Welcome back to Great Day Washington.
The new Netflix series The Diplt
premiered as the number one neww
and remains in the top 10 after
receiving a lot of praise on Netflix.
It stars Keri Russell as Kate W,
a career American diplomat tryig
to juggle her surprising new ros
Ambassador to Britain and her turbulent
marriage to a former Ambasador.
It's a political thriller with
a bit of ROM com added in.
I recently spoke with Keri Russl
and the show's creator and writ,
Deborah Kahn.
This thing has legs because
of your reputation.
And once you've established
yourself as a liar,
liar pants on fire,
you undermine a game changing
piece of intelligence. So I'm.
I'm the first guy ever to make
clandestine contact without
reporting sources and methods.
You aren't a member of
the Clandestine Services.
You don't work for the
US government. You should go.
I'll stop. I think we're OK without you.
It's she's she's had a tough da.
Let her stay, OK? This
is new to me. This both of you at the
same time, I could use less of .
Congratulations on The Diplomat,
I have to say I've been seeing friends post.
I've been talking to them about
it since it came out just a few
days ago and people are loving .
What has it been like with all the reaction,
so fun, so rewarding to do something,
you know, in our business?
It's great to have a job and you know,
but you don't always get jobs that you
love and that's just the way of the world.
Like there are a few,
There are a handful that you really are
so proud of and that you really love.
And this is one of them.
And for it to be received well
on top of that is just icing on
the cake and I think for me.
It is so well written and we
have such an incredible cast,
but it's the humor and the fun
of it that I enjoy the most.
And so I hope well,
it's just it's incredibly
rewarding when your friends,
your smart friends call you
and feel the same.
Yeah Deborah, the writing,
it's so as as Kerry said,
it's witty. It's fast-paced.
There's so many times where Katr
another character will say something and.
It's almost like you almost mist
and you go back a half a second like,
wait, what does she just say?
Like it keeps you on your toes.
You know, each show has
its own biorhythm,
and I've always liked things that move fast,
but this one somehow is even fa,
I think, because there's just so
many moving parts all the time,
everybody in this world.
Who's dealing with the perspects
from their own country,
of which there are hundreds,
and then the perspectives of
another country or two or three,
where it all just sort of
exponentially blows up.
And so that life and that barreg
forward comes from the show and from you,
from them.
And it's nice when you,
you know,
you get a great cast together ad
they're having a good time and
it just goes off like a rocket.
It just flows so well.
And Carrie to be able to
play Ambassador Kate Wyler.
She's strong, but she's she's m,
as most strong women can be.
And I love we have a dichotomy there.
Yeah. Oh, it's so fun to play.
I mean, it's always more enjoyae
to play the real. Messy, you kn,
nuanced version versus the roma,
sweeping, beautiful lady.
I mean, that job seems really h,
but to play someone who's sweatg
and a mess and selfconscious
and bossy and to everyone,
and it's so fun.
It really, really is,
I bet. And Deborah, I read that.
I mean, Carrie was your choice.
Like that. That is who you were
imagining and wanted for this r.
Yeah, I think I've used
all my good karma for the
rest of my life
on on wishing and getting Kerry
Russell. She's regretting it no.
I know. Gifts. Oh, my God. Well,
Kerry, I mean, you've been fabus
at everything you've done.
You've taken us on so many jours
throughout our lifetime of your career.
I mean, I think back to your Felicity days,
right? It's like. Even with tha,
it's like I wish I could cut my
hair and it look as great as
it did on you the whole time.
Oh my gosh, that was so crazy.
I'm taking it back. Crazy. So f.
But we're excited for this.
That was, that was some big hair I had.
That was
Congrats again on this.
I mean, it was such a fun, fun,
thrilling show. Thank you, ladi.
The Diplomat is streaming now on Netflix.
It is fun. It is a roller coaster. Get ready.