>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU
FOR COMING TO SEE US.
PAUL, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE SHOW.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
>> WE'RE THRILLED YOU ARE DOING IT HERE IN LONDON.
>> I HAD TO COME ALL THE WAY TO LONDON TO GET ON WITH IT.
>> James: WE WOULD HAVE YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A A LOT OF TRAVELING, YOU HAVE BEEN AM
SPAIN, MONACO, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AM ARE YOU
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED, LOTS OF HUGE MOVIES.
WHERE DO YOU FIND YOU GET RECOGNIZED THE MOST.
>> OH, JEEZ, CERTAINLY NOT MONDAY A KOA, I DON'T THINK THEY
KNEW WHO THE HELL I WAS.
SPAIN THEY ARE QUITE FOND OF ME WHICH IS NICE.
PEOPLE GET VERY EXCITED ABOUT ME IN SPAIN, I I HAVE NO IDEA WHY.
WZ.
>> THEY GET VERY PASSIONATE AND WORKED UPK I'M HAWJ IN SPAIN.
>> James: HAVE YOU BEEN ANYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD WHERE
YOU FOUND YOURSELF MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU KNEW YOU WERE.
>> IN UPPER ARE CONTUCK IN SOUTH WALES, I'M VERY BIG.
>> James: BUT YOU HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME IN
WALES RECENTLY.
PEOPLE MUST BE VERY EXCITED WHEN THEY SEE YOU WANDERING AND.
>> PEOPLE THINK THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.
>> THEY SAY HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOUR MUM AND DAD.
OR I'M IN COURT OR SOMETHING, PEOPLE GET A BIT WORRIED.
>> WHAT IS YOUR FEELING WHEN ARE YOU BACK THERE, WHEN ARE YOU
SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME THERE.
WHEN ARE YOU THERE DO YOU THINK OH, I WILL, THIS IS WHERE I WILL
COME BACK TO ONE DAY OR ARE YOU A BIT LIKE OH, JEEZ KSH.
>> IT REQUEST:GET A BIT EMBARRASSING, IF YOU BUMP INTO
PEOPLE THERE, THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE YOU WERE A LITTLE
KID, THEN THAT CAN GET-- SO I FIND MYSELF IN A BATHROOM, YES,
RELIEVING MYSELF IN THE BATHROOM AND SUDDENLY I WILL HEAR A VOICE
GOING, STILL DOING THE THE ACTING MAN.
>> YEAH, STILL DOING THE ACTING.
>> PEOPLE THINK THE CAREER SON THE ROCKS.
>> EXACTLY.
>> James: YOU COME FROM A FAMILY, MICHAEL OF MUSICAL
THEATER LOVERS.
BUT WHEN I HEARD THIS, I WAS LIKE WHY HAVE WE NOT SEEN
MICHAEL SHEEN IN A MUSICAL IN THE WEST END OR ON BROADWAY OR
DARE I SAY A MOVIE MUSICAL.
WHY ARE YOU DE MYING THIS PLEASURE.
>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE IT.
>> James: I NEVER STOPPED, BABE, NEVER STOPPED.
>> I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME ABOUT ME.
>> James: NO, I HAVE DN A COUPLE, YEAH.
>> MY ENTIRE FAMILY LOVES MUSICALS.
I GREW UP WATCHING THEM OR FRIENDS OF THEIRS IN AMATEUR
MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS.
SO I GREW UP WATCHING MIDDLE AGE KSH.
>> COMMUNITY THEATER, YOUR PARENTS.
>> MY PARENTS, MY AUNTS, MY AUCTION ELS, MY GRANDPARENTS
HAVE DONE IT.
SO I GREW UP WATCHING MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE WITH WAY TOO
MUCH MAKEUP ON PRETENDING TO BE FARMERS IN OKLAHOMA AND THAT
KIND OF STUFF.
>> James: YEAH.
>> SO IT GAVE ME THE THE SENSE THAT I MUST SING, I MUST BE IN
MUSICAL.
I WAS A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I WAS JUST AN ACTOR, NOT A
SINGER.
SO THERE WAS A POINT AT WHICH I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I REALLY
FANSING BEING IN A MUSICAL AM I WILL SHOW UP.
I STARTED FLIRTING WITH THE IDEA, YOU KNOW THE MUSICAL
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.
>> I DO.
I KNOW OF IT.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NEW THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT AROSE AND I THOUGHT THIS IS THE
ONE.
>> AND COMMUNITY THEATER.
>> NOT IN COMMUNITY, PROFESSIONAL A LEDGE A LEGIT
PRODUCTION.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> AND I SAID WELL, CAN I, MAYBE WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER AND JUST
TRY OUT SOME OF THE SONGS.
I'M NOT A SINGER 678 I WOULD NEED A BIT OF HELP, BUT I COULD
GET THERE EVENTUALLY.
SO I GO AROUND IT TO THE HOUSE OF THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND THE
DIRECTOR AND WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE SONGS AND I LOVED
IT.
I HAD A GREAT TIME.
BUT WHEN WE LEFT, IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN.
TO THIS DAY.
>> NEVER BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN.
>> THEY NEVER SAID A SINGLE WORD.
>> NO.
>> SEE I THOWLS THOUGHT THAT LOCAL COMMUNITY THEATER WAS JUST
A FRONT FOR A SWINGER'S GROUP.
>> I THINK ARE YOU ON TO SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> DON'T YOU THINK.
>> OH, THE PEOPLE THAT DO COMMUNITY THEATER ARE THE SORT
OF PEOPLE I EXPECT TO BE SWINGERS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT MY MUM AND DAD.
>> I'M SAYING-- I'M SAYING YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ASK THEM SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN YOU HEARD THEM REHERSZING-- REHEARSING
OKLAHOMA.
PAUL, MUSICAL THEATER, WOULD IT INTEREST YOU.
>> IT WOULD INTEREST ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD INTEREST NIBBLES.
I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE IT A-- I CAN'T SING AT ALL.
I REALLY CAN'T.
NOT AT ALL.
I THINK I AUDITIONED ONCE FOR A MUSICAL AND I AM REALLY CLAL
ENGED BY THE THE MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING AND THEN YOU HAVE
TO BURST INTO SONG.
WHEN ARE YOU GOING A ALONG AND THEN SUDDENLY YOU BURST INTO
SONG.
>> I JUST DID IT.
(APPLAUSE) >> WAIT A SECOND.
THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER MANAGED TO DO IT.
>> James: HAVE I TO TELL YOU, IT WAS SENSATIONAL.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU DID IT IN SPAIN.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> HOLY COW.
>> THE TOM JONES MUSICAL MATADOR.
>> James: OH MY GOD, WOULD YOU DO IT.
>> I WOULD TO THE ATTA-- TO THE ATLY DO IT.
>> James: THIS SHOW AIRS IN SPAIN.
>> I WOULD LOVE IT IT.
I WOULD LOVE IT HONESTLY, THAT IS THE ONLY TIME HAVE I EVER
BSH-- CAN I ONLY DO IT IF I AM FOOLING AROUND.
BECAUSE I AUDITIONED FOR ONE AND I COULDN'T GET THAT MOMENTS OF
BRIDGING IT I JUST KEPT LAUGHING EVERY TIME I GOT TO THAT MOMENT
I WOULD JUST START LAUGHING.
>> James: BUT YOU ARE RIGHT T IS STUPID, IF YOU ACTUALLY DE
CONSTRUCT IT TOO MUCH, IT IS A STUPID THING TO DO.
>> BUT THEN WHERE DOES THAT END.
LIKE THEN IN BALLET, IT IS JUST STUPID, DOING THAT.
>> OR WHATEVER, PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT IN THE TREAT.
>> OR ANY OF WHAT WE DO.
>> WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, FOOTBALL, STUPID.
>> STUPID.
>> LET BALL RUN AROUND, STUPID.
>> HAVE I A FRIEND WHO SAID ONCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE
FICTION FIMS, HE SAID I CAN'T WATCH SCIENCE FIRKS.
I SAID WHEN I WATCH STAR WARS, I JUST THINK AS IF.
EXACTLY, AS IF.