WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"!
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN AWARD WINNING ACTOR, DAMIAN LEWIS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.
>> YOU LIKE A DRINK.
>> Stephen: I DO.
LET ME JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEHIND THERE.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS -- >> THIS IS GOOD.
>> Stephen: KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THAT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU ENJOY A COCKTAIL?
>> I LIKE A LITTLE BOURBON, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I KEEP A LITTLE BAR BACK HERE.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: I DO KEEP A LITTLE BAR BACK HERE BECAUSE I HAVE
THIS FULL RIGHT HERE JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS A DRINK.
>> OH, MY GOD ARE YOU DRUNK NOW?
>> Stephen: I'M NOT.
THIS IS FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: UNLESS THIS IS A RERUN, I'M NOT.
THERE YOU GO.
SO IS BOURBON YOUR DRINK OF CHOICE?
>> IT REALLY -- IT REALLY -- THIS IS -- YOU CAN GO HOME.
IT'S FINE.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT AND DRINK.
>> Stephen: THIS ISN'T CABLE, BUDDY.
THIS IS NETWORK.
WE HAVE NICE STUFF THERE.
>> LOOK AT THIS!
I'M VERY EXCITED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK TO
THE SHOW.
>> THE WHOLE OF THE GROTON ROW IS DRIBBLING.
>> Stephen: CHEERS TO YOU.
YUCKY DA, AS WE SAY IN WALES.
THAT'S MY ONLY WELSH.
>> Stephen: TO TOM JONES.
YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
>> Stephen: MMM, MMM, YEAH, THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S NICE.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, NICE TO HAVE YOU AT THE ED SULLIVAN
THEATER, THOUGH THIS OBVIOUSLY IS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME ON
BROADWAY.
YOU MADE YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT IN '95?
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: IN "HAMLET."
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A PLAY, "HAMLET' IS THE ONE, I FIND.
THIS IS YOU WITH LAIRTES.
( APPLAUSE ) THERE YOU GO.
>> I'M TRYING TO BE TOUGH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO THE BIG SWORD FIGHT AT THE END
THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WAS HE A GOOD COASTER ON STAGE?
>> RAFE'S FANTASTIC.
BUT YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE BECAUSE HE CHANGES EVERYTHING
EACH NIGHT.
HE'S VERY FREE ON STAGE.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE SWORD TWILIGHTFIGHT.
>> THERE'S THE STORY ABOUT THE SWORD FIGHT.
WE'D BEEN IN LONDON, CAME ON BROADWAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S 25
YOUNG BRITISH ON BROADWAY, SEEMED LIKE ONE SHOULDN'T GO TO
BED MUCH BEFORE 6:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DIDN'T
TOO OFTEN.
SO WE -- >> Stephen: YOU'RE PLAYING THE
PLAY IMPAIRED, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
>> PARTIALLY IMPAIRED.
ONE NIGHT, THE THING IS GOING QUICKER AND QUICKER AND QUICKER,
AND IT HAD BEEN AMAZINGLY CHOREOGRAPHED BY BILL HOBBS WHO
HAD DONE THE THEMUS CAY TIERS.
THIS THING WAS GOING QUICKER AND QUICKER AND QUICKER, AND ONE
NIGHT WE'RE IN LIKE THIS, I PARI ACROSS LIKE THIS, AND SOMETHING
GOES WRONG AND I GET THIS WHAT CAN RIGHT ABOVE MY EYE.
AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD.
IN FACT, THAT FEELS BAD.
AND IT'S JUST ATTEND OF THE FIGHT, AND I TURN ONE WAY AS
LAIRTES UPSTAGE AND RAFE TURNS THE OTHER WAY SO HE CAN'T SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
SO I GO TO MY KNEES THE WAY I'M SUPPOSED TO AND I SAID THAT
DIDN'T FEEL GOOD AT ALL.
SUDDENLY IT'S LIKE SOMEONE STRUCK OIL IN MY FOREHEAD AND
BLOOD IS GUSHING OUT OF MY FACE, AND RAFE HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING
YET BECAUSE HE'S FACING THE OTHER WAY GIVING HAMLET
MONOLOGUES BECAUSE HE'S HAMLET SO HE GETS TO DO THAT.
I TURN AROUND AND, BY THE TIME I TURN AROUND AND HE TURNS AROUND,
THE WHOLE HALF OF MY FACE IS COVERED IN BLOOD.
IT'S LIKE A GEYSER.
IT'S LIKE THIS THING IS JUST PUMPING BLOOD.
AND HE LOOKS AT ME.
AND YOU KNOW RAFE'S EYES, HE HAS INCREDIBLE BLUE EYES AND THEY GO
CRAZIER THAN THEY NORMALLY ARE, AND HE GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER
STILL DOING HIS MONOLOGUE AND WHISPERS, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WOW.
AND ALL I CAN FEEL IS BLOOD AND I'M LOOKING AROUND GOING, I
DON'T KNOW, YOU TELL ME.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT GOOD.
I CAN'T SEE.
>> Stephen: IF A GUY WHO CAN SEE YOUR FACE SAYS, ARE YOU ALL
RIGHT?
>> AND I GET RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND I HAVE NINE
STITCHES.
MY EYEBROW DOESN'T JOIN UP.
MAKEUP ARTISTS CURSE MY RIGHT EYEBROW BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE
IT MATCH.
THERE'S A GAP.
I HAVE QUITE A BIT ON NOW.
>> Stephen: THEY JOINED IT UP.
YOU LOOK PERFECTLY FINE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: BILLIONS ON SHOW TIME SEASON 4 IS STARTING.
WE HAVE A CLIP HERE IN A SECOND OF YOU AND PAUL GIAMATTI.
GIAMATTI IS A LOT OF FUN TO INTERVIEW BUT I'VE NEVER DEAN A
SCENE OPPOSITE HIM.
DO YOU HAVE EXERCISES YOU DO?
>> WE HAVE A QUITE DEEP AND INVOLVED PROCESS.
IT'S VERY, VERY SERIOUS, AND WE TEND TO JUST DO THIS QUITE A
LOT.
( SOUND ) >> OH, SO SORRY.
AND THEN I GO -- AND THEN LIKE THIS -- AND THE DIRECTOR WILL
SAY ACTION, AND WE'LL GO STRAIGHT INTO IT.
>> Stephen: LOOSENS YOU UP.
WE FIND THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE IS JUST TO MAKE FART
NOISES AND MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH.
HOW ARE OTHER ACTORS PREPARING?
I JUST ASSUMED EVERYONE WAS DOING IT.
>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S THE SUBSTSTANISLOVSKI METHOD.
( LAUGHTER ) CAN YOU TELL ME THE CLIP WE'RE
ABOUT TO SEE?
>> LET'S HOPE WE HAVE THE RIGHT CLIP.
I BELIEVE THIS IS NOT WITH PAUL.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I'M QUIZZING YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> SORRY.
I'VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT THE PEOPLE TOLD ME BACKSTAGE.
AXE IS BEING VERY AXE-Y AND IS ABOUT TO FIRE SOMEBODY.
>> Stephen: HOW MANY SCENES COULD YOU DESCRIBE LIKE THAT?
YOU JUST GUESSED.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
AXE IS BEING VERY AXE-Y.
( LAUGHTER ) >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE AXE, HE'S
ANGRY, HE'S IN CONTROL, GO.
>> Stephen: JIM.
DO YOU KNOW WHY ALL THESE SCORES SO MUCH?
BECAUSE BAXTRUM SHARES THE PUCK.
>> YEAH, BUT WHEN HE DOES, OBI GOES BAR DOWN.
THIS LAME LOSE A PUCK BETWEEN HIS LEGS OR AIR MAILS IT INTO
THE DAMN GLASS.
>> I FIRE HIM AND HE NEVER ( BLEEP ) UP AGAIN, RIGHT, RUD
>> RIGHT.
YOU SIGNED YOUR NONCOMPETE DIDN'T YOU?
>> OF COURSE.
GOOD.
RUDY, YOU'RE FIRED.
>> Stephen: VERY AXE-Y.
YOU DID NOT LIE.
VERY AXE-Y.
>> THAT WAS VERY AXE-Y.
>> Stephen: DAMIAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
NICE OF YOU TO BE HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: DAMIAN LEWIS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!