-Thanks. -You look great!
-Thanks. -You were -- You look --
Last time I saw you, you were a -- you were a blonde.
-I was blond, yeah. -You had blond hair.
-Oh, yeah, look. There I am. -This -- This was you. Yeah.
Now -- Oh, I love it. Is this --
-It's all gone. -Yeah.
-Yeah. Did you like being blond?
-I loved being blond. -You did? Yeah.
-Yeah, I've -- It's --
the whole "blondes have more fun" thing is actually --
an actual -- I mean, I didn't have fun.
But people are just nice -- they're just nicer to you.
[ Laughter ]
-People are nice to you because you're blonde? They are?
-Yeah. -Really?
-See, you won't have experienced this, 'cause you're like me.
But all -- you're all -- [ Laughter ]
I swear, it's an actual thing. -Really?
-People hold the door open to you.
They smile at you, just in general.
-Yeah, and this doesn't happen to you now at all.
-No. -No, not at --
-[ Chuckling ] No.
-People are actually mean to you, yeah.
-They're act-- They're actively horrible to me.
-Is this for a -- Is this for a new role?
What are you... -Well, yeah.
And I had to let go of the blond,
'cause it's quite a lot of upkeep.
-It is, yeah. -So it had to go at some point.
But, yeah, I've chopped it all off for a -- for a job, yeah.
-Can you say what you're doing or no?
-Yeah.
I'm playing Janet Armstrong, who is Neil Armstrong's wife.
-Wow. Ooh, in the -- the... -Yeah. "Ohh."
-...the Ryan Gosling... [ Laughter ]
Yeah, I've heard of this movie. Is this the Damien Chazelle --
-I know I'm not an American. I'm sorry.
-What's that? -I'm not an American.
I feel like a bit of a fraud 'cause she's very American.
-No, that's the whole point of acting.
-It's like the most American story ever.
-Yeah, we know you're not really her.
Yeah, you -- -I know.
-Unless you were married to Neil Armstrong --
I have no idea -- but I -- let's get into that later.
-I just apologize in advance. -No, never apologize.
-I apologize in advance. -Are you kidding me?
We love you. Are you -- Are you --
Since being British, are you very excited about Christmas?
-Oh, yes, I love it. -'Cause you -- You -- You do?
You have lots of puddings and stuff, yeah?
[ Light laughter ] -Yeah.
-Don't -- Yes, you do, right? -Puddings are a big part of it,
chocolate, puddings. -You have a real --
-Turkey, potatoes. -I mean, in America,
Christmas is big,
but in -- in England, it's a giant --
it's like kind of Thanksgiving dinner kind of, right, here?
-Well, yeah, but Thanksgiving,
you put marshmallows on stuff and things, don't you?
Like, on savory -- I don't -- I do --
-I mean, not me, personally,
but, yes, our country's been known
to put marshmallows on a lot of things, yeah.
[ Laughter ] It's just the way we work.
-But what is that? Doesn't marshmallows go
on some sort of sweet, like sweet potato thing or something?
-Yeah, sweet potatoes, and then you put mini-marshmallows --
not marshmallows -- on top... [ Laughter ]
...and then they melt,
and they get a little -- a kind of a crusting.
It's a little -- like a fun adventure.
-It's an interesting -- interesting tradition.
We don't do anything like that. -You don't?
-It's all quite meat -- meat, gravy-based.
-Oh, really? -Yeah.
-And you're gonna go back to England for that?
-I am, yeah. Yeah. -You are, yeah.
Well, how long do you get to hang out in New York for?
-I go -- Well -- Well, I'm hanging out.
I'm going to see Bruce Springsteen
tomorrow night.
And you were so good!
-No, oh, my gosh, stop. [ Cheers and applause ]
-It's just -- I don't need -- I need --
don't need to go and see him now.
That's it. -Oh, my God. Please.
-I mean, he's been here. Yeah.
What -- you're going see him? -Yeah.
-I haven't seen the show yet. Yeah, I'm excited about that.
-Ohhh! -Yeah, really, yeah. Oh, wow.
All right, good. -I'm so excited. I'm so excited.
-When are you going to see it -- tomorrow?
-Tomorrow night, yeah. -Oh, fun.
Maybe I'll crash, and I'll, like, ruin your whole night.
-That'd be great. -I'll be like, "Hi, Claire!
You enjoying the show?!" [ Laughter ]
And you're like, "Leave me alone!
This is my one night away."
-I'm -- My -- My mum has brought --
My mum's here with me, and she brought her
"The River Tour" that she went to see
from like 1984. -Yeah!
-She's brought that jumper, and I'm gonna wear it.
[ Laughs ] I'm so sad! -Oh, come on.
See, it's -- that's the best. -I'm so sad!
-No, you're not, no. -I'm really excited.
-What the world needs is more fans of people.
It's good to be a fan of Bruce Springsteen.
-Yeah. -That's awesome.
I love that guy. -Yeah.
-I'm a fan of yours. That's a good segue right there.
-Hey! -Let's talk about "The Crown."
Man, oh, man, I think I first met you
at that party before the Golden Globes...
-Mm-hmm. -...and I was like --
And, oh, I just knew it.
I go, "Man, you're gonna win the Golden Globe for this year."
-I bet you said that to every single person
you met that night. [ Laughter ]
"I know you're going to win." -But not everyone won.
You won, so, I mean, that's just --
I do say that, but you -- -Got a good hit rate.
-But this one actually works with you, yeah,
since you end up winning the award.
Man, oh, man, but what a -- a great production.
When you watch it, it's not like --
they definitely didn't waste any money.
I mean, it is -- -No.
-There's elephants.
There's things -- -Yeah.
-I mean, it is honestly a big-deal production.
And then, this is Season 2 of "The Crown."
-Mm-hmm. -And you play the Queen,
but this is -- this is your last season.
You're out after this. -That's it, yeah.
Yeah. -Because --
-And -- But they spent all the money on the first series,
so we're just in a shed. [ Laughter ]
-That's not -- That's not true --
you're in a shed. -That's not true.
But, I mean -- But it was always --
that was always the deal, though, right?
You only were gonna do two seasons and then...
-Yeah. Yeah. -Yeah.
-...it's gonna be played by a different actress.
-Yes, Olivia Colman. She's great.
-Yeah, but we're gonna miss you. You're so great.
-You won't. You'll forget all about me
and -- and the rest of the cast. [ Laughter ]
-Claire, that is so not true at all.
-Like, "Who are they?" -I'm not gonna forget about you.
-We're the warm-up act. -[ Chuckling ] What is --
What's gonna happen this Friday when I binge-watch Netflix?
-Oh, I don't know. -Yeah, Season 2.
-You won't get much sleep? I don't know.
-[ Chuckling ] No. -I'm not quite sure what you...
-Not what's gonna happen to me --
what's gonna happen in the season?
Yeah, I'll fall asleep, eventually.
Yeah. Yeah. I work very hard.
[ Laughter ] But...
-[ Laughs ] -Who knows what could happen?
I don't know, now. -I don't know. I don't know.
-You know, it's Friday night. I don't know, you know?
-Whoo-hoo!
-Yeah, I'll fall asleep. -Yeah.
But Season 2 -- what --
what's happening here now with the -- with the Queen?
-Well, pretty much the same sort of stuff,
but a different period of time.
Yeah, no, it -- it starts where we left off in the first series.
-Yeah. -So no time passes, really.
But it is very much about -- it's going into the '60s,
and we get a visit from JFK and Jackie O.
-Wow. -And, yeah, so, it's --
it's seeing a kind of an institution going into the '60s
and not really knowing how to keep up with it, to be honest.