>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS AND A JET
SKI MODEL.
PLEASE WELCOME DAME HELEN MIRREN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: NICE.
THAT'S NICE.
>> LOVELY.
LOVELY.
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> THANK YOU!
I LOVE YOU, TOO.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW-- IT'S LOVELY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
YOU'RE A DAME COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, RIGHT?
>> I DON'T-- IS THAT THE TITLE?
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, IT SAYS DAME
COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE."
>> JUST BECAUSE IT'S THERE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: I STAND BY MY RESEARCH.
>> I AM A DAME.
AND I AM A COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE-- YES, I GUESS
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM.
>> Stephen: I ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.
( LAUGHTER ) DOES THAT MEAN, LIKE, YOU GOT AN
INVITATION TO THE ROYAL WEDDING?
>> NO, NO, OF COURSE, NOT, NO.
>> Stephen: OH, I WANTED TO BE YOUR "PLUS ONE."
>> WELL WE COULD GO IN DISGUISE MAYBE.
>> Stephen: OH, REALLY?
>> LIKE YOU COULD MAYBE BE A POTET ANTI-OF UZBEKISTAN IF YOU
COULD GET SOME SORT OF OUTFIT THAT COWED WORK.
WHAT COULD BE?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: LIKE CONCUBINES OUR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> LIKE THIS, ABSOLUTELY, YEAH.
>> Stephen: COME INTO ♪ KHA-CHING♪
>> Stephen: VERY NICE.
SO THE YOUNG LADY-- >> DO YOU WANT TO DO?
ARE YOU MAD TO GO.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT MAD TO GO.
BUT I LIKE CEREMONY, YOU KNOW.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN, AND I LIKE TO SEE UNIQUE THINGS.
I MEAN, HOW MANY ROYAL WEDDINGS ARE THERE?
>> QUITE A LOT, ACTUALLY, IT SEEMS TO ME.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN GOING?
>> NO, NO, I DON'T.
>> Stephen: OH.
>> I DON'T REALLY-- I MEAN, I LIKE A WEDDING.
THEY GO ON FOR TOO LONG.
I CRY, WHICH IS NEVER A GOOD THING.
YOU KNOW MY-- MAY ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY.
WEIRD THINGS MAKE ME CRY.
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
I ALWAYS CRIED AT A PARADE.
PARADES ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YES, ESPECIALLY LITTLE FIVE-YEAR-OLD DRUM MAJORETTES,
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE MARCHING ALONG AND DOING THAT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> THEY ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY AND WEDDINGS ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY.
>> Stephen: I ALWAYS CRY AT THE END OF "ULYSSES" BY 1
TENNISON.
I CAN'T GET THROUGH IT.
I'M JUST A SLOBBERING, SNOTTY BY THE END OF IT.
>> WE SHOULD TEST THIS.
YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO ME, AND WE'LL READ IT AND WE WILL SEE IF
YOU CRY.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THAT FOR THE WEB.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN A LEADING LATE OF LADY SINCE THE
1960s.
AND YOU-- >> SHHH!
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: SINCE A TIME PREVIOUS TO THIS.
AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE LEADING MEN THAT YOU
PLAYED WITH.
DO I MIND IF I ASK ABOUT SOME OF THE LEGENDARY MEN?
YOU'RE A LEGENDARY ACTRESS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S KIND OF AMAZING NOW LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE.
WE WERE YOUNG ACTORS TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: KEN KINGSLEY, YOU DID "AS YOU LIKE IT."
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
>> HE WAS VERY SERIOUS, VERY, VERY HARD WORK, AS HE STILL IS
TO THIS DAY.
BUT THEN HE COULD BE INCREDIBLY FUNNY AS WELL.
HE HAD THIS GREAT-- WHEN HE LET HIMSELF GO, HE COULD BE VERY,
VERY FUN GLE YOU WORKED WITH PATRICK STEWART ON "TWO
GENTLEMEN OF VIROWNA."
>> WE CALL IT "TWO GENTS."
>> Stephen: YEAH, WE CALL "ROMEO AND JULIETTE "RO-JULES."
INSIDERS.
WHAT HE LIKE WHEN HE HAD HAIR?
>> HE WAS VERY HANDSOME, VERY HANDSOME.
HE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT BODY.
>> Stephen: A GREAT BODY?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WHISPER.
IT'S OKAY.
( LAUGHTER ) SO HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THIS,
HELEN MIRREN?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> BECAUSE IN-- YOU KNOW, IN THE THEATER, DARLING, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE OFTEN CHANGING IN THE WINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: SURE, THAT'S WHY I WENT INTO THEATER.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M NO FOOL!
NO, ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT PETER O'TOOLE AIR, TRUE-- A TRUE GIANT AND A
LEGEND OF THE 20th CENTURY OF ACTING.
>> I DIDN'T WORK WITH HIM IN THE THEATER.
I DIDN'T REALLY WORK WITH HIM, BUT I MET HIM ON A FILM CALLE
CALLEDICA" LIGULA."
>> Stephen: I FORGOT ABOUT THAT FILM.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE ONE-PERSON APPLAUSE.
>> Stephen: BOB GUGGIONY IS HERE.
>> GOOD MEMORY.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
WELL, I HAD A PRESCRIPTION.
>> HE WAS VERY STONED.
>> Stephen: VERY STONED?
>> YES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE DRANK A LOT BEFORE-- IT'S FAMOUS
THAT HE DRANK A LOT.
AND THEN HE HAD TO GIVE UP ALCOHOL BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO
DIE IF HE DRANK ANY MORE.
>> Stephen: THAT WILL DO IT.
>> SO HE WENT TO DOPE, TO CANNABIS.
BUT HE WAS VERY SMART, VERY FUNNY, JUST UPONNED TO TELL
LONG, LONG STORIES, YOU KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SINCE THE LAST
TIME YOU WERE HERE, YOU-- >> AND MARK ROL ENTS AT THE
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AT THAT TIME.
>> Stephen: HE MAKES ME TRY.
I CRIED AT THE END OF "TWELTH NIGHT."
>> IT'S A COMEDY, STEVE GLEN BUT AT THE VERY END, I CRIED-- I
LAUGHED ALL THROUGH IT.
YOU DON'T LAUGH THROUGH SHAKESPEARE A LOT.
I LAUGHED THROUGH THE THING BUT AT THE END I CRIED BECAUSE IT
WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE SOMEONE DO SHAKESPEARE SO WELL.
IT WAS REALLY MOVING.
>> THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT SHAKESPEARE, ISN'T IT?
YOU HAVE THE LAUGHTER AND YOU HAVE THE SERIOUSNESS.
AND I-- NOW I'M GOING TO DO A BRILLIANT SEGUE TALKING ABOUT
THE FILM I HAVE JUST DONE.
I'M SORRY TO BE SO CRASS.
THE REALITY IS THAT WAS WHY-- I LOVE THAT KIND OF WORK.
I LOVE WORK THAT IS FUNNY AND SERIOUS AND SAD AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> Stephen: THE MOVIE IS CALLED "THE LEISURE SEEKER,"
WITH DONALD SUTHERLAND, AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
>> A COUPLE GOING ON THEIR LAST ROAD TRIP.
>> Stephen: WHY THEIR LAST?
>> WELL, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH FACING MAJOR HEALTH ISSUES.
SO HE'S GOT ALZHEIMER'S.
HE'S FORGET AGO IT'S THE LAST TIME HE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO
TAKE A TRIP LIKE THIS.
AND SHE WANTS TO TAKE HIM TO HIS DREAM, WHICH WAS TO GO TO
HEMINGWAY'S HOUSE IN KEY WEST.
SO YOU'RE FOLLOWING THEM ON THIS SORT OF JOURNEY, AND IN
FOLLOWING THEM ON THIS JOURNEY, YOU ALSO SORT OF FOLLOWING THEM
IN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE, AND IT'S-- IT'S GOT A WONDERFUL,
HUMOROUS SIDE TO IT.
BUT, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOT GREECE SERIOUSNESS AS WELL.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
IT'S YOU AND DONALD SUTHERLAND.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
>> OH, I THINK-- I CAN'T REMEMBER ACTUALLY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ON A PARK BENCH OUTSIDE--
>> OH, YES, AND HE'S REALIZE AGO HE'S JUST NOT RECOGNIZED WHO SHE
IS.
AND SHE'S, OBVIOUSLY, VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS.
AND HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S UPSET.
AND SO HE GOES OUT TO TRY AND PLACATE HER AND GET HER BACK.
I THINK THAT'S THE SCENE.
>> Stephen: YOU THINK THAT'S IT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER JIM.
>> IS THAT REALLY YOU, ELLA?
>> OF COURSE, IT'S ME!
WHO ARE YOU?
>> I'M ME.
JOHN.
>> NO, YOU'RE NOT.
MY JOHN IS A YOUNG TEACHER.
HE'S CHARMING.
VERY HANDSOME.
EDUCATED.
I WANT HIM BACK.
YOU STOLE HIM FROM ME, AND I WANT TO YOU GIVE HIM BACK.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT'S A-- IF I'M
NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S A SOUTHERN ACCENT YOU'RE DOING THERE.
>> IT IS, YEAH.
REALLY, I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER IS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA YOU'RE FROM
CHARLESTON.
>> FROM MYRTLE BEACH.
>> Stephen: THE GRAND STRAND AS WE CALL IT.
>> WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
IS THERE I'M FROM CHICAGO, SEE?
( LAUGHTER ) WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "THE LEISURE SEEKER" OPENS TODAY.
HELEN MIRREN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH DAVID BYRNE.