-"The Americans," for those who don't watch,
it's such a fantastic show.
It's based on a real story, but it does feel a little silly,
this idea that Russians are living in D.C.
You know, at night, they go out, they put on wigs,
they put on fake mustaches.
When you explain the show to people,
do you feel like you're explaining a silly premise?
-Yes, especially the first season,
when you're explaining to everyone --
I had to prefix everything by saying, "This is based on truth,
absolute truth."
When we're shooting the first season,
I kept saying to the writers, "This is ridiculous."
And they're going, "This is all based on truth."
So it's a big ask of the audience to go,
"Yes, we wear wigs at night, and then we have kids."
And it's all based on truth.
There would be sleeper cells who were brought --
They're called illegals. They weren't even called spies.
Brought in, they had children, they had American accents,
and they lived as Americans, gaining intelligence.
-And, you know, obviously, one of the strangest things
about the show is, when it started,
you know, five years ago,
Russia felt very much like a throwback issue.
-Yeah.
It turns out you guys were, like, throwing forward.
[ Light laughter ]
Has that changed, do you feel like,
not only the way you guys are doing the show,
but how it's been perceived?
-Perceived, a little.
A lot more people kind of go, "Did you know?"
And I go, "Yeah, of course we knew.
That's why we wrote this TV show,
'cause five years ago, we knew this was gonna happen."
[ Laughter ] We got a tip.
We got a videotape of big Donald in Moscow and said,
"That's what we should be doing."
But in season one, they were saying,
"Ah, Russian interest in America.
Is it really relevant anymore?"
And you go, "Ooh. I don't know. probably not."
Now you're like, "Wah-ha!" [ Laughter ]
-"Nailed it!" -Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-It turns out...
It turned out that you guys had fans in the Obamas,
and you were invited to a state dinner.
And you -- You were in the catbird seat.
This is the best seat to possibly have.
You sat next to Michelle.
And I did an event once,
also sat next to the First Lady,
and it's a lot of pressure. -Oh.
Mostly, I found -- I don't know how it was with you --
on just a table-manners level.
-Yes, yeah. -How was your interaction?
-Well, for a start, look, look --
This is right in the middle of the "Girls" episode.
-Yeah.
-So I'm in full pervert look, for a start.
[ Laughter ]
So, I'm, like --
That look alone is basically the part
I played in "Girls" of a sexual predator,
sat next to the First Lady.
If you notice, the First Lady's dressed
resplendently in white, all in white.
First of all, the first hour, I couldn't speak,
'cause you're like... [ Groaning ]
-Sure. -'Cause you go,
"What do I say that can be of any interest to this woman?
-Yeah.
-She's met every head of state.
She's, you know --
She was Obama's boss when they met.
-She has immense knowledge.
There's nothing you can say --
-No, that can be of any interest or at all entertaining.
So the first hour was tough.
And then the appetizer comes out,
and they put in front
this perfectly poached, peeled "to-mah-to" --
"to-may-to," tomato. -Yeah.
-Tomato. [ Laughter ]
And Michelle goes,
"Oh, that's from the White House garden."
You go, "Oh. Fantastic.
Thank you so much for being here," right?
And she turns to the prime minister of Singapore
to say the same thing, and I, like a 5 -- 4-year-old,
spear the tomato with a fork, whole.
Just went -- pbht! -- like that.
And then my life went into slo-mo.
This thing went off like a frag grenade.
[ Laughter ]
And you're just watch it, going...
"Oh, no!"
And you like --
It is amazing how fast your mind --
'cause I was thinking, "Either the Secret service man
will dive in and catch it,
or if I dive in, he'll shoot me."
So, I like -- I just watched it sail past her.
Kind of fluttering down onto the prime minister of Singapore
and just going, "Ohhhh!" [ Laughter ]
Yeah. -So you survived it.
Everything, the dress survived. -Yes.
Yes, I may have bored her to death,
but I didn't cover her in tomato.
-Well, then it's a success. -Yeah.
-Thanks so much for being here. -Thank you.
-A continued fan of your work. Really appreciate it.
Matthew Rhys, everybody!
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