HE'S A TALENTED ACTOR YOU KNOW
FROM "DOWNTON ABBEY," "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" AND "LEGION."
THE CHARMING, THE HANDSOME, DAN STEVENS IS HERE IN THE STUDIO
TONIGHT!
IN.
>> James: LOOK AT YOU.
OH, LOOK AT THIS GUY.
RES PLEND ANT IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> James: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE.
>> A LOT OF YELLOW, I THOUGHT I WOULD GET DRESSED UP NICE AND
BRIGHT, I STEPPED OUT OF MY HOUSE AND IMMEDIATELY GOT
ATTACKED BY HONEYBEES.
>> James: I LOVE IT.
>> IT IS NICE TO BE HERE IT IS GREAT BEING BACK.
>> James: THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> James: HOW ARE YOU FEELING BEING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
>> IT IS GREAT, OUT OF MY MUSHROOM HOUSE.
YEAH, CAN'T CUT IT NOW.
CAN'T CUT IT NOW.
I LIVE IN A MUSHROOM HOUSE, YEAH.
IT'S BEEN GREAT, PANDEMIC IN A MUSHROOM HOUSE IS GIET PLEASANT,
AS IT TURNS OUT, YEAH.
>> James: BUT HOW HAVE YOU BEEN COPING.
>> GOOD, YEAH.
>> James: EVERYTHING OKAY.
>> YEAH, JUST HANGING OUT WITH THE FAMILY, CONNECTING WITH
MYSELFK FIGURING OUT WHAT I LOOK LIKE GROWING THE HAIR, MY BEARD
OUT, TURNS OUT A LOT-- .
>> James: I'M LOVING THIS WHOLE LOOK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: I WILL SAY WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERIENCING LOCKDOWN,
I THINK YOU HAD ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
BECAUSE WERE YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF PREVIEWS FOR THE BRILLIANT
MARTIN MCDONAGH PLAY HANGMAN AND THINGS JUST SHUT DOWN ON
BROADWAY.
HOW MANY PERFORMANCES HAD YOU DONE.
>> WE HAD DONE 13 PREVIEWS, I THINK AND A WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF REHEARSING FOR THAT NIGHT'S SHOW.
REHEARSE IN THE DAY AND GO ON AT NIGHT.
AND, YEAH I WAS ON STAGE IN THE MID WILL OF REHEARSING A SCENE
AND THE PRODUCER CAME IN AND THEY WERE LIKE LISTEN, THIS IS
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT.
WE WERE LAKE ALL RIGHT.
>> YEAH, WE'RE SHUTTING DOWN FOR FOUR WEEKS, AND WE'RE LIKE ALL
RIGHT.
JRS BUT WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE.
>> IT WAS GUTTING.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING FOR THE WHO THEATER
COMMUNITY, HERE AND BACK HOME.
YEAH, IT WAS A STRANGE DAY, WE WERE IN A FUNNY WAY WE WERE
LUCKY, THE PLAY IS SET IN A PUB.
AND SO THERE WE WERE ON THE SET.
AND THEY SHUT US DOWN.
AND WE TURNED IT INTO A PUB AND WE JUST SAT AROUND AND IT FELT
VERY HISTORIC.
I THINK EVERYBODY WHO WAS AWARE OF THAT TIME WILL NEVER FORGET
IT.
SOME SHOWS WILL COME BACK.
SOME SADLY WON'T.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING TO BE A PART INFORM A WEIRD WAY.
>> James: IS THERE EVER A CHANCE YOU WILL GO BACK AND DO
THAT PLAY AGAIN.
>> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE IS NO PLANS CURRENTLY T IS A SHAME BECAUSE I LOVE MARTIN
MCDONAGH, IT WAS A GREAT ROLE AND I WAS BRILLIANT IN IT I
THINK ANECDOTALLY I WILL BE BETTER THAN HAD I GONE ON AND
DONE.
>> James: THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY SAID.
THAT IS THE PRESS TEEJ OF IT NOW.
YOU WERE THERE FOR ONE OF THE FIRST IITHINS.
>> YEAH.
>> James: THEY CALL IT STEVENS 13.
>> INDEED.
DO I HAVE A COUPLE FRIENDS WHO CAME AND SAW IT IN THOSE EARLY
PREVIEWS T IS LIKE A SPECIAL CLUB OF PEOPLE WHO GOT TO SEE
IT.
>> James: NOW I WAS SURPRISED TO KNOW THIS.
YOU USED TO DO STANDUP COME DIE.
>> I DID, A LONG TIME AGO.
>> James: WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE.
WOULD WE EVER SEE A DAN STEVENS STANDUP SPECIAL.
>> I DON'T FLOW, MAYBE.
I COULD SAVE ALL MY BEST MATERIAL FOR HERE.
>> James: WE APPRECIATE FLA.
WE DO.
>> BUT WHO KNOWS, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
>> James: SO WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS A STANDUP.
>> IT WAS A MIXTURE OF WEARED VOICES, VERY SURREAL
OBSERVATIONS, THAT KIND OF THING.
THE OCCASIONAL COMEDY SONG.
>> James: LIKE WHAT.
>> OH, ALL SORTS OF WEIRD THINGS.
I JUST, YEAH, I USED TO PLAY GUITAR, NOW I PLAY A BIT MORE
SMALL MEANO.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT FORM THAT WOULD TAKE.
SHOULD DO I IT.
>> James: YES.
>> OKAY.
>> James: I MEAN NEXT TIME YOU COME ON THE SHOW.
>> TO PROMOTE MY SPECIAL.
>> James: NEXT TIME YOU COME ON THE SHOW YOU SHOULD DO A
COMEDIC SONG AND WE WOULD ENJOY THAT.
>> I DID OFFER THIS TIME.
>> James: YOU DID, YOU SENT ME A TAPE.
>> YEAH, BECAUSE.
>> James: YOU CAN SING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SONG AND I
WILL TELL YOU WHY SHALL.
>> REALLY, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD OF NOEL COWARD.
IT WAS MONTY PYTHON SING, BRILLIANT ALBUM AND I THINK
TRACK FOUR ON THERE, I USED TO KNOW EVERY WORD, TRACK FOUR WAS
A SONG CALLED THE PENI-- THIS IS BEFORE I HAD EVEN SEEN, I KNEW
EVERY WORD TO THIS SONG.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG ANNIVERSARY OF MONTY PYTHON,
NOEL COWARD MOVIE COMING OUT, I SAID WHY DON'T I SING THE
PENNIST SONG, HE SAID WELL CBS WON'T LET YOU SING THE PENIS
SONG, I WAS WONDERING WHICH OF THE WORDS ARE YOU NOT ALLOW TO
SAY ON CBS.
IS IT PENIS, IS IT SPIFFY S IT PIECE OF PORK, WIFE'S BEST
FRIEND.
[BLEEP] >> James: IT'S DIFFICULT TO
KNOW.
>> OR IS IT ALL TOGETHER.
>> James: I THINK IT IS THE COMBINATION OF [BLEEP].
>> IT IS A-- IT IS A-- IT IS IRONICALLY WHAT I CALL MY PENIS.
OH.
>> THERE IS THE ISSUE AGAIN.
>> James: NOW LET'S CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW FILM BLITHE SPIRIT WHICH IS BASED AS YOU SAUD ON A
NOEL COW AD PLAY, TELL WHAT IF IS ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> ST A ROMP, REALLY AND I PLAY AN ALCOHOLIC WRITER AT THE END
OF HIS TETHER STRUGGLING WITH WRITER'S BLOCK.
HE ENLISTS THE HELP OF A PSYCHIC MEDIUM PLAYED BY JUDI DENCH TO
HELP HIM GET OVER THIS WRITER'S BLOCK.
>> AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN YOUR CAREER HAVING TO CARRY
DAME JUDI DENCH THROUGH A PROJECT.
>> YEAH.
>> James: I LOVE HER.
SO WHAT WAS SHE LIKE WITH YOU ON SET?
>> SHE IS GORGEOUS AND YEAH, I MEAN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH, MY
FIRST WEST END JOB WAS DOING A DOLE COW AD PLAY IN THE WEST
END.
AND I THINK WE WERE DOING HISTORY BOY T WAS AROUND THAT
WHOLE ERA AND I USED TO LIT REALLILY SIT IN THE WINGS IN THE
SCENES I WASN'T IN AND WATCH HER EVERY NIGHT AND LEARNED SO MUCH
BOTH ON STAGE AND OFF STAGE.
SHE IS INCREDIBLE OFF STAGE, SO GRACIOUS, INCREDIBLE PEOPLE
COMING BACK STAJ EVERY NIGHT AND SHE WOULD LET ME COME AND SIT IN
THE DRESSING ROOM AND MEET ALL THESE MAD PEOPLE.