-Our next guest is an Emmy-nominated actress
you know and love from films such as "Bad Moms,"
"Step Brothers," and "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days."
She's starring in Marvel's "WandaVision,"
which is streaming on Disney+, with new episodes
airing on Fridays. Let's take a look.
[ Knock on door ]
-[ Snaps fingers ]
Hi, Agnes. Come on in.
I'd get up, but I just -- I just don't want to.
[ Chuckling ]
[ Sighs ]
-I think I got there in the nick of time,
because she was one split end away from cutting her own bangs.
-Please welcome back to the show
one of our favorites, Kathryn Hahn.
How are you, Kathryn?
-Hi, dear. How's it going? -It is going so well.
I only am upset that you're not here in person.
Kathryn, I love this show so much.
I was so excited to see you in it.
And then every single episode, we get to see more from you,
more moves from you, more is revealed about you.
Are you having as much fun as it is to watch you on the show?
-Yeah, I mean, the pleasure right now
is watching it with my kids,
who kind of knew, you know, a little bit about it.
Don't tell Kevin Feige,
but [Laughs] I definitely let them in.
But they -- Just to be able to, like, watch it with them
has been such a sweet Friday-night ritual
that I'm going to be -- I'm already nostalgic
for it to be over. It's been so sweet.
-So, your kids are at the age -- like 11 and 14?
Is that right? -Yeah, yeah.
-I also am just nostalgic at the idea
because I feel like Friday-night television
was a thing when we were growing up.
And the idea of, like, watching that show with your parents,
when it comes out, is so exciting,
and it's so cool that you get to do it with yours.
-I mean, I remember watching night,
I don't remember these shows, but it was like for me
it was, like, "Knight Rider" and "Airwolf."
-Yes. -Do you remember "Airwolf?"
-I do. Of course I remember.
Borgnine, right? Ernest Borgnine was in...
-Yeah, and Jan-Michael Vincent.
-Jan-Michael Vincent and Borgnine.
-Yes, and I always, in my mind, have, like, put those shoes --
those shoes? -- those shows together
as, like, for some reason, they were, like --
it was, like, the car and the helicopter.
Like, in my mind,
it was like the Love Boat took people to Fantasy Island.
Like, I made these connections between the shows.
[ Both laugh ]
But, yeah, exactly. That was my Friday night.
-Our thing was that we would watch "Dukes of Hazzard,"
and not one time in the history of "Dukes of Hazzard"
did my dad stay awake the whole show.
-No, sure. No, we called our TV room, the Fartorium.
[ Laughter ]
-So, you -- You know, again, we talk about it
so much with people from the Marvel Universe
who come on to promote those projects.
But what was this like? Because, you know,
there's so many twists and turns to your character.
When you're brought in,
do they lay out the whole idea to you at the beginning?
-Yeah. I mean, for this, I, like, I walked in --
I mean, I was led into a conference room,
like, through various -- it felt very like, in my mind,
you had to use, like, your thumbprint
to get into certain --
It was very, very inner -- inner world.
And then you opened the door to this conference room,
and they had, like, all over the walls,
like, basically the entire -- the entire story.
The entire series was, like, laid out.
And they had to walk me through it a couple times
because I was a little bit of a newbie to this world.
-[ Laughs ] -They're very patient.
But, yeah, it was like -- it was just --
I was, when I got to here,
I was playing, like, a powerful witch.
I was like, "Yes!" I was so excited.
I was so thrilled. --Well, you know, again,
I know you as someone who's really funny.
And in the beginning, I thought,
"Oh, Kathryn's perfectly cast for this,
because she's going to nail all these sitcom tropes."
And then the really fun thing is seeing this villainous side,
which I could never have predicted when it started.
You are playing this character from the Marvel Universe --
Agatha Harkness, who's a witch.
And was witchcraft something -- Did you have any base coat?
I know you didn't have much for Marvel Universe.
Did you have any base coat for, like, Salem witchcraft?
-We definitely visited Salem. Not related to this,
but my husband and I took a road trip there.
And I remember being, in my mind,
being struck by the fact that one of the first hangings
was, like, now the site of, like, a 7-Eleven or something.
I remember, like, wishing there had been
a little bit more reverence.
-Almost every Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts,
that's where a witch was hanged.
-Right, at Dunkin' Donuts. Right, exactly.
That's exactly it. I was like, "Why?
They couldn't -- like, a little bit more?"
But, yeah, I mean, I think the metaphor of, like,
just, like, a powerful, complicated, mysterious,
like, terrifying woman is right up my alley, for sure.
-It is. -I don't mind a tarot card
every once in a while. I'm not gonna lie to you.
Have you ever gotten your tarot cards read?
-Yeah, lots. I do it myself sometimes.
-How would you say, like, overall,
looking back, stepping back from it,
what has the level of accuracy been,
whether an expert was doing it or yourself?
-Or myself? I mean, I feel like
you kind of take what you -- You kind of, like --
I don't know if it's accurate or if it's just, like, a little
like, thing to think about for, like, the rest of the day.
Um, uh...
-Have you ever done it for your kids?
Have your kids ever asked you to read --
-No. -Okay.
Why is it so crazy? -[ Laughs ]
Because they would start laughing hilariously at me.
I think they would be like, "Mom..."
Mom's already, like -- I mean,
when I was practicing my moves for this particular show,
I mean, my children, like, came in and saw me practicing
and it just as if they had seen me
just get out of the shower.
Like, they literally were like, "Oh, my God! Mom!"
Like, I was practicing my witch moves,
and they were so embarrassed. [ Snickers ]
It's, like, I'm just so glad
that now they're suspiciously a little bit nicer to me.
So I know that it's been landing
a little cooler than I had thought.
-That's so funny to think of when your --
And again, of course,
teenagers especially are, by nature, judgmental.
And as an actor, you have to not judge your own performance.
Right? I mean, you have to judge it,
but you have to really -- and it must be so hard
to watch a teenager, like, look at you askance
and then have to go do it professionally.
-Yes. Yeah.
It sure gives you a lot of confidence.
A lot of self-confidence when you're doing it in the mirror.
-But your kids did help lay out the Marvel canon
for you a little bit. Is that true?
-They did, yeah. I was able to do a deep dive
on Agatha Harkness, but I definitely needed
a little bit of help with The Avengers and going backwards
because it was a little bit of a word salad, walking into this.
I couldn't remember who is who and what was what.
And so they were -- my son
especially was, like, a huge, huge help.
-And then your son actually had a helpful prop for you,
which must have been nice for...
He did. Do you want to see it?
-Yeah, let's see it.
Wow.
Looks like -- It's beautiful. -Thanks.
-So, you had purchased that for him, or is that made?
Is that homemade, or is that a purchase?
-No, this was -- You know what? Actually, I think --
if you can -- I think either we put on gems
that we have had to re-hot-glue on a few times.
And a couple are clearly missing.
But this was an item of great reverence in our house,
in my son's room, for a very long time.
Not anymore, he wants to make sure everybody knows.
But this was kind of my -- This was kind of my entrance.
-Well, that's a big deal. The very fact that you had that
in your home proves that this was all meant to be.
-I think so, too. Kind of want to, like, snap
or whatever and see what happens.
-Is your daughter the older of the two?
-My daughter is the younger. She's 11.
-And she's the one who's sort of behind the fact that you guys
have been very kind to the animal community
that has needed help in these trying times?
-Yes, my sweet daughter has persuaded my husband and I
to foster kittens during the pandemic,
which has been so lovely and fulfilling.
I will never hear my dryer
without litter rattling around in it.
But it has been really, really sweet.
And she's working with this really fabulous shelter
called the Kitty Bungalow, who we love so dearly.
And the kittens all have the most amazing --
they must -- just my heart, about thinking of these people,
trying to think of names for all the kittens.
So, they come to us with names like Lock, Stock, and Barrel,
Like, so, all these children, like, they just --
I think they have to come up with so many names.
But it's been the sweetest. -So, you say 25 --
I'm assuming you're not fostering
25 kittens at once. Right?
-They kind of like stop -- -That would be amazing
if we were bordering on animal hoarders.
No, it's, like, a couple at a time.
So, like, right now we have two.
We had three -- Yeah, and my --
We always seem to get the, like --
the like -- How do I say this?
[ Both laugh ]
My daughter always has, like --
you know, it's important
to know what's happening with their craps.
So she always gives us the feces report
as we're sitting down to eat. It seems like every dinner.
It's, like, we get to know about Chickpea's stool consistency,
which we're very grateful for. And one of them
came to us with a prolapsed anus,
which we didn't know until we put it in the car,
which is, I guess, very common and easily fixed.
But it was certainly a surprise to all of us.
-Is it, like, as you're rolling up the window,
the person at the shelter goes, "Just so you know,
it's a prolapsed anus!"? -Yeah.
They got fine. And we are happy to do it.
It's, like, they need the help. Thank God.
-You are incredible for doing it.
It was Agnes -- sorry -- It was "Agatha All Along"
was the song at the end of two episodes ago.
And it was actually number one, a 47-second song --
number one on iTunes. -Don't understand it.
I know, it's amazing. -Top of the charts.
-It's so crazy.
Seth, what's happening?
-You're top of the charts, kid.
[ Laughter ]
-I was so... [ Laughs ]
I was also like, "What?"
I don't have social media, so the whole thing
was, like, filtered down through, like, all this --
I was like, "Are you kidding me?"
So funny. I mean, meanwhile,
outside scooping dog crap, scooping cat crap.
Like, the whole thing is so bonkers right now.
-Yeah, I guess when you're looking
at Chickpea's prolapsed anus, it's hard to put in context
what a big deal it is. -It was Bellflower.
[ Laughter ]
But, yeah, no, it's totally, totally bonkers.
But also, like, a testament to the Lopezes,
who just wrote that crazy, awesome, delicious 47-second --
I mean, the whole thing is so bonkers.
-I know you can't give us spoilers.
We have one episode left. -No, I will.
-[ Laughs ] Great. Just tell us,
are our minds gonna be blown in the final episode?
-I think your minds are gonna be blown.
I'm very excited. -I'm very excited, too.
-I think it's gonna be very satisfying.
-It has been. I'm very happy
to be living through this "rehonasance."
Is that gonna take off, do you think?
-"Do you wanna go to the 'honasance' fair?"
It's gonna be me with a giant turkey leg.
-At the "rehonasance" fair, everybody shows up
with two fostered cats. -Yes.
And just me on a dunk tank by myself.
-Hey, thank you so much. I love seeing you, as always.
-It's so good to see you. -Love to your family.
And new episodes of "WandaVision"
are released on Fridays on Disney+.