>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: HELLO, HUGH.
>> HELLO, NEW YORK AUDIENCE.
VERY NICE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HUGH GRANT, VERY
EXCITED.
>> IT'S LOVELY, LOVELY TO BE BACK IN THIS FREEZING COLD MEAT
LOCKER.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
I'VE WANTED TO INTERVIEW YOU A LONG TIME, NEVER HAD A CHANCE
TO.
I'M A BIG FAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I'VE ADMIRED YOU FROM AFAR, WHEN VERY, IN THE SMALL HOURS OF
THE NIGHT IN ENGLAND WHEN I'M VERY DRUNK, YOU SEEM REALLY
GOOD.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THE DRUNKER YOU GET, THE FUNNIER I AM.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE MARVELOUS.
>> Stephen: SO ARE YOU.
>> ENOUGH OF THAT.
>> Stephen: YES, YES.
JEREMY THORPE, WHO YOU ARE PLAYING THERE, FIRST OF ALL, A
VERY INTERESTING ROLE FOR YOU TO TAKE.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN HUGH GRANT WITH BAD HAIR.
( LAUGHTER ) I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD THE
TECHNOLOGY TO GIVE YOU BAD HAIR.
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE YOU HAVE FANTASTIC HAIR.
MAYBE IN CLOUD ATLAS YOU HAD BAD HAIR, IN THE FUTURE.
>> YEAH, I HAD NO HAIR AT ALL.
I WAS A CANNIBAL.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, SURE.
JEREMY THORPE, FOR AMERICANS, WHO WAS HE AND WHAT MAKES THIS
SCANDAL SO VERY ENGLISH?
>> IT WAS A BIG THING IN ENGLAND.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THIS THING WAS GRADUALLY DEVELOPING.
>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> 60s AND 70s, BUT MAINLY 70s.
AND HE WAS ONE OF OUR TOP POLITICIANS, ABSOLUTE MEMBER OF
THE ESTABLISHMENT, LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY, MARRIED MAN,
CHILD, VERY WELL CONNECTED.
AND HE HARBORED, APPARENTLY, THIS SECRET, WHICH IS IS THAT HE
WAS GAY, AND HE HAD THIS ONE LOVER WAY BACK POWHO SORT OF
STALKED HIM AND THREAT BED TO EXPOSE HIM.
AND IN THE END, JEREMY THORPE BECAME SO DESPERATE WANTING TO
PROTECT HIS CAREER AND HIS EXPAERT HIS MARRIAGE AND
EVERYTHING, THAT HE-- HE TOOK OUT A VERY ENGLISH, VERY
AMATEURISH HIT ON THIS GUY.
>> Stephen: LIKE, TO GET HIM MURDERED?
>> YEAH.
AND IT WAS JUST DONE VERY, VERY BADLY.
WELL, YOU KNOW--
HE SAID TO A FRIEND, "I THINK WE SHOULD KILL HIM."
AND THE FRIEND SAID, "RIGHT, RIGHT, I'LL SORT THAT OUT."
AND SPOKE TO A FRIEND WHO SPOKE TO ANOTHER FRIEND WHO SPOKE TO
ANOTHER FRIEND AND IN THE END THEY FOUND THIS DRUNK,
OUT-OF-WORK AIRLINE PILOT WITH A 1911 LUGAR PISTOL WITH A JAM, HE
MISSED THE GUN, SHOT THE DOG INSTEAD.
IT WAS JUST ABOUT AS FAR FROM "GOODFELL AS" AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, BUT VERY ENGLISH, AND IT ENDED UP IN A TRIAL.
IT WAS THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY.
>> Stephen: HE WAS YOUR O.J.
>> IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, BECAUSE-- NOT TO GIVE IT AWAY--
ALL RIGHT, I WILL.
HE GOT OFF.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE CAN ALWAYS GOOGLE IT.
WE CAN GOOGLE IT.
>> I WROTE THE WHOLE AMAZON THING.
"HE JUST BLEW THE WHOLE SERIES.
NO ONE IS GOING TO WATCH IT."
s THAT IS A HISTORICAL FACT.
HE GOT OFF IN A VERY O.J.-ISH KIND OF WAY, EVERYONE THOUGHT--
NOW I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I SAY ABOUT O.J., I SUPPOSE --
>> Stephen: HE'S A FAN.
PEOPLE WATCH.
>> THEY WONDERED IF IT WAS THE CORRECT VERDICT.
HE WAS NEVER ALLOWED BACK INTO PUBLIC LIFE.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAD TO (BLEEP) OUT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CLIP.
I ASSUME THAT THERE'S SOME SCENES WHERE YOU'RE IN FLAGRANT
FLAGRANTE.
>> I HAD DONE "PADDINGTON 2" WITH HIM PLAYING THE BEAR.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IT DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT, SOMEHOW.
ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THERE ARE SCENES.
YOU KNOW, ME ENTERED THE ROOM-- FAMOUSLY THIS ALL HAPPENED--
WITH A JAR OF VASELINE-- DO YOU REMEMBER VASELINE?
AND A TOWEL.
AND ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER AND IT'S-- YEAH, IT'S ALL THERE
IN THE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU WATCHED IT WITH YOUR FAMILY?
>> I HAVEN'T WATCHED IT WITH MY SMALL CHILDREN.
( LAUGHTER ) THEY PREFER PADDINGTON.
I DID HAVE TO WATCH IT WITH MY 89-YEAR-OLD EX-MILITARY FATHER,
WHO I GO AROUND ON SUNDAY NIGHTS.
AND HE SAID TO ME, "NOW, YOU'RE IN THIS BUGGER'S FILM."
AND I SAID, "YES, THAT'S RIGHT."
AND HE SAID, "LET'S WATCH IT."
AND I SAID, "NO, DAD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT."
HE SAID I'M A VERY SUPPORTIVE FATHER.
WE'LL WATCH IT.
I HAVE A TELEVISION SET UP, UPSTAIRS, IF YOU SHOW MOO HOW TO
WORK IT WE'LL WATCH IT TOGETHER."
I HAD TO WATCH ME WITH THE VASELINE AND THE TWOWL MY
FATHER.
AND HE ENDED UP AGREEING WITH MY CHILDREN.
HE PREFERRED PADDINGTON.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, BUT FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES, FANTASTIC.
FOR THE GENERAL AUDIENCE, EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH IT.
>> FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES, IT'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS, RIDICULOUS
SUCCESS IN BRITAIN.
AND, YES, I MEAN, I FEEL FAINTLY SMUG ABOUT IT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE WORKED OPPOSITE SOME INCREDIBLE
COSTARS.
MERYL STREEP, JULIA ROBERTS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT ONE OF YOUR COSTARS.
THIS WAS IN THE FILM "TWO WEEKS NOTICE."
YOU PLAYED KNOX THIS PROMISING YOUNG ACTOR.
THAT'S YOU.
>> Audience: OOOH!
>> Stephen: THAT'S YOU.
THAT'S HIM.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WORK OPPOSITE THIS PARTICULAR
PERFORMER?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW,...
( LAUGHTER ) HE WAS VERY CIVIL.
AND HE-- WITHOUT ME ASKING, SUBSEQUENTLY I JUST GOT A
MESSAGE SAYING, "DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE YOU A MEMBER OF HIS
GOLF CLUB."
>> Stephen: YOU JUST GOT A MESSAGE?
>> I JUST GOT A MESSAGE.
SO I LIKE A FREE GIFT SO I WENT AND I PLAYED THERE.
IT WAS A GOOD COURSE.
GIVEN THAT, AND GIVE THAN HE ACTED WITH ME, PROTOCOL-- BEING
WELL BROUGHT UP-- DEMANDS THEY CAN'T-- I CAN'T BE NEGATIVE
ABOUT HIM.
I'M NEVER NEGATIVE ABOUT PEOPLE I WORK WITH, IN CASE THEY'RE
NEGATIVE ABOUT ME-- AT LEAST I'M NOT PUBLICLY.
I STAB THEM IN THE BACK BEHIND THEIR BACK
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
>> SO I CAN'T REALLY EYE FEEL CONFUSED AND CONFLICTED IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S BECAUSE YOU
DON'T LIVE HERE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I DO EYE DO--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DO-- I DO LIVE IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: YOU DO LIVE IN THE WORLD.
>> I DO LIVE IN THE WORLD.
AND I WILL SAY I THINK HE'S THE ONLY PERSON I'VE EVER ACTED WITH
WHO HAS GONE ON TO THREATEN WORLD PEACE.
( LAUGHTER ) ALTHOUGH, SARAH JESSICA, I
SOMETIMES THINK...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Stephen: LOOK HOW HAPPY YOU MADE THE PEOPLE.
>> THEY'RE DRUGGED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THANK YOU SO MUCH.
"A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL" DEBUTS ON AMAZON PRIME THIS FRIDAY.
HUGH GRANT, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MARGARET HOOVER.