Jamie Lee Curtis talks about being scared, Gary Barlow chats
about the highs and lows of his career, Jeff Goldblum says music is
now a big part of his life, Rowan Atkinson says never say never
about Mr. Bean and Imelda May performs with Jeff live in the
studio
On tonight's show (5th October) Graham welcomes American actress
Jamie Lee Curtis, pop star Gary Barlow, Hollywood king of cool Jeff
Goldblum, comedy genius Rowan Atkinson and singer songwriter Imelda
May.
Jamie, talking about reprising her role of Laurie Strode in the
new Halloween movie 40 years after the original, says, "The film
connects the stories between 1978 and 2018. Laurie has gone the way
trauma takes you without good mental health support! It is
incredibly intense and scary."
Talking about being the child of two Hollywood stars (Tony
Curtis and Janet Leigh), she says, "I didn't think I would be an
actor. I was a very bad student but I wanted to be a police officer
because I thought I would be good at it. While studying to be a cop
I became an actor by accident."
Gary talking about his new autobiography A Better Me, reveals
the low points of his life and career, he says, "We had those years
in the 90s when everything was 150%. We were touring the world,
being screamed at and everyone telling us we were brilliant and all
of a sudden, I lost my deal, Robbie went off into the sunset and I
was left with no job.
"There was nothing else I was trained for, music is all I have
ever done. I was a new dad at the time and as a man, I felt pretty
useless. I put on a lot of weight and had a lot of depression.
Looking back, there were some really serious issues but I've
enjoyed getting in there and talking about what happened."
And, on 30 years of Take That and touring, he says, "It's
amazing. The sets are being built now. It's a great project to be
involved in. Asked by Jamie, if they will tour in the US, he says,
"Maybe."
Asked about his tiny role in Star Wars, he says, "I went twice
to see the movie and missed it! In the end, I needed the pause
button to actually see myself!"
Rowan joins Graham for a chat about his new film Johnny English
Strikes Again.
Talking about the film, and asked if he ever makes himself
laugh, he says, "I find film very difficult and stressful. Only
very, very occasionally do I find what I do funny. When they tried
to make a blooper tape of Blackadder, they couldn't find anything
of me laughing or making mistakes. There was nothing of me even
being remotely amused."
Asked if there will ever be more of Mr. Bean, he says, "I doubt
he will ever reappear. There does come a point when you've done all
you can. But, never say never."
Talking about being recognised, he says, "I get half recognised
a lot. One man once said, 'You are the spitting image of Mr. Bean.'
When I told him that I was the actor that played Mr. Bean, he
laughed and said, 'I bet you wish you were. The resemblance is so
uncanny you could get lookalike work. You'd make an absolute
fortune!'"
Jeff and Imelda perform Straighten Up and Fly Right live in the
studio.
Revealing it was a previous appearance on Graham's show that led
to his new work, Jeff says, "Last year, after I had been asked by
the show to play the piano for Greg Porter, Decca Records contacted
me and suggested the album."
Asked if music is now a bigger part of his life than acting, he
says, "It is taking more of my emotional availability."
And finally, Graham pulls the lever on more foolhardy audience
members brave enough to sit in the Big Red Chair.
The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 5th October 10.45pm.
Pictures are available from Press Association.
Notes to editors – All quotes in this release were said during
the recording of the show but won’t necessarily appear in the final
version.
Next week (12th October) Graham’s guests include Whoopie
Goldberg, Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan and Harry Connick Jr.
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4th October 2018