- Benedict Cumberbatch, who was just out here,
who was also brilliant in "Imitation Game,"
another great movie, you've worked with him, right?
- Yes, so we started years ago.
We worked together on a radio show,
a radio drama.
- Like, in 1910. When did you do a radio show?
- I don't know.
In England, we just-- we love radio, you know?
It's just something we're very, very passionate about,
and it's kind of a rite of passage
that you--you do radio drama, you know?
So we did a production of "Mansfield Park,"
and the lead character is called Fanny,
and Fanny in England--
I don't know if I can say this on daytime TV.
Fanny is your--I've got loads of serious faces looking at me.
[laughs]
Your fanny is your front female private parts,
so a--
[laughs]
- What? - Everyone's like, "What?"
It's slang. - Wow.
- Yes.
- So you drive on a different side of the road,
and our fanny is your front.
- Yes.
[laughing]
- You're switching. - Yeah.
- What is your fanny called there?
What is your-- We'll--no, yeah.
- I mean...
- What is your behind then called?
- That's your ass. - Your ass?
[laughter]
So he has to keep calling you Fanny.
- So we would just be in fits of giggles.
You know, we're trying to do this very serious radio drama,
and then--and then poor Benedict had lines like, you know,
"I just need my Fanny."
"Where's my Fanny?"
And then so we'd just be in tears,
like, rocking with laughter,
and the poor director would be sending us out
to go and calm down.
- But is it live? Is the radio show live?
Or is it taped? - This one was taped.
- Okay, so you could laugh and stop and stuff.
- Yeah, exactly.
- But that would be more fun to listen to at home,
is all of you laughing about the fanny.
- I think it would've been a better radio drama.
Actually, yeah.
- Well, they should update it and change the name
of the character at least.
- Yeah. - Or something.
- Yeah, there should be a shift.
I mean, they could just call her Ass.
- Yeah, exactly.
That's a great name for a child.
- Yeah, it's a beautiful name.
- "What's your daughter's name?" "Ass."
[laughter]
So you just--you are decorating your New York apartment.
We were talking to tWitch about his sofa situation.
Do you have a sofa that you just received?
- Yes, I have this sofa.
I probably should've grown out of it,
but I love Ikea so much.
- Ikea's great. - Isn't it brilliant?
- Yeah.
- So I went, and I--
You know, and you drive the car,
and I went and got my sofa.
I didn't get my sofa, actually. I had it delivered.
And then it has that term "self assembly,"
which I--which you think, "Oh, it's gonna be so easy,"
you know, "It's gonna take me half an hour.
"I'm gonna put it in my sitting room.
We're gonna put it together."
Anyway, this sofa arrived,
and it ended up taking me about three days
to put the thing together,
and then I had to lure my--
I have a very, very sweet landlady and landlord
who live below me in my apartment,
and they're in their 70s, and I was so desperate.
I was like, "Guys, would you mind?
"Could you just come and help me with this self-assembly sofa?
'Cause it needs more than one person."
- Wow, so these two people came and helped you
put your sofa together?
- Which was so--
And they're such a lovely, lovely couple.
Yeah, so--who sweetly-- Yeah.
We all sort of put our heads together to build--
- So you have a sofa. Is it furnished?
The whole apartment is furnished?
- Oh, no. - That's it.
- No, that's it. - Just the sofa.
- I literally--I'm slowly accumulating furniture,
but at the moment, I have a sofa,
and I have one chair in my kitchen,
so if anyone comes around,
it's like you have to draw bets to who's gonna sit on--
- Do you have a table or just a chair in the kitchen?
- Just a chair. - No table.
- No table. - Where do you eat your food?
- On the sofa.
[laughter]
- Wow.
Well, I heard that you didn't have much.
I didn't know it was that sad, but...
But I got you a housewarming gift.
- Oh. - Okay?
Let me show you what I got you.
- Oh, my-- What?
Really?
[applause]
This is amazing. Thank you.
- That-- - Oh, no.
- This will be the key to everything.
It's an allen wrench. - I know that well.
I know that thing well.
- So I don't know what those are,
but there's some flargengoogens in there
and some stuff.
So let me know what that turns out to be, okay?
- Thank you so much.
- "The Theory of Everything" is in theaters now.