>> OH, YOU PICKED A GREAT DAY TO
TUNE IN.
IT'S JULY THE 9th, 2018.
IT'S A HUGE DAY AROUND HERE
BECAUSE GUESS WHO'S BACK?
COME ON OUT.
OUR VERY OWN MOVIE STAR KATHIE
LEE GIFFORD.
SHE'S IN THE HOUSE.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY!
HODA!
HODA MAMA!
HI, HONEY.
I MISSED YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I MISSED YOU TOO.
LOOK WHO'S BACK FROM SCOTLAND,
YOU GUYS.
EVERY TIME I WENT OUT, EVERYONE
WAS LIKE, WHEN IS KATHIE LEE
COMING BACK?
WHAT'S THE MOVIE?
>> PLEASE TELL US SHE'S NOT
COMING BACK.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
I HEARD FROM THOSE PEOPLE TOO.
>> ARE THOSE YOUR SECURITY
GUARDS OVER THERE?
>> I LOVE THEM.
MOONLIGHTING LIKE THE PAPARAZZI.
THAN
THANKS, YOU GUYS.
SO SWEET.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, HODA.
>> CAN YOU BELIEVE -- JUST SO
YOU GUYS KNOW, FROM THE LAST DAY
YOU SAW KATH TO THIS MOMENT,
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD HAS WRITTEN
AND STARRED IN A MOVIE.
IT HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THIS TINY
LITTLE WINDOW.
>> YEAH, IT'S SORT OF THE WHOLE
THING HAS HAPPENED IN A VERY
SHORT TIME IN TERMS OF MOVIE
MAKING.
I'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERY
MOMENT.
IT WAS HONESTLY THE MOST
INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD IN MY
LIFE.
>> HOW COME?
WHAT WAS IT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I'VE WRITTEN
FILMS BUT NEVER PRODUCED ONE
THAT I ACTUALLY WROTE.
I HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM SITTING
IN DRAWERS IN MY HOUSE.
I'VE WRITTEN SOME THAT PEOPLE
WANTED TO DO, BUT THEY ALWAYS
WANTED TO CHANGE THEM.
I SAID, YOU KNOW, UH-UH.
YOU TOIL OVER THESE THINGS.
YOU HAVE YOUR VISION FOR THEM.
THIS TIME I DIDN'T HAVE TO
LISTEN.
MY WONDERFUL DIRECTOR HAD IDEAS,
AND CRAIG FERGUSON HAD
UNBELIEVABLE IDEAS.
I GOT THERE THE FIRST DAY, HODA,
AND HE'S SITTING THERE WITH
ADRIANA.
I HAD FLOWN ALL NIGHT.
HE SAID, KATH, I LOVE YOU, I
WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I DIDN'T
LOVE THIS SCRIPT, BUT YOU GOT TO
CHANGE THE ENDING.
>> WERE YOU CALM?
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
>> I SAID, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
WE'RE SHOOTING IN THREE DAYS.
WE'RE STARTING TO SHOOT.PIP GO
I GO, REALLY?
HE GOES, BE CALM, JUST HEAR ME
OUT.
AND HE WAS RIGHT.
THEN I CHANGED THE ENDING.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT MAKING IT WITH A
MAJOR STUDIO WITH PEOPLE
HOVERING OVER TO YOU, YOU GO
WITH YOUR GUT.
IT'S SUCH A COLLABORATIVE
EXPERIENCE.
>> SO YOU AND CRAIG ON THIS SET
HAD TONS OF CHEMISTRY.
EVERYONE WAS SAYING THAT.
SO YOU GO THERE AND NOW YOU'RE
SHOOTING A MOVIE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
LOOK AT HIM.
LOOK.
>> LOOK AT WHERE YOU WERE.
MY GOD, KATH.
>> IT'S JUST GLORIOUSLY
BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'VE BEEN IN A HEAT WAVE.
SO THREE WEEKS OF SUNSHINE.
IT'S A LOVE LETTER TO SCOTLAND,
THIS MOVIE WE'RE MAKING.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M
SEEING ANY OF IT, THAT'S WHY I'M
WATCHING.
>> MY GOD.
SO WAIT.
WHAT'S THE ESSENCE OF THE MOVIE?
>> I CAN TELL YOU SO LITTLE.
YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE
WHOLE DAGGONE THING.
ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL THE STUFF THAT
CHANGED.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT THE STAFF KNOWS.
THEY HEARD EVERYTHING.
EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
LONG DAYS.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE DOING WORK YOU
LOVE, YOU DON'T MIND.
HAD A FANTASTIC CREW, ALL
SCOTTISH.
ALL MY COSTUMES WERE MADE BY UK
DESIGNERS.
WANTED TO BE VERY FAITHFUL TO
THEM.
WONDERFUL COSTUME DESIGNER MAKED
MICHAEL HERTZ.
THEN SHARON SINCLAIR, OUR
SCOTTISH MAKEUP ARTIST.
SHE DID MY MAKEUP THE WHOLE
TIME.
BUT WORKING WITH CRAIG, THIS IS
WHY -- I WROTE IT FOR HIM
ANYWAY, I TOLD YOU THAT.
WORKING HIM WAS JUST THE
EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME BECAUSE
I KNEW IT WHEN WE WORKED
TOGETHER AT THE SHOW.
BUT THEN TO WRITE FOR HIM,
HAVING HIM IN MY HEAD.
HE GIVES A PERFORMANCE IN THIS
MOVIE.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S STUNNING.
I KNEW THE COMEDY WOULD BE
GREAT.
BUT HE HAS SO MANY DRAMATIC
SCENES.
STUNNING IS THE WORD.
I'M STUNNED.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUNNED.
>> WHEN IT GOT TO BE FUNNY, AND
I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU GUYS
TOGETHER ON THE SET, WERE YOU
CONSTANTLY --
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TELL
YOU THE FUNNIEST STORY.
>> YOU CAN.
>> I GUESS I WILL.
WHAT THE HECK.
WHAT'S NBC GOING TO DO, FIRE ME
NOW?
I'M FINALLY BACK.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE WAS A SCENE -- HOW CAN I
PUT IT?
THERE'S A SCENE WHERE I COME OUT
OF THE SHOWER IN MY ROBE WITH MY
HAIR WET.
THERE'S A SCENE OF HIM IN BED,
OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING
ELSE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS.
AND I WAS IN THE ROBE.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A PANTY LINE.
YOU HAVE A PANTY LINE.
THE COSTUME DESIGNERS ARE GOING,
WE CAN'T HAVE A PANTY LINE.
NOBODY GOES INTO THE SHOWER AND
PUTS ON UNDERWEAR.
I SAID, I KNOW.
SO HE SAID, WOULD YOU MIND
TAKING YOUR UNDERWEAR OFF?
THEN I HAVE A SCENE WHERE I SIT
DOWN AT A DRESSING TABLE AND
START PUTTING CREAM ON LIKE YOU
DO.
SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A
SHARON STONE MOMENT.
LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
THEY NEEDN'T HAVE WORRIED.
THEY SAID, WE HAVE THIS THING
WE'D LIKE YOU TO PUT ON INSTEAD.
I SAID, WHAT IS IT?
THEY GO -- IT HAS A PROFESSIONAL
NAME, BUT I LEARNED A NAME IN
SCOTLAND THAT YOU'RE NEVER
SUPPOSED TO SAY.
IT'S FINE TO SAY HERE.
>> NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS.
>> IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
THE WORD IS FUDD.
IT MEANS A LADY'S PARTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ELMER.
ELMER FUDD.
THAT'S A GUY, RIGHT?
>> SO WHAT HAPPENED?
>> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE HOT AS
HELL DAYS.
WE SHOT THIS SCENE ALL DAY LONG.
IT'S IN A ROOM SMALLER THAN THIS
AREA.
YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY FANS OR
ANYTHING OR AIR-CONDITIONING
BECAUSE OF THE SOUND.
THERE'S 20 PEOPLE AND TWO
CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING IS GOING
ON.
SO THEY GIVE ME THIS THING.
IT LOOKS LIKE A HEART, LIKE A
PAPER HEART.
IT'S GOT ADHESIVE ON THE BACK
AND YOU PLACE IT RIGHT WHERE THE
SUN DON'T SHINE.
EXCEPT IT WAS SHINING IN
SCOTLAND.
SO I'M THERE AND WE DO THE TAKE
20 TIMES.
THEN I'M STANDING AT THE END OF
THE BED TALKING TO HOWARD, OUR
CHARACTER CRAIG, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT IS SO FREAKING HOT
THAT MY FUDD GUARD MELTS OFF.
MELTS, FALLS ON THE FLOOR, AND
EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT ME, AND I
GO, WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
I STARTED LAUGHING, I PICK IT
UP, AND I SAID, PLEASE, DESTROY
THIS.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING
THIS AND SELLING IT ON eBAY.
SO ANYWAY, CRAIG DOESN'T MISS A
MOMENT.
CRAIG, WHO'S BEEN DOING SIR --
OH, WHO WAS HIS NAME?
AL
ALEC GUINNESS.
HE LOVES HIS VOICE ON THE AUDIO
BOOKS.
HE'S BEEN REGALING US, MAKING ME
SCREAM LAUGHING THE ENTIRE MONTH
AND A HALF.
ALL THE SUDDEN HE GOES INTO ALEC
GUINNESS MODE AND STARTS SAYING,
KATHIE LEE, ON THE DAY THAT HER
FUDD GUARD FELL TO THE FLOOR,
CONTINUED ON AS THE TRUE
PROFESSIONAL THAT SHE IS.
AND HE WOULDN'T STOP.
I HAD TO DO A VERY SCENE WITH
HIM.
I BARRED HIM.
I KICKED HIM OUT.
I KICKED HIM OUT AND DID MY
SCENE TO AN "X" ON THE CAMERA.
I SAID, YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE.
I CANNOT DO THIS.
SO DON'T SHOOT ME OR ANYTHING IF
THE WORD FUDD OFFENDS YOU.
IT'S JUST A FUNNY WORD FOR THAT.
>> AND WAIT, THERE'S GOING TO BE
NEW MUSIC IN THE MOVIE.
>> OH, MY GOSH, YEAH.
I CAN'T GIVE THIS AWAY, BUT I
REALIZED IT WAS ONE OF THESE
GLORIOUS SCOTTISH DAYS.
THE KIND OF DAY YOU WISH YOU HAD
YOUR FRIEND TO WALK WITH.
I DID A FIVE-HOUR HIKE, RUN,
PRAYER TIME IN THE HIGHLANDS.
IT WAS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S LIKE BEING IN SWITZERLAND
OR COLORADO.
JUST GLORIOUS.
I FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO WRITE A
SONG FOR CRAIG'S CHARACTER
BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR
SCORE THAT I WROTE WITH BRETT
JAMES THAT IS FROM HOWARD'S
PERSPECTIVE.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL -- BECAUSE
IT'S ALL REALLY HER STORY.
I JUST FELT THIS INSPIRATION
COME ON ME.
I SAT IN THIS VERY, VERY SPECIAL
PLACE AND WROTE A NEW SONG
CALLED "THEN CAME YOU."
BRETT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
RECORDING TODAY, BUT THEY
POSTPONED IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
I WANTED TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT.
SO YEAH, THERE'S A NEW SONG THAT
WE'VE JUST ADDED.
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT'S IN
THE MOVIE THAT I WAS NOT
FAMILIAR WITH.
I'M HIS BIGGEST FAN NOW.
LOOK UP A GUY NAMED FORD
KIERNAN.
HE PLAYS CRAIG'S BEST FRIEND
GAVIN.
I HAD TO DO SOMETHING FOR FUR
FACE.
ANYWAY, YEAH, AND THE TWO OF
THEM ARE LIKE A MODERN DAY
LAUREL AND HARDING.
THEY'RE HYSTERICAL TOGETHER.
>> AND ELIZABETH HURLEY.
>> SHE WAS TERRIFIC.
SHE PLAYS -- LET'S JUST CALL HER
AN OBSTACLE.
>> IN YOUR LIFE?
>> IN ANNABELLE'S LIFE.
>> OH, SO YOU'RE COMPETITORS.
>> SHE'S A TOTAL PRO.
I KNEW SHE WOULD BE.
SHE BROUGHT HER LOVELY YOUNG
SON.
SHE'S A PIVOTAL THING.
THEN THERE'S A WOMAN WHO IS EMMA
THOMPSON'S MOTHER.
RENOWNED AND ESTEEMED ACTRESS.
FIND HER.
SHE'S 86 YEARS OLD.
I CAN'T SAY WHAT SHE PLAYS
EITHER, BUT SHE DID A SCENE THAT
WAS LIKE -- AND I'M DOING A
SCENE GOING, I CANNOT BELIEVE
I'M WORKING WITH THIS WOMAN.
YOU GET MOMENTS LIKE THAT WHERE
YOU'RE GOING, PINCH ME.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
GREATEST ACTRESSES AND SHE'S
HEARTBREAKINGLY GOOD IN IT.
SO MOVING.
AT THE END OF IT, SHE SAYS, WHAT
A LOVELY WAY TO RETIRE.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE HER LAST
MOVIE.
HER LAST MOVIE.
>> WHAT A LOVELY WAY TO RETIRE.
>> SHE SAID, I'M READY NOW.
SHE LOVED THE SCRIPT.
SHE LOVED THE MUSIC.
I WENT IN, SHE SAID, I WANT TO
HEAR THE MUSIC, PLEASE.
SO I TOOK SOME MUSIC IN TO HER.
SHE WAS TAPPING AND CRYING.
SHE SAID, THIS IS SO LOVELY.
SO ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST BEYOND.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE AT
HOME WHO HAVE THINGS THEY WANT
TO DO AND THEY WONDER, COULD I
DO THIS, IS IT TOO MUCH, IS IT
POSSIBLE, IS IT THE RIGHT TIME,
IS IT TOO LATE?
ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL
THINKING ABOUT.
THE THING I'M ALWAYS IN AWE OF
YOU ABOUT IS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU DO, YOU DO IT.
YOU JUST MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT
SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND
YOU DO IT.
YOU WILL IT.
I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO
YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT YOU HAD
ALL THESE GREAT ACTORS AND
ACTRESSES IN THIS FILM YOU
WROTE, YOU PRODUCED, YOU
FINISHED.
IT'S OVER.
YOU DID IT.
>> BUT SEE, THE THING IS, IT
LOOKS LIKE THAT.
BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ALONE.
>> I KNOW.
>> THE FRIENDS OF MINE WHO
INVESTED IN THE MOVIE.
EVERYBODY'S ATTORNEY TRIES TO
TALK YOU OUT OF INVESTING IN A
MOVIE.
IT'S LIKE BROADWAY.
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?
IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT.
BUT MY FRIENDS ARE MY GREAT
FRIENDS, THEN THEY BELIEVE IN
THINGS.
NOT EVERYTHING TURNS OUT.
CRAIG'S WIFE READ THE SCRIPT AT
FIRST.
BEFORE HE DID.
SHE SAID, CRAIG, YOU HAVE TO DO
THIS.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS MOVIE.
SHE GOES, EVERYTHING THAT WOMAN
TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD.
AND I SAID, DID SHE HEAR ABOUT
MY BROADWAY MUSICAL?
THAT NEWS NEVER MADE IT ACROSS
THE POND?
IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL.
BUT BECAUSE SHE LOVED IT SO
MUCH, CRAIG -- AND CRAIG LOVES
ME.
WE'RE GREAT FRIENDS, YOU KNOW.
>> THAT'S MIND BLOWING.
>> I SPENT THE WEEKEND WITH THEM
AT THEIR HOME.
>> OH, YOU DID?
>> HE HAS A HOUSE IN -- I WON'T
EVEN SAY WHERE IT IS BECAUSE
IT'S SO SPECTACULAR, BUT IT'S
LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, LORD OF THE
MANOR.
HE THREW A LOVELY DINNER PARTY
FOR ME.
IT WAS JUST PINCH ME TIME THE
WHOLE TIME.
BUT I MISSED YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR ALL
YOUR LOVE AND PRAYERS AND
SUPPORT.
>> I CAN'T WAIT.
NOW, WHEN DO WE SEE IT?
>> I HAVE MEETINGS TODAY ABOUT
WHEN AND WHERE AND ALL OF THAT.
>> SO STAY TUNED.
>> AND WE HAVE 17 WEEKS OF
POST-PRODUCTION.
NOW IS THE EDITING PROCESS.