>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> VERY WELL, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: VERY BUSY BECAUSE YOU HAD A BABY.
>> I DID.
THAT IS A BUSY SCHEDULE.
>> Stephen: THREE MONTHS AGO, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE )
RIGHT?
>> SHE IS.
>> Stephen: THIS IS WHERE YOUR HUSBAND.
DANIEL CRAIG.
>> YES.
HE'D BE THE FATHER.
>> Stephen: OKAY, GOOD, GOOD.
DOES THE CHILD-- >> WE SAY BABY DADDY.
>> Stephen: WE SAY THAT HERE, TOO.
>> DO YOU!
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS GOT THAT FROM US.
DOES THE CHILD TAKE AFTER YOU OR DANIEL?
>> SHE DOES LOOK VERY LIKE HIM.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH, SHE DOES.
>> Stephen: STEELY BLUE EYES AND BIG SHOULDERS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU WERE HERE LAST TIME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
HOW YOU WOULD RAISE THE CHILD.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU LIVE BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN
LONDON.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: AND SO ARE YOU GOING TO RAISE THE CHILD
AMERICAN OR BRITISH?
>> JUST... JUST HUMAN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S REFRESHING.
>> YEAH, I'M NOT TOO--
>> Stephen: I'M A BIG FAN OF HUMANS.
>> I'M REALLY INTO HUMANS, YEAH.
JUST FROM PLANET EARTH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
THAT'S VERY NICE.
I DID WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE TITLE THE MOVIE "THE
FAVOURITE."
IT HAS A "U" AFTER THE "O."
>> WHICH DISTURBS YOU?
>> Stephen: IN AMERICA WE DON'T DO THAT.
WE SAFE FAVORITE.
WE SAY COLOR.
I'M CURIOUS WHERE YOU GUYS GET OFF WASTING THAT MANY "U"s?
>> YOU MUST HAVE DISOWNED A "U" WHICH WE CAME OVER HERE AND
SETTLED THIS GREAT LAND.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT'S IN THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE."
>> GET RID OF THE "U"s.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED.
WE SHOULD-- WE SHOULD FIND OUT.
THERE MUST BE A REASON.
>> Stephen: JUST TO SAVE ON INK, PROBABLY.
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN.
>> Stephen: IT PROBABLY COULD BE SOMETHING AS STUPID AS THAT.
>> IT IS A UNIFORM THING.
COLOR C-O-L-O-R.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAY CIVILIZATION WITH AN "S."
WE SAY CIVILIZATION WITH A "Z."
>> NO YOU DON'T!
>> Stephen: WE DO, WE DO.
YOU SAY CIVILIZATION WITH AN "S."
>> PRONUNCIATION OR WRITTEN.
>> Stephen: WRITTEN, WE DO A "Z."
>> SERIOUSLY?
>> Stephen: I'M NOT JOKING.
>> YOU CAN'T TELL BECAUSE HE HAS THE ULTIMATE POKER FACE.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT JOKING.
AM I TELLING THE TRUTH.
( APPLAUSE )
IF I WANTED THEM TO.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT?
OH, YEAR, YEAH.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO DECIDE WHEN RAISING YOUR CHILD.
>> I'LL HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE YOU WERE PROMOTING
"DISOBEDIENCE," WHICH WAS WITH RACHEL McADAMS.
TWO GREAT PARTS FOR WOMEN.
NOW YOU HAVE THE MOVIE "THE FAVOURITE" WITH THREE GREAT
PARTS FOR WOMEN.
IT'S WITH OLIVIA COLMAN AND EMMA STONE.
EVENTUALLY, IS IT TO HAVE A CAST OF ALL WOMEN, A FEMALE
SPARTACUS?
>> YES.
NEXT TIME IT WILL BE FOUR.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE "A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN?"
THAT WAS MAYBE 10 FEMALE LEADS.
I DONT KNOW.
>> Stephen: SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YEAH, AND TOM HANKS.
>> OH, IT WAS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT WAS TOM HANKS.
>> IT WAS TOM HANKS.
YOU'RE SO RIGHT, EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: JUDGES?
YES, TOM.
>> YES, IT WOULD BE-- I REALLY LIKE PLAYING OPPOSITE WOMEN.
IT'S BEEN-- UP UNTIL "DISOBEDIENCE," I'VE ONLY EVER
PLAYED OPPOSITE MEN.
IN FACT, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVEN MADE A FILM ABOUT FEMALE
FRIENDSHIP-- I SHOULD MENTION BECAUSE "DISOBEDIENCE" IS
ABOUT-- THEY'RE LOVE ESHZ THE WOMEN, AS THEY ARE, IN FACT IN
CAN THE FAV.
>> Stephen: I'M SENSING A PATTERN.
THIS TAKES PLACE IN THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE, WHICH IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE 18th CENTURY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT QUEEN ANNE.
YOU'RE ENGLISH.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT QUEEN ANNE BEFORE GOING INTO THIS
MOVIE?
>> NOTHING APART FROM THE FURNITURE AND THE ARCHITECTURE.
"OH, YES, QUEEN ANNE-STYLE CHAIRS," LONG, THIN THINGS.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
SHE SEEMED EXTREMELY UNHAPPY.
OLIVIA COLMAN DOES A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE AS A VERY UNHAPPY,
MAYBE NOT ENTIRELY WELL PERSON.
>> YES, YES.
SHE'S-- SHE'S INCREDIBLY FUNNY AND INCREDIBLY MOVING.
I THINK SHE'S QOOT A TRAGIC CHARACTER, QUEEN ANNE, AND
OLIVIA COLMAN PLAYS HER TRAGEDY AT THE SAME TIME AS BEING--
SHE'S A GREAT COMEDIENNE, OLIVIA.
>> Stephen: THE THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS IT'S A HISTORICAL
DRAMA, BUT IT'S ALSO HISTORIC COMEDY.
IT'S LIKE A VERY INTERESTING MIX OF THE TWO.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DIRECTOR?
>> YORGOS LANTHIMOS.
>> Stephen: YOU SAID THAT BETTER THAN I WOULD.
>> HE'S FROM GREECE.
>> Stephen: AND YOU WERE IN "THE LOBSTER."
WHICH HE DIRECTED.
>> IT'S A POLITICAL THRILLER.
IT'S A LOVE STORY.
IT'S A COMEDY.
IT'S A TALE OF POWER AND SEDUCTION.
IT'S LIKE THREE WOMEN VYING FOR POWER.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE "ALL ABOUT EVE" EXCEPT EMMA STONE IS THE
INGE NEW WHO COMES TO THE COURT AND TRIES TO STEAL MY PLACE.
YOU DON'T GET A ROLE IN A PLAY, YOU GET TO RUN ENGLAND.
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER WAS THE REAL SARAH CHURCHILL.
>> WHO WAS RELATED TO WINSTON CHURCHILL AND LADY DIANA.
SHE BECAME THE DUCHESS-- SHE KNEW THE QUEEN BEFORE THEY WERE
BOTH FAMOUS, BEFORE THE QUEEN WAS THE QUEEN, AND WE WERE KIDS
TOGETHER UPON AND WE GREW UP TOGETHER AND WERE BEST FRIEND
AND BECAME LOVERS AND SHE WAS THE QUEEN.
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, SHE WAS A USELESS QUEEN, SO I RUN THE
COUNTRY FOR HER.
>> Stephen: AND SHE-- YOU HAVE A BIT OF A FALLING OUT WITH THE
QUEEN IN THIS ONE, WHICH DOESN'T GIVE ANYTHING AWAY.
BUT THE REAL SARAH CHURCHILL HAD A FALLING OUT WITH THE QUEEN AS
WELL.
>> IT'S ALL TRUE.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
YEAH.
( LAUGHTER )
I MEAN, THERE ARE -- >> Stephen: I LIKE IT EVEN
MORE NOW.
>> THE STORY IS ALL TRUE.
WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BETWEEN THE WOMEN WHEN THEY'RE
ALONE, WHO KNOWS, RIGHT?
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW-- WE WEREN'T THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYONE DOES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WE DON'T KNOW?
>> WHAT?
>> Stephen: WHAT IT SMELLED LIKE.
>> BAD, I IMAGINE.
>> Stephen: TERRIBLE.
AND THE MEN ARE SO PRETTY IN THIS MOVIE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>.>> Stephen: NICHOLAS HOLT, AND THE MEN ARE SO MUCH MORE DRESSED
UP WITH THE WIG AND THE MAKEUP.
>> WE DIDN'T WEAR ANY MAKEUP AND THE MEN ARE IN WIGS, BLURBER,
ROUGE, LIPSTICK, HIGH HEELS AND THEIR CHARACTERS WERE PERIPHERAL
AND QUITE RIDICULOUS.
>> Stephen: THERE IS ONE SCENE WHERE THE QUEEN TRIES TO APPLY
SOME MAKEUP AND YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S THE ONLY TIME SHE WEARS MAKEUP AND IT'S-- IT'S-- WELL,
YOU'LL SEE.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> I'M READY FOR THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
>> WHO DID YOUR MAKEUP?
>> WE WANTED SOMETHING DRAMATIC.
DO YOU LUKE IT?
>> YOU LOOK LIKE A BADGER.
>> OH.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO CRY?
REALLY?
WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU LOOK LIKE?
>> BADGER.
>> DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN MEET THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION
LOOKING LIKE THAT?
>> NO.
>> I WILL MANAGE IT.
GET BACK TO YOUR ROOMS.
( APPLAUSE )
AGAIN.
>> IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "THE FAVOURITE" IS IN THEATERS NEXT FRIDAY.
RACHEL WEISZ, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN AND PODCASTER JASON
MANTZOUKAS.