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00:12APPLAUSE
00:14Oh!
00:16Oh!
00:18Thank you so much!
00:20Thank you! Thank you very much!
00:22Oh!
00:24Hello!
00:26Hello, everybody!
00:28Good evening!
00:30You are so welcome to the show!
00:32Yes, Autumn is here, and like a misty September morning, I'm back.
00:36Cool, grey, and just a little bit damp.
00:39Anyway, we've got a great line-up for our first show of the season.
00:42Look over there, sing it for us later.
00:44It's the fabulous Ray!
00:48Love Ray!
00:50She'll be performing her new single, Where Is My Husband?
00:53But more to the point, where are my guests?
00:55Let's get them on!
00:56First off, we loved him as the Prince of England in Grantchester,
01:00and we loved to hate him as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.
01:03Now he brings us the epic succession drama, House of Guinness.
01:06It's our good friend, James Norton!
01:09CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:12There he is!
01:14Hello, Tommy!
01:15Good to see you!
01:16Thank you!
01:17There he is!
01:18James Norton!
01:19This Oscar-winning actor and writer swaggered into our screens in Days of Confused,
01:24won our hearts in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and was out of this world in Interstellar.
01:29His latest book, Poems and Prayers, is already a Sunday Times bestseller,
01:33while he returns to our screens in a heroic true story, The Lost Bus.
01:38It is a warm welcome back to Matthew McConaughey!
01:43CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:45Here he comes!
01:47It sounds really good to see you!
01:49There you go!
01:50Yes!
01:51That's Matthew McConaughey!
01:52Yes!
01:53And we've got two stars from the new sports drama The Smashing Machine.
01:59She made her mark in The Devil Wears Prada, thrilled us in A Quiet Place,
02:04and was Oscar-nominated for a performance in the global hit Oppenheimer.
02:08It's Emily Blunt, everybody!
02:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
02:12Oh, so shiny!
02:13So shimmery!
02:14So business!
02:16Ooh!
02:17So nice to see you!
02:19And as The Rock, he conquered the wrestling world before turning action movie star with roles
02:28in his like Jumanji, Moana, and the Fast and Furious franchise.
02:32Now earning rave reviews for his performance as champion wrestler Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine,
02:38it's the mighty Dwayne Johnson!
02:41CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
02:44Hello, Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne.
02:46And great, lovely to see you!
02:48Good to see you, Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne.
02:54Hey, welcome along. What a couch. Sit down, sit down, sit down.
02:57Lovely!
02:58Er, welcome along, thank you very much for being here, lovely to see you all.
03:01Thanks so much for having us.
03:02Cheers!
03:03Cheers!
03:04For a show back, cheers.
03:06Cheers!
03:07Cheers!
03:08Cheers!
03:09Cheers!
03:10Cheers!
03:11Cheers!
03:12Cheers!
03:13Cheers!
03:14Cheers!
03:15OK.
03:16Yeah, if you're wondering, tequila.
03:17Now, some of you know each other, James, I've got to ask, are you alright because you injured yourself?
03:18Are you alright because you don't know anyone?
03:20Well...
03:21I feel like I know you. I know you. Yeah. And you've met the other backstage. We had a lovely time. We've discussed tequila and other things. Yeah. Just tequila, surely. I did get injured. Am I alright? No, I am fine. Yeah, but this is the thing that's on now. King and Conqueror, which is on PPC1 on Sunday nights. Yes, I fell off a horse. That's cool. Look at that. Yeah, I fell off a horse and I broke my collarbone.
03:44Now, in Iceland. Now, I was thinking, oh, that must be terrible to fall off a horse quite a distance. And then I saw a picture of you with the horse. And you are taller than it. Yes.
03:54So, Iceland, surely a pony. It is a pony. Okay. Yeah, yeah, so Iceland have a protective order on their horses. You cannot import a horse because they have this kind of gene pool and it can't be polluted. And so we were having committed to shoot the whole thing in Iceland. And I was a producer on the show as well. So we were tasked with finding the biggest Icelandic ponies we could find.
04:13And they were, that was the biggest we could find. Even though it was that small, I still broke my collarbone from falling from that great height. So, yeah.
04:21When did it happen? It happened at the very beginning of all the stunt sequences.
04:25That's fun. Yeah. Stunts, though. If you have one of those scenes where you might get injured, it's a good thing to schedule those at the end of the show.
04:32End of the show. Right.
04:33It was rehearsal. It was rehearsal. Yeah.
04:36Yeah. Yeah. Well, producers will do that. They'll put the big stunt away.
04:40Wait, but he's producing. It was my show. He is a producer.
04:43I know. I learn a lot. I learn a lot.
04:48But also, looking at that, I'm thinking, Dwayne, never do an historical epic in Iceland because that pony would not survive.
04:55No.
04:57Does a regular horse make a noise when you get on it?
05:00Does it go, oh?
05:03Wait, me? Yeah.
05:04Why?
05:04Because there's a lot of muscle mass there.
05:06I mean, a horse would be going, oh, Jesus, look at this.
05:10Oh, my God.
05:11The groans. The groans, yeah.
05:12Many things groan when I get on it.
05:14Yes, yes, yes.
05:19I love it.
05:20OK, Graham?
05:21I'm writing that down.
05:21I'm writing that down.
05:25Let's get on with our first film tonight.
05:30Dwayne and Emily are together in The Smashing Machine.
05:33It's in cinemas from the 3rd of October, and here's just a little taste of what to expect.
05:38Don, can you take this picture for me?
05:40Yeah.
05:41What are you thinking at the beginning of the fight?
05:43It's simple.
05:45Am I going to hurt him before he hurts me?
05:47Yes, there was a fight I will show you.
05:57This Grand Prix to crown the greatest fighter in the world.
06:03He has come back from the break.
06:05Let's see if he can pull out a victory over Mark Coleman.
06:10Have you spoken to either about fighting such a good friend or a life-changing amount of money?
06:14I just need you to let me in.
06:19Always about you.
06:20Only about fighting you.
06:22Everything is about you.
06:26Let's fucking go.
06:34Big strong man, I love you.
06:41So good.
06:42Thank you, man.
06:43Thank you, thank you.
06:46Thank you, brother.
06:48It is phenomenal.
06:49It's a true story.
06:50Mark Kerr, he was sort of the first star to come out of the MMA UFC world.
06:55He was, yeah, for a lot of you who don't know him, and a lot of people don't know him.
06:58Mark Kerr was the first...
07:00He was one of the pioneers of...
07:02There he is right there, of MMA.
07:03And he was, at one time, he was the greatest fighter on the planet.
07:08Heavyweight fighter.
07:08And at that time, there were no rules, no regulations.
07:12And MMA was different.
07:14And there was no infrastructure around it.
07:15There was no financial planning.
07:18There was just fighters.
07:20And Mark fought his way to the top.
07:23And he struggled.
07:25And he struggled like a lot of fighters do.
07:28Unfortunately, though, he struggled under pressure.
07:30And the pressure, in many ways, got to him.
07:32There was addiction involved.
07:33And he wound up overdosing twice.
07:35And he was lucky to be alive.
07:36But he's here today.
07:37And not here in the audience, but he is alive.
07:40Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Kerr.
07:41But he is with us today.
07:44And he had this unbelievable life.
07:46And he had this volcanic relationship with his girlfriend,
07:50who eventually became his wife.
07:51And they have a beautiful son named Bryce.
07:53So it was really the role of a lifetime.
07:56So, Emily, tell us about Dawn.
07:58Yeah.
07:59I mean, she's an extraordinary person.
08:01And, you know, I found her, when I spoke to her,
08:04sort of simultaneously heartbreaking and fierce.
08:07And I think it is a very complex relationship to be in
08:13when you're with a very dedicated athlete
08:17whose life is on the line constantly.
08:20Through his own addiction, through actually being in the ring.
08:22And they did have this rather hazardous relationship.
08:27But I think the movie is less about, you know,
08:30it's set to the backdrop of this 90s machismo.
08:33But it's so about vulnerability and the brokenness
08:36and, like, how you never really know what's going on
08:37in someone's life, you know.
08:39And the image of invincibility is not really the truth, you know.
08:42And we've got to talk about the Venice Film Festival
08:44because you took actual Mark Kerr with you.
08:47Yeah.
08:47So, I mean, obviously emotional to watch it.
08:49But to watch it with him...
08:51Damn it.
08:51There he is.
08:51To watch it with him, that was the first time
08:54he'd seen it, right?
08:55It was the first time he'd seen it with an audience.
08:57So we get to the Venice Film Festival,
08:59which we're there for competition
09:00and we're sitting there and watching it.
09:01I sit next to Mark.
09:03Mark's a big guy.
09:04And I could feel him and he's shaking.
09:07He's shaking the entire movie.
09:09Especially the fight scenes with him and his girlfriend
09:11who eventually became his wife, Dawn.
09:13He's shaking.
09:14Every once in a while I reach over and grab his knee.
09:17And towards the end of the movie
09:18where we have the big scene with Emily and I...
09:21Don't ruin it.
09:22I won't ruin it.
09:23No, I won't.
09:23Don't hope a bitch.
09:24So anyway, you'll never get to the head of it.
09:32And then he is really shaking and crying
09:35and then I look over and Benny Safdie's holding his hand.
09:39And, you know, in Venice Film Festival,
09:41it's very ceremonial, right, as we know.
09:44And it means a lot.
09:45Films mean a lot to people in Venice
09:47and at the Venice Film Festival.
09:49And before the credits came up,
09:51the audience erupts.
09:55And they give us a 15 and a half minute standing ovation.
09:59And Mark Kerr is sobbing,
10:02which makes us all cry.
10:04Yeah.
10:04Benny as well.
10:05And it was just beautiful.
10:06We've got a little bit of footage of the ovation.
10:09And I say, it goes...
10:11I mean, it's incredible.
10:12Look at me.
10:13By the way, yes, let's wait till this is over
10:16so I can embarrass you.
10:17I know.
10:18No, look at your face.
10:20Yes.
10:21And Mark Kerr is beside me.
10:22That's Mark.
10:22By himself.
10:23So there I am, right?
10:25I'm very emotional.
10:27The house lights come on before they're expected.
10:30I'm crying and I'm trying to wipe my tears away
10:32to try and still stay cool.
10:34And this one is like,
10:36can you believe that we did that thing?
10:38Whatever the fucking joke was that she said.
10:40No, I didn't.
10:40What are you talking about?
10:41You can see in the clip that he's crying.
10:43And I went, do you remember on Jungle Cruise
10:45when you said you never cried?
10:46I'm in a moment.
10:49I'm in a moment.
10:52It's like the British thing, right?
10:54No, I think it's the British thing.
10:55It's like, it's a long time for people to be clapping
10:58and I start to get embarrassed.
10:59Yeah.
11:00So I started making jokes
11:01because I was like,
11:02oh God, this is so much.
11:04To remain kind of humble and grateful
11:06for 50 minutes is quite hard.
11:08Yeah, it's hard.
11:09Thank you so much.
11:10And here's the thing,
11:12you know, just watching the trailer there,
11:14you know, that idea of Dwayne Johnson
11:16disappearing into any role,
11:18you kind of think,
11:18oh, how can you transform?
11:20But you do.
11:21What, what?
11:23And it's not just the physical thing
11:25because it's obviously this hair,
11:26but other things went on.
11:27It was about 22 prosthetics.
11:29We had Kazu heroes
11:30or Oscar winning prosthetic artist
11:33and he helped me transform.
11:34There was also a vocal transformation too.
11:36But the idea I think of transforming for me
11:40was something that, you know,
11:42I didn't know that I was,
11:44I didn't know that that was for me.
11:46And I wanted to do that
11:47because a lot of times
11:48in the movies that I've made in the past,
11:50the bigger movies are big and they're fun.
11:52And I've liked them from Jumanji to Moana.
11:55And I'll go back to those,
11:57but there was something about this opportunity
11:59where there was a little,
12:01there was a voice behind my rib cage
12:02that was just telling me, right?
12:04So like, it's like,
12:06and I'd shared this with Emily for years,
12:08like it's just,
12:09it's gnawing at my gut to do more
12:12and challenge myself and grow
12:14and do something where I'm not chasing box office,
12:18but I'm doing it for me.
12:19Yeah.
12:19And it wound up being the most greatest,
12:23most gratifying thing.
12:24And I've said this before and I mean it,
12:27Smash Machine changed my life.
12:29Well, you so pulled it off.
12:30You really did.
12:31It really is phenomenal.
12:32And Matthew, I'm interested
12:34because you had a kind of similar career pivot
12:36to what Wayne's doing now,
12:39where you had this incredibly successful career
12:41with rom-coms and you went,
12:43no, I'm going to search out different sorts of parts,
12:45more meaningful parts.
12:46How hard was it to turn your back
12:48on that incredibly successful career?
12:50So, similar to what Dwayne said,
12:51I had that 4 a.m. in my solitude on my own
12:54truth that hit me.
12:57It lands like a butterfly
12:58and strikes like a lightning bolt at the same time.
13:00That truth that you go,
13:01okay, tomorrow when the sun comes up
13:03and I'm back in the masses
13:04and all the world's coming at me
13:05and all those offers,
13:06I need to remember this truth.
13:07Now, I've been trying to get dramas
13:10and was even offering huge pay cuts
13:11and they're like,
13:12no, stay in your lane, McConaughey.
13:13You're the rom-com guy.
13:14You got that down.
13:16Mind you, I enjoyed him,
13:16but I was wanting to do something different
13:17because I couldn't do what I wanted to do.
13:19I said, I got to stop doing what I'm doing.
13:20So, I said, no more rom-coms.
13:23Called the agent.
13:25Said, let the town know.
13:26It's not going to happen.
13:26I went to Texas.
13:27Camilla's pregnant.
13:28We're on the ranch.
13:29Quiet down there.
13:30Camilla says to me,
13:31look, you don't know how long
13:32it's going to be dry,
13:32how long you're going to not go with work.
13:34This could go on,
13:34but this is non-negotiable.
13:37We're not going back.
13:38I was like, not going back.
13:39Now, a year goes by.
13:42Nothing, nothing.
13:43I call my agent.
13:44He goes, Matthew,
13:44I haven't even heard your name in six months.
13:46I'm going, okay.
13:47I may have just wrote myself
13:48a one-way ticket out of Hollywood.
13:50I start to think about other vocations.
13:52School teacher, wildlife guide.
13:55Maybe I'll go back to law school.
13:56All right?
13:5718 months go by.
13:59I really think I've done it.
14:01I'm out.
14:02I get this romantic action comedy.
14:05It comes with an $8 million offer.
14:07I read it.
14:07I pass.
14:08I say, no, thank you.
14:09It comes back with a $10 million offer.
14:11I said, no, thank you.
14:12It comes back with a $12 million offer.
14:13I said, no, thank you.
14:14It comes back with a $14.5 million offer.
14:17I said, let me read that thing.
14:21Yay.
14:22Same words as the $8 million offer,
14:24but it was better.
14:26It's funnier.
14:26I can see myself.
14:27This could work, right?
14:29But I ultimately said no.
14:31That must be so hard to say no.
14:33It was.
14:33But saying no to it, I think sent a little invisible message
14:39to Hollywood.
14:39Oh, McConaughey's not bluffing.
14:41We were talking about not flinching.
14:42Yes.
14:42Oh, he's playing offense.
14:45He's not just doing nothing.
14:46He's playing offense.
14:47He's on to something.
14:50And 20 months, two months after I turned that down,
14:53the offers came in that I was looking for.
14:56And they came in in droves.
14:57It went Killer Joe, Mudd, The True Detective,
14:59Dallas Buyers, Magic Mike.
15:01Oh, that movie.
15:01They came in, everything I was looking for.
15:03And they would not have come in
15:05if I wouldn't have unbranded for that 20 months.
15:09Yes.
15:09All right?
15:09Now, Duany, you didn't have to unbrand.
15:11You had enough steam going,
15:12I can make whatever choice I want,
15:14and I'm going to make this happen over here.
15:16It was a time for me where I had to unbrand,
15:18and it took 20 months.
15:19But then I was doing, and all of a sudden,
15:21my work was challenging the vitality I like.
15:23I was like, there we go.
15:25So cool.
15:25Oh, no, yeah, absolutely.
15:26APPLAUSE
15:28And it's one of the things I think,
15:32every actor that wants to be successful,
15:34but then you don't want to be typecast.
15:35And James, you know, you were so good
15:39as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.
15:42You had that kind of psychotic faddy.
15:44LAUGHTER
15:45Oh, yeah.
15:45APPLAUSE
15:46Like, were you just offered lots of
15:52psycho villains after that, or...
15:54Yeah.
15:55LAUGHTER
15:55Yeah.
15:56I seem to get offered roles where they present
15:59as nice and kind of civil,
16:01and then underneath they have a heart of stone.
16:03And I don't know what that says about me, but...
16:04LAUGHTER
16:05Yeah, I mean, I haven't...
16:07I haven't had to rebrand, which is lovely.
16:09I've, you know, been lucky.
16:10I've been able to kind of twist and turn,
16:12and I think that's the way you keep learning
16:13and keep it fresh.
16:14That's what every actor wants.
16:16And, yeah, I mean, the villains are also really interesting.
16:19Like, the one I'm playing right now is a beast.
16:21Yes.
16:22So, you know, I get to play, and, yeah.
16:25But I have to say I've cited you as someone who has done it,
16:28and, you know, now you as well, Dwayne,
16:29like, someone who has done it so elegantly,
16:31you managed to go against the grain.
16:33Because the producers, they want their job to be done easily.
16:35You know, you don't want your actor to have to go
16:37on these massive transformative journeys
16:38because it costs money and you have to get dialect coaches
16:41and everything else.
16:42You want the actor to walk in as the character.
16:43And, actually, what we want to do is go on those journeys
16:45which you guys have just described so beautifully.
16:47So, yeah, it's a tough kind of struggle.
16:51Talking of returning to our role,
16:53we've seen a lot of paparazzi pictures
16:55of Miss Emily Blunt recently,
16:57because you...
16:58Are you still filming The Devil Wears Prada 2?
17:01Yeah.
17:05It must be lovely to be making something
17:07that people are so happy about.
17:08They are so excited about it.
17:10It is incredibly sweet.
17:12I mean, we're trying to keep as much of it under wraps as we can,
17:15but it's not just the paparazzi,
17:16it's the fans outside.
17:18I've never experienced this,
17:19where it's just thousands of people waiting outside the sets.
17:22And I think when we made the first one,
17:24like, we thought it was funny.
17:26We were like, it's really funny.
17:27And then it comes out,
17:28and I was a kid, you know, when it came out.
17:31I mean, it's 20 years ago.
17:32And I remember my agent calling me going,
17:35you know, this is the opening weekend.
17:37And I was like, is that good?
17:38Like, I didn't know what success was.
17:41And so it had this meteoric life,
17:44and it's amazing to come back to it.
17:47And because to make the second one,
17:48obviously, they needed the four of you,
17:50you, Stanley, Anne, and Merrill.
17:51So did the four of you have a lot of say
17:53in what the story was going to be, or...?
17:55We did.
17:56I mean, I think they were very collaborative on it,
17:58and, you know, they wanted everyone to be happy.
18:01They wanted us in cahoots with them.
18:03So it was really, really cool.
18:05Well, we look forward to that.
18:07But before then, do I urge you,
18:09go see Emily and Dwayne give extraordinary performances
18:11in The Smashing Machine in cinemas from October the 3rd.
18:15Very good.
18:17Good day.
18:19OK.
18:21Next up, Matthew McConaughey.
18:23He brings us the latest offering
18:25from director Paul Greengrass.
18:27It's called The Lost Bus,
18:29and it's out now in selected cinemas,
18:31then on Apple TV+, from the 3rd of October.
18:34Before we talk about it, here's some of the trail.
18:37At approximately 6.30 a.m. this morning,
18:39a fire entered the town of Paradise.
18:45Where do you need to get to?
18:48My son's up there with his grandma.
18:49It's too late.
18:59I'm too late as a father.
19:08It's not too late.
19:09Wowza.
19:17That was so cool.
19:23I know.
19:24And again, this is another extraordinary true story.
19:29Yeah.
19:29These awful, awful California wildfires in 2018,
19:32and this kind of reluctant hero.
19:35Tell us about Adam McKay.
19:37Kevin McKay.
19:38Kevin McKay.
19:38Sorry.
19:38In our story, he's come home because his father died,
19:42and he's there to take care of his widowed mother
19:45and reconcile our relationship with his son
19:47from an earlier divorce in his life.
19:49He's got a part-time job as a school bus driver.
19:52On this particular day, took the kids' school,
19:55dropped them off, was out and about,
19:57and fires were coming across the canyon.
19:59They did.
20:00It happened all the time.
20:01No one even got alarmed.
20:01The first responders head up there and put them out.
20:05But on this day, the winds came and the fires jumped the canyon,
20:08so the first responders were stuck.
20:10And while they were stuck,
20:12they called it a mandatory evacuation
20:14out of the town of Paradise.
20:17When that happens,
20:18Kevin McKay has just made the decision,
20:20I'm going to go back and get my mom and my son,
20:23who cannot drive,
20:24I'm going to save them and evacuate them.
20:27Not two minutes later, it comes through dispatch.
20:29I've got 23 kids stranded on the east side of town.
20:33Does anyone on that side of town have an empty bus?
20:35Well, guess who's got an empty bus?
20:38Do you pick that up and say yes?
20:41Or do you go get your mom and your son?
20:45He picked it up.
20:46And he said, I got them.
20:48He picks them up.
20:49There's a teacher with a Mary Lugwig
20:51who's played by America Ferreira.
20:52And this is the story about the next six, seven, eight hours
20:56of what happens.
20:57Wow.
20:58And you mentioned the personal side of the idea of being attacked.
21:00Yeah.
21:00And of course, that's incredibly present in this film
21:04because it is a family affair.
21:06Yes, it is.
21:07Check this out.
21:11I go home and pitch the script to my family,
21:13as I always do.
21:14Here's what it's about, you know.
21:16And if it's too R-rated, you've got to kind of do it
21:18in a parable form.
21:20Kids were old enough, I told them that this one
21:22was about straight.
21:23I get to the part about my son.
21:26And my son, Levi, who's 15 at the time, goes,
21:28is that part cast yet?
21:29I said, no.
21:29He goes, you think I can read for it?
21:31Oh, my God.
21:32And I just kind of look at him.
21:34Had he ever read for anything before?
21:36No.
21:37So this surprises me, but I kind of just give him a shoulder
21:39and I'm like, yeah, right.
21:40He comes back the next day.
21:42The next day, he badgers me four times.
21:44I said, OK, all right.
21:45First off, sit down.
21:46We're going to talk about what this acting gig is.
21:48I said, this ain't modeling.
21:50This ain't no attitude.
21:52All right?
21:53This is a frickin' rodeo.
21:54And you've got to go with soul and no bullshit in your bone.
21:58So he goes, well, I already got a scene that worked out
22:00I want to shoot.
22:00So I pulled out my camera shot.
22:02And I was like, first take.
22:02I was like, OK.
22:04Kids got present.
22:05He was able to behave honestly in front of the camera.
22:08I was like, that's for starters.
22:09You need that.
22:10Did two takes.
22:11I sent it to the casting director with a note saying,
22:13I think this is good enough for a callback.
22:16She writes back and says, I think it's good enough
22:18to send to the director, Paul Greengrass.
22:19I said, great.
22:22And it dawned on me, wait a minute.
22:23Do me a favor.
22:24Can you pull his last name?
22:26If he gets it, is he going to have an inkling
22:30that the last name helped him?
22:31Oh, I don't want that happening.
22:33So she pulled the last name.
22:34Goes into Levi.
22:34Paul sees it.
22:35Director.
22:36Looks like this.
22:36This is the kid.
22:37She said, well, you know, it's actually Matthew's son
22:39in real life.
22:40He goes, even better.
22:41Oh, that's so cool.
22:43And so it's lovely.
22:44Your son's in it.
22:44Your mom's in it.
22:45My mom's in it.
22:46Mom's in it.
22:49Tell them who she plays.
22:50Tell them who she plays.
22:51No, she plays my mother.
22:56There she is.
22:56Kate McCauley, 93 years young.
22:58Oh, my gosh.
22:58She's gorgeous.
22:59Right?
23:01No, but look at your son.
23:02Wow.
23:05So what we're going through, Paul and I would get together
23:08every week and kind of just go over the last week.
23:11How are we doing?
23:12Are we missing anything?
23:12Is there anything we want to do?
23:13Anything special?
23:14And the news was always good.
23:15We were always happy with everything that was going.
23:17But he said, about four weeks in, he goes,
23:19I got one problem.
23:19He goes, I think I miscast the mother
23:21and I either misdirected it or we got to rewrite this scene.
23:23Do you know, do you have any winning idea
23:25who could play your mother?
23:27I said, let me think about it.
23:28Next day, he goes, what about your mom?
23:30Wow.
23:31They're making this family affair, Paul.
23:33Hang on a second.
23:33He goes, let's just cast her.
23:35I said, hang on.
23:35Hang on.
23:36Before we just cast her, let me get her in front of you.
23:38And I said, mom, can you send me a minute video
23:42on your phone of why you love being a mom?
23:44She sends me an eight minute video.
23:47I show that to Paul.
23:48He's like, yes.
23:50That's her.
23:51What was that conversation like when you told your mom?
23:54She was already into, like, let me check with my agent,
23:58which she doesn't have.
24:02She was already like, well, let me think about it.
24:05Yeah.
24:05This is all sounding very familiar to James Norton
24:11because your dad, has he been in every single thing you've done?
24:15Dad?
24:16Has he?
24:16My dad has been in nearly everything I've ever done, yeah.
24:19I'm terrified of him watching this because I know I'm going to get a text saying,
24:21why can't I play your dad?
24:22I want to, I want to, you know, I've got my notes ready.
24:25He mostly does kind of supporting background work.
24:27Yeah, yeah.
24:28He does a day as an essay on everything I do.
24:30So here he is in the House of Guinness.
24:32This is your current project.
24:34Oh, God.
24:34There he is.
24:36But we have found footage of him from War and Peace.
24:39This is, it's over, is it 10 years ago?
24:41More than 10.
24:42He flew himself out to Lithuania to shoot this.
24:44Yeah, he flies across the world.
24:46I did wonder how the hell he ended up in Lithuania to be in this.
24:49So he flew himself.
24:50He loves it.
24:51Yeah, yeah.
24:52Okay.
24:52He gets a free haircut.
24:54He kind of struts around the set like a peacock.
24:56Gets, you know, to flirt.
24:58You're not in this scene, but keep an eye out.
25:02I'll show you James out here.
25:04I mean, blink and you might miss him.
25:05But here we go.
25:06A warm piece.
25:08It's all going very well.
25:09Lovely, very dramatic.
25:10And look, who's that in the moustache?
25:14There you go.
25:16Did he keep the moustache?
25:18Yes.
25:18He loved it.
25:19Did he keep the moustache?
25:20He didn't keep the moustache.
25:22Oh, it's a new one in House of Guinness.
25:23It's a new one in House of Guinness, yeah.
25:25In House of Guinness, he had to throw a bottle at me.
25:26And he's not the most coordinated.
25:28And it was a stunt sequence.
25:29And he had to throw the bottle multiple times.
25:31But yeah, no, he loves it.
25:32So when he comes out, is it specifically for one scene?
25:35Or does he just lurk around for many background scenes?
25:37No, no, no.
25:38We make sure that he's only on for one scene.
25:39I mean, he would.
25:40He would, if he had the choice, get an agent.
25:42I mean, I'm terrified.
25:44But has he never asked for lines?
25:46Has he never had a line in one thing?
25:47Oh, it was terrible.
25:48He had a...
25:49I'm sorry, Dad.
25:49Dad?
25:50I had a line in Lady Chatterley's Lover.
25:53And I remember him, it was the director said,
25:56Hugh, let's give you a line.
25:58And he improvised something about the state of the coal mine.
26:01And he looks at me, he goes, what the fuck?
26:03Like, how do I...
26:04What is he doing here?
26:04And then it was, I don't know about you,
26:06but you obviously, your son and your mum are clearly
26:08much more talented than my dad because he was terrible.
26:11And I was standing there and I'm trying to stay in character
26:13and all I have is this man going,
26:14the coal is not coming up the ground.
26:16That's terrible.
26:20Really distracting when you're a bad, terrible actor.
26:24And, Dwayne, your mum, she didn't act,
26:28but she has now done some acting.
26:30She has.
26:30We actually, so I followed in Matthew's path
26:33and I put her in, I cast her in live-action Moana.
26:37So she's in that, yeah.
26:39Does she have lines?
26:40No, thank God.
26:41OK.
26:41You went the Norton route.
26:44No, yes, that's it.
26:46You've talked about her before,
26:47but I love the idea of your mother.
26:49She enjoys your fame very much.
26:51She loves it.
26:52She does.
26:53My mum's had a tough life and she,
26:55so now she's living like, there she is.
26:57She's just living her best life and she does.
27:00She's my biggest fan.
27:01And she has this crazy room
27:03that's called the Smackdown room.
27:05And in the Smackdown, it's just all me.
27:10Yes.
27:11Everything that I, I mean, every little thing,
27:14anything you can think of,
27:15she just shoves it in there.
27:17And then there's your,
27:17does your mum have something like that?
27:18My mum has the same room.
27:19It's not a view, but it's of all my stuff.
27:22That would be weird.
27:26So your mum is your biggest fan?
27:28Yes, but she also,
27:30and she is my biggest fan,
27:31but she also is very clear to take credit
27:33for all of, every role I've ever played.
27:38Here's what she comes up after.
27:40She goes, man, you did so good.
27:43I can tell where you got it from.
27:46Very proud.
27:48We, that, we're fine now.
27:50My ship's stable enough.
27:51I'm like, mom, say whatever you want.
27:52Whatever you want.
27:53Now that she's got a great agent,
27:54she's good.
27:56But also, she, she published a book.
27:58Yes.
27:58Can you remember what the name of the book was?
28:00Oh, yes.
28:01Because I'm, she probably has already put a sticker
28:04of the title of the book on my truck.
28:06It's called, I Amaze Myself.
28:10I feel like every book,
28:12every book should be called,
28:13I Amaze Myself.
28:14Oh, she's a legend.
28:16Chapter 26, guess what the title is?
28:19Some people deserve to be pissed on.
28:21What is Christmas like in your life?
28:32It's, it's, it's wild.
28:33Is it novel?
28:34No, it's, it's short, short stories.
28:36I have to, some people,
28:37it's probably helped out some people.
28:39She's very much a, um,
28:41she gets by on positive thinking and denial.
28:44And it works.
28:47And she's 93 and not shallow and kicking ass.
28:49So, I'm, I love it.
28:50Talking of books,
28:51I must say, uh,
28:52after the success of your memoir,
28:54Green Lights,
28:55you now have a new book,
28:55uh, Poems and Prayers.
28:57Yeah.
28:57Number one in the New York Times.
28:58We already know there's going to be
29:00the bestseller list in Sunday night.
29:04And,
29:04from what I read,
29:07so, a lot of the,
29:08the material in here,
29:09you've been working on,
29:11off and on for years.
29:12Yes.
29:13So, this is something you've always done?
29:15Yeah, I've been writing poetry since 18.
29:16Yeah.
29:17Yeah.
29:18And, and I think you're going to do one for us?
29:21Maybe?
29:21Yeah, I'd love to read one.
29:22Have you got the book with you?
29:23Actually, your mum is here,
29:24and she's here.
29:26She's here in her two-piece bikini,
29:27right here.
29:29I want to just set up,
29:30oh, well, you've got the book there.
29:31Oh, you've got the book there.
29:32What this, uh,
29:33why I wrote it,
29:34and why I put it out now.
29:35Um,
29:36seems to me,
29:37belief is in short supply.
29:40Um,
29:41look around,
29:41turn on the news,
29:42you look around,
29:43there's not much to believe in,
29:45or reasons to believe,
29:47and that's not going to work,
29:49because if doubt wins,
29:50we're all going to lose.
29:51All right?
29:52So, this is me looking for belief,
29:54because I found my own self getting cynical.
29:56I found my own self objectifying people,
29:58and kind of thinking,
29:59I guess that's just the way it is.
30:01First, that scared me.
30:02Secondly, thankfully,
30:03it pissed me off.
30:04And I said,
30:04no, no, no, no, no.
30:05I promise I'd never become a cynic.
30:07That's an early death,
30:08if you do that.
30:09So,
30:09I wrote this to dive into my own belief,
30:12and I've also found a lot of people along the way going,
30:14they feel kind of the same way.
30:15They're looking for belief.
30:16So, poems and prayers,
30:17instead of looking to reality,
30:18and the evidence for belief,
30:19let's look at our dreams,
30:21and our aspirations,
30:22and see if we can bring those back down to earth.
30:24And that's why I wrote this book.
30:25There's a bunch in there.
30:27Why don't I read one that's kind of funny?
30:28Okay.
30:29All right?
30:29And not that long.
30:30How about that?
30:31Okay.
30:31All right, it's called More Time.
30:33I think it was about 2 a.m.
30:35The band played the last tune,
30:37and I said amen.
30:38Went to pay my tab over at the bar
30:40when the main event started tuning their guitar.
30:43So, I ordered myself another bottle of wine.
30:46God, I love it when I got more time.
30:48Thought it was the year 2010.
30:51Not a worrying sight in the fast lane again.
30:53Signed all my checks one year tardy
30:56because it was 09,
30:58and I hadn't left the party.
30:59So happy my balance wasn't in the red.
31:02God, I love it when I'm early instead.
31:05Met a woman I liked,
31:06and she became my friend.
31:08We turned into lovers
31:09and thought we'd make it until the end.
31:11But as soon as we lined up hand in hand in the queue,
31:14my eyes started turning a lighter shade of blue.
31:18Well, sometimes love just loses its shine,
31:20and sometimes leaving early
31:22just gives you more time.
31:25Come on!
31:26Very good!
31:29Very good, guys.
31:35Meanwhile, in another part of the forest,
31:37James Norton brings us a new epic historical drama,
31:41House of Guinness,
31:42on Netflix now,
31:44and here's a taste delicious.
31:45The death of your father
31:48has served to poke a stick in a hornet's nest.
31:54A gift from Mr. Guinness
31:56from a representative of the Dublin poor.
32:02Children Sir Benjamin leaves behind are weak
32:04and divided.
32:06Now is the time to use that weakness.
32:09Freedom!
32:09Freedom!
32:09Do you think there'll be trouble today?
32:14The man's name is Guinness.
32:19Of course there'll be fucking trouble.
32:21There's no Tonys in that.
32:39No Tonys.
32:39No Tonys.
32:40Big horses.
32:42Here's the thing.
32:42Obviously, the Guinness family,
32:44who are kind of fighting for control of the brewery,
32:47they're real.
32:48Who do you play
32:49and are you kind of an actual historical figure?
32:52So I'm not...
32:53I'm made up.
32:54The story is kind of the father,
32:56Benjamin Guinness,
32:57it's all true.
32:57He died in the early 1860s
32:59and he left his power vacuum
33:01and it's the kind of big dynasty show,
33:03the four children then take over the brewery.
33:05I play their fixer, caretaker,
33:09kind of the four...
33:09He runs the show.
33:10He's the boss.
33:11He's called Sean Rafferty
33:12and he's a badass.
33:14Yeah, he really is a badass.
33:15It's really fun.
33:16Yeah, and it's by the same guy
33:18who wrote Peaky Blinders, right?
33:20It's Stephen Knight, yeah, and he is...
33:21Oh, I love Stephen Knight.
33:22Yeah, yeah, and he's firing on all cylinders.
33:25He's in his element.
33:26You can tell he had a lot of fun making it.
33:28Yeah, it's a romp, you know?
33:30It's an amazing period of history.
33:32It's when this brand, Guinness,
33:34became the biggest beer brand.
33:35I didn't realise how famous Guinness was in the 1860s.
33:39It was global already.
33:40Well, it was just...
33:41This story is the kind of the moment
33:43it exploded into North America
33:44and on the kind of coattails
33:47of the Industrial Revolution.
33:48But it's sort of...
33:49It's smoky and sexy
33:50and it's irreverent and, you know,
33:52it's...
33:53We have many names.
33:54The Crown with Beer.
33:56Subsession, it's been called.
33:58LAUGHTER
33:59Subsession.
34:00I mean, there's many people who have coined it.
34:01But, yeah, it's a lot of fun.
34:02It's definitely a fun, fun romp.
34:04And when I watch something like this
34:05and, you know, you're in it
34:06and you're doing a really good Dublin accent...
34:09..I've got to think...
34:09When you said yes to it,
34:11did you just kind of think,
34:11I'm sure I can do that accent
34:13or did you know you could do a Dublin accent?
34:15No, I mean, I was terrified.
34:17You know, the Irish are a very...
34:19Well, you know, they're a very proud people
34:21at the right this show.
34:22They'll tell you.
34:22They will tell me.
34:23They do.
34:24They often do.
34:25Have you done press in Ireland yet?
34:26I have.
34:27You've got it where you're at it.
34:28It's terrifying, honestly.
34:28I sat on this couch with Jamie Dornan
34:31and he told us he got crucified
34:32by a journalist for his Irish accent.
34:34Yes.
34:34And he's Irish.
34:35I was in that movie with him.
34:37You were in that movie?
34:37And we got destroyed.
34:39Yeah, but he's Irish.
34:40I mean...
34:40I know, but he's from Belfast
34:43and they told him his Irish accent was shit.
34:46So it was like...
34:46I don't know what...
34:48I don't know.
34:48It was...
34:49Anyway, but no, listen,
34:50the accent was terrifying
34:51and I worked really hard at it
34:53because, you know,
34:54we all know actors who didn't get it right
34:56and they do get hell to account.
34:57And did you have any kind of like...
34:59Were you given shortcuts into it?
35:01Yes, I did.
35:02I had an amazing dialect coach
35:03called Paul Mousselides
35:04who basically...
35:06Yeah, he gave me...
35:08I don't know if you've ever done this
35:09for an accent,
35:10but he gave me kind of the vowels
35:12broken down into eight sounds
35:13and then these little poems, actually,
35:15funnily enough,
35:15I could follow with one of the poems,
35:18but they were kind of ridiculous
35:20and I would listen to them
35:21and look kind of crazy walking around.
35:23Can you remember any of them?
35:24I remember, like, the sound...
35:27I mean, I'm going to butcher it
35:28and the Irish people are going to come...
35:30No, they're not.
35:30They are.
35:31You're not on set.
35:32No, I'm not on set.
35:33It was a year and a half ago
35:34in my defence.
35:34So, like, the sound, like,
35:35wine, light, fine Ireland
35:38was...
35:39It was something like,
35:40the prime height for umpours
35:42in Ireland is five foot nine.
35:44I'm smiling now
35:45because of the fine white wine
35:47I'm drinking.
35:47It makes me feel like
35:48I'm a lion flying over a toy.
35:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:52You know what I mean?
35:53You did that right there?
35:54Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:54You still got it.
35:55You still got it.
35:57That's one of...
35:57That's cool.
35:58Yeah, sure.
35:59You meant that, no?
36:00As an accent,
36:00it's very scientific.
36:02You break the accent down
36:03into these times.
36:04Have you ever done an accent, Matthew?
36:05Yes.
36:06Yeah.
36:06Tim Monick is who I worked with
36:08who's done the same things.
36:10Yeah, you give the little limericks
36:12and you just find the...
36:13Actually, the rhyme
36:15and the vowel sound
36:16along the way
36:17and you start...
36:18It sort of seeps in.
36:19And James Norton,
36:21this is a, you know,
36:22it's a big action series,
36:25a big action role for you
36:26and, you know,
36:27we've had fighting,
36:28we've had fires.
36:30You bring us explosions.
36:32I do.
36:33Now, have you ever had to do
36:34walking away from an explosion before?
36:36I'm so pleased we can get to talk about this.
36:38Yeah, so we have...
36:39No.
36:40You have.
36:41I know you have
36:41because there is a song.
36:43So we were shooting this scene
36:44in Liverpool
36:45and Sean Rafferty.
36:47My role was made very easy
36:48because all I had to do
36:49was sort of strut
36:50and smoke cigarettes
36:51and look kind of cool
36:52and so one of these scenes
36:54I was walking away
36:55from an explosion
36:55and my business partner
36:56and my dear, dear best friend,
36:58she texts me
36:58in the middle of this scene.
37:00She said,
37:00have you seen
37:01Cool Guys Don't Look Back
37:02at Explosions?
37:03The Lonely Island guys.
37:04Have you seen it?
37:05Yes.
37:05The Andy Sandberg,
37:06which you were in.
37:06The Lonely Island guys.
37:07It's a song
37:07and he's cut together.
37:08It's so good.
37:09He's cut together
37:10all the actors and actresses
37:11over the time in Hollywood
37:13who have walked away
37:14from an explosion
37:14and not turned back.
37:15You can't turn back.
37:16You can't turn back.
37:17But you were my inspiration.
37:18Oh, cool.
37:19This is what,
37:20actually in the series,
37:21this is Sean Rafferty
37:23walking away from an explosion.
37:25I'm not afraid
37:25of a bit of progress.
37:29And wait for it.
37:29Oh, there you go.
37:30But then I do a look back.
37:31Do I not?
37:32No, you don't.
37:33No!
37:35It's so cool.
37:35So the rules, Bernie,
37:37are you don't look back.
37:38That's a rule.
37:38You don't look back.
37:39Yeah.
37:39And I suppose
37:40the other thing would be
37:40you wouldn't look
37:41sort of pleased with yourself
37:42for walking away from an explosion.
37:44Oh, no.
37:44No, don't look back.
37:45Don't look pleased, yeah.
37:46Don't react.
37:47Don't look pleased with stone-cold
37:48straight faces.
37:49Stone-cold straight faces
37:50all the time.
37:50Yeah, like, this is what I do
37:51kind of thing.
37:52But, by the way,
37:53you're a producer.
37:53Make it happen.
37:54Yeah.
37:54I wasn't a producer on this,
37:55but I didn't know what you were about.
37:56Yeah.
37:56So this is,
37:58this is a slightly longer take.
38:00This is from behind the scenes
38:02of Sean Rafferty
38:04walking away from the explosion.
38:05Oh.
38:06So, here he goes.
38:07So, there's the explosion.
38:09Not looking back.
38:09Oh, he looked back.
38:11He did.
38:11At least he hasn't looked
38:13pleased with himself at all.
38:14All right,
38:26it's time for music.
38:27The seven-time Brit Award-winning
38:29Grammy-nominated artist
38:30first set the world to light
38:31with her debut album,
38:33My 21st Century Blues.
38:34Here, performing
38:35her newly released single,
38:37Where Is My Husband?
38:38It's Rage!
38:44I look like a baby.
38:46I look like a ring.
38:47I look like a diamond ring
38:48on my wedding finger.
38:49I look like a big and shiny diamond.
38:51I could wave around
38:52and talk and talk about it.
38:53And when the days
38:54you ever give me,
38:55God, that I could ever doubt it.
38:57Till death,
38:57I do, I do, I.
38:59This man is testing me.
39:02Oh, oh, oh, oh, help me.
39:05Baby,
39:06What the hell is my husband?
39:09What it's taken him so long
39:10to find me?
39:13Oh, baby.
39:15What the hell is my love?
39:17Getting down with my love.
39:18Ooh, yeah, yeah.
39:20Tell him, I just see him, baby.
39:21I just see him, baby.
39:22He should have.
39:23Why is this beautiful man
39:25waiting for me again?
39:25Oh, why are you already
39:26testing my patience?
39:28I don't think he's taking time
39:29with other women that ain't me.
39:30Well, I've been reviewing applications.
39:32When I got my men's only,
39:33when I'm telling him I'm too loud,
39:35no, he can't be waiting.
39:36And it's a bathing breeze.
39:38All the love to give him
39:38to my loving arms
39:39and it's fine, I can't be.
39:40Baby, just me.
39:41Baby, baby.
39:42Baby, baby.
39:45How my heart can fall.
39:48Is he far away?
39:49Is he, is he okay?
39:52This man is testing me.
39:54Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
39:55Help me.
39:55Help me.
39:55Help me.
39:55I need you to tell me, baby.
39:58What the hell is my husband?
40:00What has taken him so long
40:02to find me?
40:04Oh, baby.
40:06Where has my love
40:08given down with another?
40:11Tell me if you see him, baby.
40:14He should hide.
40:15I'm doing the acrobatics.
40:16I'm sipping my dress at 2 a.m.
40:18And I'm tired of living like this.
40:19He must be out of getting ready,
40:21trying to fix up his tire.
40:22My hello, this way you're right.
40:24Will I get your heart going?
40:25Am I turning out too foul much?
40:27I'm gonna love you?
40:27No one will love you.
40:29Pray.
40:29Hurry, hurry, hurry.
40:30You were long, baby.
40:31I ain't telling you about you.
40:33D, D, D, D, D, D.
40:36Oh, my heart, yes, oh, yeah.
40:40Is he far away?
40:42Is he okay?
40:44This man is testing me.
40:45Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
40:46Help me.
40:47Help me.
40:47Help me.
40:47I need you to tell me, baby.
40:50What the hell is my husband?
40:52What the hell is my husband?
40:53What the hell is my husband?
40:54What the hell is my husband?
40:54I need you, oh, baby.
40:58What the hell is my lover?
41:00Get it down with another.
41:02Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
41:03Tell him if you see him, baby.
41:04If you see him, I'm impatient.
41:06Tell him I'm mm.
41:08Tell him I'm mm with the mm, mm, mm, mm.
41:10Tell him I'm kind.
41:11Tell him I'm kind.
41:12Tell him I got brown eyes in a grown fitter.
41:14If he doesn't find me now, I'm gonna die.
41:15I'm so pretty.
41:16Oh, my, my, my, my, my.
41:17Every little kiss.
41:18Oh, my, my, my, my, my.
41:19No, no, no, no, no, no.
41:20Want it, want it, want it, want it, want it.
41:21It's like a baby.
41:22I'm like a ring.
41:23I'm like a diamond ring on my wedding finger.
41:25I'm like a black and shiny diamond.
41:26I'm like a wave around and talk and talk about it.
41:28One day, it's difficult to give me all that I can have without it.
41:31Together, I do, I do, I.
41:33This man is testing me.
41:36Oh, baby.
41:40Where the hell is my husband?
41:41What's taking him so long to find me?
41:46No, no, no, baby.
41:48Where the hell is my lover?
41:50Get it down with another.
41:51Your husband is calm.
42:18Wow, wow, wow!
42:21Putting on a show!
42:24Give it up for Ray!
42:26Her orchestra and her backing vocalist.
42:30Come on over, Ray, dude.
42:32How amazing was that?
42:34Startening.
42:36Hello, Ray.
42:38So good to see you.
42:40Come and meet everyone.
42:42Hello, Ray.
42:46Ray right there.
42:48Oh, my God, I love you.
42:51I love you.
42:52I love you.
42:53I love you.
42:54I love you.
42:55Wow.
42:56Hey!
42:57Hello, guys.
42:58First of all, thank you for that amazing performance.
43:01It was incredible.
43:03It's a standing-up dress.
43:04It is.
43:05OK.
43:06I know you put on a show.
43:08Thank you so much.
43:10Just terrific.
43:11I know.
43:12And also, I want to say just congratulations on everything that's happened to you since the
43:15last time you were on the show.
43:16Oh, it's been a whirlwind.
43:17I mean, broke records at the Brits, performed at the Grammys, the Oscars.
43:21Oh.
43:22It's just, it's phenomenal.
43:23It does, I'm so happy for you.
43:25So happy for you.
43:26I have to question on that.
43:28With all your success, did you lean into being more you?
43:34Definitely, yeah.
43:35Yeah.
43:36Yeah.
43:37Like, that right there is me.
43:38It was a good time.
43:40And that is the new single that's out now, Where Is My Husband.
43:44And that voice we heard at the end.
43:47Yes.
43:48Is it true that that's your granny?
43:49It's my grandma, yes.
43:50Oh, I don't know if you picked it up.
43:52This was right at the end of the track.
43:53Your husband is coming.
43:55Come on, grandma.
43:58That's my best friend.
44:00She's my best friend.
44:01I call that lady every night.
44:03We pray together.
44:04We talk about life together.
44:05That's my rock.
44:06No pun intended.
44:07You know, I sang your song today on the radio.
44:12You did?
44:13Yeah.
44:14I sang it.
44:15Like, it was a challenge to me.
44:16Like, the rap portion.
44:17Because, you know, there's like a, like a rhythm to it.
44:20Oh, you sang, I was like, okay.
44:21Yes.
44:22It was crazy.
44:23Yes.
44:24No, I butchered it.
44:25But it was terrible.
44:26It was terrible.
44:27It was terrible.
44:28I'll tell her it was terrible.
44:29I did.
44:30So, congratulations on everything.
44:31It's so cool.
44:32Oh, my gosh.
44:33I would love to get that footage.
44:35One of those life achievements.
44:38That is the new single.
44:40And it's going to be on the new album.
44:42Yes.
44:43Now, when is the new album coming out?
44:45So, you can pre-order it.
44:47Great.
44:48Pre-order it, but it's just not done at all.
44:50Like, at all.
44:51I'm an independent artist, right?
44:54You've got to get ahead of these things.
44:56Yeah.
44:57Okay.
44:58We put it out there.
44:59I've kind of given myself a rough deadline.
45:00I would like to say the first third of next year.
45:03Definitely the first half of next year.
45:05Okay.
45:06So, I...
45:07Okay.
45:08This is not what I thought.
45:09Sorry.
45:10I thought it was kind of like, done, you were just doing a little polishing.
45:13Oh, no.
45:14No.
45:15Yeah, maybe add some...
45:16Add some horns to that.
45:17No.
45:18Not at all.
45:19Okay.
45:20So, are you writing it right now?
45:21I am, yeah.
45:22Oh.
45:23So, it's a beautiful process, but it does take time and I...
45:26Yeah.
45:27Yeah.
45:28I handed it in, where is my husband, eight days before it come out.
45:32Do you know what I mean?
45:33So, I'm combing away at it, chipping away.
45:35No, this could be better.
45:36We should add this.
45:37Yeah.
45:38When you're writing, do you sleep?
45:39Or are you just always churning with it?
45:41No, you need rest.
45:42Being tired in the studio is the worst.
45:44Yeah.
45:45Yeah, you need to be on.
45:46You need to be present.
45:47And I think it's kind of like imagining your guys' crafts.
45:50You know when your heart starts beating and you just feel like...
45:53This adrenaline goes and you're like, I'm where I need to be right now.
45:56I need to chase this feeling.
45:57It's that feeling, you know?
45:58Yeah.
45:59You're being tired in the studio.
46:00Your songs are going to suck.
46:01But now, in terms of finishing the album, tell me this.
46:05Does the album at least have a name?
46:07Erm...
46:08Not really.
46:09Kind of.
46:10Kind of.
46:11Kind of.
46:12What is it kind of for?
46:14Erm...
46:15Not to answer that question.
46:16Kind of is the title, right?
46:17Kind of is the title, right?
46:18Kind of is the title right now.
46:19Oh, nice.
46:20Yeah.
46:21Nice.
46:22Kind of.
46:23Yeah.
46:24Actually, so if Matthew McConaughey says it, it's cool.
46:26Yeah, I need one of them.
46:27You know they do quotes of like, you know, it's just like Matthew McConaughey.
46:30Kind of.
46:31Yeah.
46:32But look, the one thing we do know is you are going on tour.
46:38Yes.
46:39Yes, you are.
46:40When does that kick off?
46:41Next year.
46:42And, erm, yeah, we just announced a fifth O2 Arena.
46:45Like, can you believe it?
46:46That is phenomenal.
46:47Oh!
46:48It is phenomenal.
46:49And it's interesting because we were, er, we've been talking about family a lot tonight
46:56and your tour is going to be a family affair.
46:58It is.
46:59My two beautiful sisters.
47:00Who are here?
47:01Is that them right there?
47:02That's them over there.
47:03Get over here now.
47:04Hey.
47:05Emma, absolutely.
47:06Come on up.
47:07Come on, sisters.
47:08Give them up.
47:09Hello.
47:10Are you, Emma?
47:11Emma, absolutely.
47:12Hello.
47:13Have a seat with you.
47:14Well done.
47:15You did well.
47:16Well done.
47:17Well done.
47:18So, er, this is Aman, absolutely, and you are going on tour.
47:21Now, absolutely, you've been on tour with Ray before?
47:25Yes, I have.
47:26This is like some fever dream right now.
47:29Is it weird everyone just staring at you?
47:32Yes, it is.
47:33Oh, you're doing so well.
47:34You sound like you're not thrilled at the idea of going back on tour.
47:37You're like, yes, I have.
47:39It's a good dream.
47:40It's a good dream.
47:41Abby's the shy one of us three, a bit more.
47:44Yes.
47:45Your mother named you absolutely?
47:46Oh, that would be amazing.
47:47No.
47:48No.
47:49My name is Abby.
47:50Abby Lynn.
47:51Where did absolutely come from?
47:52I was, that's her name.
47:53Tequila.
47:54Tequila.
47:55No, no, no.
47:56No, no, no.
47:57You imagine it.
47:59You said absolutely.
48:00No, but that is what you're called.
48:04You're called absolutely, right?
48:05Yeah, that's your stage name.
48:06That's my artist name.
48:07That's yours.
48:08Oh, there you go.
48:09I didn't just make it up, Matthew.
48:11I didn't just look at the woman and go, looks like an absolutely amazing woman.
48:15Abby's too short.
48:16It feels rude.
48:17This is such a real moment.
48:18I'm just sat here with my sister on one side.
48:19I know, it's so weird.
48:20And then you guys on the other side.
48:21It's really abnormal.
48:22Yeah.
48:23You'll never believe who's in the lounge.
48:24We're not looking.
48:25Well, listen.
48:26Good luck with the tour.
48:27I know you're adding locks of extra dates.
48:28So you're going to be together for quite a long time.
48:30So enjoy it.
48:31And Ray, thank you.
48:32That is really a performance for the ages.
48:33It was just fantastic.
48:35Ray, everybody.
48:36That is it for tonight.
48:37Sadly, no time for red chairs, I'm afraid.
48:38So please thank the rest of my guests.
48:39James Norton.
48:40Matthew McConaughey.
48:41Emily Blunt.
48:42Emily Blunt.
48:43And Mr. Dwayne Johnson.
48:48So enjoy it.
48:49And Ray, thank you.
48:50That is really a performance for the ages.
48:51It was just fantastic.
48:53Ray, everybody.
48:54That is it for tonight.
48:55Sadly, no time for red chairs, I'm afraid.
48:56So please thank the rest of my guests.
48:57James Norton.
48:58Matthew McConaughey.
49:00Emily Blunt.
49:03Emily Blunt.
49:05Emily Blunt.
49:06And Mr. Dwayne Johnson.
49:08Join me next week with another great line-up.
49:14Lewis Capaldi.
49:15Donald Gleeson.
49:16Jodie Turner-Smith.
49:17Greta Lee.
49:18Oscar winner, Cillian Murphy.
49:19And the one and only Taylor Swift.
49:21I'll see you then.
49:22Good night, everybody.
49:23Bye-bye.
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