WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST STARRED IN THE TELEVISION SERIES "HANNIBAL,"
AND NOW HE STARS ON HULU'S "THE PATH."
PLEASE WELCOME, HUGH DANCY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO MUSIC )
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE HERE, WHAT, A YEAR AGO OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
>> GIVE OR TAKE.
>> Stephen: GIVE OR TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> NOT MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
>> Stephen:, NO, NO, NO.
THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, THIS IS HOW LONG AGO, LAST TIME
YOU WERE HERE BREXIT HADN'T BEEN VOTED ON AND WE DISCUSSED THE
POSSIBILITY OF BREXIT.
>> INNOCENT DAYS.
>> Stephen: BACK WHEN THE WORLD WAS WHAT WE REMEMBERED.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: THE FANSY IN OUR -- FANTASY IN OUR MIND
MATCHED REALITY.
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THERESA MAY TRIGGERED IT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE DECISION YOUR COUNTRY'S MADE?
>> A LITTLE NERVOUS.
NOTHING'S HAPPENED YET.
>> Stephen: THE POUND LOST ABOUT 16% OF ITS VALUE.
>> THAT LITTLE THING, THAT HAPPENED, YEAH.
BUT THE REAL THING, WHAT COMES AFTER BREXIT HASN'T HAPPENED.
WE AGREED TO SEPARATE BUT WE'VE STILL GOT TO FIGURE OUT THE
MORTGAGE AND THE THE KIDS AND THE ALIMONY AND THE LABORATORY
AND WHATEVER ELSE.
>> Stephen: WHO GETS TO KEEP SCOTLAND.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, YEAH.
YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
A LITTLE UNSURE ABOUT THE FUTURE.
>> Stephen: MAKE SURE YOU TELL SCOTLAND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT,
DON'T BLAME YOURSELF.
NOW YOU WILL HAVE TWO CHRISTMASES, SCOTLAND.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, PEOPLE COMPARE BREXIT TO
TRUMP'S ELECTION.
TRUMP ACTUALLY CALLED HIMSELF MR. BREXIT.
HE DID.
HE SAID, LIKE, I'M GOING TO SURPRISE EVERYBODY, MR. BREXIT.
DO YOU SEE -- DO YOU SEE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE DECISIONS
MADE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DECISIONS MADE IN
ENGLAND THAT GOT YOU TO BREXIT?
>> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS OVERLAP IN THE TERRENCE OF
PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR BREXIT, PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP.
WE EAR SO INSECURE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SO GREAT THAT WE
LITERALLY PUT IT IN THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY, JUST SO YOU CAN BE
CLEAR, IT'S ON THE LABEL.
WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ARGUE.
HE JUST PUT IT ON A BASEBALL CAP.
THAT SEEMS VERY MODEST.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT NEW BRITAIN.
>> NO.
THERE WAS NO ARGUMENT ABOUT IT.
NOBODY SAID, ARE WE SURE ABOUT THIS?
SEEMS A LITTLE STRONG.
IT'S, LIKE, YEAH, SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
>> Stephen: I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT YOU GUYS CALLING
YOURSELVES "GREAT" BRITAIN.
>> AND THE WEIRD THING IS EVERYBODY ACCEPTED IT.
I'M GOING TO GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
YEAH, IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: SO I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT BRITAIN, I DON'T KNOW
A LOT ABOUT ENGLAND.
I GET SOME OF MY NEWS FROM THE B.B.C. "NewsHour" DURING THE
DAY.
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR NEWS, BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE, RIGHT?
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE B.B.C. TO FIND OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON AT HOME OR AROUND THE WORLD.
>> SOMETIMES.
THE FAILING "NEW YORK TIMES."
SAD.
( LAUGHTER ) I'D START OUT WITH THE NEWS, I
WOULD SAY, QUITE AMBITIOUSLY AND THEN ONE AND TWO CLICKS AND
YOU'RE READING A "HUFFINGTON POST" STORY ABOUT RUSSELL
CROWE'S LATEST ANGRY TWEET OR WHATEVER.
>> Stephen: YOU MEAN YOU GO THE WHOLE OF THE INTERNET?
I CALL IT THE INFANET.
YOU GO AND YOU SAY, I'M GOING TO LOOK UP THE CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS.
AN HOUR LATER YOU'RE GOING, THERE WAS AN ANIMATED VERSION OF
HAPPY DAYS IN 1980 AND SCOOBY-DOO WAS A GUEST?
WHAT THE HELL?
( LAUGHTER ) >> TO BE CLEAR, THA THAT WOULDN'
WASTE OF TIME.
>> Stephen: BUT THE ANIMATED SERIES WAS.
>> MAYBE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A 4-YEAR-OLD SON CYRUS WITH CLAIRE
DANES.
HOW TALENTED IS THAT PERSON?!
>> HE'S AMAZING, YEAH.
AGREED.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WATCH HOMELAND?
>> I DO, YES.
>> Stephen: GOD, I AM SO HOOKED.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER WORRY FOR YOUR WIFE WHEN YOU WATCH
THAT SHOW?
>> I WORRY FOR MY WIFE WHEN SHE GOES TO WORK BECAUSE I'VE SEEN
THE SHOW AND I KNOW WHAT SHE HAS TO DO.
>> Stephen: REPORT.
ARE YOU COOL PARENTS?
DO YOU -- WHAT DO YOU DO?
HEY, HE'S FOUR, HE CAN HAVE A LITTLE WINE.
EUROPEANS, YOU KNOW -- >> DIP THE FINGER IN THE WINE.
>> Stephen: RUB IT ON THE GUMS WHEN THEY'RE TEETHING.
I DON'T KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I HEAR THAT WORKS FINE.
>> Stephen: ANY PARENTING TRICKS YOU AND YOUR WIFE USE?
>> WE USED -- I MEAN, LIKE I GUESS A LOT OF PEOPLE THESE
DAYS, THE APPS.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE APPS.
WE HAD A WHITE NOISE APP.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT THAT.
HUGE FANS OF RANDOM SOUND IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
LIKE A BABBLING BROOK OR A FAN.
>> A NOISE, OR THE NOISE OF A BUSY RESTAURANT, LIKE THE
CLINKING OF CUTLERY, WHICH SEEMS TO ME LIKE TAUNTING THE PARENTS,
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE FOR THE NEXT TEN
YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.
BUT REMEMBER THIS?
>> Stephen: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I TELL NEW PARENTS.
THEY SAY, WHAT SHALL I DO?
I'M, LIKE, GET SOME SLEEP, NOT A JOKE AND GO SEE MOVIES, BECAUSE
YOU DON'T GO OUT AGAIN FOR YEARS.
>> THINK ABOUT TRAVELING.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WHEN BABIES ARE REALLY SMALL, I FIND TRAVELING IS OKAY.
THE REAL SMALL ONES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HANDLE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THAT CARRYING THING.
YOU CAN GO PRETTY FAST.
NOW, IN THE PATH, IT'S ABOUT A CULT.
YOU GUYS ARE IN A CULT.
>> WE ARE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A CULT OR ANYTHING LIKE A
CULT?
>> WELL, I DID GO TO A BRITISH BORING SCHOOL.
THERE IS THAT.
>> Stephen: IS THAT LIKE A CULT?
ALL BOYS AND -- >> YEAH, THIS ONE WAS, ALL BOYS.
IT WAS A FAIRLY OLD INSTITUTION.
WE HAD OUR OWN LANGUAGE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD YOUR OWN LANGUAGE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS IT HOGWARTS?
( LAUGHTER ) >> HOGWARTS IS KIND OF NEW
VOGUE.
>> Stephen: OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE?
>> LITERALLY YOU ARRIVED AT SCHOOL AND THEY HAND YOU A
BOOKLET AND THEY SAY WE'LL TEST YOU IN TWO WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS SINCE THE 1400S SO DON'T MESS UP.
>> Stephen: SUCH AS?
YOU WOULD SAY I'M GOING TO UP TO BOOKS, INSTEAD OF TO LESSONS.
AND IF YOU WERE TAKING A BICYCLE, WHICH YOU COULDN'T, BUT
IF YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN RIDING YOUR
BOGLE.
>> Stephen: TAKING YOUR BOWINGLE TO BOOKS?
>> YOU WOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED FOR THAT SLIP SNIEWP
WHAT WOULD THE PUNISHMENT BE, HUGH?
( LAUGHTER ) OR WOULD IT BE
SELF-ADMINISTERED?
>> YES, AND IT GOES ON ALL YOUR LIFE.
>> Stephen: WELL, LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
MY BEST TO CLAIRE DANES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NEW EPISODES OF "THE PATH" ARE AVAILABLE ON
HULU.
HUGH DANCY, EVERYBODY.
BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY "BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE."