>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY GUEST TONIGHT FROM
"DAVID COPPERFIELD," "HANNIBAL," AND "THE PATH."
HE'S CURRENTLY STARRING IN THE MOVIE, "DOWNTON ABBEY:
A NEW ERA."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," HUGH DANCY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HEY, THANKS FOR COMING BACK.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: NOT ONLY ARE YOU COMING BACK TO THE SHOW, YOU'RE
COMING BACK FROM COMING BACK BECAUSE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
ON A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I GOT COVID AND WE HAD TO CANCEL.
ACCEPT MY APOLOGY.
>> I DIDN'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T FAKE IT JUST TO GET OUT OF TALKING TO
YOU.
TWO-PLUS YEARS, DID YOU ESCAPE WITHOUT GETTING IT.
>> NO.
A CUP OF TIMES.
ALL THE LATEST VERSIONS.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO KEEP UP, EXACTLY.
SOME PEOPLE TOOK UP AN UNUSUAL HOBBY.
>> A LOT OF COOKING.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING UNUSUAL.
WE ENDED UP INADVERTENTLY IN A ULYSSES BOOK GROUP.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT THE EASIEST READ.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE YOU READ IT.
EVERYONE SAYS THEY READ ULYSSES AND NO ONE DOES.
>> WHICH IS WHY WE DID IT,, NOT TO MAKE THE PANDEMIC ABOUT THIS,
BUT WHAT BETTER TIME.
>> Stephen: ONE TO HAVE THE OTHER THINGS YOU DID IS TO ACT
IN THE NEW "DOWNTON ABBEY" MOVIE, "DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW
ERA."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN,
THERE'S WHERE YOU SPENT YOUR TIME.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN NICE TO GO TO A PRE-PANDEMIC WORLD.
THEY DON'T HAVE PENICILLIN BUT AT LEAST THEY DON'T HAVE COVID.
>> THEY'VE COME OUT OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR BUT IT'S NOT 2021, OR
2022, SO IN THAT RESPECT, IT'S GREAT.
THAT WAS MY WORKPLACE.
>> Stephen: ONE MORE TIME, THIS PLACE IS ACTUALLY --
>> THAT'S MY SICK ROOM RIGHT THERE.
>> Stephen: HIGH CLAIRE CASTLE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S IT LIKE INSIDE?
WHEN WE SEE THE SCENES, ARE THOSE SETS OR THE INSIDE OF THIS
PLACE.
>> NO, THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE THEY LIVE, THEY, I THINK, BEING
THE FAMILY WHO LIVE THERE IN THE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: THEY STILL LIVE THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE THERE?
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LITTLE DRAFTY --
>> YEAH, BUT I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: WOW, I WOULD LIKE THE STAFF.
>> YES.
WELL, THE STAFF THAT I MET WERE BASICALLY THERE TO STOP ME FROM
TOUCHING ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: TO KEEP YOU FROM STEALING BOOKS OR SOMETHING.
>> THE MAIN ROOM IS LINED WITH THESE INCREDIBLE BOOKS AND AS
DISCUSSED I DO LIKE BOOKS AND YOU GO TO TAKE THEM OUT AND THE
REST OF THE CAST HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A DECADE, NO, NO, YOU CANNOT
TAKE THE BOOKS OUT.
THERE'S A RETAINER WHOSE JOB IT IS TO COME AND SMACK YOUR HAND
AWAY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.
YOU PLAY A DIRECTOR, RIGHT.
>> MOVIE DIRECTOR, SILENT MOVIE, 18928.
189 -- 1928.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS SCENE.
>> I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE MOVIE.
SOME OF THE FAMILY ARE STILL AROUND AND BASICALLY GETTING IN
THE WAY.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
JIM.
>> WILL YOU LET HIM KISS YOU?
FEELS AS IF YOU MIGHT -- >> WAIT, WAIT, WHO'S HE?
CUT, CUT, CUT!
>> I CAN'T WORK LIKE THIS!
HE'S A GREAT FAVORITE HERE, YOU DON'T MIND HIM WATCHING, DO
YOU?
>> I DON'T MIND HIM WATCHING, I JUST DON'T WANT HIM IN IT.
>> WELL SPOTTED.
SO NOW YOU JUST DO IT ALL AGAIN.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO
IMAGINE IT'S A BIT OF A JOY TO PERFORM WITH MAGGIE SMITH.
>> IT IS, YES.
SHE'S AS ADVERTISED.
>> Stephen: NOW, NOT THE ONLY ICON YOU SPENT TIME WITH BECAUSE
THIS I'M ALSO A LITTLE JEALOUS OF -- THERE'S A LOT OF
JEALOUSY -- IS YOU'RE ALSO STARRING IN SEASON 21 OF "LAW
AND ORDER" WITH THE ALWAYS DELIGHTFUL SAM WATERSTON RIGHT
THERE.
>> YES.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND I HAVE BEEN
LUCKY ENOUGH TO TALK TO SAM AND DO BITS WITH SAM.
DO YOU EVER HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT SOMETIMES I JUST GET LOST
IN HIS EYEBROWS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I WANT TO CURL UP THERE LIKE A FOREST ANIMAL UNDER
A FERN.
>> I THINK HE HAS THAT PROBLEM.
( LAUGHTER ) HE'S AMAZING.
HE'S A FANTASTIC MAN.
>> Stephen: YOU PLAY AN LEARN IN THIS.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: AND SPOILER ALERT, YOU'RE A BRIT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU GREW UP I?
>> IN BRITAIN.
IN THE MIDLANDS.
WHAT WE CALL THE MIDDLE.
>> Stephen: YOU GREW UP IN THE MIDRIFF OF GREAT BRITAIN, AROUND
THE NAVEL.
>> MM-HMM.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS THE ACCENT
YOU'RE GIVING ME NOW THE ACCENT AROUND WHERE YOU GREW UP.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: IS THIS RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION.
>> YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO RECEIVED IT OR FROM WHOM.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE TO RECEIVE THIS PRONUNCIATION.
>> YES.
>> Stephen:?
WHERE'S IT LIKE GROWING UP?
( INDI INDICATING ACCENT) >> Stephen: I KNOW SOME WORDS
TRIP UP BRITS DOING AN AMERICAN ACCENT.
WHAT'S YOUR DANGER SPOT >> THE TWO I ENCOUNTERED ARE
CARNEGIE HALL >> Stephen: WE SAY CARNEGIE.
SAY IT, CARNEGIE HALL >> CARNEGIE HALL.
I CAN'T DO IT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU FOOLED THEM.
CARNEGIE HALL AND HOVERING.
THAT'S WHAT A HELICOPTER DOES.
>> Stephen: IT HOVERS.
IT DOESN'T -- (PRONOUNCES) -- HOVER.
>> IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF A VOWEL YOU IDENTIFY IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE WORD.
>> Stephen: UH, UH, UH, HU -- VERING.
( LAUGHTER ) SOME ENGLISH PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE
SAYING THIS.
>> SQUIRREL.
>> Stephen: GIVE ME THE AMERICAN ACCENT OF THAT.
>> AS I THAT.
ASSQUIRREL.
>> Stephen: ONE SYLLABLE, RIGHT.
"DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA" IS IN THEATERS NOW.
HUGH DANCY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK