MY NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR BEST KNOWN
FOR "THE HOBBIT," THE TELEVISION SERIES "FARGO," AND
AS DR. WATSON ON "SHERLOCK."
>> HOW IS IT GOING FATHERHOOD.
>> GOOD, GREAT, AMAZING.
>> GET ANYTHING SLEEP?
>> OF COURSE, NOT.
>> BECK AND CALL OF A SCREAMING DEMANDING BABY WOKEN UP AT ALL
HOURS.
MUST BE VERY DIFFERENT.
>> YOU KNOW HOW IT IS.
ALL YOU DO IS CLEAN UP THEIR MESS, PAT THEM ON THE HEAD.
>> YOU TWO HAVING A LITTLE JOKE?
>> NEVER A WORD OF THANKS.
CAN'T EVEN TELL PEOPLE'S FACES APART.
>> THIS IS A JOKE, ISN'T IT?
>> YOU'RE SO CLEVER.
>> IS IT ABOUT ME?
>> I THINK THAT REALLY MIGHT BE IT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME MARTIN FREEMAN.
>> Stephen: I WAS JUST ADMIRING YOUR JACKET BACKSTAGE.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: I LIKE THE DOUBLE-BREASTED.
I LIKE THE TAILORED CUT.
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE READY TO LAUNCH A FRIGATE.
>> YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, BABY.
>> Stephen: WELCOME ABOARD.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO PIPE ME ABOARD.
>> Stephen: I WILL PIPE YOU ABOARD.
>> I'D LOVE YOU TO PIPE ME.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN SAY THAT ON CBS.
>> WE JUST DID.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF PIPING YOU.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO SEE MARTIN FREEMAN NAKED.
>> OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY KEEP ON THE TV-- THEY'RE PLAYING
"LOVE ACTUALLY."
>> THEY DO, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: LAST NIGHT MY WIFE AND I WERE DOING THE CHRISTMAS
CARDS AND WE HAD "LOVELY ACTUALLY "ON AND WE LOOKED UP
AND THERE YOU ARE NAKED.
DO YOU EVER WATCH IT YOURSELF AND GO, "GOD, I'M GLORIOUS."
>> I ONLY WATCH THAT BIT.
I EDIT EVERYTHING ELSE OUT -- >> IT'S NOT A LONG BIT.
IT'S JUST A SHORT BIT.
BUT IT'S-- ( LAUGHTER )
IS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL?
IS THERE GOING TO BE A SEQUEL WHERE WE GET TO SEE HOW THINGS
ARE HOLDING UP WITH YOU AND THINGS LIKE THAT?
>> YOU DON'T NEED THAT.
>> Stephen: "LOVE EVENTUALLY."
>> "LOVE ALREADY?" NO, I LIKE THE FILM, THOUGH.
>> Stephen: IT'S A DELIGHTFUL FILM.
IT'S NOT BIG OVER THERE?
>> IT'S BIG THERE, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ALMOST LIKE PART OF THE
HOLIDAY TRADITION.
>> Stephen: IT IS.
"LOVE ACTUALLY" PART OF THE HOLIDAY TRADITION HERE?
YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) THEY'LL SAY ANYTHING I TELL THEM
TO.
>> THIS MUCH POWER IS VERY DANGEROUS.
>> Stephen: IT IS VERY DANGEROUS HAPPY CHRISTMAS-- I
WANT TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YOU GUYS SAY HAPPY CHRISTMAS?
>> I USED TO SAY MERRY BUT NOW I FIND MYSELF SAYING HAPPY
CHRISTMAS.
>> Stephen: YEAH?
IS ENGLISH MORE TRADITIONAL FOR MERRY OR HAPPY?
>> I THINK IT'S A SLIGHT CLASS THING.
I THINK MERRY IS KIND OF FOR THE MASSES.
AND I THINK MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE SAY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, I THINK.
I THINK.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE WE IN AMERICA, THE ONLY TIME WE SAY
MERRY IS FOR CHRISTMASTIME.
>> THERE'S NO OTHER REASON FOR YOU TO SAY IT.
>> Stephen: NO.
WE DON'T SAY MERRY ANYTHING BUT MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> MERRY MEADE.
LIKE GIVE ME A GLASS OF MERRY MEADE.
IT JUST SOUNDS MEDIEVAL.
>> Stephen: WE DON'T SAY THE WORD "MEADE "MY FRIEND.
>> NEITHER DO WE.
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU MIGHT SAY IF YOU WERE FEELING
ENGLISH.
>> Stephen: I'LL HAVE SOME MERRY MEADE.
I'LL HAVE A YARD OF MEADE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I'D LOVE A MEADE.
>> MMM.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
>> WHO CARES?
>> Stephen: WELL, THE THING THAT-- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU
KNOW, I'M A HUGE TOLL KEN FAN.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, NO.
( LAUGHTER ) I HAD NO IDEA.
TELL ME AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: MURE MAKE ME SAD.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABOUT
FOUR SECONDS SINCE I HEARD YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT TOLKEN.
I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M A HUGE TOLKEN FAN, THE THING I LIKE
MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK OR DID UNTIL YOU BECAME A BITCH--
( LAUGHTER ) IS SHERLOCK.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW SEASON.
>> THANK YOU.
ME, TOO.
I THINK IT'S POTENTIALLY, IF WE HAVEN'T MEASED IT UP, THESE
THREE EPISODES OF "SHERLOCK" I THINK WILL BE THE BEST ONES.
THEY'RE FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN
FANTASTIC SO FAR.
>> REALLY.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO GET A PAVLOVIAN RESPONSE FROM YOUR
ACLIGHTS.
I'M SAYING THAT FOR REAL, LIKE THIS WILL BE-- I THINK THEY'RE
THE STRONGEST -- >> ARE YOU SAYING BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO BE THE LAST SEASON GIDON'T KNOW.
WE NEVER KNOW, REALLY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER GET-- DO YOU EVER GET UPSET THAT HE,
BENNY BATCH, GETS TO BE THE SMART ONE?
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT-- BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DUMB IN THE SERIES.
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: BUT HE'S EXTRAORDINARY.
AND HE OFTEN GETS CAST AS LIKE-- >> YES, OF COURSE,.
>> Stephen: THE SUPER SMART GUY.
DO YOU WERE THINK WHY CAN'T I BE THE SUPER SMART GUY?
I HAVE BEEN CAST IS NOT IMBECILES.
YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH, UH-HUH.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIT MUCH IF I INSISTED THAT JOHN
WATTON WAS CLEVERER THAN SHERLOCK HOLMES.
>> Stephen: JUST ONCE.
HE GET DRUNK AND YOU TAKE IAWASKA TEA AND YOU FIGURE IT
OUT.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SHOW IS THE BALANCE OF HIS
AMAZING BRAIN AND INTELLECT, WHICH IS WAY BEYOND ANYBODY
ELSE'S.
WHAT DISWRAWN BRINGS IS HE HUMANIZES IT AND HE'S ABLE TO
SORT OF HOLD SHERLOCK'S HAND THROUGH LIFE AND GO, "THIS IS
HOW REAL PEOPLE THINK AND THIS IS HOW STUFF WORKS," WHILE
SHERLOCK IS GOING OFF ON THESE AMAZING FIREWORKS OF INTELLECT,
JOHN IS GOING, "YEAH, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PAY THE RENT.
YOU REALIZE YOU JUST HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS THERE,
"BECAUSE SHERLOCK DOESN'T SEE THAT.
>> Stephen: AND HE HAS A STIFLED EMOTIONAL LIFE, TOO.
>> YEAH, HE DOES.
>> Stephen: BUT YOUR FANS-- YOUR FANS DO NOT HAVE A STIFLED
EMOTIONAL LIFE-- >> WHAT'S A STIFLED EMOTIONAL
LIFE.
>> Stephen: A WILD E, ROTIC IMAGINATION.
THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF FAN ART OF WATTON AND HOLMES, AND AMBERS
AND ACE.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THAT STUFF?
>> I HAVE DONE SOME OF THEM.
>> Stephen: THAT COULD BE IN THE SEQUEL OF "LOVE ACTUALLY"
ACTUALLY.
IAN McCLELLAN HAS SENT YOU STUFF.
"I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE."
>> WHEN WE WERE IN NEW ZEALAND DOING "THE HOBBIT" --
>> WHAT, WHAT?
>> WHY DIBRING IT UP.
>> Stephen: OH, LORD.
>> WE WERE DOING "THE HOBBIT."
HE SENT ME AN EMAIL OF ONE OF THESE PICTURES -- IT WAS--
( CHEERS ) IT WAS CERTAINLY --
>> I WOULD-- >> IT WAS IT WAS STRONGER THAN
THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOD.
I WOULD BE SO FLATTERED IF SOMEONE DREW MY BODY LIKE THAT.
I WOULD BE SO HAPPY.
>> ME, TOO, YEAH.
BUT NO, HE WAS JUST SAYING, "DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS ALL GOING
ON?" AND I DID.
I DID KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON.
>> Stephen: THERE WAS A LITTLE CRITICISM FOR ONE OF THE SEASON
BECAUSE IT IMPLIED THAT THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS BEING
BLACKMAILED BY A DOMINATRIX, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: "YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY."
DO YOU CARE ABOUT THAT?
OR "THEY'RE JUST FOLKS DOWN THE ROAD?"
>> OBVIOUSLY THE ANSWER IS I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A SUBJECT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> LISTEN, THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE IN JANUARY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S ALL
WE HAVE-- THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR, MARTIN FREEMAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR-- THE NEW SEASON OF "SHERLOCK"
PREMIERES JANUARY 1 ON MASTERPIECE ON PBS.
MARTIN FREEMAN, EVERYBODY.