MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROM "EMMA," "THE WITCH,"

AND "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT."

>> YOU'RE AN ORPHAN, BETH.

>> YES, I KNOW THAT.

>> I WONDERED HOW YOU LEARNED TO PLAY CHESS.

>> MR. SHIEBLE TAUGHT ME.

HE WAS THE JANITOR >> A JANITOR TAUGHT YOU HOW TO

PLAY, REALLY?

>> WHEN I WAS EIGHT.

>> I IMAGINE, IT MUST HAVE BEEN SUCH A DISTRACTION FROM LIFE IN

SUCH A DEPRESSING PLACE.

YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY LONELY.

>> I'M FINE BEING ALONE.

>> DO YOU IMAGINE THAT YOU SAW THE KING AS A FATHER AND THE

QUEEN AS A MOTHER?

I MEAN, ONE TO ATTACK, ONE TO PROTECT?

>> THEY'RE JUST PIECES.

>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME ANYA TAYLOR-JOY!

ANYA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> HELLO!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME!

I FIRST SAW YOU, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE DID, I THINK, IN "EMMA,"

AND IN THE SPRING, THIS PAST YEAR, WAS ONE OF THE LAST BIG

MOVIES THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN.

AND I SAW IT, AND I THOUGHT, "WHO IS THAT?

I HOPE I SEE A LOT OF HER IN THE FUTURE?"

AND I SEWER DID, AND SO DID A LOT OF PEOPLE.

61 MILLION PEOPLE VIEWED "THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT" THE FIRST MONTH

ALONE, AND NETFLIX DOESN'T USUALLY TELL US THESE NUMBERS.

THAT'S A RECORD FOR THEM.

AND I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL.

IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT.

DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE SO

GRIPPED BY THE STORY OF A CHESS MAST SNER IT SEEMS LIKE AN

UNLIKELY HIT, DOESN'T IT?

>> I MEAN, I THINK, IF I'M BEING COMPLETE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST

READ THE BOOK, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH BETH INSTANTLY, AND I THINK

PEOPLE FOLLOW PASSION.

SO I FELT IMPASSIONED BY CHESS WHEN I FINISHED READING THE

BOOK.

HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE'S THINKING SOMETHING

WILL GO DOWN WELL, AND THEN THERE'S THE MIND-BOGGLING

NUMBERS THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED WITH ME.

SO I DON'T THINK ANY SANE PERSON PREPARES FOR SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

>> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A SENSATION?

HOW DID YOU LEARN THAT SUDDENLY THIS HAD CAUGHT FIRE?

>> I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK I'M STILL LEARNING IT, BECAUSE WHEN

I FIRST-- YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SHOW FIRST CAME OUT, I WAS

FILMING SOMETHING ELSE IN IRELAND, AND I WAS BAREFOOT ON

THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN THE FREEZING COLD AND I WOULD COME

BACK TO MY APARTMENT AND A PHONE WOULD BLOW UP AND IT WOULD SAY,

"OH, PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE SHOW."

BUT IT WASN'T REAL FOR ME.

I WAS TOO ISOLATED.

WHEN I CAME BACK HOME TO LONDON, I WENT FOR A WALK WITH MY MASK

AND MY BEANIE, AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT STOPPED ME FROM JUST

THIS, I-- I HONESTLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

AND I THINK IT-- IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO.

BUT LUCKILY, EVERYONE IS SO KIND.

THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW AND THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BETH

AND I AM UP FOR THAT, SO, YEAH.

>> Stephen: SO YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD JOG GOGGLES.

>> ORIGINALLY I WAS LIKE HOW ARE THEY RECOGNIZING ME FROM THIS?

AND I WAS LIKE, ANYA, YOU HAVE HAD A CAMERA STUCK THIS CLOSE TO

YOUR FACE FOR SEVEN HOURS.

THAT'S WHY.

>> Stephen: NOW, EVERYBODY-- EVERYBODY LOVES THE PERIOD

FASHION OF THE SHOW.

AND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS NEW.

BUT THOSE COSTUMES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL THAT YOU GET TO WEAR.

"A," WHERE DID YOU GET THEM INSPECTOR THOSE DESIGNED FOR

YOU, OR ARE THOSE ORIGINAL VINTAGE COSTUMES?

>> IT'S A COMBINATION.

I WAS SO LUCKY TO WORK WITH THE WONDERFUL GABRIELLE BINDER, AND

SHE AND I GOT ALONG LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY.

AND WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR WAY OF WORKING WHERE SHE RESPECTED THAT

I WAS SO CLOSE TO BETH THAT I WOULD PUT ON THE CLOTHES, AND

IMMEDIATELY IF MY BODY WOULD REJECT IT, THEY WOULD BE GONE.

A LOT OF THEM ARE VINTAGE PIECES AND A LOT OF THEM SHE CREATED

PARTICULARLY WITH THE SHOW IN MIND.

>> Stephen: THESE ARE JUST LOVELY.

DO YOU GET TO KEEP THESE?

>> WELL, THIS IS WHAT'S SO CRAZY.

BECAUSE GABRIELLE AND I WORKED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, AT THE END

OF THE SHOW, SHE JUST CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "HONESTLY, THEY'RE

YOURS.

WE FOUND THEM TOGETHER, AND YOU, BETH, THE LINE IS VERY BLURRY,

YOU SHOULD JUST TAKE THEM HOME."

AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY THAT KINDNESS, BECAUSE I REALLY, YOU

KNOW, WANTED TO KEEP A BIT OF BETH WITH ME.

HOWEVER, THE SHOW IS SO SUCCESSFUL, THOSE CLO CLOTHES AR

CURRENTLY IN A MUSEUM.

SO I DO NOT KNOW WHEN I WILL GET MY CLOTHES BACK.

>> Stephen: PLUS, IF YOU WORE THOSE ON THE STREET, I THINK YOU

MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED.

>> HONESTLY, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT, BECAUSE,

OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL, BUT I ACTUALLY CANNOT WEAR THEM

OUTSIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL THINK I HAVE LOST MY MIND, AND I

MAY NEVER GET HIRED FOR ANOTHER JOB AGAIN.

SO THESE BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES WILL PARADE AROUND IN MY ROOM FOR MY

OWN ENJOYMENT.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT

BACK WITH MORE ANYA TAYLOR-JOY.

I'M GOING TO ASK HER ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF

IMPORTANT TO ME.

I'L GIVE YOU A HINT-- IT'S "THE LORD OF THE RINGS."

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