( APPLAUSE )
EVERYBODY!
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "HALT AND CATCH FIRE,"
"BLACK MIRROR," AND "TULLY."
YOU CAN CURRENTLY SEE HER IN "STATION ELEVEN."
>> ELIZABETH SAID IF WE STAY HERE, THEN SHE'LL GIVE US
HOUSES.
AND WE GOT BATHROOMS.
>> WHAT THEY HAD WAS WE COULD STAY FOR THE WINTER UNTIL SARAH
RECOVERS.
>> AND IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD A SEWING MACHINE, EVER.
ELIZABETH GOT ME ONE.
>> RIGHT.
>> SORRY, WHO THE ( BLEEP ) IS ELIZABETH?
>> ELIZABETH COLTON.
>> SHE WAS A MOVIE STAR FROM BEFORE.
>> YES, I KNOW WHO SHE WAS.
>> WASN'T SHE MARRIED TO ARTHUR LEANDER?
>> OH...
HOLY ( BLEEP ).
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME MACKENZIE DAVIS!
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>> HI.
>> Stephen: HEY.
>> HI.
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: NOW, "STATION ELEVEN" IS-- IT'S ABOUT THE
AFTERMATH OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN WHICH 99% OF THE POPULATION
IS WIPED OUT AND CIVILIZATION FALLS.
ARE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED...
NOW OF ALL TIMES, PEOPLE JUST LOVE IT.
IT IS--
YOU KNOW, IT IS REQUIRED VIEWING.
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND, ALSO, TALKING ABOUT IT WITH A SENSE OF... WELL, THE BEAUTY
OF IT AND THE HOPE OF IT.
AND FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE AFRAID TO WATCH IT JUST BECAUSE WE
HAPPEN TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, I AM SURPRISED.
WE ALSO RELEASED IT RIGHT AS THE SURGE OF OMICRON CAME REARING
AROUND THE CORNER, SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US EXPECTED PEOPLE
TO WANT TO TUCK IN WITH IT OVER CHRISTMAS.
BUT IT'S BEEN THIS, LIKE, REALLY LOVELY, JOYFUL THING TO SEE
PEOPLE ATTRACTED TO IT.
IT'S A VERY HOPEFUL SHOW.
BUT, YEAH, AS YOU SAID, THE PREMISE IS TOUGH.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
IT SCARES SOME PEOPLE AWAY.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: LIKE, "I CAN'T WATCH THAT RIGHT NOW."
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE?
>> I'D SAY JUST WATCH IT ANYWAY, PLEASE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THAT'S A SOFT SELL.
>> I'M A COMEDIAN.
IT'S OKAY IF YOU WATCH IT ANYWAY YOU MIGHT LIKE IT.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ACTUALLY STARTED SHOOTING THIS, WAS IT
JANUARY OF 2020?
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: SO YOU HAD TO-- YOU HAD TO HEAR THE NEWS THAT
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A BURGEONING PANDEMIC GOING ON.
>> YEAH, BUT I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY AT THAT TIME WAS LIKE,
WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GOING TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
LIKE, HOW WOULD IT GET HERE?
THERE'S NO-- WHAT?
IT'S GOING TO FLY?
THERE WAS NO -- >> Stephen: WHEN DID IT BECOME
CLEAR-- BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAD TO SHUT DOWN, RIGHT?
>> WE WERE NATURALLY SHUTTING DOWN BECAUSE IT KIND OF TAKES
PLACE IN THE WINTER AND SUMMER SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK
IN MAY.
THEY FINISHED FILMING, END OF FEBRUARY, WORLD SHUT DOWN, WE
ALSO DID SHUT DOWN.
AND THEN WE RESUMED JANUARY THIS YEAR.
-- NO, LAST YEAR.
>> Stephen: 2021, EXACTLY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, UNDER STRICT COVID CONDITIONS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: NO DOUBT.
WERE YOU SHOOTING THAT HERE OR UP IN CANADA?
>> WE WERE SHO SHOOTING IN TORO.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE SHOOTING IN A PANDEMIC ABOUT
A PANDEMIC?
SO-- >> IT WAS A BUMMER.
IT WAS, LIKE, REALLY -- >> Stephen: WAS IT LIKE A
BONDING FOR YOU GUYS, FOR THE CAST AND CREW?
>> IT WAS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL REALLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING TOGETHER.
BUT BECAUSE, TO MAKE A SHOW OF THIS SIZE WITH THIS MANY PEOPLE
NOT BEING ABLE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE AND GOING AND BEING AROUND
150 PEOPLE EVERY DAY, YOU HAD TO BE REALLY ISOLATED WHEN YOU
WEREN'T AT WORK.
IT WAS THIS WEIRD PANTOMIME OF A WORT VERSION OF ISOLATION THAN
THE ONE WE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE YEAR BEFORE.
IT WAS STRANGE.
BUT WE ALL REALLY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING TOGETHER.
AND THEN SUMMER CAME AND IT WAS THIS BIG, ECSTATIC THING, WHERE
WE GOT TO BE OUTSIDE AND TOGETHER AGAIN.
IT WAS REALLY NICE.
>> Stephen: COULD YOU CUT LOOSE IN THE SUMMER?
UP IN CANADA, WERE THINGS OPEN?
DID YOU GUYS HAVE A COVID SUMMER LIKE WE DID DOWN HERE?
>> NO, NO, NO.
BUT I WATCHED THAT WITH-- WOW-- A SALIVATING MOUTH.
>> Stephen: JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
>> JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER HOT GIRL SUMMER WAS HAPPENING AND IT
WAS STILL COLD CANADIAN WINTER UP NORTH.
>> Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER, KIRSTIN, IS VERY GOOD WITH A
KNIFE.
THERE SHE IS.
THERE YOU GO.
DID YOU-- NOW, DID YOU-- YOU LEARNED TO THROW A KNIFE AND ALL
THAT GOOD STUFF.
WAS THAT HARD FOR YOU TO LEARN?
AND DID YOU HAVE REQUEST EXPERIENCE WITH IT BEFORE?
>> I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH IT BEFORE.
IT WAS-- IT WAS HARD TO LEARN, BUT THEN-- I'VE HEARD YOU THROW
KNIVES.
>> Stephen: I LEARNED FROM A GUY-- I GREW UP IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
I LEARNED FROM A GUY DOWN THE STREET NAMED GATOR.
WHEN I WAS A BOY HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO THROW A KNIFE.
HE COULD SPLIT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S EYE ON A DOLLAR
BILL.
>> MY EXPERIENCE IS YOU CAN THROW A KNIFE ACCURATELY, LIKE
YOU'RE ON A PENDULUM AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD OR YOU CAN
THROW IT COOL BUT IT'S NOT ACCURATE.
>> Stephen: SHOW ME NOT COOL BUT ACCURATE.
AND SHOW ME COOL.
( APPLAUSE )
JUST GOES.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT COOL.
WE HAVE A CLIP OF YOU HERE TRAINING--
>> THIS IS MY GATOR.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO THIS IS YOU LEARNING RIGHT HERE.
>> EXCUSE ME?
WELL...
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD FEELING.
>> I KNOW.
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU COULD PROTECT YOUR FAMILY.
>> AND I WOULD, YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT MY DAD -- >> Stephen: SHAKESPEARE PLAYS
A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS.
YOU ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY HAMLET.
>> I DO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IN THIS.
DID YOU HAVE MUCH SHAKESPEARE EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU DID THIS
PART?
>> I WENT TO UNIVERSITY FOR ENGLISH LIT AND, YOU KNOW, WENT
TO THEATER SCHOOL, SO I HAVE BEEN READING SHAKESPEARE MY
WHOLE LIFE, BUT I NEVER PERFORMED IT UNTIL NOW.
AND IT WAS SUCH-- SUCH A DREAM.
IT WAS REALLY LOVELY.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE-- NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE
A BIT OF IT, OR FROM YOUR ENGLISH LIT DAYS, DO YOU HAVE A
FAVORITE BIT OF SHAKESPEARE?
>> I WASN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH "HAMLET."
I READ IT BUT I HADN'T REALLY, REALLY STUDIED IT UNTIL NOW, BUT
I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, LOVE THELONNUOUS.
>> WILL NOT SHUT UP.
>> AND GETTING HIS STICKY LITTLE PAWS AND EVERYTHING.
AND I LOVE THIS LINE FROM "ROMEO AND JULIETTE" WHEN-- ROMEO, KILL
HIM AND I'LL CUT HIM UP IN LITTLE STARS AND PUT HIM IN THE
NIGHT SKY, AND IT'S SUCH A VIOLENT, HORNY THING.
LIKE, IT'S REALLY TEEN STUFF.
I LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A CHARACTER DESCRIPTION OF JULIETTE I NEVER
HEARD.
VIOLENT, COMMA, HORNY.
IT DOES NOT END WELL, I HAVE TO SAY.
MACKENZIE IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE KNIVES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> STEPHEN: "STATION ELEVEN" CAN BE STREAMED NOW ON HBO MAX.
MACKENZIE DAVIS, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.