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-Good morning.
-Hi. Thank you.
-Diana Prince, cultural anthropology and archaeology.
-Barbara Minerva, geology, gemology, lithology,
and part-time cryptozoologist.
-Wow. -I kept busy in college.
[ Telephone rings ]
Sorry. It's these heels. You know? I just -- Stupid.
I don't know why I was going to wear heels.
Scientists don't wear heels.
-Sometimes we do. -Right.
Right. -Have a nice day.
-Those are cool! I like those. Animal print. Rowr. [ Laughs ]
-Welcome back to "Late Night."
We're here with the wonderful Kristen Wiig.
That was a clip from "Wonder Woman 1984."
I mean, I am so excited for this movie.
It just looks amazing.
-I am so excited for it to come out.
-Did you know -- You play Cheetah.
Did you know much about the character?
-Um, I knew -- There's lots of different versions of Cheetah
throughout the comic-book world.
So, when I knew I was going to be playing the part,
I did kind of, like, research a little bit.
Um, and I was like,
"Well, I wonder which one it's going to be."
And then, you know, I mean, just through the script
and talking with Patty, we just sort of landed on this.
-Is it fun to be a villain?
-It's so fun. -Yeah.
-It's so -- I never get to do stuff like this.
It's so fun, yeah.
-Another thing that's really exciting is you have a movie
you co-wrote with your writing partner, Annie Mumolo,
"Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar."
-Yes. -Which is just an A-plus --
A-plus title.
-Just the title? Okay, great. Okay, good.
-And this must be fun to work with Annie again,
who you've written with over the years.
-Yeah, it's -- She's, like, my sister, my creative wife.
I mean, she's just like -- She's the greatest, yeah.
-You are Barb or you are Star?
-I'm Star. -Okay, gotcha.
What does Star sound like?
-[Nasally] Star sort of, like, talks like this.
[Normal voice] We sound exactly alike.
We're basically the same person.
Um, but, yeah, I'm really excited.
I'm not sure, because of everything,
when it's coming out yet, but --
-You got to live in London to make "Wonder Woman."
-Yes.
-Was that an enjoyable experience?
-I love London. I would live there in a second.
I -- I -- We were there, yeah,
for, like, I think almost nine months total?
-Wow.
-Um, so, yeah, I felt like, you know, a citizen.
-Do you feel like you learned stuff while you were there?
-I did. That's a great segue.
-Oh, wow. Okay.
-Um, 'cause they have different terms there and phrases.
Like, you would ask for something and --
-Right. Like slang terms. -They would have, like,
"Oh, put it in the trunk," and they're like, "What?"
And it's called a boot. -Okay, got you.
-Okay. I have some ones that I'm going to quiz you on.
-Oh, I'm excited.
-My dress doesn't move, so this is really hard.
Okay. There we go. All right, Seth.
What do you think this is called?
-That is -- That is an elevator.
-It looks like a refrigerator.
Well, in England, they call this a lift.
-Oh, okay. That's very helpful. -People know this one.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -It makes sense.
-Okay. -Okay.
-A stroller.
-They actually call this a pram.
-Okay. That's very helpful, too. I think I knew that.
-Don't know where that comes from.
'Cause you pram. You pram down the street.
Um, okay.
-Uh. Oh, is that -- Is it eyeliner?
-Mm-hmm. But they call it coal. -Coal?
-So if you were to ask your makeup artist for some eyeliner,
they wouldn't know what you were talking about.
-Okay, got you. All right.
-And this one's a little controversial.
-It's an eraser?
-It's a rubber.
-Oh, that is controversial. -It's called a rubber.
-You get some real innuendo.
-You can get in trouble. Yes.
-Okay, I know it's an apple, but what do they call it?
-This is actually called a bambablam.
[ Laughter ]
-I don't. No. -Yep. Seth, I lived there.
-Okay. -Okay?
-It's a bicycle?
-No, this is a whiffle waffle.
-A whiffle waffle? -Yes.
I'm going to take a ride on my whiffle waffle.
-I didn't -- I don't think that's true.
-It's true. Um, and I also have a --
There's a couple phrases. -Okay.
-I'm not sure -- 'Cause you didn't live there,
so you might not know what they are.
-Sure, sure, sure.
-There's a phrase called, "Have you been to Pipper Willy's?"
-Okay. Where is Pipper Willy's?
-It's not a where.
"Have you been to Pipper Willy's?"
really translates to "Thank you, but no thank you," in London.
-It seems like weird -- -That's how they say it.
-So if I used it in a sentence,
if I said to you, like, "Can I get you another drink?"
-"Have you been to Pipper Willy's?"
-That seems bad. -It's true.
Um, and also your name, Seth... -Oh.
-...would not be "Seth" over there.
-Oh. What's "Seth" in London?
-It's Ray. Everyone would call you Ray.
-So names have, like, a Br-- -Yours does.
Not -- Some names do. -So what's "Kristen" in London?
-Just Kristen. It's just Kristen.
-What's Ray? -There's no --
If you went over there and said your name was Ray,
they wouldn't know what you were --
they wouldn't know what you were talking about.
-This is so helpful. -I mean, now you can go.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Oh, and there's one final one
that you have to be really careful you don't say.
-Oh, great.
-It's the word "fanny."
-Fanny. Gotcha. Because it means --
-No. -Okay. What does it mean?
-It's -- [Muttering]
[ Laughter ]
-So when I hear British people say "fanny,"
that's what they've been talking about?
Oh, my God! That was so -- -You can go now.
-I can go now. -Now you'll feel --
Because I lived there, Seth, so I know all this now.
-And you learned all of that in nine months?
-Just that. [ Laughter ]
-Oh, my God, Kristen, thank you so much for being here.
I cannot wait for Saturday night.
-Thanks for having me. I miss you.
-Check out "SNL" this weekend with Kristen Wiig.
"Wonder Woman 1984"
is in select theaters and IMAX December 25th
and is available the same day on HBO Max.