THE DAZZLING, THE
DELIGHTFUL, VANESSA KIRBY!
THERE SHE IS!
LOOK AT YOU.
VANESSA, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AND TO BE TALKING TO YOU.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO TELL YOU AS I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR
SOMETIME NOW, I'M SO OUTRAGEOUSLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'RE DOING IN YOUR CAREER.
WATCHING FROM AFAR, I'VE JUST FOUND IT MAJESTIC TO WATCH.
AS I SAY THE WORDS OSCAR NOMINEE VANESSA KIRBY, HOW'S THAT SOUND?
HOW'S THAT FEEL?
>> MENTAL.
I MEAN, I DON'T -- IT'S SO WEIRD.
YOU -- I -- WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT DOESN'T -- IT JUST
DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T GO IN IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
>> James: YEAH.
>> IT JUST HASN'T GONE IN.
IT DOESN'T FEEL, UM, I MEAN, I -- I DON'T -- I DON'T HAVE ANY
-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY HONESTLY.
>> James: I GET IT.
I GET IT.
IT MUST BE INCREDIBLE.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE NOMINATION?
>> OH, YES!
I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MAKEUP TRAILER OF "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE"
HAVING MY HAIR DYED AND LUCKILY I WAS WITH SOMEONE I'VE BEEN
WITH -- I'VE KNOWN FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
SHE'S DONE MY HAIR FOR AGES.
I WAS SORT OF SITTING THERE.
I WAS READING A BOOK.
I GOT A TEXT.
IT WAS FROM THE CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE MOVIE.
HE SAID, VANESSA, VANESSA, ARE YOU WATCHING!
I SAID, WATCHING WHAT?
HE SAID, THE NOMINATIONS?
I SAID, WHICH NOMINATIONS?
YOU PUT IT COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR MIND.
THEN HE TOLD ME THE NEWS.
I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT I SORT OF GASPED AND, UM, KIRSTEN WHO WAS
WITH ME SORT OF WENT -- GASPED -- HERSELF.
SHE SAID GOOD OR BAD?
GOOD OR BAD?
I SAID, I DON'T KNOW.
SHE SORT OF CRIED.
I WAS SPEECHLESS FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN I CRIED A BIT.
TO BE HONEST, IT STILL HASN'T SUNK IN.
>> James: THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF AWARDS CEREMONIES THAT YOU'VE
BEEN NOMINATED FOR -- NOT JUST THE UPCOMING ACADEMY AWARDS --
THERE'S BEEN SO MANY.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THEM IN LONDON IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TIME
ZONE.
THAT'S WHEN LIKE WHEN YOU'RE SORT OF GETTING DRESSED TO GET
READY IN FULL GLAM AT 4:00 A.M., LIKE, WAITING FOR YOUR CATEGORY?
THAT MIGHT BE THE ODDEST THING?
>> IT'S SO ODD.
IT'S KIND OF A BIT PATHETIC.
YOU SORT OF HAVE TO GET READY AND YOU LITERALLY HAVE NOWHERE
TO GO.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF METERS FROM THE BED OR THE CHAIR, DO YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
TO ANOTHER CHAIR AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU'RE SQUINTING TO A
LAPTOP.
IT'S DELAYED AND SUDDENLY IT'S LIKE INTERNET CONNECTION IS
UNSTABLE AND YOU MISS A TON OF STUFF.
I'M DRAGGING MY POOR SISTER EVERY TIME.
SHE'S LIKE, OH.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WEAR.
SHE SORT OF WEARS THE SAME THING.
WE SORT OF SIT THERE AND SORT OF WAIT.
AND CARRIE MONGAN IS A GOOD FRIEND.
WE ARE MESSAGING ON THE SCREEN SAYING, THIS IS REALLY WEIRD.
THE GLOBES IS THE FIRST ONE.
NO ONE KNEW HOW TO DO IT VIRTUALLY IF THAT MAKES ANY
SENSE.
>> James: YEAH.
FOR SURE.
>> OF COURSE, AS SOON AS IT'S OVER, THE LAPTOP CLOSES --
[LAUGHTER] -- AND YOU'RE JUST LEFT WITH
YOURSELF AND YOU SORT OF GO, WELL, WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?
I DON'T KNOW, LIKE EAT EVERYTHING YOU CAN FIND, YOU
KNOW?
HAVE A FEW DRINKS BUT THEN, OF COURSE, IT'S 5:00 A.M.
IT'S A.M. BY THAT POINT.
YOU FEEL JETLAGGED TO HELL AND THEN YOU FEEL SORT OF WEIRD FOR
A WEEK.
>> James: THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
YEAH, AND YOU MENTIONED THE WEEK IN THERE -- YOU SHARE AN
APARTMENT WITH YOUR SISTER AND TWO OTHER FLATMATES.
THE FOUR OF YOU HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE
LOCKDOWN.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN INTO ANY HOBBIES OR ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME OF
LOCKDOWN?
IS THERE ANYTHING NEW THAT YOU'VE DISCOVERED?
>> THERE IS!
THERE IS!
SO, UM, WELL, WE KEPT EACH OTHER SANE.
THE ONLY THING WE DID IS MISSION TRAINING DURING LOCKDOWN.
SHE'S BEEN SWEARING BY THIS VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> SHE WENT ON ABOUT IT SO MUCH UNTIL SHE SENT A VIDEO OF HER
MOM ON IT.
IT WAS SO HILARIOUS THAT WE ORDERED ONE AND THEN, OF COURSE,
WE -- IT'S GETTING SLIGHTLY WEIRD BECAUSE IN A WAY, YOU'RE
CONFINED TO YOUR OWN HOME AND YOU CAN GO TO TOTALLY DIFFERENT
WORLDS ON THIS MACHINE.
IT'S NOT VERY HEALTHY BUT IT'S QUITE FUN.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GONE ON A HOLIDAY OR YOU'VE BEEN SKIING OR
YOU'VE BEEN -- IT'S QUITE MENTAL.
GO ON A BEACH.
>> James: YOU SENT US A VIDEO OF YOUR SISTER USING THIS SAID
VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE'S DOING HERE?
TAKE A LOOK.
HA-HA!
OH MY GOD.
WHAT -- HA-HA -- WHAT WAS SHE DOING?
WHAT WAS SHE DOING?
>> SHE WAS ON A ROLLER COASTER, JAMES.
SHE WAS ON A REALLY -- SHE WAS ON A REALLY RICKETY ROLLER
COASTER ON A TROPICAL ISLAND SO -- AND SHE REALLY, SHE REALLY
LOSES HER LEGS AND BALANCE WHEN SHE'S ON IT FOR SOME REASON.
SHE GETS INTENSE MOTION SICKNESS.
>> James: I CAN THINK NO GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE IN NEED
OF THE NEWS THAT PUBS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM REOPENED THE
OTHER DAY.
>> OH MY GOD!
>> James: HAVE YOU BEEN YET?
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED A PUB?
WHAT IS LONDON LIKE?
>> I WAS WORKING.
THEY WERE ALL IN A PUB.
THEY BOOKED IT AS SOON AS THEY HEARD APRIL 12TH WAS GOING TO BE
THE DAY.
AS I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM WORK, THERE WERE CUES OF PEOPLE -- AND
BY THE WAY, JAMES, IT WAS SNOWING IN THE MORNING SO IT WAS
LIKE MINUS 1, THE GREAT BRITISH PUBLIC WERE OUT IN THEIR DROVES,
LINES AND LINES.
SO I'M GOING AS SOON AS I CAN.
>> James: IS IT TRUE, PUBS, THAT YOUR DAD USED TO TAKE YOU
TO THE PUB WHEN YOU WERE UNDERAGE?
>> HE DID, YEAH.
I ONLY REMEMBER THIS RECENTLY ACTUALLY.
I CAME BACK LIKE A FLASHBACK BUT -- THEY JUST STARTED
IDing LIKE AROUND THE TIME WHEN I WASN'T 18 AND, UM, AND IT
WAS LIKE THE LOCAL PUB WHERE LIKE EVERYONE WENT, YOU KNOW?
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED IS I WOULD GO AND THEY WOULD TURN ME AWAY,
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TAKE FAKE I.D.ES BY THAT POINT AND I GO
HOME AND MY DAD WOULD BE LIKE, RIGHT.
NO.
NOT HAVING THAT.
HE WOULD GRAB MY HAND AND MARCH ME IN.
AND IT WAS -- IT OBVIOUSLY LOOKED QUITE WEIRD BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, IT LOOKED LIKE -- I MEAN, GOD KNOWS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
BUT THE BOUNCERS DIDN'T -- THEY JUST LET ME GO PAST HAVING JUST
SAID NO.
HE WAS A BIT OF A LEGEND LIKE THAT.
>> James: I LOVE YOUR DAD FOR DOING THAT.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
I COULD HAVE USED YOUR DAD WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO --
>> I KNOW!
>> James: WE COULD HAVE USED YOUR DAD AT SOME POINT TRYING TO
GET INTO PUBS WHEN WE WERE 13.
LET'S TALK -- LET'S TALK NOW ABOUT YOUR INCREDIBLE
PERFORMANCE IN YOUR BRILLIANT MOVIE "PIECES OF A WOMAN."
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN IT YET, TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT
AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> IT'S ABOUT MARTHA WHO GOES THROUGH AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY.
SHE LOSES A BABY AND THEN THE FILM IS REALLY LIKE A KIND OF --
THE DIRECTOR CALLED IT LIKE AN ODYSSEY OF GRIEF REALLY, HER
NAVIGATING HOW TO FIND HER WAY OUT OF IT.
YOU KNOW WHEN EVERYONE -- LIKE, WE ALL GO THROUGH LIKE REALLY,
REALLY DIFFICULT TIMES AND, OH, THOSE DAYS COULD SEEM ENDLESS
AND SORT OF LIKE AN ETERNITY.
YOU'RE TOTALLY ALONE.
HOW YOU SORT OF FIND YOUR WAY OUT OF IT AND LEARN TO LIVE
ALONGSIDE IT REALLY.
AND I THINK ESPECIALLY IN THIS LAST YEAR, EVERYONE HAS HAD SO
MANY LOSSES AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT GRIEF'S LIKE SO, UM, IT'S AN
EXASPERATION REALLY.
>> James: IT SHINES A LIGHT ON SOMETHING I DON'T THINK I'VE
REALLY SEEN TRULY EXPLORED IN SUCH A WAY IN FILM BEFORE AND
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY ESERVING OF EVERY PIECE OF PRAISE THAT'S
COMING YOUR WAY.
IT'S A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE THAT I THINK WILL LIVE ON FOR
DECADES AND I THINK WILL REALLY MEAN A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO'S BEEN THROUGH OR ARE GOING THROUGH SUCH THINGS.
IT'S A MASTERPIECE.