1 00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:09,639 This programme contains some strong language. 2 00:00:09,639 --> 00:00:12,239 Hi, I'm Daniel Kaluuya, and welcome to the Graham Norton show. 3 00:00:12,239 --> 00:00:17,479 CHEERING to the Graham Norton show. 4 00:00:21,399 --> 00:00:24,479 Woo! 5 00:00:24,479 --> 00:00:25,519 Hello! 6 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:27,199 Good evening. 7 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:32,199 You're all so welcome to the show. 8 00:00:32,519 --> 00:00:33,879 Yeah, keep clapping. 9 00:00:33,879 --> 00:00:35,279 No, stop. 10 00:00:35,279 --> 00:00:36,359 Hello. 11 00:00:36,359 --> 00:00:40,519 Welcome to our virtual studio audience. 12 00:00:40,519 --> 00:00:41,879 There you are. 13 00:00:41,879 --> 00:00:42,959 And you, yes. 14 00:00:42,959 --> 00:00:45,119 Now, it looks like you've all set up your 15 00:00:45,119 --> 00:00:47,479 cameras properly, unlike that poor lawyer in America this week. 16 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:48,639 Did you all see this? 17 00:00:48,639 --> 00:00:49,719 Yeah. 18 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:52,319 This lawyer that appeared in front of a judge on Zoom 19 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:54,559 and realised he had a filter on his screen. 20 00:00:54,559 --> 00:00:55,559 Here he is. 21 00:00:55,559 --> 00:00:56,599 Uh... 22 00:00:56,599 --> 00:00:58,239 I'm prepared to go forward with it. 23 00:00:58,239 --> 00:00:59,799 I'm here live. 24 00:00:59,799 --> 00:01:00,799 I'm not a cat. 25 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:01,879 LAUGHTER 26 00:01:01,879 --> 00:01:05,199 I like this guy, having a bit of a 27 00:01:05,199 --> 00:01:10,399 sense of humour failure about the whole thing. 28 00:01:18,639 --> 00:01:21,279 Though not as humorless as the judge who joined the call. 29 00:01:21,279 --> 00:01:22,319 Yay! 30 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:23,759 We didn't even make that picture. 31 00:01:23,759 --> 00:01:24,839 It already existed. 32 00:01:24,839 --> 00:01:25,839 Very good. 33 00:01:25,839 --> 00:01:28,679 OK, so who have we got for you on the show tonight? 34 00:01:28,679 --> 00:01:33,159 A treat for Valentines weekend, it's the Mr and 35 00:01:33,159 --> 00:01:35,519 Mrs of mirth, top comic Marcus Brigstocke and even topper 36 00:01:35,519 --> 00:01:36,599 comic Rachel Parris. 37 00:01:36,599 --> 00:01:38,959 He's the star of Primary Colours and Hustle, now bringing 38 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,079 theatre to your home with a new play, Hymn. 39 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:42,119 It's Adrian Lester! 40 00:01:42,119 --> 00:01:47,359 And she's the star of Layer Cake, American Sniper and Foxcatcher, 41 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:52,959 now bringing us the dark romance Wander Darkly, it's Sienna Miller! 42 00:01:54,879 --> 00:01:57,999 And joining us later, the star of Blossom and the Big Bang Theory, 43 00:01:57,999 --> 00:01:59,999 Mayim Bialik will be here. 44 00:01:59,999 --> 00:02:05,239 And we'll be meeting the Oscar-nominated 45 00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:13,759 star of Get Out, Widows and Black Panther, our very own 46 00:02:13,759 --> 00:02:15,239 Daniel Kaluuya will be joining us. 47 00:02:15,239 --> 00:02:17,439 Plus, here in the studio we will have stunning 48 00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:18,839 music from rising star Arlo Parks. 49 00:02:18,839 --> 00:02:19,879 Welcome, everybody. 50 00:02:19,879 --> 00:02:20,919 Lovely to see you. 51 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,919 As you were noticing, Adrian, look, people touching. 52 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,959 This is all legal, it's fine. 53 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:29,959 We're married, and yet somehow you're still making 54 00:02:29,959 --> 00:02:32,159 it creepy. 55 00:02:32,159 --> 00:02:34,479 And now, Sienna, you've been locked down with your daughter. 56 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:39,759 Yes. 57 00:02:41,079 --> 00:02:43,239 And, now, this is top parenting, I would say. 58 00:02:43,239 --> 00:02:45,879 So you already had in your house, what do you call 59 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:46,879 them? 60 00:02:46,879 --> 00:02:47,919 They're like a skate... 61 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:48,959 A hover board. 62 00:02:48,959 --> 00:02:49,999 A hover board? 63 00:02:49,999 --> 00:02:51,079 Yeah. 64 00:02:51,079 --> 00:02:52,759 These are the things you stand on... 65 00:02:52,759 --> 00:02:53,799 Lethal, but yes. 66 00:02:53,799 --> 00:02:54,999 And you balance on them. 67 00:02:54,999 --> 00:02:56,439 And you hover and they move. 68 00:02:56,439 --> 00:02:59,799 OK, but you took the hover board, you took your daughter, and you said 69 00:02:59,799 --> 00:03:01,519 I can make something better than that. 70 00:03:01,519 --> 00:03:02,519 Yes. 71 00:03:02,519 --> 00:03:03,559 What did you create? 72 00:03:03,559 --> 00:03:05,439 We made a car with a cardboard box. 73 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:06,919 I mean, it's time for creativity. 74 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:07,999 Obviously, it's a nightmare. 75 00:03:07,999 --> 00:03:10,639 There's only so much that you can do with what you 76 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,719 have in your house, and we found this cardboard box and turned it 77 00:03:13,719 --> 00:03:16,359 into a car and put it on the hoverboard and then 78 00:03:16,359 --> 00:03:17,559 she could somewhat drive around. 79 00:03:17,559 --> 00:03:19,999 Now, that sounds a bit lame, I'll give you that. 80 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:21,439 But here it is in action. 81 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:22,839 This is your daughter in action. 82 00:03:22,839 --> 00:03:23,879 Here we go. 83 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:26,439 There it goes. 84 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:27,559 Oh, wow! 85 00:03:27,559 --> 00:03:29,959 By the way, the balance required to do that is 86 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:30,959 quite impressive. 87 00:03:30,959 --> 00:03:31,959 That's all her. 88 00:03:31,959 --> 00:03:33,199 And she's in the box. 89 00:03:33,199 --> 00:03:34,199 LAUGHTER 90 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:35,359 She was, 91 00:03:35,359 --> 00:03:36,439 she was in the box. 92 00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:37,519 Oh, no. 93 00:03:37,519 --> 00:03:38,599 Here she is. 94 00:03:38,599 --> 00:03:39,639 CHEERING 95 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:41,319 That is brilliant. 96 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:44,559 It sort of sums up 2020, especially with the crash at the end, 97 00:03:44,559 --> 00:03:45,599 yeah. 98 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:48,719 Adrian, I know you are a keep fit fanatic, so how is lockdown 99 00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:49,799 going? 100 00:03:49,799 --> 00:03:50,879 It's been going OK. 101 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:52,719 I'm out of the house now, I'm working. 102 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:55,359 Doing some theatre. 103 00:03:55,359 --> 00:03:57,079 Of course, yes, that's why you're here. 104 00:03:57,079 --> 00:03:59,239 We'll talk about that. 105 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:00,839 "What are you doing?" 106 00:04:00,839 --> 00:04:04,159 Oh, yes, that. 107 00:04:04,159 --> 00:04:08,999 No, because I remember, when you were on the radio, you had special 108 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:10,039 stretchy cycling jeans. 109 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:11,279 You said it out loud. 110 00:04:11,279 --> 00:04:12,319 Everyone knows now. 111 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:14,239 That's not them, though, is it? 112 00:04:14,239 --> 00:04:16,439 This's not them. 113 00:04:16,439 --> 00:04:20,679 Yeah, we talked about cycling a lot, and I remember telling you 114 00:04:20,679 --> 00:04:25,199 about a climbing shop and in these climbing shops, you know you have 115 00:04:25,199 --> 00:04:27,559 got climbing walls and things like that, the shops there, 116 00:04:27,559 --> 00:04:32,679 and every item of clothing in there is 117 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,239 stretchy - shirts, jeans, you know, really good for climbing. 118 00:04:38,239 --> 00:04:43,479 And they look like denim. 119 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:47,319 Like a jegging? 120 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:48,519 But great for the bike. 121 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:51,119 Great for life as well, because all of my clothes have 122 00:04:51,119 --> 00:04:52,199 mysteriously shrunk during lockdown. 123 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:54,039 But literally all of them, which is weird. 124 00:04:54,039 --> 00:04:55,279 I think it is weird. 125 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,119 What a terrible wife you are. 126 00:04:59,119 --> 00:05:01,559 And, Marcus and Rachel, you've been amusing 127 00:05:01,559 --> 00:05:06,799 yourself in lockdown. 128 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,719 What is the thing you're doing on Twitter? 129 00:05:10,719 --> 00:05:12,119 Yeah, well, we've listened obviously during 130 00:05:12,119 --> 00:05:15,519 lockdown to a lot of daytime radio, and the Jeremy Vine show became a 131 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:17,639 bit of a fixture that we would listen to. 132 00:05:17,639 --> 00:05:18,719 It's amazing. 133 00:05:18,719 --> 00:05:20,959 So, basically, if you haven't heard, the 134 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:26,159 Jeremy Vine show, you'll know from years at Radio 2, the Jeremy Vine 135 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:31,799 show is a phone in show where Jeremy just gets the subject from the day's 136 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:36,519 news, so he doesn't always know everything about it, and the people 137 00:05:36,519 --> 00:05:41,799 bringing in no absolutely fuck all, but very opinionated, so Jeremy 138 00:05:43,239 --> 00:05:48,479 will kick it off, and the bigger the subject the better. 139 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:59,239 AS JEREMY VINE: So loads of people phoning in to Radio 2 91 140 00:06:00,679 --> 00:06:02,279 the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. 141 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,519 Should we be putting people in quarantine arriving here? 142 00:06:04,519 --> 00:06:05,559 We've got a phone. 143 00:06:05,559 --> 00:06:10,759 You have we got on line one? 144 00:06:16,319 --> 00:06:17,519 IN CORNWALL ACCENT: Hello, Jeremy... 145 00:06:17,519 --> 00:06:18,759 This is Margaret from Cornwall. 146 00:06:18,759 --> 00:06:20,959 Should we be putting people in quarantine, Margaret from 147 00:06:20,959 --> 00:06:21,999 Cornwall? 148 00:06:21,999 --> 00:06:25,039 Well, it's a good question Jeremy, but let me first talk to you 149 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:26,079 about electric scooters. 150 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:27,759 They're taking over the road, Jeremy, I 151 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:28,839 won't have it! 152 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:29,879 They're dangerous. 153 00:06:29,879 --> 00:06:30,959 Are they legal? 154 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:32,639 Do you need a licence for them? 155 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:35,279 OK, well, we do want to stick to the Covid situation 156 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:36,319 if we can. 157 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:38,279 I'll tell you one thing about Covid, Jeremy. 158 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:39,679 There's too many repeats on television. 159 00:06:39,679 --> 00:06:41,279 I've watched the same film three times. 160 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:42,399 This is Ed Sheeran. 161 00:06:42,399 --> 00:06:45,799 AS HIMSELF: So we do that, but the lovely thing is that when we 162 00:06:45,799 --> 00:06:47,679 put it out there, Jeremy Vine retweets them. 163 00:06:47,679 --> 00:06:49,319 He finds it absolutely hilarious, so it's 164 00:06:49,319 --> 00:06:50,359 lovely. 165 00:06:50,359 --> 00:06:51,479 It's really fun. 166 00:06:51,479 --> 00:06:56,719 Now, we start tonight with Sienna Miller 167 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,079 and her film Wander Darkly. 168 00:06:58,079 --> 00:06:59,759 In the introduction, I described it as 169 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:01,799 a dark romance. 170 00:07:01,799 --> 00:07:06,879 It's one of those films... 171 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,959 Good luck, because it's quite hard to tell people about it. 172 00:07:09,959 --> 00:07:10,919 What are you saying? 173 00:07:10,919 --> 00:07:12,199 Who are you, I guess? 174 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:13,599 OK, it's really difficult to describe. 175 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:18,879 It's a very surreal love story and essentially we get into a 176 00:07:28,679 --> 00:07:33,879 car accident and we are not sure whether I died or survived and Diego 177 00:07:39,399 --> 00:07:42,239 Luna and my character go back on a journey to the inception 178 00:07:42,239 --> 00:07:45,079 of their relationship and kind of track where 179 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:48,319 they went wrong, so they go on this surreal journey back in time and 180 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:51,159 through time. 181 00:07:51,159 --> 00:07:52,679 Honestly, I've never been able to... 182 00:07:52,679 --> 00:07:54,359 Because, oddly, it doesn't sound like it 183 00:07:54,359 --> 00:07:57,279 would be, but it is kind of based on a real event. 184 00:07:57,279 --> 00:07:58,879 It's based on a true story, yeah. 185 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:04,199 And we've all gone mad this year. 186 00:08:08,199 --> 00:08:10,279 No, it is, the writer-director Tara Miele, she was 187 00:08:10,279 --> 00:08:12,519 amazing, she had a car accident with her husband 188 00:08:12,519 --> 00:08:13,519 and was very concussed. 189 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:14,759 They were both all right. 190 00:08:14,759 --> 00:08:15,759 It wasn't great. 191 00:08:15,759 --> 00:08:18,599 But nowhere near the tragedy that she kind of embellished it to 192 00:08:18,599 --> 00:08:19,639 be in the film. 193 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:22,039 And there was a moment where she wasn't sure whether 194 00:08:22,039 --> 00:08:23,079 she had died. 195 00:08:23,079 --> 00:08:24,119 She called her child. 196 00:08:24,119 --> 00:08:25,319 She was in a concussion. 197 00:08:25,319 --> 00:08:27,319 And the child ignored her, which kids do, 198 00:08:27,319 --> 00:08:30,559 but for a split second she was like, what if I died and I... 199 00:08:30,559 --> 00:08:32,839 And it was that one tiny little thought that 200 00:08:32,839 --> 00:08:33,839 inspired this. 201 00:08:33,839 --> 00:08:34,839 Wow. 202 00:08:34,839 --> 00:08:36,279 Well, listen, we've got a clip. 203 00:08:36,279 --> 00:08:38,519 This is you after the accident, being reunited with 204 00:08:38,519 --> 00:08:40,119 your husband Matteo, played by Diego Luna. 205 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:41,159 You can see me. 206 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:42,199 What? 207 00:08:42,199 --> 00:08:43,279 I died. 208 00:08:43,279 --> 00:08:44,319 I died, Matteo. 209 00:08:44,319 --> 00:08:45,359 OK. 210 00:08:45,359 --> 00:08:47,039 It so wrong that that was it. 211 00:08:47,039 --> 00:08:49,159 It was just headlights and a half gasp and... 212 00:08:49,159 --> 00:08:50,279 Stop. 213 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:51,279 You're confused. 214 00:08:51,279 --> 00:08:52,319 We had an accident. 215 00:08:52,319 --> 00:08:53,319 Oh, my God. 216 00:08:53,319 --> 00:08:54,359 You're dead too. 217 00:08:54,359 --> 00:08:55,399 You're concussed. 218 00:08:55,399 --> 00:08:56,439 That's it. 219 00:08:56,439 --> 00:08:57,439 No. 220 00:08:57,439 --> 00:08:58,599 I'm dead. 221 00:08:58,599 --> 00:08:59,959 I can step into traffic now. 222 00:08:59,959 --> 00:09:01,039 It wouldn't matter. 223 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:02,079 Hey... 224 00:09:02,079 --> 00:09:03,079 Hey. 225 00:09:03,079 --> 00:09:04,079 It's OK. 226 00:09:04,079 --> 00:09:05,319 What is this, like purgatory? 227 00:09:05,319 --> 00:09:06,359 What's happening to me? 228 00:09:06,359 --> 00:09:07,439 It looks really good. 229 00:09:07,439 --> 00:09:08,479 I like it. 230 00:09:08,479 --> 00:09:09,559 Very good. 231 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:10,999 That summed up lockdown for me. 232 00:09:10,999 --> 00:09:12,039 You know, it's very... 233 00:09:12,039 --> 00:09:14,679 She has no idea where she is or what's happened to 234 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,519 the world that she's living in and the fact that this film 235 00:09:17,519 --> 00:09:19,599 is coming now is just like, everyone's like, I 236 00:09:19,599 --> 00:09:20,759 get it. 237 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:24,039 And you went to do filming in LA, but you didn't have the money 238 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:25,079 to lock down streets. 239 00:09:25,079 --> 00:09:26,199 Yes, yes. 240 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:28,279 On a big film, they can block traffic for 241 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:32,119 five minutes or so, but this, we had 60 seconds and a lot of the scenes 242 00:09:32,119 --> 00:09:35,319 that were on the street were kind of really intense drama and emotion 243 00:09:35,319 --> 00:09:38,839 and, yeah, I'd have to jump out of a moving car and kind of attack 244 00:09:38,839 --> 00:09:41,279 someone and break down sobbing and they'd be like, OK, 245 00:09:41,279 --> 00:09:43,439 cut, release traffic, and it was then 20 minute 246 00:09:43,439 --> 00:09:45,559 break and then back into it, so it was... 247 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:46,599 It was really... 248 00:09:46,599 --> 00:09:49,239 I wish that I could say that I loved making it. 249 00:09:49,239 --> 00:09:50,439 It one of the more... 250 00:09:50,439 --> 00:09:53,039 It was one of the ones where I was dragging my 251 00:09:53,039 --> 00:09:54,799 carcass to the finish line, convinced I'd 252 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:55,839 ruined the entire thing 253 00:09:55,839 --> 00:09:57,999 and then it got into Sundance and it's kind 254 00:09:57,999 --> 00:09:59,399 of done much better than I 255 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:00,479 thought. 256 00:10:00,479 --> 00:10:01,679 No fault of anyone else. 257 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,839 Did you have to cut because there were like passers-by who were just 258 00:10:04,839 --> 00:10:05,839 like... 259 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:06,839 No, annoyingly, no. 260 00:10:06,839 --> 00:10:08,079 That doesn't happen to me. 261 00:10:08,079 --> 00:10:10,719 Do you think in LA, maybe they're more used to it? 262 00:10:10,719 --> 00:10:13,359 I feel like if that was here they would be like, 263 00:10:13,359 --> 00:10:14,359 "hey, look, there's a 264 00:10:14,359 --> 00:10:15,439 film." 265 00:10:15,439 --> 00:10:17,359 I've had a few kind of "oi, oi". 266 00:10:17,359 --> 00:10:18,439 No, not there yet. 267 00:10:18,439 --> 00:10:20,519 When you were in Hustle, you filmed a lot 268 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:23,919 in London, just on the streets of London, so you must have had that, 269 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:24,919 people going, "oh, look." 270 00:10:24,919 --> 00:10:26,399 Yeah, we had people going over... 271 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:28,319 There's one moment that comes to mind, and 272 00:10:28,319 --> 00:10:29,399 it's... 273 00:10:29,399 --> 00:10:31,759 We did the sequence where we had to run naked 274 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:33,479 across Trafalgar Square, and I never imagined 275 00:10:33,479 --> 00:10:35,079 when I was trying to be an 276 00:10:35,079 --> 00:10:37,559 actor in those voice classes and studying a text that 277 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,879 I would just get me kit off and run across Trafalgar 278 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:44,639 Square. 279 00:10:44,639 --> 00:10:47,479 Hey, you should have been doing squats. 280 00:10:47,479 --> 00:10:48,519 There it is! 281 00:10:48,519 --> 00:10:49,519 Beautifully toned. 282 00:10:49,519 --> 00:10:50,959 Thank you. 283 00:10:50,959 --> 00:10:53,599 If I looked like that, I'd run naked round 284 00:10:53,599 --> 00:10:56,119 Trafalgar Square. 285 00:10:56,119 --> 00:11:01,359 But you can't shut Trafalgar Square. 286 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:03,519 You can't shut it off, and you can't 287 00:11:03,519 --> 00:11:05,679 stop the public going where they want to go. 288 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:06,759 You can ask them. 289 00:11:06,759 --> 00:11:08,639 But if they refuse... 290 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:09,799 "I'm going, I'm going shopping." 291 00:11:09,799 --> 00:11:11,279 They just go through. 292 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:13,679 So we had 100 extras on that day and we 293 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,119 had scattered them about, and in Trafalgar Square, that meant 294 00:11:16,119 --> 00:11:19,559 nothing. 295 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:24,679 So we jump out of the back of this van, and they 296 00:11:25,079 --> 00:11:28,639 shoot us running across the square and no one shouts cut and so we run 297 00:11:28,639 --> 00:11:31,759 across the square and we keep going and we are clutching things, junk, 298 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:35,399 and we cross the square and we run up the stairs and then they shout 299 00:11:35,399 --> 00:11:37,719 cut from way back, but by then with one take, 300 00:11:37,719 --> 00:11:41,119 I'd run across the square, I'd done my bit, I'd got to the top 301 00:11:41,119 --> 00:11:43,959 of the stairs, I knew where I was going, and I turned 302 00:11:43,959 --> 00:11:45,959 right and there was a woman, a tourist, 303 00:11:45,959 --> 00:11:47,999 who'd just come to London to see the sites... 304 00:11:47,999 --> 00:11:49,079 Lucky her. 305 00:11:49,079 --> 00:11:51,479 And she was with her daughter and I remember this 306 00:11:51,479 --> 00:11:54,319 poor woman, I turned and I ran towards her, and she went... 307 00:11:54,319 --> 00:11:55,719 Argh! 308 00:11:55,719 --> 00:11:57,159 And she covered her daughter's face like, 309 00:11:57,159 --> 00:12:02,239 "You can't look." 310 00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:04,879 Was that this moment? 311 00:12:04,879 --> 00:12:06,999 Yeah, that's that moment, just before I turned right. 312 00:12:06,999 --> 00:12:09,599 I'm sure one day I'm going to get a bill from 313 00:12:09,599 --> 00:12:10,679 that kid for therapy. 314 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,599 It would be funny if they're watching this 315 00:12:12,599 --> 00:12:14,439 going, "That was the man! 316 00:12:14,439 --> 00:12:15,639 That was the man!" 317 00:12:15,639 --> 00:12:19,479 It was real, it actually happened! 318 00:12:19,479 --> 00:12:20,759 I'm a huge Hustle fan. 319 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:22,599 I've seen it from start to finish twice. 320 00:12:22,599 --> 00:12:23,679 It was one of... 321 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:28,839 It was before I was with you. 322 00:12:31,119 --> 00:12:34,199 Yeah, I was going to say, I don't know if it could be 323 00:12:34,199 --> 00:12:37,159 seen, but it was mentioned about you running naked across the square, 324 00:12:37,159 --> 00:12:38,199 Rachel went... 325 00:12:38,199 --> 00:12:40,559 Now, I don't know what this mime is, but it's 326 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:41,639 something. 327 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:44,239 It was just like, oh, I know the scene you mean. 328 00:12:44,239 --> 00:12:45,839 I didn't notice that. 329 00:12:45,839 --> 00:12:46,319 Yeah. 330 00:12:46,319 --> 00:12:47,559 You were looking over there. 331 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,159 And we ran naked across the square. 332 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:51,399 I thought you were holding them, but clearly something 333 00:12:51,399 --> 00:12:52,399 was out. 334 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:56,279 I was just going, "oh, yes." 335 00:12:56,279 --> 00:12:58,679 Ladies and gentlemen, Sienna's film Wander Darkly is available from 336 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,359 digital download from the 8th of March. 337 00:13:00,359 --> 00:13:05,519 Right, it's time for our first virtual guest tonight. 338 00:13:06,639 --> 00:13:08,439 He's the of star Get Out and Black 339 00:13:08,439 --> 00:13:09,599 Panther. 340 00:13:09,599 --> 00:13:11,039 Please say hello to Daniel Kaluuya. 341 00:13:11,039 --> 00:13:12,119 Hey! 342 00:13:12,119 --> 00:13:13,119 Daniel Kaluuya! 343 00:13:13,119 --> 00:13:14,159 Pipe smoker extraordinaire. 344 00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:16,319 Yeah, on Friday night I'm going to do one. 345 00:13:16,319 --> 00:13:17,759 I'm going to get a pipe. 346 00:13:17,759 --> 00:13:18,799 Now, apparently, I hear... 347 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:19,839 You look amazing. 348 00:13:19,839 --> 00:13:22,279 I hear in first lockdown you slightly pulled the ripcord. 349 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:23,319 You let go. 350 00:13:23,319 --> 00:13:25,639 I don't even let go, I just let love happen. 351 00:13:25,639 --> 00:13:26,719 I let love happen. 352 00:13:26,719 --> 00:13:27,959 I just like eating takeaways. 353 00:13:27,959 --> 00:13:29,599 I decided I didn't want to cook. 354 00:13:29,599 --> 00:13:31,759 I just decided I was just living my life. 355 00:13:31,759 --> 00:13:32,959 I was living my life. 356 00:13:32,959 --> 00:13:33,999 I don't know. 357 00:13:33,999 --> 00:13:35,079 I was having everything. 358 00:13:35,079 --> 00:13:37,719 I was eating everything, so I was just, just living, Graham. 359 00:13:37,719 --> 00:13:38,719 What about you, man? 360 00:13:38,719 --> 00:13:39,959 How did you handle lockdown? 361 00:13:39,959 --> 00:13:43,279 Well, I didn't like it because I had to do a show in my 362 00:13:43,279 --> 00:13:45,399 back bedroom, a television show, not like for neighbours. 363 00:13:45,399 --> 00:13:46,439 Doing a stripper gram. 364 00:13:46,439 --> 00:13:47,479 "Check this out!" 365 00:13:47,479 --> 00:13:48,479 Babestation. 366 00:13:48,479 --> 00:13:49,599 Graham's on Babestation. 367 00:13:49,599 --> 00:13:50,719 I just kept working. 368 00:13:50,719 --> 00:13:52,559 You, apparently you have also learnt skills in 369 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:53,559 lockdown. 370 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:55,999 Yeah, I learned how to write with my left hand. 371 00:13:55,999 --> 00:13:56,999 Wow. 372 00:13:56,999 --> 00:13:58,039 It's useful. 373 00:13:58,039 --> 00:13:59,479 None of us thought of it. 374 00:13:59,479 --> 00:14:00,959 That sums it up, doesn't it? 375 00:14:00,959 --> 00:14:01,999 2020. 376 00:14:01,999 --> 00:14:04,919 I don't know, because I write a to-do list every morning, you 377 00:14:04,919 --> 00:14:07,279 know, because it helps my brain, because my brain's like... 378 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:09,199 So I just thought, let me just like... 379 00:14:09,199 --> 00:14:11,359 I've always wanted to learn with my left hand, 380 00:14:11,359 --> 00:14:14,479 so I just did it every day, and what happens is the first 381 00:14:14,479 --> 00:14:16,119 day I did it, I looked like... 382 00:14:16,119 --> 00:14:17,199 I don't know. 383 00:14:17,199 --> 00:14:20,079 I looked like my house had been bombed, that's how it looked, 384 00:14:20,079 --> 00:14:21,159 it was shaking. 385 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:22,999 But seeing the progression in six months was 386 00:14:22,999 --> 00:14:24,039 amazing. 387 00:14:24,039 --> 00:14:26,919 It kind of makes you realise that, yeah, if you just put 388 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:30,319 your mind to it and show up every day, you can really make some 389 00:14:30,319 --> 00:14:31,319 advancements. 390 00:14:31,319 --> 00:14:32,319 Yeah. 391 00:14:32,319 --> 00:14:33,359 That's really useful. 392 00:14:33,359 --> 00:14:35,159 You did them at the same time? 393 00:14:35,159 --> 00:14:36,599 Adrian, you're giving me ideas there. 394 00:14:36,599 --> 00:14:37,639 I'm thinking about that. 395 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:40,679 I want to see everyone's faces when you do it, 396 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:42,159 when you go, "I'll make a 397 00:14:42,159 --> 00:14:43,239 note of that." 398 00:14:43,239 --> 00:14:46,399 Oh, yeah. 399 00:14:46,399 --> 00:14:48,319 Or in meetings, "I'll sign all the checks. 400 00:14:48,319 --> 00:14:49,479 I'm signing all the cheques." 401 00:14:49,479 --> 00:14:54,759 OK, let's talk about your new film. 402 00:14:55,799 --> 00:14:57,439 This is Judas and the Black Messiah. 403 00:14:57,439 --> 00:14:58,479 Already Golden Globe nominated. 404 00:14:58,479 --> 00:14:59,519 Congratulations, Daniel Kaluuya. 405 00:14:59,519 --> 00:15:04,719 And so this is a really... 406 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:12,559 It is an important bit of American history, 407 00:15:12,559 --> 00:15:14,639 which certainly I didn't know. 408 00:15:14,639 --> 00:15:19,079 Tell us about it and who do you play? 409 00:15:19,079 --> 00:15:24,359 I play Chairman Fred Hampton, who is a leader 410 00:15:25,719 --> 00:15:30,839 Black Panther party, 411 00:15:30,879 --> 00:15:32,999 and so basically the Black Panther party has a 412 00:15:32,999 --> 00:15:34,919 history of being antagonised by the US Government 413 00:15:34,919 --> 00:15:36,799 and by the mainstream US media. 414 00:15:36,799 --> 00:15:39,399 And but the reality is that they were, like, feeding kids 415 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:41,399 with a breakfast programme, they were setting up 416 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:43,479 free health clinics, they were educating kids, they were 417 00:15:43,479 --> 00:15:45,479 doing so much amazing stuff for the community, 418 00:15:45,479 --> 00:15:48,719 and because they were doing that, people thought, they are 419 00:15:48,719 --> 00:15:53,999 an issue, they are a problem, they're an issue, they're a problem, 420 00:16:20,919 --> 00:16:22,519 through William O'Neal played by LaKeith Stanfield 421 00:16:22,519 --> 00:16:23,639 and basically he's 422 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:26,919 trying to bring down the Black counterparty from within, but he 423 00:16:26,919 --> 00:16:28,639 starts believing in what Fred is saying. 424 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:31,079 I certainly wasn't aware of this part of that story. 425 00:16:31,079 --> 00:16:32,959 Where you are how did you prepare for 426 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:34,039 this? 427 00:16:34,039 --> 00:16:35,039 How does it work? 428 00:16:35,039 --> 00:16:36,679 I had to do so much stuff. 429 00:16:36,679 --> 00:16:39,319 I sat down with an opera singing coach because I have 430 00:16:39,319 --> 00:16:40,359 all of these speeches. 431 00:16:40,359 --> 00:16:42,759 I have all of the speeches, and I realised, like, 432 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:46,199 oh, I'm in a play and everyone else is in a film, you know? 433 00:16:46,199 --> 00:16:48,559 And so I have to, like, project my voice for 434 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:49,639 like 12 hours. 435 00:16:49,639 --> 00:16:53,239 I have to do a scene that day or do a scene the next day, 436 00:16:53,239 --> 00:16:57,039 so I had to go to an opera singing coach and sit down with her, do 437 00:16:57,039 --> 00:17:00,159 gospel songs, do songs that felt like the speeches, and then do the 438 00:17:00,159 --> 00:17:02,639 speeches, like, to engage your diaphragm and condition your vocal 439 00:17:02,639 --> 00:17:05,479 cords and then, like, study cadence because he had a different cadence 440 00:17:05,479 --> 00:17:07,559 to when he spoke to when he did speeches, 441 00:17:07,559 --> 00:17:09,239 so I would do all that, do 442 00:17:09,239 --> 00:17:10,439 you know what I'm saying? 443 00:17:10,439 --> 00:17:11,639 So it was a lot. 444 00:17:11,639 --> 00:17:12,759 It was a lot. 445 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:15,079 You did an amazing job, because at the end of 446 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:17,759 the film we see a little clip of the real man, 447 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:19,159 and it's extraordinary what you've done. 448 00:17:19,159 --> 00:17:20,359 Thank you for that, Graham. 449 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,079 Yeah, I worked really hard, man, yeah. 450 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:23,559 Well, listen, we've got a clip. 451 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:25,599 And funnily enough, it is you as Fred Hampton, 452 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:27,159 doing one of those famous speeches. 453 00:17:27,159 --> 00:17:28,119 It's not a... 454 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,079 It's not a question of violence or nonviolence, 455 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:32,919 It's not a question of violence or nonviolence, it's a question of 456 00:17:32,919 --> 00:17:34,679 resistance to fascism or nonexistence within fascism. 457 00:17:34,679 --> 00:17:36,599 You can murder a liberator, but you can't 458 00:17:36,599 --> 00:17:37,599 murder liberation. 459 00:17:37,599 --> 00:17:39,479 You can murder a revolutionary, but you can't 460 00:17:39,479 --> 00:17:40,559 murder revolution. 461 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,679 And you can murder a freedom fighter, but you 462 00:17:42,679 --> 00:17:43,719 can't murder freedom. 463 00:17:43,719 --> 00:17:44,759 I said... 464 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:45,839 I am... 465 00:17:45,839 --> 00:17:46,879 I am a revolutionary. 466 00:17:46,879 --> 00:17:47,919 I am... 467 00:17:47,919 --> 00:17:49,399 I am... 468 00:17:49,399 --> 00:17:52,039 A revolutionary. 469 00:17:52,039 --> 00:17:53,039 I am... 470 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:54,239 I am... 471 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:56,079 A revolutionary... 472 00:17:56,079 --> 00:18:01,359 Wow, wow, wow. 473 00:18:12,399 --> 00:18:15,999 And this film sees you reunited with LaKeith Stanfield from Get Out. 474 00:18:15,999 --> 00:18:17,679 Yeah, yeah. 475 00:18:17,679 --> 00:18:22,279 So when you're out and about, people must have 476 00:18:22,279 --> 00:18:26,359 loved it, seeing the two of you together. 477 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:31,119 Yeah, we went to a bowling alley in Cleveland, because we shot 478 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,279 in Cleveland, and then like people were coming up to LaKeith and were 479 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:36,919 like flashing stuff and doing something, and I thought, oh, man. 480 00:18:36,919 --> 00:18:40,519 I thought it just happened to me. 481 00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:45,839 I felt less alone. 482 00:18:48,479 --> 00:18:51,239 I thought, oh, man, that happens to you as well. 483 00:18:51,239 --> 00:18:54,999 Oh, man, that's cool. 484 00:18:54,999 --> 00:18:57,639 But, like, I kind of sometimes to sit in the corner 485 00:18:57,639 --> 00:19:01,039 with my hat low and just pretend I don't even exist to myself anyway. 486 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:04,959 I try and keep in the shadows and stuff. 487 00:19:04,959 --> 00:19:06,559 Was it you, Rachel, who was watching? 488 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,439 You have watched it a few times? 489 00:19:08,439 --> 00:19:09,599 To or three times, yeah. 490 00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:11,479 Yeah. 491 00:19:11,479 --> 00:19:15,119 We loved it so much, and I'm sure this is the point of the film 492 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,959 that we literally sat there going, get out, get out of there! 493 00:19:17,959 --> 00:19:18,999 You must get out. 494 00:19:18,999 --> 00:19:23,239 Yeah, when I have conversations now, I have to say 495 00:19:23,239 --> 00:19:26,399 Yeah, when I have conversations now, I have to say you must leave. 496 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:27,479 Leave now. 497 00:19:27,479 --> 00:19:29,159 And, like, that film did so well. 498 00:19:29,159 --> 00:19:34,319 I mean, it took hundreds of millions of 499 00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:44,359 dollars around the world, but is it true that you didn't go 500 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,399 you didn't go to the premier? 501 00:19:47,399 --> 00:19:48,439 Why 502 00:19:48,439 --> 00:19:50,799 did this happen that you didn't go to the Premier? 503 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:52,239 You weren't invited to the premiere? 504 00:19:52,239 --> 00:19:53,279 No. 505 00:19:53,279 --> 00:19:54,519 They didn't invite me, bro. 506 00:19:54,519 --> 00:19:55,519 They didn't invite me. 507 00:19:55,519 --> 00:19:56,759 No, that can't be true. 508 00:19:56,759 --> 00:19:58,599 On the Sundance world premiere, yeah, I was 509 00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:00,399 in Atlanta because I was shooting Panther. 510 00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:03,439 I was shooting Panther and then I was chilling and I was like, 511 00:20:03,439 --> 00:20:06,119 OK, my schedule is open and just didn't get the invite. 512 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:07,119 I wasn't invited. 513 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,039 And someone text me, it's gone really well. 514 00:20:09,039 --> 00:20:10,079 I'm like, that's cool. 515 00:20:10,079 --> 00:20:11,159 Oh, my God. 516 00:20:11,159 --> 00:20:12,199 That's the industry, Graham. 517 00:20:12,199 --> 00:20:13,359 You know what I mean? 518 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:14,399 Somebody fucked up! 519 00:20:14,399 --> 00:20:15,439 I mean... 520 00:20:15,439 --> 00:20:16,839 Has this come up since then? 521 00:20:16,839 --> 00:20:18,519 Like, have you asked them about it? 522 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:19,559 Nah... 523 00:20:19,559 --> 00:20:20,719 I don't ask questions. 524 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:22,519 I was just like, OK, man, that's cool. 525 00:20:22,519 --> 00:20:23,559 That's not cool. 526 00:20:23,559 --> 00:20:25,239 I would send a stern left-handed note. 527 00:20:25,239 --> 00:20:30,479 wanted, you feel me? 528 00:20:30,879 --> 00:20:35,599 But you mentioned Black Panther there and 529 00:20:35,599 --> 00:20:38,479 Black Panther two, am I right in thinking that is now happening? 530 00:20:38,479 --> 00:20:41,359 That's what the streets are saying. 531 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:42,439 OK. 532 00:20:42,439 --> 00:20:45,279 Which will be very exciting, but also kind of tinged with terrible 533 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:47,399 sadness because Chadwick Boseman is no longer with us. 534 00:20:47,399 --> 00:20:48,479 Yeah. 535 00:20:48,479 --> 00:20:49,519 Yeah, man. 536 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:50,559 It's... 537 00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:52,999 You know, I don't even understand how it's going to... 538 00:20:52,999 --> 00:20:54,839 We're going to have to honour him and 539 00:20:54,839 --> 00:20:55,879 honour... 540 00:20:55,879 --> 00:20:59,519 Give as much to his legacy as much as he gave to us, because he 541 00:20:59,519 --> 00:21:01,159 gave us everything, you know, stayed here 542 00:21:01,159 --> 00:21:02,599 to give us everything and an 543 00:21:02,599 --> 00:21:04,359 incredible man and incredible soul, you know? 544 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,239 Black Panther two, we look forward to that. 545 00:21:06,239 --> 00:21:08,639 Judas and the Black Messiah is coming to screens very 546 00:21:08,639 --> 00:21:09,679 soon. 547 00:21:09,679 --> 00:21:11,079 Do see it if you can. 548 00:21:11,079 --> 00:21:12,119 Daniel Kaluuya, everybody! 549 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:13,119 Good night. 550 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:14,239 Love. 551 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:15,279 Appreciate you, Graham. 552 00:21:15,279 --> 00:21:16,319 Bye. 553 00:21:16,319 --> 00:21:17,399 What a nice man. 554 00:21:17,399 --> 00:21:19,479 Such a kind of focus, amazing person, isn't he? 555 00:21:19,479 --> 00:21:20,559 Yeah. 556 00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:21,639 That won't last. 557 00:21:21,639 --> 00:21:22,679 He's young. 558 00:21:22,679 --> 00:21:24,719 Exactly. 559 00:21:24,719 --> 00:21:27,159 Once he's got that left hand writing thing down, he'll 560 00:21:27,159 --> 00:21:28,159 be fine. 561 00:21:28,159 --> 00:21:30,799 He can work on his right foot and then the left. 562 00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:31,839 Now, people 563 00:21:31,839 --> 00:21:34,039 can't go to the theatre right now, so Adrian 564 00:21:34,039 --> 00:21:35,479 Lester, for it is he, is 565 00:21:35,479 --> 00:21:36,639 bringing the theatre to them. 566 00:21:36,639 --> 00:21:39,679 So tell us all about it. 567 00:21:39,679 --> 00:21:42,559 This is a new play, Hymn, as in a song in a 568 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:43,599 church, not a man. 569 00:21:43,599 --> 00:21:44,599 Oh, there it is. 570 00:21:44,599 --> 00:21:46,039 I didn't need to do that. 571 00:21:46,039 --> 00:21:47,039 It's written up. 572 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:48,119 Go. 573 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:53,319 Well, OK. 574 00:22:15,479 --> 00:22:20,639 Lolita Chakrabarti, the writer, my wife, wanted to write 575 00:22:22,719 --> 00:22:25,359 a play about love between two men that was like not 576 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:26,399 physical or romantic, 577 00:22:26,399 --> 00:22:29,719 and the more she thought about it, the more she thought about the men 578 00:22:29,719 --> 00:22:32,159 that she knew, my extended family, cousins, brothers, uncles, brothers 579 00:22:32,159 --> 00:22:34,999 and our friends, she realised she's never seen that on stage, really. 580 00:22:34,999 --> 00:22:37,919 There's always some sort of excuse made for that kind of sensitivity 581 00:22:37,919 --> 00:22:40,839 between two men, and she wanted to explore it, and she gradually 582 00:22:40,839 --> 00:22:42,679 started putting pen to paper or finger to 583 00:22:42,679 --> 00:22:43,919 keyboard and came up with 584 00:22:43,919 --> 00:22:46,359 this story of two men who meet at a funeral, 585 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:47,519 think they have nothing in 586 00:22:47,519 --> 00:22:50,439 common, and they gradually get to connect and become friends and it 587 00:22:50,439 --> 00:22:52,039 gets deeper than that, and there's singing, 588 00:22:52,039 --> 00:22:53,039 there's dancing, there is 589 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:54,279 body popping, there's break dancing. 590 00:22:54,279 --> 00:22:55,279 We do all... 591 00:22:55,279 --> 00:22:56,759 We do all sorts of things. 592 00:22:56,759 --> 00:22:57,799 She... 593 00:22:57,799 --> 00:23:01,399 She also wanted to make it a sort of virtuosic peace that we would be 594 00:23:01,399 --> 00:23:03,639 really put through our paces and, yeah, we are... 595 00:23:03,639 --> 00:23:05,479 So its live streaming from the Almeida Theatre 596 00:23:05,479 --> 00:23:07,639 from this Wednesday, the 17th, to Saturday the 20th. 597 00:23:07,639 --> 00:23:08,719 Tickets available now. 598 00:23:08,719 --> 00:23:10,639 And what's great is the tickets aren't very 599 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:11,719 expensive and the Almeida 600 00:23:11,719 --> 00:23:13,799 is one of those places, it sells out immediately, 601 00:23:13,799 --> 00:23:16,719 so this is actually giving more people a chance. 602 00:23:16,719 --> 00:23:17,759 Yeah, 603 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:20,399 more people, and so we are doing it purely to cameras. 604 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:21,599 There's nobody in the theatre. 605 00:23:21,599 --> 00:23:22,639 It's live every night. 606 00:23:22,639 --> 00:23:25,759 If something goes wrong, I mean, thousands of people are going to see 607 00:23:25,759 --> 00:23:26,759 it. 608 00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:30,159 And I had to get my head around that, that actually over a thousand 609 00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:33,079 people could be watching each performance, and yet we are in a 610 00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:35,919 theatre that seats 300 and something, so that is kind of weird, 611 00:23:35,919 --> 00:23:38,079 but we are socially distanced all the way through. 612 00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:39,759 We have to stay two metres apart. 613 00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:41,799 I can't touch any prop that he uses. 614 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:43,079 Different props, different chairs, 615 00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:44,239 it's been... 616 00:23:44,239 --> 00:23:46,759 Tricky to rehearse, but it's been really, really good to get 617 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:49,639 some theatre at the moment. 618 00:23:49,639 --> 00:23:54,799 We've got a picture of rehearsals here. 619 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:02,679 So is that pool noodles to keep you two 620 00:24:02,679 --> 00:24:07,919 metres away? 621 00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:16,319 As in I get close to him, he can shout, back 622 00:24:16,319 --> 00:24:19,799 off! 623 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:20,799 It's a noodle. 624 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:21,839 And it's being used... 625 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:27,119 This is a sort of gym scene, and it's being used 626 00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:29,159 as one of the props. 627 00:24:29,159 --> 00:24:30,319 Oh, so it's a prop. 628 00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:31,359 It's a prop. 629 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,159 Because I thought... 630 00:24:33,159 --> 00:24:35,319 People do use those noodles for the two metres. 631 00:24:35,319 --> 00:24:37,959 He's using it as a prop and we are just working 632 00:24:37,959 --> 00:24:39,079 a scene out there, but 633 00:24:39,079 --> 00:24:40,199 it was useful. 634 00:24:40,199 --> 00:24:43,079 All the markings on the floor we had, so that is one 635 00:24:43,079 --> 00:24:45,479 metre one way and I meet at the other way. 636 00:24:45,479 --> 00:24:46,879 We were very careful about everything. 637 00:24:46,879 --> 00:24:49,759 The idea of a live show now, I mean, I'm craving that. 638 00:24:49,759 --> 00:24:51,279 We are in one right now. 639 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:52,239 A good one. 640 00:24:52,239 --> 00:24:53,719 Oh, to see a good one! 641 00:24:53,719 --> 00:24:55,159 You two are far too close. 642 00:24:55,159 --> 00:24:56,759 I don't know what's going on there. 643 00:24:56,759 --> 00:24:57,919 Yeah, this is outrageous. 644 00:24:57,919 --> 00:24:58,919 Where's my noodle? 645 00:24:58,919 --> 00:25:00,839 And do you run naked across the square 646 00:25:00,839 --> 00:25:02,759 towards a mother and child at any point? 647 00:25:02,759 --> 00:25:04,879 I've been trying to get that into the script. 648 00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:06,599 Nearly as exciting, you do break dancing. 649 00:25:06,599 --> 00:25:08,719 Where you able to break dance before, or did 650 00:25:08,719 --> 00:25:09,799 you learn for this? 651 00:25:09,799 --> 00:25:12,399 I was able to break dance before, and I can break 652 00:25:12,399 --> 00:25:13,439 dance less now. 653 00:25:13,439 --> 00:25:14,639 Because it's not a skill... 654 00:25:14,639 --> 00:25:16,879 I mean, is it a skill you've kept up? 655 00:25:16,879 --> 00:25:17,879 It's kind of. 656 00:25:17,879 --> 00:25:19,319 OK, I'm going to stand up... 657 00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:20,879 Can I stand up and do this? 658 00:25:20,879 --> 00:25:21,999 Yes. 659 00:25:21,999 --> 00:25:23,279 You've got to do it. 660 00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:25,199 Don't spin around because sweat will fly off 661 00:25:25,199 --> 00:25:26,199 and hit us all. 662 00:25:26,199 --> 00:25:28,879 Break dancing is the stuff you do on the floor, OK? 663 00:25:28,879 --> 00:25:31,719 So body popping is the stuff you do when you're standing up. 664 00:25:31,719 --> 00:25:33,879 So when we started I was about 13, 14. 665 00:25:33,879 --> 00:25:35,559 Body popping started with kind of mime. 666 00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:36,999 We would do things like this. 667 00:25:36,999 --> 00:25:37,999 That was kind of... 668 00:25:37,999 --> 00:25:38,999 Oh. 669 00:25:38,999 --> 00:25:40,239 Sort you would do that. 670 00:25:40,239 --> 00:25:42,679 Then it moved into robotics, which everybody knows what robotics 671 00:25:42,679 --> 00:25:43,679 is. 672 00:25:43,679 --> 00:25:44,719 That kind of... 673 00:25:44,719 --> 00:25:46,159 He's a robot, he a robot! 674 00:25:46,159 --> 00:25:48,799 And then you get electric Boogaloo, which is where you chase 675 00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:51,999 a ball of energy around your body, so you get things like that. 676 00:25:51,999 --> 00:25:53,039 CHEERING so you get things like that. 677 00:25:53,039 --> 00:25:54,039 They're loving it. 678 00:25:54,039 --> 00:25:55,079 I mean... 679 00:25:55,079 --> 00:25:56,279 Screw friendship between two men. 680 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:57,719 That's what people want to see. 681 00:25:57,719 --> 00:25:59,119 They want to see some Boogaloo. 682 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,159 Electric Boogaloo. 683 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:03,359 So there's a bit of that, but they reminisce and they go back 684 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,639 and they talk about music they used to listen to and dancing they used 685 00:26:06,639 --> 00:26:10,719 to do and it has a lot of that in it as they connect and find this 686 00:26:10,719 --> 00:26:11,759 affection for each other. 687 00:26:11,759 --> 00:26:13,959 The amount of people that are doing that right 688 00:26:13,959 --> 00:26:14,999 now at home. 689 00:26:14,999 --> 00:26:18,159 If I was on my own, I would be really trying it out. 690 00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:19,519 Well, because Marcus and Rachel, you're 691 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:21,039 kind of doing a similar thing. 692 00:26:21,039 --> 00:26:22,879 But you're doing stand-up, but a live stream. 693 00:26:22,879 --> 00:26:24,119 But with much cheaper tech. 694 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:25,559 And we can touch each other. 695 00:26:25,559 --> 00:26:27,199 In fact, often the audience insist on 696 00:26:27,199 --> 00:26:28,279 it. 697 00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:29,319 So this is weekly. 698 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:30,399 It's every Tuesday night. 699 00:26:30,399 --> 00:26:32,759 Yeah, we started off doing some online gigs when lockdown 700 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:35,399 first happened, and we were obviously a bit sceptical at first 701 00:26:35,399 --> 00:26:38,279 because it's so different to what we're used to, but then we 702 00:26:38,279 --> 00:26:39,359 started... 703 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,199 We got offered a weekly online gig with just as, which we 704 00:26:42,199 --> 00:26:46,319 thought we would have enough material for like ten minutes. 705 00:26:46,319 --> 00:26:48,679 Yeah, because it was three quid for people to watch 706 00:26:48,679 --> 00:26:51,759 and we said to the guy, it was James Gill, who runs this 707 00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:54,159 brilliant comedy club called Always Be Comedy and they've smashed 708 00:26:54,159 --> 00:26:55,199 it for online shows. 709 00:26:55,199 --> 00:26:58,039 And we said, "Sure, we'll probably manage half an hour or so". 710 00:26:58,039 --> 00:27:00,639 We've done about an hour and 20 minutes every single Tuesday 711 00:27:00,639 --> 00:27:02,399 for the last eight months or so. 712 00:27:02,399 --> 00:27:03,439 Wow. 713 00:27:03,439 --> 00:27:05,559 It's great, so we spend a week writing notes, 714 00:27:05,559 --> 00:27:08,999 coming up with stuff and games and bits that we do, and it's fab. 715 00:27:08,999 --> 00:27:11,359 But for comedy, it can't be like Adrian was saying. 716 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,079 You must be able to hear them. 717 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:14,679 Yes, so there's a front row, basically. 718 00:27:14,679 --> 00:27:15,919 About 20 to 30 people? 719 00:27:15,919 --> 00:27:18,759 Yeah, enough to feel like you can see and feel people laughing... 720 00:27:18,759 --> 00:27:19,799 And not laughing. 721 00:27:19,799 --> 00:27:21,519 "Oh, never going to say that again". 722 00:27:21,519 --> 00:27:23,639 We can see right into their homes as well. 723 00:27:23,639 --> 00:27:26,519 So in terms of the interplay, you can just go for it 724 00:27:26,519 --> 00:27:27,679 and slag off their houses. 725 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:28,759 But isn't this weird? 726 00:27:28,759 --> 00:27:31,439 So here you are, you both have these successful stand-up careers, 727 00:27:31,439 --> 00:27:33,599 but lockdown has turned you into a double act. 728 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:34,599 It really did. 729 00:27:34,599 --> 00:27:37,039 We'd done a bit of improv together in the past, 730 00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:38,039 before we got together. 731 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:39,479 So we'd worked together before sporadically, 732 00:27:39,479 --> 00:27:40,919 but since lockdown, we've had to. 733 00:27:40,919 --> 00:27:41,959 Huh? 734 00:27:41,959 --> 00:27:45,359 That's not how I see it. 735 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:46,599 Because we were both ill. 736 00:27:46,599 --> 00:27:50,239 We both had Covid very early on when the pandemic hit, 737 00:27:50,239 --> 00:27:54,119 and when we came out of that and then realised, 738 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:55,759 "Oh, everything's gone, our tours have gone, 739 00:27:55,759 --> 00:28:00,199 the Edinburgh Festival's gone, everything we're doing has gone", 740 00:28:00,199 --> 00:28:02,319 we were playing around doing these lip-synch videos. 741 00:28:02,319 --> 00:28:05,479 They went mad. 742 00:28:05,479 --> 00:28:06,479 They went nuts. 743 00:28:06,479 --> 00:28:08,479 Literally, what was the first one you did? 744 00:28:08,479 --> 00:28:11,439 Some massive thing. 745 00:28:11,439 --> 00:28:12,479 We've got a clip. 746 00:28:12,479 --> 00:28:14,399 They start quite simple. 747 00:28:14,399 --> 00:28:16,319 Is that the first one? 748 00:28:16,319 --> 00:28:17,359 Yeah. 749 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:18,519 Then you did a reply. 750 00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:21,959 Then you started involving costumes. 751 00:28:21,959 --> 00:28:24,879 And look at this. 752 00:28:24,879 --> 00:28:26,599 The comedy value is through the roof. 753 00:28:26,599 --> 00:28:28,839 And then a smoke machine... 754 00:28:28,839 --> 00:28:30,879 # Each move you make... 755 00:28:30,879 --> 00:28:34,959 Oh, my God, Keith. 756 00:28:34,959 --> 00:28:37,359 But did you have all this stuff in your house, 757 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:38,559 the smoke machines and things? 758 00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:43,239 Yeah, from so many Edinburgh shows and festivals that we've been to. 759 00:28:43,239 --> 00:28:46,079 So we do have things like costume and the rest of it. 760 00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:49,479 And people started getting really picky, didn't they? 761 00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:50,799 Yeah, people would be like, 762 00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:52,559 "I see you've ordered lederhosen off Amazon". 763 00:28:52,559 --> 00:28:56,239 We were like, "No, Marcus owns lederhosen". 764 00:28:56,239 --> 00:28:58,479 Of course I do. 765 00:28:58,479 --> 00:28:59,599 It really blew up. 766 00:28:59,599 --> 00:29:03,359 And then we got this phone call from Good Morning America, 767 00:29:03,359 --> 00:29:07,079 and how many briefing calls did we have? 768 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:08,639 About seven. 769 00:29:08,639 --> 00:29:10,599 With the most American man we've ever heard, 770 00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:13,919 called something like Chad Todd. 771 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:19,199 Buck Warcrime. 772 00:29:20,039 --> 00:29:23,079 And we went through it so many times, and then eventually 773 00:29:23,079 --> 00:29:25,519 we were on Good Morning America and these two presenters, 774 00:29:25,519 --> 00:29:27,919 who clearly knew nothing about what we were doing, went, 775 00:29:27,919 --> 00:29:30,559 "And in the United Kingdom, a married couple have been amusing 776 00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:34,839 themselves with whatever this is". 777 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:39,119 They were like, "Marcus and Rachel, we love you guys so much". 778 00:29:39,119 --> 00:29:41,479 We were like, "You don't know who we are". 779 00:29:41,479 --> 00:29:43,559 Did they think you were just a wacky couple? 780 00:29:43,559 --> 00:29:44,639 I think so. 781 00:29:44,639 --> 00:29:48,399 And throughout that time as well, Fox News were tweeting us 782 00:29:48,399 --> 00:29:52,439 in caps once an hour, going, "This is Fox News. 783 00:29:52,439 --> 00:29:54,959 You have to get back to us". 784 00:29:54,959 --> 00:29:57,799 Capped e-mails to both agents. 785 00:29:57,799 --> 00:30:02,879 We were like, "We're not speaking to you, you're Fox News!" 786 00:30:03,279 --> 00:30:04,719 Well, it is Valentine's Day weekend. 787 00:30:04,719 --> 00:30:05,919 Have you got lovely plans? 788 00:30:05,919 --> 00:30:07,359 You don't have to tell us. 789 00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:09,599 We've both got radio shows on on Valentine's night, 790 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:14,879 so we'll be listening to our own work. 791 00:30:14,959 --> 00:30:19,959 There are things that people think are going to be romantic. 792 00:30:23,919 --> 00:30:26,839 It's weird, the things that people think are going to be romantic. 793 00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:29,439 Like this, the rose petals on the bed, I don't understand. 794 00:30:29,439 --> 00:30:30,639 That looks like somebody died. 795 00:30:30,639 --> 00:30:31,839 The wreath at the top. 796 00:30:31,839 --> 00:30:34,479 But if that's too subtle, some people could go with something 797 00:30:34,479 --> 00:30:35,559 more direct, like this. 798 00:30:35,559 --> 00:30:36,599 That's what I want. 799 00:30:36,599 --> 00:30:39,639 Or you can do what this man did and buy a rose floral 800 00:30:39,639 --> 00:30:43,439 duvet and pillow set. 801 00:30:43,439 --> 00:30:46,599 Oh, no! 802 00:30:46,599 --> 00:30:48,799 Absolute crime scene. 803 00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:53,919 It looks like, "I love you so much, I've eaten you". 804 00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:58,519 Men, why not shave your chest and stomach hair into hearts? 805 00:30:58,519 --> 00:31:02,199 This is why not. 806 00:31:02,199 --> 00:31:07,239 The upside down heart on his tummy is so sinister. 807 00:31:08,679 --> 00:31:10,359 But for Valentine's Day, you need stuff. 808 00:31:10,359 --> 00:31:12,359 I found a shop where you can get all your essentials. 809 00:31:18,839 --> 00:31:19,879 Covered. 810 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:22,039 And if you're alone on Valentine's Day, my local 811 00:31:22,039 --> 00:31:26,359 supermarket has a lovely suggestion. 812 00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:30,239 As far as I know, that's a real picture! 813 00:31:30,239 --> 00:31:33,919 Happy Valentine's Day, well done. 814 00:31:33,919 --> 00:31:36,079 Right, time to meet our final virtual guest tonight. 815 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:38,679 She is the star of Blossom and The Big Bang Theory. 816 00:31:38,679 --> 00:31:43,839 Please welcome Mayim Bialik! 817 00:31:44,399 --> 00:31:46,079 That's who that is. 818 00:31:46,079 --> 00:31:47,119 How are you? 819 00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:49,679 I'm OK, how are you? 820 00:31:49,679 --> 00:31:51,439 All the better for seeing you. 821 00:31:51,439 --> 00:31:53,359 Sienna Miller is here, Adrian Lester is here, 822 00:31:53,359 --> 00:31:55,959 Rachel Parris, Marcus Brigstocke. 823 00:31:55,959 --> 00:31:59,119 Hello! 824 00:31:59,119 --> 00:32:00,599 Are you in Los Angeles? 825 00:32:00,599 --> 00:32:03,239 I am in Los Angeles, which formerly had been the head 826 00:32:03,239 --> 00:32:06,799 of quarantine central, but now we're doing a little better. 827 00:32:06,799 --> 00:32:11,879 Yes, I believe we've taken that title. 828 00:32:12,039 --> 00:32:14,919 So obviously, people in this country know you from Blossom 829 00:32:14,919 --> 00:32:20,159 and The Big Bang Theory, but now you have a strange link to Britain 830 00:32:20,879 --> 00:32:24,999 because you are kind of Miranda. 831 00:32:24,999 --> 00:32:29,519 Yeah, we are doing an American adaptation, with all great 832 00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:33,519 respect towards the BBC, the general United Kingdom 833 00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:35,999 and Miranda. 834 00:32:35,999 --> 00:32:39,079 We're doing an American version. 835 00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:42,159 We like to point out to people that just like there are people 836 00:32:42,159 --> 00:32:44,039 who understand Fawlty Towers and people who don't, 837 00:32:44,039 --> 00:32:46,519 we have different senses of humour. 838 00:32:46,519 --> 00:32:48,239 So this is definitely an American version. 839 00:32:48,239 --> 00:32:51,079 It's called Call Me Kat, and it's called Call Me Kat 840 00:32:51,079 --> 00:32:53,679 for a very good reason. 841 00:32:53,679 --> 00:32:58,799 Well, her name is Katherine and her mother always 842 00:33:00,239 --> 00:33:02,919 calls her Katherine when she wants to be known as Kat, 843 00:33:02,919 --> 00:33:04,599 so we have that contentious mother-daughter relationship 844 00:33:04,599 --> 00:33:05,799 which Miranda captured so nicely. 845 00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:09,159 But also, she does own a cat cafe and instead of a joke shop, 846 00:33:09,159 --> 00:33:10,399 we have a cat cafe. 847 00:33:10,399 --> 00:33:12,799 We didn't think American audiences could handle a joke shop, 848 00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:14,239 so we have a cat cafe. 849 00:33:14,239 --> 00:33:18,559 But it's all very well in a script to go, "She opens a cat cafe", 850 00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:19,679 but then you need to... 851 00:33:19,679 --> 00:33:21,759 open a cat cafe. 852 00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:25,599 So how many cats are in the cafe on a good day? 853 00:33:25,599 --> 00:33:30,279 Well, depends if you like cats or not. 854 00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:32,919 We have about six to ten cats, depending on the scene. 855 00:33:32,919 --> 00:33:38,159 And I'm very proud to say our cats are not drugged or tethered. 856 00:33:38,879 --> 00:33:41,239 But that means our cats are not drugged or tethered, 857 00:33:41,239 --> 00:33:44,119 so it can be very challenging. 858 00:33:44,119 --> 00:33:46,759 So this is Call Me Kat and it should be coming 859 00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:51,959 to our screens later in the year. 860 00:33:52,439 --> 00:33:54,639 I mentioned Blossom, which we know from the '90s. 861 00:33:54,639 --> 00:33:57,719 But before that, you played the young Bette Midler in Beaches. 862 00:33:57,719 --> 00:33:58,719 Correct. 863 00:33:58,719 --> 00:34:02,119 Was that the first thing you did? 864 00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:05,519 That was the first thing that got me a lot of notice. 865 00:34:05,519 --> 00:34:10,719 I'd done a lot of appearances on American sitcoms like Webster 866 00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:14,159 and Facts Of Life, some of the best culture we export 867 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:15,999 to the rest of the world. 868 00:34:15,999 --> 00:34:19,039 So I'd done lots of sitcom work that year, but I was considered 869 00:34:19,039 --> 00:34:22,079 a late bloomer as a child actor. 870 00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:24,719 I started acting at 11, which sounds young, but most child 871 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,759 actors start when they're two and three in commercials and such. 872 00:34:28,759 --> 00:34:31,639 So Beaches came out when I was 13 and I'd just started 873 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:32,719 acting a year before. 874 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,319 And it was from that that I got the series Blossom. 875 00:34:35,319 --> 00:34:37,719 You're not the only child actor here, because Adrian Lester, 876 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:42,999 how old were you when you appeared in the seminal drama Crossa-Roadsa? 877 00:34:43,999 --> 00:34:45,439 You were in Crossroads a lot. 878 00:34:45,439 --> 00:34:46,759 I was in Crossroads. 879 00:34:46,759 --> 00:34:51,919 I got my Equity card when I was about 15. 880 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:53,159 Wow. 881 00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:54,999 So they used me as a young walk-on 882 00:34:54,999 --> 00:35:00,279 in this long-running series that was shot in Birmingham, north of London. 883 00:35:07,039 --> 00:35:09,719 Every summer when I finished school, I would do this before 884 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:10,919 I went to drama school. 885 00:35:10,919 --> 00:35:13,079 For about three years, I would do some Crossroads. 886 00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:15,519 We've got a still of you in a later episode. 887 00:35:15,519 --> 00:35:17,639 Rachel, there's going to be a lot of this. 888 00:35:17,639 --> 00:35:20,399 Check out Adrian Lester in Crossroads. 889 00:35:20,399 --> 00:35:25,639 Look at those in the short shorts! 890 00:35:27,999 --> 00:35:30,559 Look at the hair! 891 00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:33,359 I can't stop looking at the shorts. 892 00:35:33,359 --> 00:35:36,719 No, look at the hair! 893 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,759 We all stopped at the shorts. 894 00:35:39,759 --> 00:35:43,559 Marcus, you were very young, was it Oliver you were in? 895 00:35:43,559 --> 00:35:46,999 This was tragic! 896 00:35:46,999 --> 00:35:49,599 Yeah, I was cast as Mr Bumble in Oliver and we 897 00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:53,479 rehearsed it for two weeks. 898 00:35:53,479 --> 00:35:56,719 And just before we did the first one, they said, 899 00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,079 "We thought it would be lovely if Mr Bumble didn't 900 00:35:59,079 --> 00:36:04,199 sing so much as speak. 901 00:36:04,359 --> 00:36:07,279 So we'll play the music, but you come on and you hold 902 00:36:07,279 --> 00:36:10,119 Oliver and you say, 'Boy, boy for sale'". 903 00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:13,199 And I thought, "That's good". 904 00:36:13,199 --> 00:36:15,439 They were being very kind. 905 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:17,799 So I do it and go, "Boy, boy for sale". 906 00:36:17,799 --> 00:36:18,879 # He's going cheap! 907 00:36:18,879 --> 00:36:24,079 And they go, "Ah, b-b-b...remember we said about no singing? 908 00:36:24,759 --> 00:36:26,479 ..Remember what we said about no singing? 909 00:36:26,479 --> 00:36:28,039 Let's do a lovely big speaking voice". 910 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:29,079 I knew. 911 00:36:29,079 --> 00:36:31,679 I was like, "I'm shit, aren't I?" 912 00:36:31,679 --> 00:36:34,559 But Sienna Miller, of all of us, you nearly appeared in theatre 913 00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:36,839 the youngest of all. 914 00:36:36,839 --> 00:36:42,079 Oh, I did! 915 00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:46,679 My mother went into labour with me during the Nutcracker Suite 916 00:36:46,679 --> 00:36:47,759 in New York City. 917 00:36:47,759 --> 00:36:48,959 And she's such a trouper. 918 00:36:48,959 --> 00:36:51,359 It's a lot to hear, but her waters actually broke 919 00:36:51,359 --> 00:36:53,759 during a performance and she stayed. 920 00:36:53,759 --> 00:36:56,039 Just after Christmas. 921 00:36:56,039 --> 00:36:59,719 Apologies to the people next to her, but she just rode it out, 922 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,079 full contractions, and I was born the next day. 923 00:37:02,079 --> 00:37:05,599 It was the 27th of December. 924 00:37:05,599 --> 00:37:07,959 Jo Miller, ladies and gentlemen. 925 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:10,879 I guess it's less embarrassing to sit there after your waters break 926 00:37:10,879 --> 00:37:13,839 than to get up and... 927 00:37:13,839 --> 00:37:17,599 She said, "I wrapped my coat around me and I was not going to miss..." 928 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:19,999 But you know what British people are like. 929 00:37:19,999 --> 00:37:22,439 I'm thinking of the people sitting next to her trying 930 00:37:22,439 --> 00:37:24,599 to pretend nothing's happened. 931 00:37:24,599 --> 00:37:28,519 Clearing their throat. 932 00:37:28,519 --> 00:37:31,719 So Mayim, you had this huge success early, and then you did that 933 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,639 thing that nobody does. 934 00:37:33,639 --> 00:37:37,039 You walked away. 935 00:37:37,039 --> 00:37:38,919 You decided, "I'm going to get an education". 936 00:37:38,919 --> 00:37:42,439 But you didn't just get an education, you're a PhD. 937 00:37:42,439 --> 00:37:45,799 Yeah, I have a doctorate in neuroscience. 938 00:37:45,799 --> 00:37:49,439 I left the industry for 12 years, actually. 939 00:37:49,439 --> 00:37:52,039 I really wanted to experience life where you're valued for what's 940 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:54,439 between your ears and not just what you can provide 941 00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:56,959 for other people. 942 00:37:56,959 --> 00:37:58,599 And I was really ready. 943 00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:01,959 I come from an immigrant background. 944 00:38:01,959 --> 00:38:04,559 My grandparents were immigrants, so I was raised that you go 945 00:38:04,559 --> 00:38:07,519 to college no matter what, so when Blossom ended, I was 19, 946 00:38:07,519 --> 00:38:10,799 two years out of high school, and I went to college and ended up 947 00:38:10,799 --> 00:38:13,439 meeting the person I married. 948 00:38:13,439 --> 00:38:16,519 We both applied to grad school together and I had my first son 949 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:21,759 in grad school, he's now 15, and I had my second son. 950 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:26,039 At eight months pregnant, I was that lady on the stage, really pregnant. 951 00:38:26,039 --> 00:38:28,359 And I taught neuroscience for about five years 952 00:38:28,359 --> 00:38:30,719 after getting my degree and literally was running out 953 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,959 of health insurance and figured, "If I can just 954 00:38:32,959 --> 00:38:35,679 get a couple of parts, I'll get my insurance back". 955 00:38:35,679 --> 00:38:38,279 I had never seen The Big Bang Theory, I didn't know 956 00:38:38,279 --> 00:38:41,759 what it was and was cast and literally, my life changed. 957 00:38:41,759 --> 00:38:44,719 I had at that time a toddler and an older toddler. 958 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:48,599 So were you the only one on set who knew what you talking about? 959 00:38:48,599 --> 00:38:51,519 Well, Jim Parsons would say I was the only one who knew 960 00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:53,319 what everyone's lines were, not just mine! 961 00:38:53,319 --> 00:38:55,519 Presumably if they got things wrong, would you step 962 00:38:55,519 --> 00:39:00,759 in and go, "Excuse me, I have a doctorate in neuroscience"? 963 00:39:01,399 --> 00:39:06,599 Well, no one wants to be the actor, especially when you come on a show 964 00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:12,119 Well, no one wants to be that actor, especially when you come on a show 965 00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:13,199 that's incredibly successful. 966 00:39:13,199 --> 00:39:15,359 You don't need this nerd coming on being like, 967 00:39:15,359 --> 00:39:16,839 "Excuse me, you got that wrong". 968 00:39:16,839 --> 00:39:18,519 But yes, if there were biology-specific things, 969 00:39:18,519 --> 00:39:21,399 I was often asked to fix it, "Make it right, tell us 970 00:39:21,399 --> 00:39:26,679 what you would be doing in a lab". 971 00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:32,999 Because you worry that you know all this stuff, where's it going? 972 00:39:32,999 --> 00:39:34,199 But you're using it now. 973 00:39:34,199 --> 00:39:36,839 I psychoanalyse everyone that I meet, use it all the time. 974 00:39:36,839 --> 00:39:39,199 But you're using your knowledge now in your new podcast, 975 00:39:39,199 --> 00:39:40,239 Mayim Bialik's Breakdown. 976 00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:41,359 Tell us about it. 977 00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:45,279 So 2020 was quite a doozy, and I decided to start saying no 978 00:39:45,279 --> 00:39:48,239 to a lot of other requests in my life and hunker down 979 00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,759 and create a podcast exclusively about mental health. 980 00:39:51,759 --> 00:39:54,639 I grew up in a home riddled with mental illness. 981 00:39:54,639 --> 00:39:57,319 I don't want to say I've suffered from, but I've lived 982 00:39:57,319 --> 00:40:02,119 with OCD and depression and anxiety my whole life. 983 00:40:02,119 --> 00:40:06,799 And breaking down the stigma is also something I'm trying to do. 984 00:40:06,799 --> 00:40:10,879 I'm trying to share what I've tried, what's worked and what hasn't. 985 00:40:10,879 --> 00:40:12,359 I've gone to shamans, taken pharmaceuticals, 986 00:40:12,359 --> 00:40:15,719 I've done a lot of things and I'm still figuring it out and that's 987 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,599 what my life is now, podcasts and working on trying to be 988 00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:23,759 a normal person for my children as much as possible. 989 00:40:25,599 --> 00:40:26,799 Well, you are an inspiration. 990 00:40:26,799 --> 00:40:28,919 The podcast is available wherever you get your podcast, 991 00:40:28,919 --> 00:40:31,159 and Call Me Kat will be heading here shortly. 992 00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:32,559 Mayim, a pleasure to meet you. 993 00:40:32,559 --> 00:40:33,999 Ladies and gentlemen, Mayim Bialik! 994 00:40:33,999 --> 00:40:35,039 Thank you. 995 00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:36,359 Thank you. 996 00:40:36,359 --> 00:40:39,279 Goodnight. 997 00:40:39,279 --> 00:40:40,719 Before we hear tonight's musical performance, 998 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,159 I need a volunteer to sit in the red chair. 999 00:40:44,159 --> 00:40:47,199 Anyone up for it at all? 1000 00:40:47,199 --> 00:40:49,319 Yeah, all right. 1001 00:40:49,319 --> 00:40:53,319 I've actually always wanted go in the red chair. 1002 00:40:53,319 --> 00:40:56,959 I like the way he's upselling it. 1003 00:40:56,959 --> 00:40:58,359 All right, it's time for music. 1004 00:40:58,359 --> 00:41:02,879 This breakthrough artist has been called the voice of her generation. 1005 00:41:02,879 --> 00:41:08,119 Here performing Caroline from her debut album, it is Arlo Parks! 1006 00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:25,359 # I was waiting for the bus one day. 1007 00:41:25,359 --> 00:41:30,519 # Watched a fight between an artsy couple escalate. 1008 00:41:32,919 --> 00:41:37,559 # Strawberry cheeks flushed with defeated rage. 1009 00:41:37,559 --> 00:41:42,879 # Then he spilled his coffee as he frantically explained. 1010 00:41:44,879 --> 00:41:47,759 # Maybe if you took a breath 1011 00:41:47,759 --> 00:41:50,959 # You would hear me when I talk to you 1012 00:41:50,959 --> 00:41:53,959 # Threw her necklace in his face. 1013 00:41:53,959 --> 00:41:56,879 # Eyes so bright with disappointment 1014 00:41:56,879 --> 00:41:59,919 # I saw something inside her break. 1015 00:41:59,919 --> 00:42:04,999 # Everybody knows the feeling 1016 00:42:05,759 --> 00:42:08,839 # Suddenly he started screaming. 1017 00:42:08,839 --> 00:42:14,039 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1018 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:20,799 # I swear to God I tried 1019 00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:26,119 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried. 1020 00:42:27,519 --> 00:42:32,839 # I swear to God I tried 1021 00:42:38,999 --> 00:42:44,199 # I swear to God I tried, I swear to God I tried. 1022 00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:49,439 # Ripped the hem of her skirt as she ran 1023 00:42:49,439 --> 00:42:54,639 # Panicking and weaving through the crowds on Oxford Street 1024 00:42:56,799 --> 00:43:02,039 # Watched his world dissolve in his hands 1025 00:43:03,599 --> 00:43:08,759 # Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees, ooh 1026 00:43:10,199 --> 00:43:11,839 # Maybe if she took a breath 1027 00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:14,799 # She would know I did it all for her 1028 00:43:14,799 --> 00:43:18,119 # Agony and hints of sage 1029 00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:20,719 # Her eyes blind with disappointment 1030 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:25,839 # I couldn't recognise her face. 1031 00:43:25,879 --> 00:43:29,679 # Shards of glass live in this feeling 1032 00:43:29,679 --> 00:43:32,639 # Have to somehow stop her leaving. 1033 00:43:32,639 --> 00:43:37,639 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1034 00:43:37,679 --> 00:43:40,039 # I swear to God I tried 1035 00:43:40,039 --> 00:43:44,839 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1036 00:43:44,839 --> 00:43:48,999 # I swear to God I tried. 1037 00:43:48,999 --> 00:43:51,799 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1038 00:43:51,799 --> 00:43:56,879 # I swear to God I tried. 1039 00:43:56,879 --> 00:44:01,119 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1040 00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:06,359 # I swear to God I tried 1041 00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:14,239 # Caroline, I swear to God I tried 1042 00:44:15,999 --> 00:44:21,319 # I swear to God I tried 1043 00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:30,599 # I swear to God I tried I swear to God I tried. 1044 00:44:34,639 --> 00:44:35,719 APPLAUSE. 1045 00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:37,959 Oh! 1046 00:44:37,959 --> 00:44:39,319 Beautiful! 1047 00:44:39,319 --> 00:44:43,039 Arlo Parks and her band, come on over, Arlo. 1048 00:44:43,039 --> 00:44:47,919 Thank you, band. 1049 00:44:47,919 --> 00:44:51,279 Welcome, welcome, have a seat, Arlo. 1050 00:44:51,279 --> 00:44:53,919 I hope you ordered white wine, because that's what you've got. 1051 00:44:53,919 --> 00:44:54,959 How are you? 1052 00:44:54,959 --> 00:44:57,039 I'm doing well, how are you? 1053 00:44:57,039 --> 00:44:58,879 All the better for that. 1054 00:44:58,879 --> 00:45:03,959 I know we're not your ideal audience, but we loved it. 1055 00:45:03,999 --> 00:45:05,999 It's beautiful and absolutely gorgeous. 1056 00:45:05,999 --> 00:45:11,279 Caroline, that is off the new album, Collapsed In Sunbeams. 1057 00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:12,679 Here it is. 1058 00:45:12,679 --> 00:45:15,119 And look at this, how old school is this? 1059 00:45:15,119 --> 00:45:20,319 It comes with a poster, ladies and gentlemen, a poster! 1060 00:45:20,879 --> 00:45:26,119 How cool is that? 1061 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,279 Yeah, it is funny because I grew up having so many posters on my walls 1062 00:45:31,279 --> 00:45:34,639 and I've been getting a few messages about me now being on someone else's 1063 00:45:34,639 --> 00:45:36,079 wall, which I think is amazing. 1064 00:45:36,079 --> 00:45:39,079 And I should say, that is out now, the album is out now 1065 00:45:39,079 --> 00:45:40,559 and the single is out now. 1066 00:45:40,559 --> 00:45:41,639 Indeed. 1067 00:45:41,639 --> 00:45:44,239 If you listen to Radio 6, it's on all the time 1068 00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:45,719 and I know all the words. 1069 00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:49,519 I was thinking, one of the nice things about doing this job 1070 00:45:49,519 --> 00:45:52,079 is that people come and go, but every now and again, 1071 00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:57,399 you hear a really special new voice like that. 1072 00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:00,919 Oh, I'm feeling so much love. 1073 00:46:00,919 --> 00:46:04,079 I was quite upset because last year, me and my husband were like, 1074 00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:07,239 "We've discovered this amazing new artist called Arlo Parks. 1075 00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:08,679 None of you will know her. 1076 00:46:08,679 --> 00:46:11,199 We know her". 1077 00:46:11,199 --> 00:46:13,319 And then whenever we mentioned your name to anyone, 1078 00:46:13,319 --> 00:46:18,519 everyone was like, "Obviously, we know who Arlo Parks is". 1079 00:46:20,639 --> 00:46:22,919 And you have a tour that probably will happen? 1080 00:46:22,919 --> 00:46:24,799 Fingers crossed. 1081 00:46:24,799 --> 00:46:26,599 It's towards the end of this year. 1082 00:46:26,599 --> 00:46:28,119 Come on. 1083 00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:31,679 Fingers crossed. 1084 00:46:31,679 --> 00:46:33,719 I mean, grannies can already book, so that's good. 1085 00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:35,159 That will be your audience. 1086 00:46:35,159 --> 00:46:37,399 Old people desperate to get out of the house. 1087 00:46:37,399 --> 00:46:38,839 Rocking out! 1088 00:46:38,839 --> 00:46:42,879 Filming it on their phones for the kids. 1089 00:46:42,879 --> 00:46:47,159 No, it is amazing and like I say, it's a really special voice. 1090 00:46:47,159 --> 00:46:51,839 So thank you very much for that beautiful performance 1091 00:46:51,839 --> 00:46:52,879 Arlo Parks, everybody! 1092 00:46:52,879 --> 00:46:55,119 APPLAUSE. 1093 00:46:55,119 --> 00:46:56,919 Right, that is nearly it. 1094 00:46:56,919 --> 00:47:00,039 Before we go, just time for a visit to the big red chair. 1095 00:47:00,039 --> 00:47:01,719 He's always wanted to sit there, always! 1096 00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:04,439 Marcus Brigstocke, hello! 1097 00:47:04,439 --> 00:47:07,439 I'm a bit nervous now I'm in it, Graham. 1098 00:47:07,439 --> 00:47:09,679 I don't think it's as dramatic as it looks. 1099 00:47:09,679 --> 00:47:11,279 We'll see. 1100 00:47:11,279 --> 00:47:13,159 They haven't given you a test run? 1101 00:47:13,159 --> 00:47:15,359 No, they have not given me a test run. 1102 00:47:15,359 --> 00:47:17,039 Well, let's see how we get on. 1103 00:47:17,039 --> 00:47:19,839 Maybe all the stories will be great and you won't be flipped. 1104 00:47:19,839 --> 00:47:20,879 Fingers crossed. 1105 00:47:20,879 --> 00:47:24,039 I'm pretty confident that I won't get flipped. 1106 00:47:24,039 --> 00:47:25,079 Good for you. 1107 00:47:25,079 --> 00:47:26,279 Who's up first? 1108 00:47:26,279 --> 00:47:27,319 Hello! 1109 00:47:27,319 --> 00:47:31,199 Hiya. 1110 00:47:31,199 --> 00:47:32,279 What's your name? 1111 00:47:32,279 --> 00:47:33,359 Anna. 1112 00:47:33,359 --> 00:47:34,399 And where are you? 1113 00:47:34,399 --> 00:47:35,439 I'm in London. 1114 00:47:35,439 --> 00:47:36,519 I live in London. 1115 00:47:36,519 --> 00:47:37,519 OK. 1116 00:47:37,519 --> 00:47:40,359 You are telling a story to keep Marcus Brigstocke in that chair. 1117 00:47:40,359 --> 00:47:41,359 Off you go. 1118 00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:42,439 Do all you can. 1119 00:47:42,439 --> 00:47:47,439 OK, crossing my fingers for you. 1120 00:47:47,439 --> 00:47:50,119 Years ago, I used to work as a professional horse rider 1121 00:47:50,119 --> 00:47:55,199 at a warm blood stud in New South Wales in Australia. 1122 00:47:55,799 --> 00:47:58,239 And at that time, yeah, we were serving mares naturally. 1123 00:47:58,239 --> 00:48:00,079 So the stallion gets on the mare, right? 1124 00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:01,319 I was holding the mare. 1125 00:48:01,319 --> 00:48:03,919 My best friend David was holding the stallion and when you're 1126 00:48:03,919 --> 00:48:06,159 holding the stallion, you are very close to where 1127 00:48:06,159 --> 00:48:07,959 the magic happens, right? 1128 00:48:07,959 --> 00:48:11,039 So the stallion hopped on the mare, missed a few times. 1129 00:48:11,039 --> 00:48:14,359 David was trying to help a bit. 1130 00:48:14,359 --> 00:48:18,679 He missed again and unloaded completely in his face. 1131 00:48:18,679 --> 00:48:23,759 Yay! 1132 00:48:23,839 --> 00:48:25,959 Well done, you can walk, Anna. 1133 00:48:25,959 --> 00:48:28,919 I cannot tell you how relieved I am that on the punchline 1134 00:48:28,919 --> 00:48:32,599 "Unload in his face", I wasn't suddenly swooshed backwards, 1135 00:48:32,599 --> 00:48:37,239 because I think it would have been too vivid. 1136 00:48:37,239 --> 00:48:42,119 I don't think you're as relieved as the horse. 1137 00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:45,559 OK, that really is all we've got time for. 1138 00:48:45,559 --> 00:48:48,399 If you'd like to go in the red chair yourself and tell 1139 00:48:48,399 --> 00:48:51,159 your story, you can. 1140 00:48:51,159 --> 00:48:53,279 Contact us via our website at this very address. 1141 00:48:53,279 --> 00:48:54,319 That is it. 1142 00:48:54,319 --> 00:48:57,199 Please say a huge thank you to all my guests, Arlo Parks! 1143 00:48:57,199 --> 00:48:58,239 Rachel Parris! 1144 00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,239 Marcus Brigstocke! 1145 00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:02,839 Mayim Bialik! 1146 00:49:02,839 --> 00:49:04,879 Adrian Lester! 1147 00:49:04,879 --> 00:49:06,839 Daniel Kaluuya! 1148 00:49:06,839 --> 00:49:10,359 And Sienna Miller! 1149 00:49:10,359 --> 00:49:12,999 Join me next week with singers Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan, 1150 00:49:12,999 --> 00:49:16,239 rugby great Gareth Thomas, comedian Judi Love, 1151 00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:19,799 super-chef Gordon Ramsay and Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike. 1152 00:49:19,799 --> 00:49:20,959 I will see you then. 1153 00:49:20,959 --> 00:49:26,199 Good night, everybody, bye-bye!