-I'm so happy to see you, as always.
Little Marlowe, your daughter,
is so beautiful and cute backstage.
-Staying up late on a school night.
-I know, my gosh. -Couldn't keep her away.
-Oh, I'm so happy, yeah. And I'm so happy we had puppies
here so that she could play with the puppies, too.
It's Nana Week here, so we're actually asking anyone
if they have any grandma stories.
And you have a very interesting story of your grandma.
-Well, it's actually my mum. I didn't know one of my grannies.
The other one lived in South Africa, but my mother started
the first ever exercise-based school in England in the '70s.
-First ever exercise-based school.
-Yes, and it was called Granny's Beautiful Bodies.
-Yeah. -That's my granny story.
-Yeah, your mom was Granny's Beautiful Bodies.
-But she was not a granny. She's a granny now.
Gan-Gan.
-Oh, that's the name? -Gan-Gan.
-Everyone's got a name. -We've got a Gaga and a Gan-Gan.
-Oh, Gaga and a Gan-Gan. -Gaga and Gan-Gan.
-♪ Oh, gaga da gang gang gong gida gangy gong gong ♪
♪ Gang gang gong gong gang gang gong gong gang gang ♪
What was the school about? -I love this stuff.
-I know. -What was the school?
So it was this very -- It was kind of like
a yoga/Alexander Technique combo, ballet, balletic.
But like Albert Finney went and Ava Gardner.
It was super glam.
-Wow. -Yeah. She was really good.
-And did you ever take any classes?
-Never. Not once. -No, of course not.
-But actually, you know what?
So she had the school and then
they had kids and they sort of moved away.
And then when I was a teenager, she set up --
she decided to start teaching classes again.
So she'd have these women -- I was just like a moody teenager
in my room, and there would be these women next door, like,
going -- [ Breathing heavily ]
You know, stretching and doing the stuff.
And then it was so popular that they'd be out in the landing
and I was this horrible 14-year-old with a hoodie on
and I'd just climb over these women with their legs in the air
to go to the loo and, like, slam the door.
-"Get out of my house!" -They still came.
She was obviously that good.
But no, I've never done one class with her.
-I wanted to ask you because you just recently
celebrated a milestone birthday.
-Yeah. 21. -21.
[ Laughter ] Wow, congratulations.
You can have alcohol if you want to try, you can do it.
What is it, 40? -No, 21.
-That's right, yes. [ Laughter ]
-What is wrong with you? -I don't know.
"What is wrong with you? Why do you keep saying 40?"
-I turned 40. What's the matter with you?
-What is wrong with me? Come on.
-I am 40 years old. -Did you celebrate?
Did you have a party? -I have the worst birthday.
I'm born on the 28th of December,
which I was driving actually this year
and the radio man said, "And here we are in the black hole
between Christmas and New Year, the 28th of December."
-[ Crying ] Happy birthday to me!
-No one's ever put it like that before.
But it's true. It's the whole excitement, and then Boxing Day,
and then the 27th, you're starting to get low.
By the 28th, you're like -- you're down.
You're down. And then I'm -- Yeah, I'm the loser that
then has to, like, open presents again in front of people.
The whole thing is, like, mortifying,
so I never have a party, although I was peer-pressured
to organize one extensively
that I had to cancel [Cackles] because of omicron.
Not that that's a good thing but...
Yeah, but it was ripping through England and I had organized
a 1920s birthday party for the "Roaring Twenties"
that we have been enjoying.
-Yeah, right. -Yeah.
-But wait.
There's something satisfying about canceling plans.
-Actually, my best friend and I had an idea to set up a company
where we extensively and vigorously plan an event for you
that is incredibly stressful and we cancel it the night before.
[ Laughter ]
-So you can just relax and you're like,
"Ah, let's just have a glass of wine."
-The feeling of like --
Anyone who cancels on me is my favorite person.
[ Laughter ] And I guess it's my age.
-That's so funny.
-I don't want ever to do anything.
-That is so funny. Do you remember celebrating
your birthday when we did a movie together?
"Factory Girl"? -Yes.
-Yeah. -You ate my face.
On a cake. On a cake.
[ Laughter ]
-Well, we'll be right back.
No, I had your -- -Yes.
-Yes, I had your -- -My face was on a cake.
-Yes, we put a giant -- -You did not eat my face.
-But technically I guess we -- -You did go for the face.
-Yeah, I did. I thought that'd be funny.
-Yeah, because you're a funny guy.
-Well, I thought that was very --
It was a nice, glamorous shot of you.
-It was not the prettiest picture, was it?
They had found a picture of me that was a wardrobe test photo
that had been leaked from "G.I. Joe."
Like, not even an officially approved --
Someone had, like, leaked a bad one.
I had, like, the wrong hair and, like, black leather --
Holly Wiersma, our great producer.
-Was it? -I think she got the cake.
-Yeah, and so she wanted to make sure you had the best --
-So we ate an ugly picture of me, yeah.
The time of our lives. That was my college years.
-It was, right? -Shreveport, Louisiana.
-We had the best time together, yeah.
But now look, we're parents.
-Now we're 21 and getting older.
-You're 21 years old and wow.
-The good old days. -Yeah.
Marlowe is so fun.
Here's what my question for you.
What do you play for her?
She's 10 years old?
-So, we used to do this thing when I drove her to school.
We now live in New York and there's a school bus. Yes.
But in England, I used to drive her to school,
and I decided to do, like, an album a week
to musically educate my 3-year-old at the time.
-Did it work? -I think so.
-Yeah, that's good. -I mean, I have no say
in what she listens to now, but back then we did like
pet sounds and we did the Smiths.
She used to sing like, "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
at three, which is funny.
-Yeah, exactly.
We tried -- We try to sneak those in
and then they just kind of went to their own area.
-What do they -- What are they into?
-They're into, like, hard-core metal, heavy metal.
[ Laughter ]
I want to talk about "Anatomy of a Scandal."
-Or a sandal. That's what we called it on set.
-Academy -- Anatomy of a S-- -Academy of a Sandal.
-Academy of Sandals.
And the sandal goes to -- [ Laughter ]
"Anatomy of a Scandal."
-Yes. -David E. Kelley.
-Yeah. -Not too shabby.
-Not too shabby. The guy can write.
We'll give him that. -Oh, my gosh.
-He co-wrote it with Melissa James Gibson,
who is also a sublime writer.
-And you told me that you -- Currently, you worked with
one of the biggest stars you've ever worked with in your career.
-Yeah. -Now, this is --
I mean, you've worked with me. -Yeah.
-And you're saying -- -Yeah, yeah.
-You're saying this is a bigger moment.
-Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood.
But whatever because I worked with Peppa Pig.
[ Laughter ]
Amelie. -Amelie Bea Smith.
This is the voice of Peppa Pig?
-That is the voice of Peppa Pig.
And I've never fangirled out on anyone.
Like, it was just -- It was really too much.
I'd sit there across set with my cup sort of staring at her.
And then make her FaceTime my daughter relentlessly,
and she was such a pro, you know? She was like nine.
-You're like, "Just say 'muddy puddles!'
Say 'muddy puddles!'" -Yeah, exactly, exactly.
I have all these voice notes. Like, "Hello, Marlowe.
This Is --" I was like, "Yes!"
-That's why we work so hard, to get to this spot.
-Exactly. -How do we set up the series?
-So, this series is -- It's the people that did
"Big Little Lies" and "The Undoing,"
and it's that six-part format -- -I love both of them.
I love both of them. Come on.
-They didn't even play for that because it's such a crush.
-Oh, it's such a crush. -So, these people know
how to do this, and this one is about a sort of --
I'm the wife of a Tory politician in England
who is caught having an affair
and it evolves into all sorts of drama.
It's Michelle Dockery, costars Naomi Scott, Rupert Friend.
This scene I think is when the bomb is dropped.
-Yeah, and he has to tell you before the scandal gets out,
"Hey, this happened. I had an affair."
-Yeah. -"So let's squash this.
Let's figure this out before it gets --
It's going to be out in the press.
It's going to be everywhere. I just want you to know."
-It was, like, such a horrible moment.
I'm sure many people have experienced that moment of,
like, this thing has happened,
and my heartbeat started to go up,
and I had a microphone on,
and they could hear my heartbeat accelerating
on the cans when they were watching the monitor.
-Really? -And they've actually --
So, they kept that in and then they use it
as a motif thing throughout the show.
My little heartbeat.
-Your heartbeat is in the scene? -Yeah, that's how I act.
-Come on. That's how Sienna Miller --
You don't mess with Sienna Miller, man.
She'll tell you what's up. Put the mike by the heart.
"I'll make the heart -- How loud do you want the heartbeat?
I can do it."
I want to show everyone a clip.
Here's Sienna Miller in "Anatomy of a Scandal."
Take a look.
[ Heart beating ]
-There's more.
You're not telling me just to tell me, to unburden yourself.
There's more.
Is she pregnant?
-No. God, no.
This story is about to break.
-When? -Tonight.
The Mail is splashing it tomorrow, online late tonight.
Chris Clark's on his way over.
-He's coming here? Now?
-We have to get ahead of this.
-We have to figure out how to protect our children from it.
-We have to do both.
-[ Imitating heartbeat ]
-Sienna Miller!
"Anatomy of a Scandal" begins streaming April 15th on Netflix.