Emma Thompson’s New Role: A Private Detective Who’s Decided She Doesn’t Have To Be A Good Girl

Emma Thompson’s New Role: A Private Detective Who’s Decided She Doesn’t Have To Be A Good Girl

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY! WE
ARE BACK WITH A WONDERFUL AND TALENTED EMMA THOMPSON. DO YOU
ALWAYS — DID YOU DANCE — YOU DANCED PROFESSIONALLY A LITTLE
BIT? THIS IS YOU. >> IT ACTUALLY IS ME. >> Stephen: ’95. LOOK AT
THAT HEIGHT! YOU GUYS LYING ON WIRES? SERIOUSLY, THAT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL. YOU TOOK SO RELAXED IN MID AIR. >> WE STILL WEREN’T.
>> Stephen: DID YOU TRAIN? >> YEAH. >> Stephen: DID YOU TRAIN
DANCE? >> NO, YOU CAN’T. WAINSCOTING. FOR SOME REASON OR
OTHER WHEN I GOT MY DEGREE I DIDN’T HAVE ANY BLACK SHOES AT
ALL AND YOU HAVE TO WEAR BLACK TO GET YOUR DEGREE. AND I ONLY
HAD TAP SHOES. AND THE DEGREE — THE HALL WHERE YOU GET YOUR
DEGREE IS THE MARBLE FLOORS, SO IT WAS JUST THIS LITTLE… IT’S
ALL ABOUT ATTENTION SEEKING. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A NEW APPLE TV
SERIES, YOU PLAY ZOE. A PRIVATE DETECTIVE WHO DECIDED SHE
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A GOOD GIRL. >> YES. THAT’S WHAT I SAID. >>
Stephen: THAT’S WHAT I MEAN. IT SAYS YOU SAY THAT. >> OH, IT
SAYS I SAID THAT. >> Stephen: IT SAYS YOU SAY SHE DECIDED SHE
DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A GOOD GIRL. WERE YOU TOLD TO BE A GOOD GIRL
GROWING UP? >> OH YES! >> Stephen: WHO TALKED YOU OUT OF
THAT? WHERE WAS YOUR FALL FROM GRACE? >> OH, THERE WERE SO
MANY… AND SOME OF THEM WERE GORGEOUS! [LAUGHTER] MY MOM WAS
VERY — A VERY GOOD PERSON BUT SHE WAS ALSO AN ACTOR, SO SHE
WORKED, AND THEREFORE I SUPPOSE I LEARNED ABOUT WOMEN’S
EMANCIPATION FROM MOTHERHOOD AND JUST HAVING TO BE A WIFE AT HOME
FROM HER, WHICH IS VERY USEFUL, BUT SHE DID HAVE THE MORALITY OF
— I MEAN, SHE WAS VERY, VERY PRESBYTERIAN AND SCOTTISH AND I
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY, VERY GOOD, SO I JUST DIDN’T TELL HER
ANYTHING. SHE KNOWS NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT MY LIFE. TO DATE.
SHE’S 93 AND STILL THINKS THAT, YOU KNOW THAT I MAKE TEA, HAVE
NEVER HAD A DRINK AND YEAH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >>
Stephen: THIS IS IT. THAT WAS IT. >> THAT’S IT? >> Stephen:
THAT WAS BEYOND THE TIME THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS. LET’S TALK ABOUT
— WHAT DO WANT TO DO, WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? YOU’RE ALSO
WORKING ON A MUSICAL VERSION OF “NANNY McPHEE.” >> YEAH. [CHEERS
AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: I’M GLAD WE GOT TO THAT! HAVE YOU
WRITTEN MUSICALS BEFORE? >> NO, I HAVEN’T. I HAVEN’T. IT’S
REALLY HARD. WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR EIGHT YEARS. I KNOW,
IT’S JUST — GOD. [LAUGHTER] BUT I WORKED OUT, I DIDN’T REALIZE
WHAT IT WAS ABOUT UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY. I REALIZED IT WAS
ABOUT GRIEF. AND YOU SPEAK SO BEAUTIFULLY TO GRIEF AND MY
GRANDMOTHER ONCE SAID THIS FANTASTIC THING, YOUR HEART IS
NO GOOD AS HER HEART UNTIL IT’S BEEN BROKEN AT LEAST TEN TIMES
BECAUSE IT’S THE SCARRING THAT MAKES YOU STRONGER AND MAKES THE
MUSCLES STRONGER AND SO ONE OF OUR MAJOR SONGS, IT’S JUST
CALLED “PATCHWORK HEART” AND I THOUGHT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT
BECAUSE IT’S NICE AND I KNOW YOU’D UNDERSTAND. >> Stephen:
THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. [APPLAUSE] YEAH. GRIEF MAKES YOU MORE
HUMAN. YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER. IT IS SO LOVELY TO SEE
YOU. THE SERIES “DOWN CEMETERY ROAD” PREMIERES ON APPLE TV THIS
WEDNESDAY. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK

Dame Emma Thompson offers a peek at what to expect from her character in the mysterious new series, “Down Cemetery Road,” which premieres this Wednesday on AppleTV.

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