PLEASE WELCOME
NICOLE KIDMAN AND KERRY WASHINGTON.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
>> ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU, I MISSED YOU BOTH.
TERRIBLY.
NOW KERRY WASHINGTON, YOU WERE NAMED ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT
WEEKLY'S ENTERTAINERS OF THE YEAR.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE THING.
WHAT, HOW DO YOU FEEL?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
IT IS A GREAT COVER.
>> WELL, I-- YOU KNOW, I HONESTLY THOUGHT IT WAS A
MISTAKE WHEN MY PUBLICIST EMAILED ME.
I THOUGHT WHO DID THEY MEAN TO SEND IT TO ME, IT IS REALLY
BECAUSE I GOT TO END MY YEAR WORKING WITH MEGASTARS LIKE YOU
TWO.
SO IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT YOU I HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GIVEN
THIS HONOR.
>>Z.
>> James: THAT IS WHAT I FELT WHEN I READ IT, TO BE HONEST, I
ACTUALLY, I MANAGED IN MY OWN MIND TO REALLY JUST MAKE THIS
WHOLE THING ABOUT ME.
SO I AM THRILLED THAT YOU HAD THAT FEELING AS WELL.
AND NICOLE, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE UNDOING.
EVERYONE HERE ON THE STAFF IS OBSESSED WITH IT.
IT FEELS LIKE THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS OBSESSED WITH THAT SHOW.
DID YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF IMPACT?
DID YOU THINK IT WOULD BE THIS HUGE?
>> NO, NO, I WAS WORRIED IT WOULDN'T GET ANY VIEWERS.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT BUT I WAS WORRIED THERE WOULD BE NO
VIEW ARES, WHAT WAS GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN IT.
AND SO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
BUT IT KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, IT FOUND ITS AUDIENCE AND IT TOOK
OFF AND IT WAS ALL RI REALLY WONDERFUL RIDE, ACTUALLY TO HAVE
IT, AND HAVING IT SPREAD OUT T IS FABULOUS.
>> James: IT WAS SO BRILLIANT.
KERRY, I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOU PLAYED PLACED BETS
ON WHO THE KILLER WAS GOING TO BE.
>> WE DID WE WATCHEDS A FAMILY AM MY MOTHER REQUIRED US TO
WRITE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER WHO WE THOUGHT THE KILLER WAS
GOING TO BE AND WE HAD TO FOLD IT UP AND PUT IT INTO A JAR THAT
NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO TOUCH UNTIL THE FINAL EPISODE.
WE DID THIS AT EPISODE I THINK THREE OR FOUR.
>> AND WITHOUT GIVING IT AWAY, DID ANYBODY GET IT RIGHT?
>> YES, SO HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED.
MY MOTHER GOT IT RIGHT.
AND THIS SHOW HAS SO MESSED WITH MY HEAD, PLANTING SUSPICION OF
ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT OH, MY MOTHER IS JUST IN THIS TO
WIN.
SHE SHOW REACHED OUT TO SOMEBODY, GT THE ANSWER.
LIKE I WAS VERY PARANOID BECAUSE THIS SHOW HAD PUT ME IN A
PANICKED STATE OF MIND.
>> James: NOW YOU BOTH STARTED OUT IN YOUR TEENS, NICOLE, YOUR
FIRST MOVIE, YOUR MOVIE, YOU HAD A ROLE IN A MOVIE CALLED BUSH
CHRISTMAS.
WHICH I THINK SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
I DO.
IALWAYS LOVED A BUSH CHRISTMAS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS, WHAT IS A BUSH CHRISTMAS.
>> WE WITH.
>> James: WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUSHES ON THE SHOW THE
LAST COUPFUL DAYS.
WE ARE BACK IN IT FOR A CHRISTMAS BUSH.
HOW-- WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE, WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE IN THE BUSH
CHRISTMAS.
>> IT WAG A KID'S MOVIE.
IT WAS ABOUT IN THE BUSH, THE FOREST, WHAT WE CALL IN THE
AUSTRALIA THE BUSH, WHAT YOU CALL IN AMERICA, A FOREST, A
FOREST, IT IS A LITTLE KID'S MOVIE WHERE I GET TO RIDE A
HORSE AND EAT A WIDGET.
>> James: IT IS MY FAVORITE THING, IT REALLY.
IS NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROM.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES.
ARE YOU BOTH SO BRILLIANT.
>> AS ARE YOU.
AS ARE YOU.
EVERY TIME I TWACH.
>> James: GUYS, I DON'T WANT ALL OF THIS TO BECOME ABOUT ME,
OKAY.
NOW LOOK, KERRY.
>> IT CAN BE WITH YOU FOR ONE MINUTE.
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO REAL AND ABSOLUTELY, THE GIRL, AND MY
SELF-ALL WEPT, CUZ I KNOW YOU, AND THAT WAS LIKE, WAS GORGEOUS,
GORGEOUS WORK.
>> YOU AND MERYL ARE DOING A LITTLE ONE ACT PLAY IN THAT
HOTEL ROOM TRK IS EXTRAORDINARY.
>> James: THANK YOU, YOU'RE VERY SWEET.
GENUINELY, THANK YOU.
>> KERRY, YOU VERY MUCH PLAY THE VILLAIN IN THE MOVIE, IN A
SENSE.
HOW DID RYAN MURPHY PITCH THIS ROLE TO YOU.
>> HE CALLED ME.
HE TOLD ME THE WHOLE PLOT AND HE SAID I NEED SOMEONE TO COME IN
AND PLAY THE BAD GUY.
AND I UNDERSTOOD HE WAS PITCHING ME TO BE A BIGOT AND HOMOPHOBE
BUT I THINK HE GOT ME BECAUSE HE SAID YOU WILL GET BE TO REALLY
MEAN AND RUDE TO MERYL STREEP, NICOLE KIDMAN AND JAMES CORDEN.
AND I'M LIKE I'M IN!
MANY OF US HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF CARRYING MERYL STREEP IN
VARIOUS PROJECTS IN OUR LIVES.
>> IT IS REALLY SUCH A DRAG.
>> James: ST EXHAUSTING.
BUT NICOLE, MERYL PLAYED THE EVIL MOTHER-IN-LAW IN BIG LITTLE
LIES.
TALK TO ME, WHAT WAS IT LIKE, IT WAS SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE SCENE
WHERE MERYL SCREAMS AT YOU IN THE MANNER THAT SHE DID.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE DOING THAT SCENE?
>> I JUST REMEMBER BEFORE WE WERE SHOOTING IT SHE KEPT
SAYING,.
>> I THINK WE DID 20 TAKES.
AND BUT DON'T EVER BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAYS, SHE JUST DID T AND I
REMEMBER THE LITTLE BOY THATA ACROSS THE TABLE, THE FIRST
TIME, IT WAS LIKE THEIR MOUTHS AND THEIR EYES JUST-- IT WAS
REAL.
AND IT WAS SO LOUD AND SO DISTURBING.
AND THEN SHE JUST REPEATED AND REPEATED IT.
AND THOSE BOYS HAD THAT RESPONSE EACH TIME BECAUSE SHE JUST WAS,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS LIKE A SHOT TO THE HEART EACH
TIME.
AS YOU KNOW, SHE'S INCREDIBLE.
>> James: I TELL YOU BEFORE, I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, SHE IS A
LOVELY LITTLE ACTRESS, THAT IS WHAT I THINK.
SHE IS.
SHE.
IS AND YOU NEED THOSE PEOPLE ON A MOVIE LIKE.
THIS I SAID TO HER, I SAID WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT THE LITTLE
GUYS, WE, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WITH YOU PROPPING US UP WE CAN'T
DO IT.
SHE IS A CRACKER AND I REALLY THINK IT WILL BE A TURNING POINT
IF HER CAREER.