WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "EMMA," "THE WITCH,"
AND "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT."
>> YOU'RE AN ORPHAN, BETH.
>> YES, I KNOW THAT.
>> I WONDERED HOW YOU LEARNED TO PLAY CHESS.
>> MR. SHIEBLE TAUGHT ME.
HE WAS THE JANITOR >> A JANITOR TAUGHT YOU HOW TO
PLAY, REALLY?
>> WHEN I WAS EIGHT.
>> I IMAGINE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN SUCH A DISTRACTION FROM LIFE IN
SUCH A DEPRESSING PLACE.
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY LONELY.
>> I'M FINE BEING ALONE.
>> DO YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU SAW THE KING AS A FATHER AND THE
QUEEN AS A MOTHER?
I MEAN, ONE TO ATTACK, ONE TO PROTECT?
>> THEY'RE JUST PIECES.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ANYA TAYLOR-JOY!
ANYA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> HELLO!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME!
I FIRST SAW YOU, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE DID, I THINK, IN "EMMA,"
AND IN THE SPRING, THIS PAST YEAR, WAS ONE OF THE LAST BIG
MOVIES THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN.
AND I SAW IT, AND I THOUGHT, "WHO IS THAT?
I HOPE I SEE A LOT OF HER IN THE FUTURE?"
AND I SEWER DID, AND SO DID A LOT OF PEOPLE.
61 MILLION PEOPLE VIEWED "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT" THE FIRST MONTH
ALONE, AND NETFLIX DOESN'T USUALLY TELL US THESE NUMBERS.
THAT'S A RECORD FOR THEM.
AND I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL.
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT.
DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE SO
GRIPPED BY THE STORY OF A CHESS MAST SNER IT SEEMS LIKE AN
UNLIKELY HIT, DOESN'T IT?
>> I MEAN, I THINK, IF I'M BEING COMPLETE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST
READ THE BOOK, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH BETH INSTANTLY, AND I THINK
PEOPLE FOLLOW PASSION.
SO I FELT IMPASSIONED BY CHESS WHEN I FINISHED READING THE
BOOK.
HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE'S THINKING SOMETHING
WILL GO DOWN WELL, AND THEN THERE'S THE MIND-BOGGLING
NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED WITH ME.
SO I DON'T THINK ANY SANE PERSON PREPARES FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A SENSATION?
HOW DID YOU LEARN THAT SUDDENLY THIS HAD CAUGHT FIRE?
>> I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK I'M STILL LEARNING IT, BECAUSE WHEN
I FIRST-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHOW FIRST CAME OUT, I WAS
FILMING SOMETHING ELSE IN IRELAND, AND I WAS BAREFOOT ON
THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD AND I WOULD COME
BACK TO MY APARTMENT AND A PHONE WOULD BLOW UP AND IT WOULD SAY,
"OH, PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE SHOW."
BUT IT WASN'T REAL FOR ME.
I WAS TOO ISOLATED.
WHEN I CAME BACK HOME TO LONDON, I WENT FOR A WALK WITH MY MASK
AND MY BEANIE, AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT STOPPED ME FROM JUST
THIS, I-- I HONESTLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
AND I THINK IT-- IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO.
BUT LUCKILY, EVERYONE IS SO KIND.
THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW AND THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BETH
AND I AM UP FOR THAT, SO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD JOG GOGGLES.
>> ORIGINALLY I WAS LIKE HOW ARE THEY RECOGNIZING ME FROM THIS?
AND I WAS LIKE, ANYA, YOU HAVE HAD A CAMERA STUCK THIS CLOSE TO
YOUR FACE FOR SEVEN HOURS.
THAT'S WHY.
>> Stephen: NOW, EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY LOVES THE PERIOD
FASHION OF THE SHOW.
AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS NEW.
BUT THOSE COSTUMES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU GET TO WEAR.
"A," WHERE DID YOU GET THEM INSPECTOR THOSE DESIGNED FOR
YOU, OR ARE THOSE ORIGINAL VINTAGE COSTUMES?
>> IT'S A COMBINATION.
I WAS SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH THE WONDERFUL GABRIELLE BINDER, AND
SHE AND I GOT ALONG LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY.
AND WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR WAY OF WORKING WHERE SHE RESPECTED THAT
I WAS SO CLOSE TO BETH THAT I WOULD PUT ON THE CLOTHES, AND
IMMEDIATELY IF MY BODY WOULD REJECT IT, THEY WOULD BE GONE.
A LOT OF THEM ARE VINTAGE PIECES AND A LOT OF THEM SHE CREATED
PARTICULARLY WITH THE SHOW IN MIND.
>> Stephen: THESE ARE JUST LOVELY.
DO YOU GET TO KEEP THESE?
>> WELL, THIS IS WHAT'S SO CRAZY.
BECAUSE GABRIELLE AND I WORKED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, AT THE END
OF THE SHOW, SHE JUST CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "HONESTLY, THEY'RE
YOURS.
WE FOUND THEM TOGETHER, AND YOU, BETH, THE LINE IS VERY BLURRY,
YOU SHOULD JUST TAKE THEM HOME."
AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THAT KINDNESS, BECAUSE I REALLY, YOU
KNOW, WANTED TO KEEP A BIT OF BETH WITH ME.
HOWEVER, THE SHOW IS SO SUCCESSFUL, THOSE CLO CLOTHES AR
CURRENTLY IN A MUSEUM.
SO I DO NOT KNOW WHEN I WILL GET MY CLOTHES BACK.
>> Stephen: PLUS, IF YOU WORE THOSE ON THE STREET, I THINK YOU
MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED.
>> HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, BECAUSE,
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT I ACTUALLY CANNOT WEAR THEM
OUTSIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL THINK I HAVE LOST MY MIND, AND I
MAY NEVER GET HIRED FOR ANOTHER JOB AGAIN.
SO THESE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES WILL PARADE AROUND IN MY ROOM FOR MY
OWN ENJOYMENT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT
BACK WITH MORE ANYA TAYLOR-JOY.
I'M GOING TO ASK HER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF
IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'L GIVE YOU A HINT-- IT'S "THE LORD OF THE RINGS."
STICK AROUND.