HELLO!
>> HELLO.
>> Stephen: I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS SINCE WE DID THE EMMY REAL
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
>> IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
>> THANK YOU FOR INVITING US.
>> Stephen: NOW WE'RE CELEBRATING SEASON SIX, FINAL
SEASON -- >> IT'S OVER GR.
>> Stephen: OF "THE AMERICANS."
>> YES.
ONE TO SEASON SIX?
>> I THINK WHAT THE HAVE JUST SEEN IS PRETTY PROGRESSIVE.
THERE WAS A LOT MORE SORT OF SYNTHETIC MATERIALS.
WE'RE DEFINITELY INTO THE WORLD SEASON, AS YOU SAW FROM THAT
CLIP.
WHICH ACTUALLY WASN'T FROM THE SHOW.
THAT WAS OUR HOME LIFE, ABOUT COMPETING ABOUT WHO IS THE MORE
TIRED.
>> Stephen: HOW-- HOW HAVE YOU CHANGED FROM SEASON ONE TO
SEASON SIX?
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING SPIES FOR SIX YEARS.
S THAT AFFECTED YOU IN WAYS?
>> ARE WE MORE SECRETIVE AND TRICKY?
>> I LIKE TO THINK I AM.
AT LEAST MORE TRICKY.
THE WHOLE SPY THING WAS ALWAYS SLIGHTLY AN ANOMALY FOR ME.
I WAS CONFUSED -- WHICH IS THE LOOK YOU SAW IN THE LAST 45
SECONDS OF THE CLIP.
AND I WAS TOLD I WASN'T VERY GOOD.
WHEN WE DID COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE, THEY WOULD
SAY, "YOU'RE TOO OBVIOUS!
WE CAN SEE YOU LOOKING."
"I'M NOT A SPY."
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT A REAL SPY.
>> YES, I'M HERE BY MISTAKE.
>> Stephen: I HAVE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH ALL FIVE SEASONS YET.
I'M A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
I REALLY ENJOY THE SHOW, BUT IT'S SO DARN SEXY.
>> WHICH BIT?
>> Stephen: NO, YOU GUYS ARE BOTH SEXY PEOPLE.
AND YOU GET SEXY WITH EACH OTHER AND YOU HAVE SEXY TIMES WITH
OTHER PEOPLE ON THE SHOW.
>> YES, THERE ARE SEXY TIMES.
>> Stephen: AND I HAVE KIDS AT HOME, AND I'M EMBARRASSED TO BE
WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THE SEXY TIME ON TV.
IT'S MOM AND DAD WATCHING, LIKE, SOFT PORN.
>> TOTALLY!
>> Stephen: WHEN IT'S NOT.
WHICH IT'S NOT.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS-- >> WE PLAY IS LIKE SOFT PORN.
>> MY FRIENDS SAY, "WE CAN'T WATCH THAT, BECAUSE THERE WAS
THAT SCENE WHEN YOU WERE GIVING THAT GUY A (BLEEP).
IT IS JUST TOO WEIRD."
>> Stephen: OKAY, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS--
>> I-- MAYBE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WAS WHEN I BURST IN ON YOU
HAVING SEX WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON, AND WITH A GUN, TELLING
HIM TO PUT HIS HANDS IN THE AIR.
LIKE, NO ACTING INVOLVED ON MY BOW HALF.
I WAS LIKE...
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WOW.
>> I'LL PISTOL-WHIP YOU IF YOU DON'T GET OUT OF BED!
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
I'VE GOT TO CATCH UP WITH SEASON SIX, EVIDENTLY.
>> YES!
>> Stephen: WOW.
OKAY, SO FINAL SEASON.
ANY CHANCE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SPIN-OFF, LIKE "YOUNG PUTIN," OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
( LAUGHTER ) IS THERE-- IS THIS REALLY IT, OR
IS THERE GOING TO BE A SPIN-OFF?
>> THIS IS REALLY IT.
>> WE ARE RIPE FOR A SPIN-OFF.
BUT-- >> THE KIDS.
>> THE KIDS, YEAH, YOU KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YOUNG MONICA LEWINSKY.
WE ALWAYS SAID WE WERE TRAINING THE DAUGHTER TO BECOME A-- TO
CHANGE HER NAME TO MONICA LEWINSKY, BUT THEY DIDN'T GO
WITH THAT PITCH.
THAT WAS, LIKE, MY FINAL SEASON STAB AT A SPIN-OFF.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DAUGHTER NOW KNOWS YOU GUYS ARE SPIED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND SHE'S BEING TRAINED TO BE A SPY IN RETURN.
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, YOU'VE GOT THREE KIDS.
WOULD ANY OF THEM MAKE A GOOD SPY?
>> I THINK WILWOULD MAKE A GOOD SPY.
HER CAPABILITY FOR LYING IS STAGGERING.
>> AT SIX.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH.
>> IT'S A PROBLEM.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE VERY MANIPULATIVE AT THAT AGE.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
SHE'S LIKE-- WE'LL BE RACING, GETTING READY TO GO TO SCHOOL,
EVERYONE'S COATS, SCARVES-- "I FORGOT SOMETHING, ONE QUICK
THING."
SHE GYLLENHAAL DOWNSTAIRS, WE'RE WAITING, WAITING, AND SHE COMES
UP WITH BRIGHT, RED LIPSTICK.
FIRST, "A," DO YOU THINK I'M BLIND.
YOU CAN'T WEAR LIPSTICK TO KINDERGARTEN."
>> Stephen: SHE WANTS TO DO THAT?
>> SHE WANTS TO WEAR LIPSTICK.
YOU DIDN'T FORGET YOUR HAIRCLIP OR WHATEVER!
YOU PUT LIPSTICK ON!
SHE'S WILD.
>> THEY'RE FRIGHTENING.
THEY ARE FRIGHTENING.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> PROBABLY WILLA BECAUSE SHE'S THE NUTTIEST.
>> NO, I WOULD AGREE.
I WAS-- I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF A STORY THAT DOESN'T PAINT US IN
A BAD LIGHT BUT IT BUTT COULDN'T COME UP WITH ONE.
( LAUGHTER ) REMEMBER THAT TIME WE LEFT THEM?
AH!
YEAH!
>> Stephen: DID YOU LEAVE THEM?
>> NO, NO, NO.
IT WASN'T LONG.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: THE TV WAS ON!
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE TV WAS ON.
OH, THEY WEREN'T ALONE.
>> ALL THE CLASSICS.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NEVER ALONE WITH THE TV.
>> NO!
>> Stephen: I HOPE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE BABY-SITTING THEIR
CHILDREN WITH THIS SHOW.
>> YES!
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I THINK IT SEEMS RIGHT.
IT SEEMS RIGHT.
>> GO TO BED, YOU NAUGHTY THINGS.
>> Stephen: NOW, HAVE YOU MET-- THIS SHOW, SORT OF IMPETUS
OR THE POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR THE SHOW IS 10 ACTUAL RUSSIAN
SPIES WERE CAUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES.
>> CORRECT.
>> Stephen: COUPLES LIVING SORT OF NORMAL SUBURBAN LIVES
WHO WERE ACTUAL SPIES.
HAVE YOU MET ACTUAL RUSSIAN SPIES IN PREPARING FOR THIS.
>> WE HAVE.
WE MET WITH SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY DID THIS.
AND FUNNY ENOUGH, THEY DIDN'T CALL THEM SPIES BACK THEN.
THEY WERE CALLED "ILLEGALS" BECAUSE IRONICALLY ENOUGH THEY
WERE HERE ILLEGALLY, DOING ILLEGAL THINGS.
ONE WAS CALLED JACK BARSKY.
I'M NOT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
HE DID A "60 MINUTES."
HE CAME TO SET AND TOLD US THIS INCREDIBLE TALE OF HOW HE WAS,
YOU KNOW, TAKEN OUT BY THE K.G.B., AND TRAINED TO
ASSIMILATE, YOU KNOW, WITH-- AND TO BE AN AMERICAN, AND BECAME
ONE.
>> Stephen: DO THEY FEEL YOU GUYS ARE GETTING IT RIGHT?
>> HE DID.
HE WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY.
>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> YEAH.
>> HE SAID YOU WERE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU'RE-- YOUR CHARACTER IS FAR MORE
DEDICATED.
I MEAN, YOU'RE AWFULLY SQUISHY.
>> YES, PHYSICALLY AS WELL AS EMOTIONALLY, YES.
>> Stephen: BUT SEXY.
SEXY AT THE SAME TIME.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE KIND OF A SPY.
WRIEWR NOT FROM AMERICA.
>> NO, NO!
( LAUGHTER ) AND IRONICALLY ENOUGH, I'M HERE
ILLEGALLY AS WELL.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YES!
YES!
I MEAN, I HAVE THE PAPERS.
THEY'RE JUST NOT REAL.
LAUG( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME FAMOUS FANS, FAMOUSLY THE
OBAMAS WERE BIG FANS.
>> THE OBAMAS.
>> Stephen: OF THE SHOW HOW DID YOU FIND THAT OUT?
DID THEY CALL?
DID THEY HAVE YOU INVESTIGATED?
>> WE HAD SOMEONE WORKING IN OUR PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT AT THE
NETWORK WHO USED TO WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHO SAID, "HE'S A
FAN," AND THEY WOULD GET HIM ADVANCE COPIES OF OUR SHOW
BECAUSE HE LIKED TO WATCH IT.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> AND THEN WE GOT INVITED TO GO ON A STATE DINNER BECAUSE OF IT.
>> Stephen: OH, WHICH STATE DINNER?
( LAUGHTER ) >> I ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE SAID
"STEAK DINNER" SO I WAS-- I WAS VERY CONFUSED FROM THE MOMENT I
SET FOOT IN THE GIANT WHITE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: YES?
>> IT WAS THE-- FOR THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE.
>> Stephen: OH, NATURAL FOR YOU TWO.
>> YES.
>> LET'S GET THOSE TWO.
>> Stephen: WAS IT FUN?
BECAUSE I WENT TO ONE.
IT WAS AMAZING.
>> WHICH ONE DID YOU GO TO?
>> FRANCE.
>> OH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
I IMAGINE THE WINE WAS VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: THE WINE WAS VERY GOOD.
SINGAPORE, WHAT DID THEY SERVE?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
JUST THE WHOLE-- I MEAN, COME ON.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T FEED YOU A LOT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FOOD.
>> NO, AND WE HAVE FRESH VEGETABLES AND-- FROM THE
GARDEN.
>> HER GARDEN.
>> Stephen: OH, FROM-- YEAH, MICHELLE'S ORGANIC GARDEN.
WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH JUST MEAT RACKS.
>> YES.
AND A DRIVE-THROUGH McDONALD'S.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ANY OTHER UNEXPECTED FANS, LIKE "OH, THAT
WAS A SURPRISE TO ME?" >> MY BEST WAS, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE ONE OF THE LAST TV SHOWS DIBEFORE THIS WAS "FELIFT,"
WHICH WAS THIS VERY NICE -- >> Stephen, OF COURSE, SURE.
>> COLLEGE STUDENT.
SHE WAS VERY NICE.
BUT AFTER THE FIRST SEASON OF THIS SHOW, I'D BE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET IN NEW YORK CITY, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WOULD BE
LIKE, "YO!
I REALLY LOVE YOU ON THAT SHOW!
YOU REALLY KICKED THAT LADY'S ASS!"
I'M LIKE.
IT'S SO MUCH COOLER THAN "IF LISSITY."
>> Stephen: BEFORE IT WAS LIKE, "YO, WHY DON'T YOU CUT
YOUR HAIR."
>> IT WAS THE SAME MAN SHOUTING THAT, SHOUTING BOTH.
YOU CHANGED YOUR TUNE.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS J.J.
ABRAMS' IDEA WASN'T IT TO CUT YOUR HAIR?
DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD PAY YOU $5 EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAYS, "WHY
DID YOU CUT YOUR HAIR?" >> I'LL PAY $5 TO ANYONE STILL
APPROACHING YOU, "WHY DID YOU CUT YOUR HAIR?"
>> Stephen: FELICITY COULD PUT ON A WIG.
>> IT'S A LOT OF WIGS.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LOT OF WIGS AND SEXY TIMES.
>> ONE INFORMS THE OTHER.
>> Stephen: ONE INFORMS THE OTHER?
>> YES, BOTH ON AND OFF SCREEN.
IN MY MIND'S EYE, I HASTEN TO ADD.
>> Stephen: THERE'S THE SPIN-OFF.
IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> Stephen: WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THE FINAL SEASON OF "THE AMERICANS" APPEARS MARCH 28 ON
FX.
KERI RUSSELL AND MATTHEW RHYS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.