LOOK AT YOU.
>> LACK AT YOU, LOOK AT US.
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
>> LIKEWISE.
>> James: HAVE I TO TELL YOU I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO LONG.
AND I HAVE LOVED WATCHING WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU THIS PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, WATCHING THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH CATCH ON TO
WHAT WE HAVE ALL KNOWN WHICH IS HOW OUTRAGEOUSLY TALENTED YOU
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
I MEAN IT.
ANYONE, ANYONE WHO WORKS IN THE THEATER IN LONDON FOR THE PAST
WHAT, 20 YEARS.
>> 95 YEARS.
>> James: YES, EVERYBODY HAS KNOWN HOW OUTRAGEOUSLY TALENTED
YOU ARE.
TALK IT TO ME WHAT YOUR LIFE IS LIKE.
>> I'M NOT GOOD AT COMPLIMENTS.
>> James: NO, YOU ARE BRITISH, FOR SURE, NONE OF US ARE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: BUT SINCE THE HUGE SUCCESS OF TED LASSO, HOW HAS
LIFE CHANGED.
YOU MUST BE BEING RECOGNIZED EVERYWHERE.
>> YEAH, WHICH VL ODD.
AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN ENGLAND BUT HERE IT IT WENT FROM SOMEONE
GOING OH, TO SOMEONE GOING -- AND NOW YESTERDAY I HAD A GUY
THAT CAME ALONG ON HIS BIKE, THEN CAME UP ON TO THE PAVEMENT
WITH HIS BIKE AND I AM SO SORRY, SO SORRY, CAN I JUST SAY THANK
YOU, AND I WAS JUST LIKE I LOVE THAT YOU JUST STOPPED ME TO SAY
THANK YOU.
IT IS THE NICEST THING IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, IT IS A REAL
MASSIVE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE PEOPLE GO YOU MADE-- THE WHOLE PANDEMIC
BETTER.
>> James: IT REALLY DID.
IT REALLY DID, IT WAS SO NICE WATCHING SOMETHING THAT WAS WARM
AND FRIENDLY AND FULL OF SO MANY BRILLIANT PERFORMANCES.
>> BUT IT DID THAT FOR US AS WELL, DOING IT.
>> James: BECAUSE YOU SHOT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
>> YEAH, AND WE WALKED ON THE SET THE FIRST DAY WITH OUR BIG
OLD CHILLS AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO SUCK OUT THE-- AND
IT MANAGED TO NOT BECAUSE WE ALL HAD THE RIGHT-- .
>> James: I WISH I COULD.
>> AWKWARD.
>> James: ANY NIGHT, EMMY NIGHT HUGE FOR YOU AND THE SHOW,
THE SHOW WON SEVEN EMMYS.
YOU WON AN EMMY.
>> YES!
>> James: WHAT WAS THE NIGHT LIKE FOR YOU, THE WHOLE CAST,
HOW DID YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS LATE FOR THE RED CARPET BECAUSE I HAD
BEEN SEWN INTO MY DRESS.
AND SO MY BUTT CHEEKS LITERALLY HIT THE SEATS ABOUT A MINUTE
BEFORE EVERYTHING GOT VERY CRAZY IN MY LIFE.
I LITERALLY AM NOT JOKING OH, SITTING DOWN, OH, LOOK, OH,
THERE ARE ALL THE SCREENS, THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE IN MY
CATEGORY, OH, OH MY GOD THEY JUST SAID MY NAME, THAT CRAZY.
WE'VE GOT A CLIP OF SETH ROGEN ANNOUNCING YOUR EMMY WIN, HAVE A
LOOK.
>> THE EMMY GOES TO HANNAH WADDINGHAM FOR WADING TOM WZ TED
LAZO.
JONATHAN: WHAT IS A MAISESSING IS THAT IS NOT YOUR NAME.
>> I TOOK IT ON HER BEHALF.
>> James: WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS, YOUR NAME IS VERY STRAIGHT
FORWARD, THERE IS NEVER EVEN A SUGGESTION OF A TT IS HANNAH
WADDINGHAM.
>> WHY DO PEOPLE SAY IT.
>> JAMES, I EVEN HAD THAT IN A HOTEL IT AT THE FRONT DECKS,
ING, HAM AND SEE THEM RIGHT TON.
AND I WANT TO GO ARE YOU [BLEEP] STUPID.
>> James: WHY IS THAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE JUST DON'T BOTHER.
THEY DON'T BOTHER LISTENING.
THE NEXT TIME I'M GOING TO CALL IT SOMETHING RIDICULOUS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WASN'T ABOUT THAT THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT
WAS AMAZING BECAUSE THE NIGHT BEFORE BREATHE GOLDSTEIN AND I.
>> James: WHO ALSO WON.
>> WE WERE BOTH GOING OH WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AND HAVE A
LAUGH AND THEN THERE WE ARE IN A GOLF CART WITH OUR EMMYS BEING
TAKEN TO HAVE CHATS.
>> James: ONEOF THE SHOW YOU ARE BEST KNOWN FOR IN THE WEST
END AND BROADWAY WAS SPAMALOT.
YOUR CHARACTER HAD A VERY TRICKY ENTRANCE IN THE SHOW WHERE YOU
WOULD RISE THROUGH THE FLOOR HOLDING THE HOLY GRAIL.
>> YES, MOST OF THE TIME, MOST OF THE TIME I DID ALL RIGHT BUT
ONE NIGHT I CAME UP THROUGH THE FLOOR AND I'M HOLDING THE HOLY
GRAIL AND THE GIRLS ARE GOING-- ETHEREAL AND I COULD
FEEL LIKE AND I THOUGHT BECAUSE HI BEEN TO FISIO THAT DAY SO MY
MUSCLE WAS SPASMING SO I MOVED, TIM YOUREE, AS YOU DO, NAME
DROP, AND STRAIGHTENED MY ARM AND IT STOPPED AND I THOUGHT SO
CUT TO THE NEXT DAY AND I WAS LIKE THERE IS AN AK RID TENCH IN
THIS ROOM.
I SAID TO MY DRESSER, IS THIS THERE-- AND I TOOK MY COSTUME
OFF AND UP HERE WAS LIKE, HAVE YOU HAD PUTTY PUT INTO THIS OR
SOMETHING.
AND I SUDDENLY THOUGHT THAT IS NOT THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I SHOOK OUT THE DRESS AND A DEAD MOUSE WENT FLYING ACROSS THE
ROOM AND LAD BE ON THE FLOOR, SO I HAD BEEN WITH IT ALIVE ONE
SHOW AND EITHER-- OR CRUSHED IT IT, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY I HAD
DONE THE MATINEE WITH IT DEAD T IS VERY GLAMOROUS, THEATER.
>> James: OH MY GOD, IT SA MAIZING.
>> YOU COULDN'T MAKE THAT UP.
>> James: YOU REALLY COULDN'T.
>> IT IS JUST GRIM, ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC.
[BLEEP] >> James: YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THIS STUFF ANY MORE BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST A HUGE
EMMY AWARD-WINNING STAR WITH HIT SHOW TED LASSO, SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT IT.
WHEN ARE YOU SHOOTING THE NEXT SERIES, DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU
START, HAVE YOU READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT T HAS ANYONE TOLD YOU.
>> NO, WE START ON VALENTINE'S DAY, IT IS RATHER LOVELY BUT I
THINK BECAUSE JASON FROM SNL AND-- IS FROM SECOND CITY.
>> James: LOVELY.
>> AND BECAUSE BRETT DOES STANDUP THEY WRITE LIKE THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE SHOW AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME, AND ME WITH
LOTS OF EMOTIONAL MONOLOGUES, I WAS SUDDENLY GET LIKE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT WORDS JUST BEFORE THE CAMERA IS ABOUT TO GO ON ME.
>> James: REALLY?
>> YEAH, AND AT FIRST I WAS JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME,
AND JASON WAS JUST LIKE YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY FINE.
AND I THINK THEY LIKED DOING IT IT TBAWS YOU GET THE IMMEDIATE
KNEE JERK REACTIONS TO SOMETHING.
BUT MY MID 40S BRAIN CAN'T COPE WITH IT AT ALL.
I'M ONE STAGE AWAY FROM HAVING-- BECAUSE IT IS
HARD-CORE.
THY'RE REALLY, BUT THEY ARE JUST USED TO THAT SNL KIND OF
WORLD.
>> James: YEAH.
WELL, WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING THEY ARE DOING BRILLIANTLY AND
THEY ARE VO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN THAT SHOW BECAUSE YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE AS YOU ALWAYS ARE.