S18.E02: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hiddleston, Shires

[Athena]

Together on Graham's sofa are Hollywood legend Robert De Niro and Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway, co-stars in new movie The Intern, director and actor Sir Kenneth Branagh, in the new season at the Garrick Theatre, and British star Tom Hiddleston, starring in supernatural horror Crimson Peak.

Plus music from hit country group the Shires.

[dusang]

Damn, that's a high-wattage couch.

[TrininisaScorp]

I've been waiting for my Hiddles to grace the couch. Yay! Can't wait!

[cheeztoast]

Nobody's watched this yet?  I watched it on YouTube.  Hiddleston is a god.  His impressions of Owen Wilson and DeNiro were spot-on.  And he blushed.

Edited November 17, 2015 by cheeztoast

[attica]

So this finally aired stateside, minus the Hiddleston-does-DeNiro section. Which, having seen it elsewhere on the intertubz, I can't say I minded. Because I found that deadly cringeworthy. And, frankly, I didn't think the DeNiro impression was that good. The Pacino? Quite good.

But anyway: on to the stuff that did air! 

I often forget how ab-tastic Branagh was in Frankenstein, and was happy to be reminded. Rrowr. Playing the Marvin Gaye to the birthing scene was inspired. And he won the couch by his McKellan impression containing mostly gibberish (which is how Tolkien always comes across to me, so that's my bias there confirmed).  Graham's supermarket story was cute too. KB going on about how great Dench is reminded me of a story from her memoir, in which she describes a stage appearance after she sustained a foot injury. She had to to the evening's performance with a cane (iirc), and when it came time for the bows, KB escorted her downstage for her rapturous ovation, hissing at her with camp reproof "Get out there, you gimp midget!"  

AH's Britney was funny. As was the very accurate teakettle by the Shires girl. "We've never had untensils!" Hee.

[peeayebee]

KB was the MVP. He tells great stories, and tells them well. Tom Hiddleston was charming, as usual. It was funny seeing him on his first appearance after having seen him there before. Anne Hathaway I could take or leave. Same with De Niro.

I was thinking that Graham had been in The Devil Wears Prada, in a small role, but checking IMDB I see I was wrong. The only credit of his that I've seen is I Could Never Be Your Woman, with Michelle Pfeifer and Paul Rudd. 

[dubbel zout]

On July 15, 2016 at 11:02 PM, peeayebee said:

Anne Hathaway I could take or leave.

She didn't try so hard this appearance, so I found her very tolerable.