-I'm a big fan of your work
and I'm so happy to meet you. -Well, likewise.
-You're a stud. Everyone loves ya. Yeah.
[ Cheering, whistling, and applause ]
-Flattery will get you everywhere.
-Yeah. I want to talk about "House of the Dragon,"
but I also want to talk about, on "The Crown,"
-Whoo! -you played Prince -- Yeah.
I mean, oh, my God. Prince Philip.
[ Cheering and applause ] You did such a great job
as Prince Philip. -Thank you.
Nominated for awards and all this stuff. -Yeah.
Always the bridesmaid. I never win.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah.
It's cooler to just be nominated. -Is it?
-Yeah. -You've won loads, though, ain't ya?
-No, I've never been nominated. -What?!
[ Laughter ] -But I'm just saying.
But it sounds cool.
Did you ever meet any of the royals
-[ Inhales sharply ] -or did you meet the queen?
-I met Harry. No, I mean not the queen.
I met Harry. I met William. I met now-King Charles.
-Wow! -Yeah, he came to "Doctor Who."
He was impeccably dressed.
And I went, "You're very well-dressed,"
and he went, "No, no, you're very well-dressed."
And I went, "You've got marvelous shoes."
He went, "Actually, you've got marvelous shoes."
And I went, "They're red," and he went,
"But yours are red."
-Wow! -And I went,
"How long have you had yours?"
And he said, "35 years."
[ Laughter ] -No!
Thirty-five years.
-He had his shoes for 35 years? -Yeah.
You'd think, as a king, he'd be able to, you know...
-Yeah, exactly. -...afford a new pair of boots,
you know what I mean? -Get a new pair of shoes.
Uh -- -Oh, yes!
-Lookit, this is a photo of you guys in front of the --
-No, I look like I've won a prize.
[ Laughter and applause ]
Do you know what I mean?
Or like I've ran in and gone, "Yeah, mate."
[ Laughter ]
-How cool is that? -What?!
-Did you get nervous? Did you know that he was coming
and was it a big deal? -Yeah, yeah.
They sort of lay out the red carpet and all that.
-Of course. -Yeah, but he was only a prince then,
so he was like small, he was small-fry.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, yeah, at that point.
Now, he's king, yeah, he's like, "Do you remember me?"
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah, of course.
-Can we talk about "House of the Dragon"?
-Yeah, yeah. -Congrats.
[ Cheering and applause ] -Thank you, brother.
-Giant hit. You're awesome in it.
You're really good in it.
-Thank you very much. -I have questions about where
-It's very cult. -your character goes.
[ Laughter ]
I'm not completely caught up as everyone else.
Don't worry about it, yeah. -Yeah? Okay, good.
-Don't bother.
[ Laughter ]
-Well, eventually, you have to get caught up.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yeah, but not right now,
don't worry about it?
But can you set up where it takes place
or when it takes place? -[ Inhales sharply ]
-Yeah. So, it takes place 175 years?
-Yes. -Is that right? Is that right?
Before "Game of Thrones"... -That's correct.
-...that show. And it's about a sort of,
you know, incestuous, volatile, sociopathic family
[ Laughter ]
...with blond wigs -With blond wigs, yeah.
-who ride dragons and, you know,
get cross with each other. -By the way, you pull off
the hair very well. -Do you think?
-Oh! Look at this.
Are you kidding?
[ Cheering and applause ]
-I know like some angles, like I'm good from the sides.
It's quite a lot from the front, I think.
-No, you look cool. That's the first thing I said
-Well, that's a good one. -when I saw you. I go, "He's pulling this off."
You look really cool. -Oh, cheers.
-And then you actually --
Well, everyone kind of has this hair, kind of.
-Yeah, exactly, yeah, you know. -A lot of people have
this style of hair. -It takes ages to put
the wig on. It's a [bleep] nightmare.
-But then you --
[ Laughter ] But then you skip ahead in time
-Yeah. -and you have short hair --
-Yeah. Yeah. Which I think looks a bit better.
[ Cheering and applause ]
-That's -- That's -- That's what
I'm talking about here. -[ Laughs ]
-Everyone is still talking about you had --
This is Episode 3, which I've seen.
-Yeah. -I think there's only four out,
but I'm up to Episode 3 and you had an epic battle.
I'll just say that. I don't want to spoil anything.
-Yeah, yeah. -But let's just say this --
the Internet went nuts because you have an epic battle.
No dialogue in this battle.
-Yes. -But people think that you
should win an award just for the scene...
-Well. -...even that you had no dialogue,
you spoke with your acting.
-It's when I'm at my best, actually,
when I don't speak, essentially.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, but I mean,
this was the real deal. -It's when I come alive.
-It really is when, yeah, yeah.
I wish you just came out tonight
and just didn't say anything.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, me too, actually.
-Yeah, yeah. -I've been [bleep] meself
all day. -No.
[ Laughter ]
But you do this and I go,
"Oh, this guy knows how to do it,"
because you're just a great actor.
-Aw, Jimmy. -But I mean, do you know
how to fight?
-Not really. I mean, I had a great stuntman.
And then, yeah, you know, you train,
you do all that stuff,
you swing a sword, then you get there and you,
you know, pray and hope for the best.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah. -Do a few rolls, you know,
pretty faces where you grimace.
-Yeah, no, but you do it so well.
And then, also, you speak another language in this.
-Yes, High Valyrian. -High Valyrian is
-Yes, yes. -the name of the, yeah.
-Is the language, yeah. Which, I mean, I can --
[ Speaking High Valyrian ]
[ Cheering and applause ]
[Bleep]
[ Laughter ] [ Rimshot ]
-Now, that --
play that backwards, it says, "Paul is dead," yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, yeah, yeah. It says,
"Jimmy, you've got glorious eyes."
-Yeah! Can I --
Can you teach me to say that? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"Nu hosso demat."
-"Nu hosso demat."
-Whoa! Yeah, that's good, bro. -That was good?
[ Laughter ] That's a good start. -Really?
-Yeah. -I've never done this.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
"Keh see nu hohss."
-"Keh see nu hohss."
-"Deh mih voss."
-Mazilarios.
Mazilarios. -Seenaloose.
-Seenaloose. -[Bleep], yeah.
[ Laughter and applause ] [ Rimshot ]
-Say that.
-Yeah, I can say that.
[ Cheering ]
And, actually, it means --
-No, wait, what did I just say?
-It means -- It means,
"One day, this chair will be mine."
[ Oohs, cheering, and applause ]
Although, I'd butcher your job, in truth.
I couldn't do it.
I'd be terrible. -Yeah, you can do it.
You can do anything you want. You have your own dragon.
What are we talking about?
Come on, bud. -True enough, true enough.
-What is your dragon's name, again?
-He's called Caraxes and he's sort of --
he's like an avatar of Daemon, really.
He's really grumpy, volatile, cynical.
-Do you act with a like
-A real dragon. -a tennis ball on a stick or --
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, no, it's like a --
I mean, well, so like they build like a plinth, basically,
which is like 20 foot in the air and it's like a kind of
bucking bronco in a boozer, you know, in a pub.
-Yeah. -And then they like --
[ Laughter ] there's a guy
with a remote control.
He's like moving it around.
He's really pleased with his life, obviously,
because he's moving you around.
-It's a great gig. -It's a great job, isn't it?
-Oh, my gosh! -Yeah, and he probably hates you.
He's like -- And I'm like, "Go faster, mate!"
And then, you know, they fire loads of --
-Oh, so you're riding on it. -Yeah, yeah, yeah,
like a bronco. -Oh, wow!
-Yeah, yeah.
And then they fire wind and rain
and then after 10 hours, you're like, "Get me the [bleep] off."
[ Laughter ] -Oh, my God.
Got to watch your mouth on this show.
Sorry, I know. -It's unbelievable.
-Oh, God, yeah.
We can't swear, can we? -No.
Sorry.
Sorry, America.
Can they bleep me out? -The king is watching!
He will be so upset!
-He will be. -With his 35-year-old shoes.
-I know. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
I think you're a great actor
and I'm just a fan of yours.
I'm so happy that you came
on our show. -Thank you.
-Congrats with the new show.
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Matt Smith in "House of the Dragon."
Take a look at this.
[ Cheering and applause ]
[ Drumbeat ]
-[Indistinct]
-Of course, my prince.
♪♪
-Come on, right there. That's how you do it.
[ Cheering and applause ] Matt Smith, everyone.
Matt Smith! New episodes
of "House of the Dragon" air Sundays on HBO.
We'll be right back with Sheryl Crow.
[ Cheering and applause ] Stick around.