682
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,040
And as it was moving, I was,
like, getting dragged.
683
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,680
I was just trying to
get my foot out of it.
684
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,520
And it was a good 20 seconds
of me trying to, "Uh!".
685
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,560
And then I couldn't.
686
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:30,600
So I fell.
687
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,000
As I fell back, the cake
went all over me!
688
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,040
LAUGHTER
689
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,080
And all over the...
690
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,520
And I was being dragged along.
691
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,560
Oh!
692
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,000
And I sort of went, "Help!
693
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,360
Help!"
694
00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,480
And I think the audience thought
it was part of the play.
695
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,080
And eventually, like, no-one...
696
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,880
I was hoping the stage manager,
because, you know...
697
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,520
And I ended up saying, "Frankie!",
who was the stage manager,
698
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,560
"Frankie, Frankie!"
699
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:56,600
And no-one came!
700
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,640
LAUGHTER
701
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,400
And eventually,
I managed, somehow...
702
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,280
It was so bruised
for, like, a month.
703
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,200
I managed to yank it out, get up.
704
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,240
Wipe the cake off.
705
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,680
Like, rescue a bit of it.
706
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,360
Go on stage.
707
00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,520
And the lights were sort
of semi-dimmed, and then
708
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,920
the lights came up, and then
we just carried on.
709
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,000
And all the while,
I was thinking, the audience
710
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,040
are wondering, "Who's Frankie?
711
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,800
Is this some kind of...?
712
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,160
Is this part of the...?
713
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,760
What an unusual interpretation!"
714
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,400
And why is no-one mentioning
the cake is shit?!
715
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,880
LAUGHTER
716
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,320
And why is she a hunchback?
717
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,080
Because, David, you had, well,
you did it yourself.
718
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,120
You were playing Romeo.
719
00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:37,160
Oh, yeah, yeah.
720
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:45,120
I was playing in Romeo
and Juliet and, one night,
721
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,720
as I went to the tomb at the end
and Juliet's laying
722
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,880
out in the crypt all
supposedly dead, and I...
723
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,080
Don't spoil it for people!
724
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,120
LAUGHTER
725
00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,480
And you have a bit of a fight
with Paris just before that bit.
726
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,520
You know, dispatch him.
727
00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,720
And then you find Juliet.
728
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,640
You do a bit of a death aria.
729
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,680
Take some poison.
730
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,880
You die, she wakes up.
731
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,920
You know?
732
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:05,960
That...
733
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,000
That old one.
734
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,040
Yeah.
735
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,080
So one night...
736
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,960
And I was wearing this beautiful
sort of white, all in white...
737
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,880
I think we've got a picture of you.
738
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:14,920
Do you?
739
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,960
There you are.
740
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,000
There I am!
741
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,040
Yes.
742
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,080
Oh!
743
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,120
Look at the youth!
744
00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,160
Oh!
745
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,560
So I was off to the
crypt, all in white.
746
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,600
Paris comes up.
747
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:25,640
Dish-dash-dosh.
748
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,080
And he just caught my finger.
749
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,120
Oh.
750
00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:29,560
You can still see the scar.
751
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,200
He just cut my finger
and I thought, "Ooh, that was..."
752
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,080
But at the time, you thought,
"A bit nippy, but it's fine."
753
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,760
You know, dimmed footlights,
you keep going.
754
00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,640
So I get into the crypt,
he's dead, get into the crypt.
755
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,280
Juliet's there, she is in a long
white gown, laying out.
756
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,320
I get down.
757
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,240
I just take her in my arms, "Oh..."
758
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,920
And then I realise,
this is bleeding.
759
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:47,960
I mean, a lot.
760
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,120
There's, like, it's coming
down my white suit quickly.
761
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,160
Going very Amityville horror!
762
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,200
It's all...
763
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,600
And of course, it's also dripping
onto Juliet as well.
764
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,640
LAUGHTER
765
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,280
And then as the blood
starts coming, I start going, "Oh,
766
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,400
no, I'm going to pass out!
767
00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,040
I'm a bit squeamish for blood
anyway and I was losing
768
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,080
a relatively large amount!
769
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:12,800
LAUGHTER And I'm thinking, "Oh,
what have I got, 20 lines left?
770
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,840
Can I do this?
771
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:14,880
Am I good?"
772
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,160
So I sort of quickly galloped
to the end of this piece,
773
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,320
just about got through it,
swigged the poison and
774
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:21,360
then merciful death.
775
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,000
And of course, by this time,
of course, Juliet's been asleep
776
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,040
through the whole thing.
777
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,200
She has no idea that
she's now looking like...
778
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,240
Carrie.
779
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:29,280
Sissy Spacek in Carrie!
780
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,320
Yeah!
781
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,360
LAUGHTER
782
00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,400
And she wakes up...
783
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,560
I can't remember the lines,
what are the lines?
784
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,000
"Thus with a kiss, I die."
785
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,040
That's what you say.
786
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,240
I do that, I'm dead.
787
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,440
She wakes up, shits herself!
788
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,480
LAUGHTER
789
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,520
Oh!
790
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,560
APPLAUSE
791
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,760
Not the most romantic thing
between Romeo and Juliet.
792
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,160
But the schools parties in that
night, they remembered it.
793
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,200
Yeah!
794
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,600
"It was really good,
it was better than I thought
795
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:52,800
it was going to be!"
796
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,840
What an effect!
797
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,960
Did any bit of your mind think,
I am actually going to die?
798
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,000
Properly die.
799
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,400
I'm very much in character, Michael,
so I'm always thinking...
800
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,440
Yes, of course.
801
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,480
Of course.
802
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,520
Stupid of me, sorry.
803
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:04,560
Yeah.
804
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,200
Silly, silly.
805
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,240
Now, here's an odd...
806
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,680
I mean, not an odd thing.
807
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,120
Just, I did not know it.
808
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,800
Daisy May Cooper, you went to RADA.
809
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,840
Oh, yeah.
810
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:13,880
I did, yeah.
811
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:14,920
So did he, don't...
812
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,960
Me too.
813
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,000
Me too.
814
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,040
Did you?
815
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,080
Yeah.
816
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,120
How was your experience?
817
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,560
They were still talking about you.
818
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,640
Oh, no!
819
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,800
That doesn't work, does it?
820
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:24,840
Sorry.
821
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,800
LAUGHTER
822
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,920
I loved it.
823
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,120
I had a great time.
824
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,160
Yeah.
825
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:35,240
It wasn't for me.
826
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,400
Did you do the whole...
827
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,320
Was it two or was it three
years?
828
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,400
Three years, yeah.
829
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,080
And did you do the whole thing?
830
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,200
Yeah, and I hated every
single second of it
831
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,240
because I don't...
832
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,280
I mean, I...
833
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,920
It was like the Shakespeare
and stuff, I was just terrible.
834
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:55,920
I mean, I was trying
really hard to do Lady
835
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,040
Macbeth, and the director
started laughing, and I
836
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,640
said, "What's wrong?"
837
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,080
And he just said, "Your face."
838
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,120
No!
839
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,160
Wow.
840
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,200
Yeah.
841
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,880
I mean, yeah, it was an experience.
842
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:08,920
Yeah.
843
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,080
But we're all such huge
fans of This Country.
844
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,760
Give This Country
a round of applause.
845
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,440
And This Country
is going to America.
846
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,720
Yeah, I mean...
847
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,600
Apparently so, yeah.
848
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,480
I mean, I'm getting some money
for it, but I've got nothing
849
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:29,440
to do with it particularly.
850
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,680
And did America come
to kind of woo you?
851
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,720
Yeah.
852
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,200
I mean, no, it was amazing.
853
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,840
We had Paul Feig come over
to Cirencester, to my hometown,
854
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,720
and we sat in a pub that did,
like, two for one
855
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,320
meals and he said, yeah,
I'd really love to direct this.
856
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,360
And it was bizarre.
857
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,120
It was absolutely mental.
858
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,120
And are they the same scripts?
859
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,560
Where's it going to be set?
860
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,600
Obviously in America somewhere?
861
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,800
It's set in America somewhere.
862
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:54,840
I said that.
863
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,520
I was hoping for some more detail.
864
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,000
Do you know what?
865
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,400
I don't really know.
866
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,200
It's got Stifler in it.
867
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,920
Stifler from American Pie is playing
the vicar, which is a bit mad.
868
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,360
But, you know, I've been paid.
869
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,120
It's all right.
870
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,560
You've got your American money now.
871
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:19,000
Who cares?
872
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,760
Who cares?
873
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,160
OK, it's time to call
LA and meet our second
874
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,360
remote guest of the night.
875
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,280
She's the Oscar, Emmy,
and double Tony star
876
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,760
of Doubt, How to Get Away
877
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,760
with Murder, and Widows.
878
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:32,800
It's Viola Davis, everybody!
879
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:33,840
APPLAUSE
880
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,760
Yay!
881
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,080
Oh, it's so...
882
00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,480
I'm so sorry you're not
here, but I love you,
883
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:43,520
Viola Davis.
884
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,200
I'm so thrilled you're on the show.
885
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,240
No, thank you.
886
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,320
I love the love.
887
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,360
Oh, do, do, do.
888
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,560
We've been talking about lockdown.
889
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:52,600
You went full lockdown.
890
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,520
You got the dog.
891
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,880
I got the dog, Graham, and let me
tell you something, before, I said,
892
00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,800
we're not having any
dogs in this house.
893
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,840
I'm not going out.
894
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,000
I'm not picking up dog
shit, I'm not doing
895
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,040
anything.
896
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,160
But let me tell you, the minute that
puppy came, I'm up at
897
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,080
three in the morning
with my hazmat suit,
898
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,560
picking up doggy poop.
899
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,200
This puppy, it has been
an elixir to ease my anxiety.
900
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,160
It's good, isn't it?
901
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,280
You have to worry about
something else, it's great.
902
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,720
Yeah, I mean, when I'm
wiping his ass, that's
903
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,320
another story.
904
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,480
And I'm a very serious
and passionate and committed
905
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:38,000
ass wiper.
906
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,880
Now, Viola, this is the time of year
when normally all of
907
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,800
the great films are coming out,
and sure enough, they still are,
908
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,840
because Viola's film
is Ma Rainey's Black
909
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:48,920
Bottom.
910
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,600
It's out today on Netflix.
911
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,480
So tell us, Ma Rainey
is a real person.
912
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,640
Tell us about her, tell
us about the story.
913
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,800
Ma Rainey was considered
the mother of the blues.
914
00:32:58,800 --> 00:32:59,840
That was her label.
915
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,240
And she sang around the turn
of the 20th century.
916
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,120
She was a bisexual.
917
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,240
She was a woman who had a lot
of gold teeth in her
918
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,280
mouth.
919
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,400
She sang from her gut.
920
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,160
She probably would be
considered to be
921
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:21,880
the original sort of
feminist during that time
922
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,520
the original sort of feminist during
that time because she literally,
923
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,440
towards the end of her
career, she bought
924
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,680
a theatre, bought a house
in
925
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,560
Georgia, a lot of these travelling
shows came to perform in this
926
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:38,680
theatre that she owned.
927
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,800
So she was sort of an anomaly,
a woman who was before her
928
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:42,840
time, she was before
929
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,640
Bessie Smith, Billie
Holiday, all of them.
930
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,120
But yet she is the one
who is not known.
931
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,160
Let that land.
932
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,080
She has this extraordinary
sense of her own
933
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,120
value.
934
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,800
And she's not going
to compromise that.
935
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:56,840
Yeah.
936
00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,560
I always say to people,
it's not just that she
937
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,200
knew her worth, she had to remind
people of her worth.
938
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,880
She wasn't hustling
for it, she wasn't
939
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,080
bartering with it, you know?
940
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,000
She just walked
in the room and said,
941
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,640
let me remind you who
the hell I am, OK?
942
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,120
Let's start from the beginning.
943
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,240
Which, for me, Graham, those
are the black women I grew up with.
944
00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:28,200
I grew up with a black
woman who would be
945
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,600
beating up a 200lbs man
in a juke joint on Saturday
946
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,800
night and on Sunday
they
947
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:34,840
would be at church.
948
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,480
So I grew up with those
women who were bold and
949
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,360
when they walked into the room,
everybody had to feel their presence
950
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,400
or else.
951
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,040
You just didn't know
who you were in the presence of.
952
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,640
So that is what I
channelled a lot with Ma.
953
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,960
Viola, your performance
is sensational and we've got a clip.
954
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,080
This is you as Ma Rainey, really
reminding your manager of some of
955
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,120
those things.
956
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:56,680
You've been messing with my song.
957
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,320
If you haven't got what the people
want, let them take
958
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:04,720
it somewhere else.
959
00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:11,880
I'm singing a Ma Rainey song.
960
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,720
I ain't singing no Levy song.
961
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,840
Now, that's all there is to it.
962
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,480
Get my nephew on down there,
introduce him to the band.
963
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:24,120
I promised my sister
I'd look out for
964
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:32,080
him, so he's going to do the voice
intro to the song, my way.
965
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:37,920
We just figured...
966
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,200
Who is this we?
967
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,920
What do you mean we?
968
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,600
Come here talking
this sweet stuff, we?
969
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,400
We decided...
970
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,400
You decided, huh?
971
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,440
I'm just bumbling along.
972
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,840
I'm just going to go whichever
way the river drift,
973
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,360
is that it, you decided?
974
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,280
No, we just thought...
975
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,640
I got no good sense, I
976
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,760
don't got my own music,
I don't know what a good song is,
977
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160
and you know more about my fans
than I do.
978
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,200
It's not that, Ma.
979
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,880
It's more of what the people want.
980
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,760
I tell you something, Irvin,
and you can go up there and
981
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:13,960
you can tell him too.
982
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,120
What you all say don't
count with me, you
983
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,160
understand?
984
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,360
Ma listen to her heart.
985
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,040
Ma listen to the voice inside her.
986
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,240
That's what count with Ma.
987
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,280
APPLAUSE
988
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:23,320
There aren't
989
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,760
many of us here, but we
990
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,960
are all clapping very loudly.
991
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,640
We must mention, Viola,
the next project.
992
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,080
You are playing another real person.
993
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,120
Slightly more famous.
994
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,520
Share with the group
who you are going to be.
995
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,760
Michelle Obama.
996
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,120
I wish somebody had taken me aside
when I thought about that and said,
997
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,960
Viola, let me give you...
998
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,120
Let's have a little bit
of vodka and really
999
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,040
think about this because people
love Michelle Obama.
1000
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,520
They feel like they know her.
1001
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:46,960
They feel like they own her.
1002
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,080
And they don't want anything
that's negative to touch
1003
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,160
her.
1004
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,160
Now, as an actor, you're
like, where is the mess?
1005
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,920
Where's the complexity?
1006
00:36:54,920 --> 00:37:00,040
I don't do that with Michelle Obama.
1007
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,720
Has she given you her blessing?
1008
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:11,680
Oh, yeah, she's...
1009
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,960
Listen, everything you think, feel,
see with Michelle is all that she
1010
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,000
is, OK?
1011
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,840
We know that.
1012
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,160
But I always say, you can
talk to my husband,
1013
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,920
you can talk to my daughter,
you can talk to my mom about me.
1014
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,560
If someone were going
to play me in a biopic,
1015
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,200
but you would still only
know 40 or 50% of me.
1016
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,080
You could not get to know some deep,
dark secrets that I
1017
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,720
wouldn't even share with the people
who are closest to me.
1018
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:40,120
And it's all that info
that you gather as an
1019
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:41,560
actor to create another human being.
1020
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,440
So now I got Michelle Obama,
what do I do with that?
1021
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,360
I mean, what do I do with that?
1022
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,040
I mean, she didn't kill her husband.
1023
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,240
He's still very much alive.
1024
00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:50,280
Yet, yet!
1025
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,680
But, weirdly, we have got some
people here who played
1026
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:53,720
very famous real people.
1027
00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,400
Michael Sheen, you did
Tony Blair three
1028
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:56,440
times?
1029
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,480
Yeah.
1030
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,360
But you didn't meet him
until after the third time, is that
1031
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,400
right?
1032
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,280
I met him just before
I played him for the third time.
1033
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,320
OK.
1034
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:06,360
I thought...
1035
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,800
Because normally,
people I have played
1036
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,000
who are real people,
I
1037
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,360
have chosen not to meet if there has
been the opportunity to meet them,
1038
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,480
because I have sort of not wanted
to, and this, I would imagine,
1039
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,400
would be very tricky thing for you,
Viola,
1040
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:18,440
as well.
1041
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,120
Because you feel
beholden to the person.
1042
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,520
Like you said, the thing you're
interested in is the
1043
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,680
mess, the complication,
and the warts and all stuff,
1044
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,800
and if you meet them,
then you feel like, well, now I feel
1045
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,240
like I can't do that and...
1046
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,160
So I waited until just
before the third
1047
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,080
time, and then, just
by chance, I was...
1048
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,440
I had the opportunity to meet him
at a dinner party, and so I
1049
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,800
went along, and he still, to this
day, says that he has never seen
1050
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,920
anyone who has played him,
not just me, but any of the things.
1051
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,360
And I'm not sure about that.
1052
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,800
He's quite interested in his image.
1053
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:46,840
Yes.
1054
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,280
And, of course, Vanessa,
Princess Margaret,
1055
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,720
I mean, you went deep
in
1056
00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:50,760
your Princess Margaret research.
1057
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:51,960
Like, you brought her home.
1058
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,880
I brought her everywhere
in my home, yeah.
1059
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,560
You must have driven
your flatmates mad.
1060
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,000
Well, I was just so nervous.
1061
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,160
It's so scary playing someone real,
especially, you know,
1062
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,800
someone new, who people knew
generally, and I just covered my
1063
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,920
house with her, to try and absorb
as much of her as possible.
1064
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,560
I did sort of like what Vanessa
did the other night.
1065
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,480
I said, I'm going
to be Michelle Obama
1066
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,120
even at home, and I told my
ten-year-old daughter, I said,
1067
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,520
Genesis, you're going to be sitting
with Michelle Obama tonight.
1068
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:15,960
And she goes, oh, my God!
1069
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,040
Mommy, I am?
1070
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,920
I said, yes!
1071
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,560
We're going to go into the movie
theatre and we're going
1072
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,000
to watch Becoming
with Michelle Obama.
1073
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,440
She was like, oh, my God!
1074
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:26,880
When is she going be here?
1075
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,800
And I said, it's going to be me.
1076
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,600
And she went, aww.
1077
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,960
Listen, Viola, it's been such
a pleasure meeting you at
1078
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,880
last.
1079
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,360
Good luck with Ma
Rainey's Black Bottom.
1080
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,280
Please come and see us when you can.
1081
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,640
Have a lovely Christmas.
1082
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,720
Viola Davis, everybody!
1083
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:51,760
CHEERING
1084
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,800
How nice is she?
1085
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,640
Lovely.
1086
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,560
Can I just check, though?
1087
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,200
Are you supposed
to wipe a dog's arse?
1088
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,120
I mean, I didn't
like to say anything.
1089
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:03,360
She's a new dog owner.
1090
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,240
I'm pretty sure she
read the wrong book.
1091
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:13,200
OK.
1092
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,520
Look, it'll shortly be red chair
time, and we're back
1093
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,600
with a virtual audience, so has
anyone elected to be in the chair?
1094
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:21,640
I think it's me.
1095
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:22,680
Is it you?
1096
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:23,720
Well done.
1097
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:24,760
Thank you very much.
1098
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:25,800
It doesn't hurt.
1099
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,840
Sure.
1100
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:27,880
I don't know.
1101
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:28,960
OK.
1102
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,840
It's time for music,
and it's a festive
1103
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:31,920
treat.
1104
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,840
Here performing Have Yourself
a Merry Little Christmas,
1105
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:41,800
please welcome Michael
Ball and Alfie Boe.
1106
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:49,400
# Christmas future is far away
1107
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,760
# Christmas past is past
1108
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,000
# Christmas present
1109
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,720
# Is here today
1110
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:08,680
# Bringing joy that will last
1111
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:16,360
# Have yourself
a Merry Little Christmas
1112
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:22,160
# Let your heart be
light
1113
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,280
# From now on
1114
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:33,240
# Our troubles will be out of sight
# Have yourself a Merry Little
1115
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:43,800
Christmas
1116
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,440
# Make the Yuletide gay
1117
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:51,000
# From now on
1118
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:58,600
# Our troubles will be miles away
1119
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,360
# Here we are
1120
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,280
# As in olden days
1121
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,760
# Happy golden days
1122
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,240
# Of yore
1123
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,880
# Faithful friends who are dear to
us
1124
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,440
# Gather near to us
1125
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:23,000
# Once more
# Through the years we all will be
1126
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,200
together
1127
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:36,160
# If the fates allow
# Until then, we'll have
1128
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:46,040
to muddle through somehow
1129
00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:57,200
# So have yourself a Merry Little
Christmas now
1130
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,800
# Here we are
1131
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,800
# As in olden days
1132
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:11,920
# Happy golden days
1133
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,360
# Of yore
# Faithful friends who are dear
1134
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:20,760
to us
1135
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:27,760
# Gather near to us once
more
1136
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,520
# Through the years
1137
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:35,480
# We all will be together
1138
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:40,520
# If the fates allow
1139
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:45,280
# So hang a shining star
1140
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,200
# Upon the highest bough
1141
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,760
# And have yourself
1142
00:43:54,760 --> 00:44:02,720
# A Merry Little Christmas now.#
1143
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:07,880
APPLAUSE
1144
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,880
CHEERING
1145
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,480
Michael Ball and Alfie Boe!
1146
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:15,720
Well done and well
done to the band, the
1147
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,120
orchestra!
1148
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,560
Come in, come in, sit down.
1149
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,160
Oh, Michael, Alfie.
1150
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:27,640
Well, there you go.
1151
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:33,280
Look at that.
1152
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,760
We're bubbling.
1153
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:43,720
Is this all one bubble?
1154
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,560
I just did the whole performance
with my flies down, by the way,
1155
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,200
I just thought I'd let you know.
1156
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:55,920
Rudolph was about to pay a visit.
1157
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,320
Have yourself a Merry
Little Christmas.
1158
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,400
LAUGHTER
1159
00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,840
You are bubbling,
because you have
1160
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:00,840
just been on stage.
1161
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,160
Not that stage.
1162
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:03,200
The West End.
1163
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,080
Yes, we were doing Les Mis
up until Tuesday, and then we
1164
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,240
got the news that we
had to close down.
1165
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:09,280
We did ten performances.
1166
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,320
We were that bad.
1167
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,000
I knew it wouldn't be a hit.
1168
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,040
No.
1169
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,080
The Government stepped in!
1170
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:15,120
It's got to stop!
1171
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,320
It really sucks, it sucks.
1172
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,760
We had an extraordinary
opening night.
1173
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:18,800
Kind of unique.
1174
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,200
And then ten shows later,
we have a closing night.
1175
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,360
And it was so emotional,
I can't tell you.
1176
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,320
And who knows?
1177
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,720
I mean, we're hoping we'll be
back on January 9th.
1178
00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:31,400
But do you know what, who knows?
1179
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,800
We should just say, that
album, there it is, yes!
1180
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:34,840
Together at Christmas.
1181
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,240
It is out and it is
the number-one album, ladies
1182
00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:38,280
and gentlemen.
1183
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:39,320
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1184
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,480
I love the people you
beat to number one.
1185
00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:47,160
Well, BTS.
1186
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,280
BTS were the big one,
who are, well, the
1187
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:50,960
second biggest boy
band in the world!
1188
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,000
LAUGHTER
1189
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,720
Yeah, I mean,
it's extraordinary.
1190
00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:54,800
They have this...
1191
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,960
I love the people
going up to BTS kind
1192
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,880
of going, "No, sorry,
guys, you're number two."
1193
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,120
And they're going,
"Who's number one?"
1194
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,800
Yeah, and then they
still don't know!
1195
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,200
Well, boys, thank you very
much for giving us that
1196
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:07,240
Christmas treat.
1197
00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:09,880
I'm sure the album will be
number one for many, many
1198
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:10,920
weeks.
1199
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:11,960
Probably not in January!
1200
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,000
I wouldn't be surprised!
1201
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,600
I really wouldn't be surprised!
1202
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,960
Michael Ball and
Alfie Boe, everybody!
1203
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,360
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1204
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,120
Right, that is nearly it.
1205
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,960
Before we go, just time
for our visit to the big red chair.
1206
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:33,720
As you know, it's going to be people
virtual in the chair.
1207
00:46:33,720 --> 00:46:35,160
But, David Tennant,
very, very kindly...
1208
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,200
You look perfect.
1209
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:37,240
Thank you.
1210
00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:38,280
Perfect.
1211
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:39,320
Thank you, I'm poised.
1212
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,480
And it's nice and Christmassy
back there, it's nice.
1213
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,160
Who is telling a story for you?
1214
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:44,200
Oh, hello!
1215
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:45,240
Oh, now!
1216
00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,280
Now!
1217
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:47,320
That's a face!
1218
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:48,520
Hello, sir, what's your name?
1219
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:49,720
Hi, Graham, my name's Darren.
1220
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,640
Darren, we have high
hopes for you, Darren.
1221
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:52,680
This is David Tennant.
1222
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,560
Hi, Darren.
1223
00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,160
Do me proud.
1224
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:57,200
Hi, David.
1225
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:58,400
And where are you, Darren?
1226
00:46:58,400 --> 00:46:59,520
I'm in Queensland, Australia.
1227
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,000
Excellent, very good.
1228
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,000
And what do you do there?
1229
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,040
Well, I was a sheriff,
but I got a heart
1230
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,440
condition, so I'm now on disability
pension at the moment.
1231
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,080
Wow, already, that's a story!
1232
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,360
It's already a story!
1233
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,120
OK, off you go with
your story, Darren.
1234
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,000
OK, so, a few years ago,
we were going to a New
1235
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,840
Year's Eve party and it was eight
o'clock at night and I had a bit of
1236
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:27,680
time on my hands, so I had a couple
of model planes and cars that needed
1237
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,520
fixing.
1238
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:38,480
So, I decided I had a bit
of time, go and do it.
1239
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,680
So, I grabbed some superglue,
went into the living
1240
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:44,720
room, started glueing.
1241
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:48,760
Did one or two models.
1242
00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,400
And then I dropped the lid
of the superglue bottle under
1243
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,440
the table.
1244
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,320
So I figured that I could put my
hand under the table.
1245
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,480
So, as I was reaching
for the thing, I
1246
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,840
grabbed the lid after a couple of
attempts and I was like, "I've got
1247
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:01,880
the lid, woo-hoo!"
1248
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,080
And anyway, I stuck
my head to the table.
1249
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,000
So, I glued my head to the table.
1250
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,040
LAUGHTER
1251
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,480
Four hours at the hospital.
1252
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,960
With a table?
1253
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,080
The doctor came in and said,
you know, "I'm Doctor such and such.
1254
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:17,280
How can I help you?"
1255
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,160
And I'm saying, I've got a coffee
table stuck to my head!
1256
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,200
LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
1257
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,880
You can walk, Darren, you can walk!
1258
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,920
Very good!
1259
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,360
Yay!
1260
00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,320
That really is all
we've got time for.
1261
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,040
If you'd like to have
a go in that chair
1262
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,920
yourself and tell your story,
you can contact us via our website
1263
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,120
at this very address.
1264
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,720
Please say a huge
thank you to all of my guests.
1265
00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:38,760
David Tennant!
1266
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:39,800
CHEERING
1267
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:40,880
Yay!
1268
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,040
Michael Ball and Alfie BoE!
1269
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:43,080
CHEERING
1270
00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:44,440
Daisy May Cooper!
1271
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:45,480
CHEERING
1272
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,000
Viola Davis!
1273
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,040
CHEERING
1274
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:49,080
Michael Sheen!
1275
00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:50,920
Yay!
1276
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:51,960
CHEERING
1277
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:53,520
Vanessa Kirby!
1278
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:54,560
CHEERING
1279
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,280
And George Clooney!
1280
00:48:56,280 --> 00:49:04,280
CHEERING
1281
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,200
We'll be back
on New Year's Eve with
1282
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:07,240
double-Oscar nominee
1283
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:08,280
Jessica Chastain.
1284
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,320
Disco Queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
1285
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:10,360
Comedian Nish Kumar.
1286
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:11,400
Foodie Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
1287
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,080
Film stars Jamie Dornan
and Emily Blunt.
1288
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,280
And the one-and-only Tom Hanks.
1289
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:15,960
Until then, have a very
happy Christmas.
1290
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,000
Goodnight, everybody, bye-bye!
1291
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:24,400
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE