YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN SPENDING LOTS OF TIME TOGETHER.
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> James: WHEN YOU MADE THE MOVIE, SINCE MAKING THE MOVIE.
MELISSA, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF ELISABETH ELISABET
>> WHAT I GEARED MYSELF UP FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE I'M
SURE LIKE EVERYONE I'M A PRETTY WEIRD FAN OF ELISABETH, I HAVE
EVERYTHING SHE'S EVER DONE, SO I WAS, LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE
INTENSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTENSE, I'M GOING TO TRY NOT MAKE A FOOL OF
MYSELF, I'M GOING TO KEEP UP, GOING TO BE SUPER PREPARED, AND
I DID HAVE AN IMAGE OF HER WALKING INTO A ROOM AND BEING
LIKE I AM ELISABETH MOSS!
JUST, LIKE, FLAMES AND CHAUCER BOOKS AND WEIRD FACTS, AND I'M,
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT!
SHE'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.
SHE'S GREAT AND YOU'RE NOT WEIRD.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S REALLY FUN.
WE GOT ALONG RIGHT AWAY AND SHE'S A GREAT ENABLER AND THAT'S
ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.
>> James: WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU KNEW YOU WOULD BE FRIENDS?
>> VERY CLEAR.
SITTING IN A BAR.
A FAKE BAR.
SITTING IN A FAKE BAR AND SHE SHOWED ME SOMETHING SHE WANTED
TO BUY ONLINE.
YOU MIND IF I TELL?
>> I'M PROUD OF IT.
T WAS A GIANT FIBER GLASS YELLOW OR GOLD HORSE.
>> James: BECAUSE YOU'RE INTO BIG ANIMALS IN THE GARDEN.
>> THAT PUTS A WEIRD SPIN ON IT.
>> James: YOU HAVE HUGE GORILLAS IN YOUR GARDEN AND
THINGS LIKE THAT?
>> WELL, WHEN YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT, YES.
WHEN YOU SAY IT CREEPY, IT'S GOING TO BE CREEPY, BUT --
>> IT'S LIFE-SIZE.
SIZE.
I SAID, DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GET THIS?
AND I LOOKED AT IT AND SAID YES.
AND LITERALLY MY EYES WENT TO HEART AND I WAS, LIKE, YOU'RE
EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED YOU TO BE.
SHE'S LIKE, GET THAT HORSE!
AND CURRENTLY THAT HORSE IS IN MY BACKYARD.
>> James: WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE HORSES?
>> ON ETSY.
>> James: WHERE?
ON ETSY.
I SPEND -- THERE'S A VERY CHALLENGING PART OF -- LIKE IF
I'M UP AT, LIKE, FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 A.M., IT'S JUST LIKE
THERE'S A WIND TUNNEL IN MY LIVING ROOM OF DO I NEED NEW
CANISTERS FROM THE '70s?
YES!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: I DON'T REALLY
KNOW -- SEE, IS THIS A PART OF YOUR LIFE?
>> YES, BUT MAINLY BECAUSE OF MISSA.
>> OH, WELCOME!
I'M OBSESSED WITH HER OBSESSION AND ENABLING HER
BUYING THINGS ON ETSY.
I WILL SAY YES TO ANYTHING.
>> James: ARE YOU THINKING THIS IS SOME SORT OF ADDICTION?
AN ETSY -- >> YEAH, LIKE EXERCISING.
>> James: EXACTLY.
I LOVE THAT.
>> EXACTLY.
I GO ON ETSY TOO MUCH.
>> James: MELISSA, YOU GOT YOUR BIG BREAK ON THE GILMORE
GIRLS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YES.
>> James: AND WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED ON THAT SHOW, WHAT WAS
IT LIKE MEETING FANS OF THE SHOW?
>> WELL, IT WAS REALLY NICE BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST TIME --
I MEAN, I HAD DONE SO MANY OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF, OFF-BROADWAY
PLAYS, REALLY IT WAS, LIKE, SEVEN OF MY FRIENDS I'D PAID TO
BE THERE.
SO IT'S KIND OF AMAZING TO DO A SHOW PEOPLE LIKE.
WHAT IS WEIRD IS, ON WARNER BROTHERS, WHERE WE SHOT IT, ALL
THESE TROLLEYS GO AROUND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 PEOPLE ON
NEVER-ENDING GOLF CARTS, AND THERE'S JUST STUFF THAT YOU
SHOULD -- NO ONE TELLS YOU -- OH, BY THE WAY, IT'S AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE SO YOU CAN'T HEAR US COMING --
>> James: YES.
-- AND THEY KIND OF CREEP UP ON YOU, AND I WAS PREGNANT -- I
WAS PREGNANT A LOT ON THAT SHOW.
I THINK I HAD 16 TO 18 KIDS.
>> James: YEAH.
FOR THE RECORD, I HAD A PREGNANCY BELLY ON.
>> James: YEAH.
AT THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE SMOKED ON SET, IT WAS BACK IN
THE DAY.
>> James: SURE.
IT WAS, LIKE, '71 AND PEOPLE WOULD SMOKE AND I SAID, YEAH,
I'LL SMOKE, I DON'T USUALLY, BUT, SURE, I HAVE NO SENSE OF
SELF.
>> James: SURE.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT BIT.
YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING TO END WELL.
SO WE WOULD BE, LIKE, ON A BREAK AND I WAS HAVING A CIGARETTE,
AND I WOULD TAKE A DRAG, I WOULD PUNCH THE PREGNANCY BELLY AND
THEN I WOULD GO -- ( LAUGHTER )
AND SMOKE WOULD COME OUT AND PEOPLE WERE LAUGHING AND I DID
IT AGAIN, AND THE SECOND TIME I DID IT, EVERYONE'S LIKE, NO,
THAT'S NOT OKAY.
AND I WAS, LIKE, THAT'S WEIRD BECAUSE A MINUTE AGO YOU DID IT.
I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
BIG INHALE, DOUBLE PUNCH, LOTS OF SMOKE, AND THEY WERE ALL
JUST, LIKE, TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND...
( LAUGHTER ) AND THERE'S 45 PEOPLE STANDING
BEHIND ME ON LIKE A TOUR OF WARNER BROTHERS AND I WAS, LIKE,
NOT A REAL BELLY!
I'M NOT LIKELY PREGNANT!
THEY WERE, LIKE, NO!
PEOPLE WERE POINTING AND SAYING, NO, THAT'S NOT OKAY!
AND I WAS LIKE, DO I LIFT MY SHIRT AND SHOW THEM?
( LAUGHTER ) AND I GOT CAUGHT.
BY THE WAY, I DIDN'T LEARN MY LESSON AND I DID IT THREE MONTHS
LATER AND I GOT CAUGHT AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUNNY BIT AND
I GOT CAUGHT THE SECOND TIME AND I'VE NEVER DONE IT SE IT SINCE.
>> James: WOW.
IT IS A FUNNY BIT, THOUGH.
>> NOT FOR A CROWD.
>> James: ELISABETH, YOU WORKED AS ONE OF THE GILMORE
GIRLS CO-STARS ALEXIS.
WERE YOU A FAN OF THE GILMORE GIRLS?
>> I WAS A BIT LATER.
I WATCHED IT DURING SEASONS ONE AND TWO OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE
AS A BIT OF A PALETTE CLEANSER.
>> James: YES.
I WAS A FRIEND OF ALEXIS, SHE WAS ON MAD MAN, I KNEW HER
OUTSIDE GILMORE GIRLS AND KNEW HER FROM WORKING ON HANDMAID'S
TALE.
AND I LOVE HER AND WE GOT ALONG WELL, I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR
HER.
I STARTED WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS, AND I FELT REALLY
DIFFERENT AROUND HERE BECAUSE NOW SHE WAS JUST RORY GILMORE TO
ME.
>> James: OF COURSE.
EVERY TIME I WOULD SEE HER, WE WOULD BE DOING A SERIOUS
SCENE AND TALK ABOUT SERIOUS STUFF AND INSIDE I WOULD BE
JUST, LIKE, RORY GILMORE IS TALKING TO YOU!
I'VE NEVER TOLD HER THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HER TO BE -- I
DON'T KNOW -- >> James: WELL, THIS IS THE
PERFECT WAY FOR HER TO FIND OUT.
STICK AROUND!
MORE OF THESE TWO WHEN WE COME BACK!