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Well, mark your calendar, tattoo it on your forehead, and flip off your boss, because its here. laughter this afternoon, the white house delivered on their previous obstruction of justice with an official letter telling the house of representatives that trump will not cooperate with their impeachment inquiry. Yes, trump booing dont get him wrong. Dont get him wrong. Trump would like to help with their inquiry into his conversation with ukraine but, tragically, he has developed phone spurs. laughter the white house cheers and applause the white house got there. The white house made the announcement in an officially bitchy eightpage letter to congress, writing, given that your inquiry lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation, any pretense of fairness, or even the most elementary due process protections, the executive branch cannot be expected to participate in it. Wait, wait, wait, wait. booing you cant just not participate in your own impeachment. as judge sir, you are charged with assault and battery. How do you plead . as defendant um. Pass . laughter can i, can i buy a vowel . I would like to. Now, the letter is full of absolutely bonkers arguments, telling the democratic leadership, you have denied the president the right to cross examine witnesses. The witness is trumps incriminating phone transcript, which he released. If he wanted to, he could cross examine himself. as trump where was i on the night of the phone call . I was on the phone aha well, let me ask you this if thats the case, did you get any dirt on joe biden . laughter applause now, the letter same letter cheers and applause the letter whines on, the president cannot allow your constitutionally illegitimate proceedings to distract him and those in the executive branch from their work on behalf of the american people. The president has a country to lead. Yes. And its ukraine. laughter hes leading them straight into putins arms. applause come to papa. Now, this letter came to the house, just hours after the house was all set to hear testimony from ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, seen here realizing, im going to jail for that guy . laughter House Democrats want to ask sondland about a series of texts he sent to the former ambassador to ukraine, which revealed that trump put pressure on the ukrainians to investigate joe biden. But sondlands lawyers learned the administration wouldnt let the ambassador testify, after the state Department Left a voice mail last night at 12 30 a. M. First off, state department, just text. laughter nobody wants to listen to voice mail. Also, people who calls that late only want one thing. Hi. laughter hey, gordon, yeah, hey, its me. Its me, under secretary for trade negotiations. I was just calling because i was thinking how much i want you. Not to testify tomorrow. laughter gordon. Gordon. What are you not wearing . laughter now, according to house intelligence chairman adam schiff, sondlands testimony is not the only thing the white house is blocking. We are also aware that the ambassador has Text Messages or emails on a personal device. The state department is withholding those messages as well. The failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. Stephen and obstruction of an impeachment inquiry is itself grounds for impeachment. This whole thing is like that m. C. Escher print hands cuffing themselves. applause but trump, trump cheers and applause they love escher jokes. piano riff they love. But trump insists that he has nothing wrong, has nothing to hide, tweeting, i would love to send ambassador sondland, a really good man and great american, to testify. But unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court. Um, first, you know this is congress and not a court, right . Second, you also know there are no actual kangaroos. Theres no koala bailiff, no dingo judge, the gavels not a boomerang, and the jury is not all crocodiles dundee. laughter i ask i ask because the whole kangaroo metaphor, this theme has been popular among republicans. Take florida representative and star of frat baby matt gaetz. laughter what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court, and chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. Stephen as gaetz chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. Trumps being railroaded by the terrifying thomas the tank engine. laughter this whole thing is a load of howdy doody, and its brought to you by the letters f and u. laughter cheers and Applause Congress no, im mad no, im still in character as matt gaetz piano riff jon put it down stephen Congress Still wants to hear from the original whistleblower who started this whole thing. And theyre taking every precaution. In fact, House Democrats are considering masking the identity of the whistleblower from trumps g. O. P. Allies in congress. Hold on the whistleblower is defending democracy and gets to wear a mask. Is it this guy . cheers and applause the democrats thank you, cap i dont know who it is. I dont know who it is. The democrats are also considering having the whistleblower alter his voice, possibly with modification technology. Possibly with modification technology. What other way would they possibly do it . cheers and applause high pitched voice President Trump has betrayed our nations core ideals and turned his back on all that we stand for he must be removed from office before democracy erodes beneath our feet. I say this not just as a patriot, but as a member of the Lollipop Guild the Lollipop Guild the Lollipop Guild laughter cheers and applause i represent the Inspector General and wed like to go and drag your ass to jail now cheers and applause oh, thats good. Thats a high. Thats a high. Jon get it all in. Get it in. Stephen loving you is easy cause youre beautiful thank you. cheers and applause lets turn now to trumps recent phone call with turkish president erdogan, in which trump sold out our kurdish allies. A National Security council official with direct knowledge of the call says trump got rolled. Well, thats not hard. Just get him to the top of any hill and give him a gentle shove. laughter jon oh my goodness. Stephen the official also argued that abandoning the kurds sets a dangerous precedent, and hurts American Foreign policy in the long term, saying, we are telling the world we will use you and then throw you away. Which, coincidentally, were also trumps wedding vows. laughter now, trump fired back applause based on a true story. That joke is based on a true story. Trump fired back at his critics on twitter, we may be in the process of leaving syria, but in no way have we abandoned the kurds, who are special people and wonderful fighters. Doesnt being in the process of leaving mean the same thing as abandoning . Thats like a father saying, im not abandoning you kids. Im just in the process of leaving for a pack of cigarettes and never coming back. laughter youll be fine. Youre wonderful fighters. laughter but he applause all right. But the president tweeted on, likewise, our relationship with turkey, a nato and trading partner, has been very good. Turkey already has a large kurdish population and fully, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, understands that while we only had 50 soldiers remaining in that section of syria, and they have been removed, any unforced or unnecessary fighting by turkey will be devastating to their economy and to their very fragile currency. We are helping the kurds financially weapons laughter as trump hey, kurds, id like to help you financially weapons let me give you a few bucks guns and a Little Pocket change bullets ill throw in some coupons nunchucks laughter trump also cheers and applause trump also wanted to remind everyone that turkey is our friend, tweeting, so many people conveniently forget that turkey is a big trading partner of the United States. Also remember, and importantly, that turkey is an important member in Good Standing of nato. He is coming to the u. S. As my guest on november 13. He . laughter what the hell . Thats confusing. Is the he turkish president erdogan . So does that mean trump calls other World Leaders by their countrys name . as trump we are america. We are pleased to meet you turkey, france, bleep hole. laughter now, trumps decision trumps decision to abandon the kurds has upset even some of his most loyal supporters, like televangelist and Discount Halloween decoration, Pat Robertson. laughter robertson was on the 700 club and he said this i am absolutely appalled that the United States is going to betray those Democratic Forces in northern syria, that we possibly are going to allow the turks to come in against the kurds. The president of the United States is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven if he permits this to happen. Stephen what the huh . laughter the mandate of heaven. I wonder if he really has lost the mandate of heaven. Lets ask the main man of heaven himself. God, everybody. God, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Hey, stephen cheers and applause hello, all of you made in my image. Looking good stephen hey, lord, its been a while. Yeah, sorry, ive been busy. Im a consulting producer on god friended me, sundays at 8 00, 7 00 central. Only cbs. laughter stephen yeah, i, i hear good things. Its a good show. Stephen but did you hear that statement from Pat Robertson claiming that trump is in danger of losing the mandate of heaven . Oh, he is. Im seriously considering not voting for him this time. Stephen wait, what . You voted for trump . Yeah, im his core demographic angry, old white man living in a gated community. laughter also, hes been really good for my 401 k applause stephen well, why would you be turning on him . I dont think hes fit to be commander in chief. Last night during his bedtime prayers he asked for dirt on joe biden. No dice. Yeah, no way. This time im voting for andrew yang. I really need that 1,000. Thats the sound of the lord voting for the yang gang stephen god, everybody. Weve got a great show for you tonight. 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I said, i need some of that on my face when i go out there. Stephen thank you for being here. Youre a busy man. I know, im doing a lot. Stephen besides, well, the premiere of gemini man is this weekend. Yeah, absolutely. Stephen but you also and this, i love this. You were down in atlanta. Oh, yeah down in hotlanta. Stephen for hotlanta. Tyler perry has created his own studio. His own studio. Stephen on 330 acres just outside of atlanta. Yes, absolutely, yeah. cheers and applause stephen people are calling it people are calling it black hollywood. Yeah, black hollywood yeah already . He better make some movies out of there to pay for it. laughter stephen and one of the great things i found out is, there are, like, 12 sound studios there. Yeah, it was spectacular. Stephen i mean film studios. And one of them is named after you. Yes, yeah. Stephen thats extraordinary. The will smith soundstage. Soundstage, yeah. It was fantastic. cheers and applause yup. applause stephen what did that mean to you . You know, it was so beautiful. It was like, you know, everybody that showed up for him. The soundstages are set on what used to be a Confederate Army base, right . You know, so, its like, tyler was, you know, 20 years ago, was homeless, you know. So for him to make that transition and to create this place, and everybody that showed up, you know there was me, and halle berry and denzel, and oprah oh, yeah, there you go. Stephen oprah with your lovely wife. Oprah and stedman right there. applause yeah, you know, it was it was just really a spectacular evening. And oprah got the oprah got the big stage at the end. Thats the one, the Oprah Winfrey sound studio. Stephen shes oprah. Shes oprah, you know. Stephen yeah. I was laughter you know, because i was happy with mine, you know. Stephen yes. laughter and then i saw oprahs. laughter yeah. Stephen you know what . Ive had that experience very similar. Im very happy with my house. Yes, yeah. Stephen then i saw oprahs. Yeah laughter yeah, you know. Yeah, oprah just got and you know whats interesting about oprah . Like, oprah has been famous so long, that whoevers there, when oprahs there, youre her assistant, right . laughter like, you just have to help oprah. Stephen sure. Like, oprah will just start walking, and youre like, hey, miss winfrey, here you go, you forgot heres your coffee. You just feel like you have to assist. laughter stephen yeah, but happily, though. Happily, though no, youre very happy. You know. Ive seen barack get oprah something to eat, yeah. laughter yeah. laughter and applause stephen wow. Okay, well, lets talk about lets talk about your new film, gemini man. Gemini man. Stephen i saw it last week in, i think, ang lees in his screening room. Yes. Stephen here in manhattan. Which is, like, the best possible situation to watch it. 120 frames per second. Per second. Stephen 4k. 3d. Stephen 3d. Unbelievable. Yeah, so, ang lee, what he did with this film is really spectacular. Hes trying to he realized that home systems are you know, your Television Sound and screen at home are spectacular now. So hes trying to create a new reason for people to go to a movie theater. So, with the 120 frames per second meaning its super clear the cameras are so crystal clear, and he wants it to respond like you see real life, and youre being immersed into the 3d. You have to see it in 3d. I know you can see it on the regular screens, but you have to see it in 3d, because it is really its not old school. Its not your daddys 3d. Stephen no i kind of want to see it twice. Ive seen it once now in the maxedout everything, and now i want to see it, like, in 2d, like 24 frames per second, just to see what the experience is like. Because it really felt like i was in the film. It was like i was young will smith. laughter that seems that seems that seems strange, mr. Colbert. laughter stephen now. So this character this is the first time im sorry, i didnt mean to cut you off on your own show. Stephen no, no, no, no, no. Youre the guest. Yeah, yeah. Stephen you actually can cut me off. I can only cut you off like, you always get to talk first. Okay, okay, good, because i come in and im stealing all your love, and. Stephen not at all, no, no. I dont want to interrupt you, ever. Please go, please go. laughter so stephen one more thing, though. laughter yes . laughter stephen i just have to. I just wanted to. laughter cheers and applause okay, sorry, go ahead. Oh, man. No, so this character is the firstever 100 digital human. The young will smith. So when you see it, it isnt de aging, right . So its not me playing the character and they just stretch out my face and make me look younger. It actually is a 100 digital character, right. Its the first time ever. Stephen right. And so, ang is you know, the technology that he created stephen but you fight yourself. I fight myself. Stephen how do you fight a purely digital like literally, like facetoface press and slamming each other into walls. How do you fight a purely digital there has got to be something physically there, right . Do you have a tackling dummy . Right, so there are, there are there are stunt people, so you do it with stunt people. Stephen okay. And then they totally replace the stephen person. The person there, and then they put in the young will. Stephen how did you how did you pick the young will . Actually, before we do that, lets see a little clip of you and young will. So they can know what were talking about. Stephen so they can know what were talking about. Thats why youre you. Because you, like, you know, that you saw that the audience, we were getting above their head, right . And you said, you decided in the moment i saw it happen in your eyes stephen right. You said, lets show them a clip. Stephen yeah. You know what i said to myself . I said, i think our wheels are hydroplaning here. Yes laughter and applause stephen lets get back on the road. Lets get our skiff back in the water. Quick cut. Yeah, professional. Youre the best. Youre the best. Stephen so we have a clip here, can you explain what were seeing here . Theres a motorcycle. Race, or something . Yes, theres a motorcycle chase, where the young me is chasing the old me. And the old me is trying to defend against the young me whooping my ass. laughter stephen jim. laughter stop stop stop stephen woo. Yeah. cheers and applause stephen you. Yeah. Stephen you are not you are not nice to you in that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Im upset with myself. Im upset with myself. Stephen okay, we have to take a break. Please dont go anywhere because were going to be right back with more will smith, everybody. Stick around. applause only roomba i7 uses two multisurface rubber brushes. And picks up more pet hair than other robot vacuums. And the filter captures 99 of dog and cat allergens. If its not from irobot, its not a roomba™. Burrito. Raw kitfo. Fried shiso. French fry. Iced chai. Tasty. Pad thai. Baked pie. Half stack. Taco pack. Lobster mac. Baby back. Pork chop. Soda pop. Kebab. Soursop. Hot pot. Im hungry now. Noodle soup. Cantaloupe. Ice cream scoop. Whipped cream bloop. Dumpling. Chicken wing. Peking. And those crispy onion rings. We are americas kitchen. Doordash. Every flavor welcome. cheers and applause stephen im sure ill do it. Hey, everybody, were back with the star of gemini man. Yes stephen mr. Will smith. Both stars. Both stars of gemini. Stephen both stars. The double star. Both stars of gemini man. Stephen again, i cant convey to the audience at home, because theyre just watching on their tvs at home right now, how much you feel like youre on the street in that scene. Yeah, ang lee, he did a really brilliant job of just how hes using the technology, how hes using the 3d. You know, when, when we were growing up you were growing up a little bit before i was growing up, but. laughter stephen interesting, interesting. No, but im sorry. laughter stephen interesting. Im afraid thats all we have time for, will. laughter cheers and applause no stephen it is different. Its not like the redgreen situation. No, yeah, its not like, you know, when they had the thing and they were always trying to throw things at you and things. Ang was really he just wanted to submerge you into the world. Stephen right. Right, so theres not a lot of movement with it. Just, you sit and you feel. Like youre in it. Stephen im not lying when i say, it is so clear and so real when youre watching it, that it feels like like, when im talking to you right now, its a very similar experience. And im like, sitting here, going, how did they make will smith look so old . Right laughs stephen this is all this is all digital. laughter and applause will smith, everybody well, how did okay, so, but my understanding is, tell me if im wrong is that theyre actually taking some of your performances, or your face, from when you were younger in different movies. Like, i swear theres a moment in this when i go, i think thats from six degrees of separation. So, what ang lee did that was really great, ang, he took six degrees of separation, we looked at bad boys, independence day, fresh prince, and men in black, and he took, sort of, that period and he grabbed all of the scenes. And in our first meeting, i walk in and he has this full will room, you know . Stephen its just you on every screen . Its me on all the screens. And im like, yo, this dudes a real fan, right . laughter you know, so. Stephen thats like, you walk into a Doctors Office and seeing a bunch of xrays, and going, this guy is really into me. laughter i go to ang, and he pulls up six degrees, and hes looking and hes sitting really close to the screen, and hes like, i notice how your face notice how your cheeks, how firm and confident you are, and then theres a little wiggle. And hes sitting and hes looking and hes pointing. And then fresh prince comes up and hes looking at my character, and he says, i dont want any of that in my movie. laughter i was like, oh, man. But to go back and look at all of that stuff was really it was stephen well, looking at young you in this and looking at young you on all those screens, do you think, will smith, that you could take younger you in a fight . I would whoop my young ass. cheers no, no. No, listen, no. I would seriously seriously. Stephen why . Because theres a thing like, this is man meat, that i have now. You know, this is like you know, thats like oldman strong, right . Stephen damn thats starting to calcify. laughter its like when you get stephen its hard. When you get older and youre fighting, like, a young person, you know youre fighting for your life, right . Stephen so you can fight dirty. Fight dirty, yeah. Like, at this age, i just feel like i would really i would take it to my young self. Stephen yeah, i would imagine if i was fighting my younger self and i would never fight me in either age laughter but i would both of us would lose, i think, if i fought myself. laughter but i would definitely throw the first punch. When were you when was the last time you were in, like, a good fight . Stephen i think i was in sixth grade. Sixth grade. Stephen yeah, that was the last time. And i think i was just a punching bag. Aw stephen yeah, thats why im a comedian, will. Stephen unfortunately, we have to take another break. But well be right back with yet more mr. Will smith, everybody. 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You know, its really interesting, because in this, and im thinking about that. I feel like that younger version of me and theres a certain naivete to youth that is powerful, right . When you dont know something . Like, not knowing can be a real power, because youll be youre aggressive, you know . So i feel like i would ask my young self for advice, you know. I would want to know, you know probably the last two years, ive really in my life been trying to recapture that youthful fearlessness. Stephen well, youve done some crazy stuff. Yes. Stephen we have a clip here, im not sure if this is what youre talking about. We have this clip. Jim, do you have this clip . Its you bungee jumping out of a helicopter. Oh, yeah, thats sort of what i was talking about, yeah, trying to stephen for your 50th birthday. For my 50th birthday. Yes, yeah, yeah. Stephen jim, show the young man doing this, please. Five, four, three, two, one, bungee yeah, yeah. Stephen no, no. Yeah. Stephen no. No. No yeah. Stephen why . Yeah. Stephen why . No, you know, thats stephen whose idea was that . Was that your idea . No, you know, these guys called yes theory. Like, you know, because ive been on, ive jumped on social media, and im really loving social media, and it was like, i got challenged. And then, you know, they say, will smith, we challenge you to bungee jumping. Right, you know, me, i got challenged. I was like, i aint scared. I aint scared. You know, yeah, well, ill not only take ill call your bungee jump, and well do it over the grand canyon and i was like, yeah i told them and then, like, the date came. laughter i was like, oh, no. I was like it actually was, was probably the scariest thing ive done in, like, 25 years. Like, the i wanted to not know anything, right . I wanted to do it and i wanted to do it live. So i didnt do any rehearsals, anything like that. Stephen you had never bungee jumped before . I had never bungee jumped. I wanted to go and let it happen. And i walked out there and got on the helicopter and i thought i was going to get in. And they said, no, no, you cant get in. You have to stand on the outside stephen while it takes off. While it takes off. That was the first thing, and i should have called it then. laughter but we got up and the guy looks at me and he says, hey, listen, the only way you can get hurt, you see this bungee cord . And all the guys were holding the bungee cord, and the bungee cord weighed over 200 pounds. And he said, im going to count backwards from five, and the only way you can get hurt is if you dont get away from this chopper. Theyre going to let that bungee cord go, and youre going down, and the only way you can get hurt is if you dont get away. Right . And i was like oh, no. Oh, no and its helicopter noises and i see them go. laughter aaaahhh cheers and applause stephen youre a better man than i. A better man than i. Oh, my god. I just thought of something i would tell my younger self. Stephen what . I would go back and say hey, man, dont do wild, wild west. laughter cheers and applause stephen why why . I would say, dude, do neo. Do neo because i got offered stephen the matrix . The matrix. Audience ooh i know, relax relax. laughter how do you think i feel . Stephen hold on a sec. Is this what this is . They sent me this. Oh, yes. Stephen is this your instagram . Thats from my instagram, yeah. laughter stephen this is you who did this . Who did so, theres young creators who send me a lot of stuff, and some guys stephen this is you, mixed with keanu. Mixed with keanu, yeah, they did the deep fake, they did the deep fake. Stephen so this is you, as neo. laughter as neo, yeah. laughs stephen you kind of look like you would also make a very good jim, i can see this again . A very good young eddie murphy, i think. laughter very interesting there. Yeah. But yeah, they did the blend of, you know, ive told that story a couple of times. But yes, i think that i would definitely say that to my younger self. Stephen i dont think you need to be neo, because, will, you are the one. Ooooh you just penetrated my soul. laughter stephen its what i do. Will, so good to see you. Appreciate it, man. Stephen gemini man is in theaters this friday. cheers and applause will smith, everybody well be right back. When i rent a car, i never compromise. Too shabby too much i can rent this . For that price . Absolutely. Its just right book your just right rental at thrifty. Com. The holidays are here. Welc audience cheering ight. I love your material. So warm and cozy. And festive. What material are you talking about . And were out of time all outerwear, jeans and sweaters are up to fifty percent off. Thats up to fifty percent off. At old navy. O ozempic® oh oh announcer people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of onceweekly ozempic®. 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Stephen you know, im a fan of many things that you have done. Oh, wow. Stephen but i am i am thats a good start. Stephen i i so love, like a lot of people, i so love your character of the priest. Because its called the priest right . Not hot priest. Hes actually called the priest. The priest, yeah. It was written as the priest. The internet has adopted the character as the hot priest. But no, it was written as the priest, because otherwise i think i would have been, kind of intimidated, you know. Stephen for the character to be hot. Yeah, for the character to be hot, youve got to stephen well, i heard about hot priest, and i thought when i saw it, oh, hes good, but im not sure ill buy him as hot. Yeah, well, i totally agree. Stephen because youre moriarty. I knew you from sherlock. Right, yeah, yeah. Stephen and you were so murderous and so terrifying, i thought, i cant find that attractive. laughter well, whatever floats your boat, you know. Stephen exactly. But yeah, no, i have done a lot of kind of villainous characters before, so i was looking to do something a little more similar to myself. Stephen yeah, well, youre not villainous at all in this. I have a little dark side, you know. But in this one, no, we wanted to have a Catholic Priest who is represented as a good person. You know, i think sometimes the Catholic Church is represented laughter stephen well, they only have themselves to blame. Well, they do, a little. But, yeah we wanted to have stephen hes catholic. Yes, yeah, well, i was brought up catholic myself. And so when we first started talking about this character, we wanted him to be, you know, a good man who has a genuine dilemma, you know, between his love of this woman and his love of the church. And, you know, thats a thats a real dilemma for a lot of a lot of people. And so, we wanted it to be a real not just a gimmicky love story. So the fact that the world has embraced it is really, genuinely cool. And, you know, the pope has just come out this week talking about opening up the discussion again about allowing priests to to get married, which i really i really welcome. I mean, even just applause yeah. Stephen sure. I think that would be lovely. If priests could have gotten married, if priests were you an altar boy, or anything like that . I wasnt an altar boy, but i was brought up in a very you know, catholic ireland. Its a very catholic. Stephen sure. And theres dwindling numbers. You know, even when i was going to school, there were hardly any priests, you know, they were dying for priests. Stephen same thing over here, yeah. Really, yeah. And i really do feel these dwindling numbers could be, we could do something about them if people were allowed to be married. Stephen yeah, i think if i could be married, i think i would have considered it. Really . Stephen yeah, exactly. I love an audience, you know. Absolutely stephen even an audience of one would be nice. Yeah, right, right. Stephen to make him laugh. I think its really true. And this, you know, mindfulness and spirituality is something that people of my generation are really into, because theres a sort of gap in the market for it, because i think people feel a little left out by it. So, so, so the whole priest thing has been incredible. Stephen now, very quickly here, youre in an upcoming series called modern love. Yeah. Stephen which is based on the New York Times column of the same name. Yeah, the articles, yes. Stephen its eight episodes. And theyre little halfhour films. Great actors theres Anne Hathaway and tina fey, and dev patel. And each story is different, so you can watch them any way. Stephen theyre all different types of love stories. Each different forms of love. Stephen do you have a favorite love story . Well, i feel like all drama is sort of love in some way. But the one for me, i played hamlet a couple of years ago. And hamlet to me is the greatest play ever written, and weirdly to my mind, its the greatest love story, because its about familial love, love of your country, love of your parents, romantic love. Stephen hes not a good boyfriend. Hes not. laughter hes a bit of a downer. Stephen he is. But at least fleabag didnt end up in a pond. But, yeah, hes got, hes got theres a huge amount of comedy in hamlet as well. And that, to me, thats the greatest, greatest, greatest love story ever. And, you know, its about a young man whos got Mental Health issues. And its incredibly depressing. Stephen hes depressed. Yeah, he is. And its about that story, which always just blew my mind, its a 400yearold story, and the idea about its about a young man whos got Mental Health issues, who has been told by his family, dont feel, dont feel, come on, be a man, be a man, be a man. We did it 150 times, and its nearly a fourhourlong play. And we had incredible audiences. Im a bit of a shakespeare nerd, and i dont want to bore you. But what i find fascinating about it, you know, in order for shakespeare to stay relevant, i dont think you need to cut it down. I think you need to make it as exciting and as thrilling for an audience of today as it would be 400 years ago. Because, you know, we binge watch tv. You know, we watch five hours of television, if its exciting. The idea is, dont cut it down. Just make it four hours of really exciting plays. Anyway, ill stop talking about shakespeare. Stephen no, no, no, not at all no, thats amazing. I could talk about hamlet all night. laughter theyll turn the cameras off. Well, andrew, thank you so much for being here with us. It was lovely to meet you. Thank you so much, thank you. Stephen modern love premieres october 18 on amazon. Andrew scott, everybody well be right back. Stephen thats it for the late show. Now stick around for james corden. 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