>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE CREATOR OF THE
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SHOWS "KILLING EVE" AND "FLEABAG."
PLEASE WELCOME PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE!
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>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HI!
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> Stephen: I'M DOING FINE.
HOW ABOUT YOU.
>> VERY GOOD, VERY, VERY VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANYTHING.
BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING TOO MUCH.
AS I SAID, YOU CREATED TWO AMAZING SHOWS THAT WE KNOW OF
ALREADY.
BUT YOU'RE AN ACTOR.
YOU'RE A WRITER.
YOU'RE A TV CREATOR.
YOU DO THEATER.
BUT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS-- AND I DID NOT KNOW THIS EVEN
THOUGH I KNEW THE CHARACTER-- IS THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN "QT
STAR WARS" "SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY," YOU ARE L337 RIGHT
THERE.
>> I KNOW.
LOOKING MY BEST, I THINK.
>> Stephen: YOU ACTUALLY-- I THOUGHT IT WAS TOTAL C.G.I.
CREATION.
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY-- >> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU WORE ONE OF THE BLUE SUITS WITH THE BIG
THOING YOUR HEAD.
>> I WAS IN IT.
THAT WAS ME RIGHT THERE.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: WOW.
THAT IS-- >> GETTING INTO THE WAR ZONE.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
DID YOU HAVE A CHILDHOOD CONNECTION TO THE "STAR WARS"
STORIES?
WAS THIS SORT OF, LIKE, A DREESM YOURS?
>> MORE AN ADULT DREESM MINE.
I HADN'T ACTUALLY SEEN THE MOVIES UNTIL --
>> Stephen: YOU HAD NEVER SEEN--
>> I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY HORRIFYING FOR YOU
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE A MASSIVE FAN.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD HAVE AVOIDED THE
MOVIES.
>> I WAS DOING OTHER THINGS!
I WAS BUSY IN SAND PITS AND STUFF, YOU KNOW,.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
WERE YOU RAISED BY THE AMISH?
HOW DO YOU AVOID-- HOW DO YOU INCIDENTALLY NOT KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT "STAR WARS."
>> BLAME THE PARENTS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
>> IT WAS GREAT, BECAUSE WHEN I DID DISCOVER THE FILM WAS GOING
AROUND SAYING, "GUYS, HAVE YOU SEEN "STAR WARS?"
REALLY GOOD.
EPIC STORY.
>> Stephen: YOU STARTED OFF AS A THEATER ACTRESS?
>> YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH.
I COULDN'T GET ARREST FORWARD A FEW YEARS TRYING TO BE A THEATER
ACTRESS, AND THEN I ENDED UP WRITING "FLEABAG," WHICH IS THE
THING THAT KIND OF ENDED UP GIVING ME A CAREER.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOING INTO ITS SECOND SEASON OVER IN THE
U.K. AS A TELEVISION SHOW, BUT IT STARTED ON STAGE?
>> YES, IT STARTED ON STAGE, AND IT WAS A ONE-WOMAN SHOW.
IT GOES ON FOR ABOUT AN HOUR-- A QUICK HOUR, A QUICK, FUNNY HOUR.
AND THEN -- >> Stephen: AND NOW IT'S HERE.
Y REMOUNTED THE ORIGINAL IN NEW YORK AT THE SOHO PLAYHOUSE,
RIGHT THERE.
AND I ASSUME THAT'S YOUR FACE RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S ME.
( APPLAUSE )
THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD PHOTO SHOOT, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT
WAS-- WHEN YOU GO ON A PHOTO SHOOT EYE DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
HAD THIS, AND YOU'RE A TINY BIG HUNG OVER, AND THEY GO, "DO A
MOVE."
AND YOU GO... AND THEY SAY, "I LOVE IT."
THAT'S HOW THAT POSTER CAME ABOUT.
>> Stephen: I HAVE TO GET THAT PHOTOGRAPHER.
NOW THAT YOU HAVE CREATED SEVERAL HIT SHOWS HERE.
YOU'VE GONE HOLLYWOOD.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY SORT OF SURREAL HOLLYWOOD EXPERIENCES THAT YOU
NEVER THAT YOU WANT?
BECAUSE, IT'S VERY BIZARRE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND YOU SEE THE
PEOPLE WHO YOU ADMIRE IN THE FLESH.
THEY SHOULD BE ON THAT LITTLE SCREEN, BUT YOU SEE THEM.
WHAT'S THAT BEEN LIKE FOR YOU?
>> A REALLY EXCITING ONE WAS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO WHEN I SAW JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND JESSICA BIEL AT
THE BAR, AND SHE WAS WEARING A LOVELY DRESS AND HE PRIVATELY--
DREW HIS FINGER DOWN HER BACK AT THE BAR AND IT WAS JUST THE
THREE OF US AT THAT MOMENT.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE!
>> JUST A LITTLE... I WAS LIKE, OH, GUYS!
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
>> I GUESS, OTHER THAN THAT, NO, MABEL, JUST AS EVERYONE ELSE
SAYS, I EMBARRASS MYSELF IN FRONT OF PEOPLE I ADMIRE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU FAN GIRLED AT PEOPLE.
>> A VERSION OF THAT.
I DID A FILM "THE IRON LADY," THAT MERYL STREEP WAS IN.
THANK YOU.
I WAS IN IT.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND I HAD A SCENE WITH MERRILL.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS.
AND I HAVE ADMIRED MERYL FOR FOREVER.
AND SHE HAD ALL THESE PROSTHETICS ON FOR THE ROLE.
SO SHE WAS INCREDIBLY HOT.
SHE WAS UNDER THE LIGHTS ALL DAY.
AND PEOPLE SAY MERYL IS APPROACHABLE BUT SHE WILL TRY TO
KEEP COOL AND CALM BECAUSE SHE WILL MELT WITH THE PROSTHETICS
IN BETWEEN TAKES.
THERE WERE FIVE OF US IN THE SCENE DESPERATE TO HAVE OUR
MOMENT WITH MERYL, BUT WE WERE TEELD SHE'LL MELT IF YOU TALK TO
HER SO DON'T MELT MERYL.
AND ONE DAY SHE JUST DECIDE, DAMN IT, I'M GOING TO TALK TO
THESE GUYS.
THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND SHE WENT IN HER MARGARET THATCHER ACCENT,
"HOW IS EVERYBODY?" AND WE SAW THE, "THIS IS THE
MOMENT."
THERE WERE SEVEN OF US, AND IT WAS LIKE WHO IS GOING TO GET IN?
WE ALL SUBTLY WENT AROUND HER, AND SHE WAS HAVING A
CONVERSATION, AND EVERYONE WAS REALLY TRYING TO GET THE JOKE
IN.
AND I MADE A JOKE, AND IT MADE MERYL LAUGH.
AND I WAS LIKE, YES!
I'M THE WINNER!
BUT THEN-- THEN ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE CAST WERE LIKE,
"OH, PHOEBE."
" AND I WAS LIKE SHE'S MINE NOW.
IT GOES DEEP WITH US.
WE MADE EYE CONTACT.
AND THAT LUNCHTIME, YOU GET TOO OVEREXCITED.
THE REST OF THE DAY I WAS LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, WHEN ARE WE
ANYTHING TO HANG OUT AGAIN, ME AND MERYL.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND WE WERE SITTING DOWN HAVING LURCH, AND IT WAS A COOLER DAY
AND SHE DECIDED TO HANG OUT WITH US FOR LUNCH.
AND I SAW HER COMING DOWN THE STAIRS, AS DID EVERYONE ELSE.
AND I WAS LIKE OH, MY GOD SHE'S GOING TO COME TO ME BECAUSE
WE'RE FRIENDS.
WE'RE FUNNY ONES.
AND SHE'S GOING, "HELLO, EVERYONE," IN HER MARGARET
THATCHER ACCENT.
AND SHE CAME UP BEHIND ME AND PUT HER HANDS ON MY SHOULDERS.
AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS EATING THEIR PUDDING.
AND SHE WAS WENT, "OH, WHAT ARE YOU EATING?"
AND I SAID FOR SOME REASON I GRABBED MY DESSERT AND PULLED IT
INTO MY CHEST AND SAID, "MY APPLE TRUMP BELL," LIKE THAT, TO
MERYL.
OBVIOUSLY I BROKE THE CHARM WE HAD BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
THAT FRIENDSHIP WAS DEAD.
SHE WAS GENUINELY TERRIFIED AND WENT, VERY REASSURINGLY, "I'M
NOT TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU."
AND ALL OVER MY COSTUME WHEN THEY FILMED WANT NEXT SCENE
EXPICHES LIKE WHY DID I DO THAT.
AND WE HAD ONE MORE SCENE ME AND HER BEHIND THE DOOR AND WE
DIDN'T SAY MUCH TO EACH OF EACH OTHER AFTER THAT.
THAT WAS MY MEETING WITH MERYL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD ONE, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: IT'S A DELIGHT TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: "FLEABAG" IS AT THE SOHO PLAYHOUSE THROUGH
APRIL 14.
PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN DWAYNE PERKINS.