>> James: AND THEY'RE HERE, FOR THEIR
FIRST EVER LATE NIGHT TAKE SHOW APPEARANCE.
I'M SO DELIGHTED TO WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE DAISY EDGAR-JONES AND
PAUL MESCAL ARE HERE, JOINING US FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> GREAT.
>> IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
AND I FEEL LIKE AULIFFE'S BEEN DOING SINCE I WATCHED THE FIRST
EPISODE IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR SHOW.
ST QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
I CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW OF THE ENTIRE FEELING OF WATCHING IT
HAS MEANT TO ME.
BUT IT IS NOT JUST ME, ST EVERYBODY ELSE.
THE SHOW HAS BROKEN DOWNLOAD RECORDS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
HOW ARE YOU COPING WITH ALL OF THIS?
AND WHAT IS IT LIKE DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN LOCKDOWN.
DAISY, HOW HAVE YOU FELT THE RESPONSE?
>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY BONKERS, TO BE HONEST.
AND I THINK LIKE WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COME TO IT
BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SUCH A LOVE FOR THE BOOK.
BUT I THINK WE NEVER REALLY EXPECTED IT TO BE QUITE SO BIG.
AND IT IS VERY STRANGE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL REAL.
LIKE EVEN THIS DOESN'T REALLY FEEL REAL BECAUSE IT'S ALL LIKE
VIA MY LAPTOP.
SO IT IS VERY HARD TO EVEN REGISTER IT AS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING.
BUT WE ARE JUST SO PLEESDZ.
AND RELIEVED PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE IT SO MUCH.
BECAUSE WE DO.
WE LOVE THAT STORY SO MUCH, YEAH, IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
>> James: YOU ARE RIGHT, PEOPLE LOVE THE BOOK.
DID YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE GOING INTO IT, PAUL, THE BOOK IS SO
BELOVED BY SO PLANE PEOPLE.
DID YOU FEEL THAT WEIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.
>> YEAH, I THINK WHENEVER YOU ARE PLAYING A CHARACTER THAT
PEOPLE HAVE VERY, VERY DISTINCT IDEAS ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, AND
SUDDENLY LIKE I'M THE GUY GOING TO BE REPRESENTING ALL OF THAT
FOR THE WORLD, FOR THE CONNELL AND MARIANNE, STAY DEFINITELY
SCARY SPERCHLTS YOU PUT THAT OVER YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE
FILMING IT.
AND WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO COME OUT AND ALL THOSE FEELINGS AND
NERVES COME BACK AGAIN, IT IS CRAZY.
>> James: THE WHOLE THING, DAISY, YOU HAVE BEEN ON QUITE A
FEW TV SHOWS BEFORE SHOOTING NORMAL PEOPLE.
PAUL, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TV CREDIT, RIGHT?
SO I MEAN, SO YOUR FIRST TV KRITD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW THAT LAST WEEK YOU WERE THE MOST SEARCHED
PERSON ON VARIOUS SITES ON THE INTERNET.
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY COPING WITH THIS NEW FOUND
ATTENTION?
>> WELL, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT, THAT IS TERRIFYING.
>> James: I'M SORRY TO BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU.
>> THAT SORT OF RUINS MY LIFE.
BUT NO, IT'S NUTS.
IT IS ONE THING FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME DEGREE OF
CONTROL OVER IT, EVEN THOUGH I AM AWARE THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY
NO CONTROL OVER WHAT PEOPLE SEARCH AND GOOGLE.
BUT I THINK FOR MY PARENTS STAIRKS BIT OF A CULTURE SHOCK.
IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE SHOARKS MY BROTHER SLIEK WARN
YOUR FAMILY, THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING QUERKS AND I'M LIKE NAH,
NOBODY WILL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT MOM AND DAD HAVE STO SAY.
BUT THE OTHER DAY JOURNALISTS ONE OR TWO WERE FOR MY PARENTS I
GAVE DAD A BRIEFING, LOOK DAD, IF ANYBODY COMES YOUR WAY JUST
BE LIKE WE'RE SO PROUD OF PAUL.
CHEESIER, PAUL, TRP BUT INSTEAD HE IS LIKE OH, WE'RE, HE STARTED
WELL SO PROUD OF PAUL, HE SAID, DOING US ALL REALLY PROUD.
HE WAS BORDERLINE ASKING HIM IN FOR A CUP OF TEA AND PANICKED,
DON'T GO SNIFFING FOR ANY DIRT HERE, HE'S SQUEAKY CLEAN,
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
SO I HAVE TAKEN AUGUST HIS RIGHTS TO TALKING TO JOURNALISTS
AWAY, AND NOW HE HAS TO SAY NO COMMENT.
>> James: I'M QUITE A FAN OF, TELL HIM TO SAY THIS, I'M GOING
TO CLOSE THE DOOR.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M DOING IT VERY POLITELY.
>> YES, I WILL DEFINITELY TELL HIM THAT.
>> James: NOW DAISESY, FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T SEEN THE SHOW
YET, EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT AND HOW BOTH PLAY.
>> YEAH, SO ST QUITE A SIMPLE STORY OF CONNELL AND MARIANNE
WHO MEET AT SCHOOL AND IT IS ABOUT THEIR KIND OF RELATIONSHIP
WITH EACH OTHER OVER FOUR YEARS AND WITH NAIR FEM AS THEY GROW
UP T IS SORT OF A COMING OF AGE STORY.
>> James: IT IS AND BECAUSE OF THE BOOK THE SHOW DEALS WITH
SOME VERY, VERY INTIMATE MOMENTS.
AND I THINK IT DISPLAYS THE NOTION OF PEOPLE'S FIRST SEXUAL
EXPERIENCES IN PROBABLY THE MOST HONEST AND BEAUTIFUL WAY I HAVE
EVER SEEN IT DONE.
BUT IT REQUIRES AN INCREDIBLE AOUNT OF TRUST FROM BOTH OF
YOU.
I MEAN I HAVE BEEN WITH MY WIFE NOW 11 YEARS AND I AM JUST AT
THE STAGE WHERE I'M HAPPY FOR HER TO SEE ME NAKED, FOR PLIEK A
MINUTE, IF I WALK PAST THE DOOR, YOU KNOW.
A VERY QUICK MINUTE.
I NORMALLY WALK PAST THE DOOR AND POP MY HEAD BACK AROUND AND
APOLOGIZE.
FOR YOU TWO, TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW DO YOU BREAK ANY TENSION IN
THAT MOMENT WHEN ARE YOU BOTH ABOUT TO BE NAKED ON SET
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST SOMETIME.
>> I THINK IT'S TOTALLY AN ALIEN POSITION TO PUT ANY TWO HUMAN
BEINGS.
BECAUSE NORMALLY ANY KIND OF SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WE HAVE IS A
VERY PRIVATE THING AND DOESN'T HAVE CAMERAS.
>> James: WELLS, COME ON.
>> BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL INTIMACY COORDINATOR BUT WE HAVE
TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER.
EVERYBODY WAS INCREDIBLY, THEY FOLLOW STRICT PROTOCOLS TO MAKE
ME AND DAISY FEEL COMFORTABLE, THROUGH THE DAY ON SET WHEN WE
GOT COVERED IN FAKE WET STUFF, AND WE HAVE TO FLIP POSITIONS,
AND OUR BODIES ARE IN QUITE CLOSE PROXIMITY, BUT WHEN WE
TURNED IT MAKES THIS REALLY LOUD FART NOITION AND WE STARTED DHUK
ELLING.
BUT ALL THE CREW WERE BEING SO DELEGATE, PAUL AND DAISY HAVE
FARTED HERE BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO-- WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT
IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR BODIES MAKING CON TACT.
>> YEAH, I THINK LIKE BY THE END, PAUL AND I NOW HAVE NO
EMBARRASSMENT THRESHHOLD.
THERE IS DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE I THINK ONCE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH
THAT TOGETHER, YOU CAN KIND OF DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE FLA IS THE
PLOS EMBARRASSING ED I THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN.
>> James: NOW THE SHOW HAS HIT MOST INCREDIBLE REACTION AND
RESPONSE.
AS YOU SAID, BUT YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE EACH OTHER SINCE
THE SHOW CAME OUT, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF SHELTER IN PLACE.
ARE YOU MAKING ANY PLANS?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO O WHEN LOCK DOWN HAS LIFTED TO
CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN YOUR LIVES.
>> YEAH, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> I INTEND ON NOT BEING SOBER FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN
WHATEVER COMES OUT, WILL BE GREAT.
BUT I THINK BOTH ME AND DAISY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.
>> James: WELL, THAT IS GREAT.
THE SHOW IS SO BRIL YANLT.
I IMPLORE EVERYBODY TO WATCH NORMAL PEOPLE WHICH IS AVAILABLE
RIGHT NOW ON HULU.
DAISY AND PAUL WILL STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.