IS AND I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLEDMENT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE

YOU.

HOW ARE UCAREY MULLIGAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP?

>> I'M ALL RIGHT, I'M ALL RIGHT, I'M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?

>> James: I THINK ALL RIGHT IS THE NEW GOOD.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> I THINK SO.

>> James: I THINK FINE IS THE NEW GREAT, THAT IS THE WAY I SEE

IT WHEREABOUTS ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?

YOU ARE BACK IN OUR UNITED KINGDOM.

>> I AM IN, YEAH, HOME IN THE COUNTRY WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE A

GOOD PLACE TO BE.

>> James: HAVE YOU BEEN THERE-- YOU ARE ON A FARM,

RIGHT?

IT IS A PROPER WORKING FARM IT IS NOT LIKE A CELEBRITY FARM

WHICH-- YOU GENUINELY DO THE FARMING.

>> WELL, YEAH, WE DO WHEN WE'RE THERE BUT, YEAH, I MEAN YES,

YEAH.

>> James: HOW, WHAT IS THAT LIKE?

TELL ME WHAT LIFE IS LIKE ON A FARM?

>> I GET VERY INVOLVED IN THE INSTAGRAM WORTHY MOMENTS LIKE

LAMBING AND THE BABIES, BABY LAMBS.

I DON'T SO MUCH GET INTO THE MUDDY THINGS OR UNPLEASANT

THINGS.

>> James: I MEAN WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A LITTLE WHILE.

BE HONEST, DO YOU THINK FARM LIFE WOULD SUIT ME?

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT, I MEAN, YEAH, NO, PROBABLY NOT, NOT.

>> James: I COULD SEE ME, A PIECE OF CORN, SOME BOOTS, YOU

KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> James: MOANING ABOUT THE CHICKENS.

>> A LOVELY CUP OF TEA ON THE LAWN AT THE END OF THE DAY.

THAT IS THE BIT I THINK YOU WOULD BE EXCELLENT AT, ACTUALLY.

>> James: I ALSO THINK I WOULD BE GOOD AT TALKING LIKE A

FARMER, YOU KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> James: DON'T YOU THINK?

>> YEAH.

AND THE OUTFITS.

>> James: THAT IS WHAT I MEAN, A LOT OF TWEED AND, COME ON,

LET'S GET THOSE COWS MILKED.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MILK THEMSELVES, GUYS.

>> >> James: SEE, THAT IS IT.

WE'VE GOT IT WE FOUND OUR WAY OUT, GUYS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE "LATE, LATE SHOW," THEY BECAME I THINK HE

BECAME A FARMER.

I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, I HAVE A HUNCH THAT YOU, ALTHOUGH WE WENT

TO VERY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE RATHER LIKE ME.

WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL, WAS DRAMA AND SCHOOL PLAYS AND DRAMA

CLUBS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, WAS THIS YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WERE AT

SCHOOL?

>> IT WAS MY ABSOLUTE TOTAL LIFE, YEAH, I WAS HEAD OF DRAMA.

>> James: WERE YOU?

>> YEAH.

I NEVER WON ANYTHING, LIKE I NEVER WON ANY-- THE ONLY PRIZE I

EVER GOT AT SCHOOL WAS THE PRIZE FOREIGN DEFER, WHICH IS SORT OF

A SAD PRIZE FOR SOMEBODY THAT COULDN'T GET ANY OTHER PRIZES,

BUT I WAS HEAD OF DRAMA AND MY NAME WAS ON A BOARD IN THE

HALLWAY WHEN YOU CAME IN FOR OUR SCHOOL.

>> James: WOW.

>> YEAH.

>> James: THAT MUST, YOU MUST TAKE EXTREME PRIDE IN SUCH AN

ACCOLADE.

>> I DO.

I DO.

, I DID.

I WAS SORT OF, KIND OF-- I WAS KIND OF ON THE SORT OF

WELL-KNOWN ALUMNI FOR A MOMENT.

BUT THEN I FOUND OUT THAT EMMA CORIN WHO PLAYS LADY DI.

>> James: IN THE CROWN.

>> IN THE CROWN, SHE WENT TO MY SCHOOL.

SO NOW I'VE BEEN-- WHICH IS FAIR ENOUGH.

>> James: YOU HAVE A MFEE COMING OUT TOMORROW CALLED "THE

DIG" WHICH IS A TRUE STORY, A FASCINATING STORY ABOUT ONE OF

THE MOST FAMOUS BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES THAT

EVER HAPPENED.

GIVEN THIS FARMING LIFE THAT YOU HAVE AND ALL OF THIS LAND DOWN

THERE IN DEVON, WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THE FILLK DID IT INSPIRE

YOU TO SEARCH FOR TREASURE ON YOUR PROPERTY?

>> IT DIDN'T, NOT DURING THE FILM.

BUT IT, I DID, I WAS DOING MY LOCKDOWN CLEAROUT LAST YEAR AND

I FOUND TWO METAL DETECTERS THAT I BOUGHT OFF AMAZON AWHILE AGO.

SO I HAD GOTTEN INTO A REAL THING WHERE I WAS LIKE I'M GOING

TO FIND SOMETHING AND I SPENT A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE RAIN

TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING.

>> James: DID YOU FIND SNIG ANYTHING?

NOTHING THERE.

>> NOTHING THERE.

AND I DID IT ONCE ON A BEACH AND THEN I SORT OF, LOST INTEREST.

>> James: I THINK IF I BOUGHT A PETAL DETECTOR, I THINK IT IS

A ONE-TIME USE ONLY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

LIKE A FOOT SPA.

>> YEAH.

>> James: REMEMBER WHEN EVERYONE BOUGHT A FOOT SPA.

>> LIKE A CHEAP ONE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T INVEST.

>> James: RIGHT, MAYBE THAT'S THE ISSUE.

>> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT.

>> James: NOW IT IS YOUR HUSBAND'S MARCUSS BIRTHDAY THIS

WEEKEND.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED IT IS TRICKY FOR BIRTHDAYS IN

LOCKDOWN.

>> I DON'T KNOW, IT'S HARD.

I SAID DO YOU WANT A ZOOM THING AND HE WAS LIKE NO.

SO THAT KIND OF GOT PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.

IT IS DIFFICULT.

I HAVE DONE EPIC BIRTHDAYS FOR HIM IN THE PAST.

>> James: LIKE WHAT, WHAT SORT OF EPIC BIRTHDAYS ARE WE

TALKING?

>> SO FOR HIS 30th I ORGANIZED A SURPRISE WHERE HE,

WE SHOWED UP AT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A RESTAURANT AND

WERE SURPRISED BY 35 OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS AND HE TIP AT

THE CRYSTAL VASE IN LONDON.

>> James: THIS WON'T MEAN MUCH FOR AMERICAN, BUT THE CRYSTAL

MAIZ, TRY AND EXPLAIN THE CRYSTAL MAIZ TO AMERICANS.

>> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO SOMEBODY WHO IS AMERICAN.

IT IS LIKE A CULTURAL INSTITUTION.

WE GREW UP WITH IT.

>> James: YEAH.

>> IT WAS THIS INCREDIBLE TELEVISION SHOW WHERE TEENS

WOULD GO AROUND-- .

>> James: ESCAPE ROOM.

>> LIKE ESCAPE ROOMS BUT THERE WERE MENTAL CHALLENGESK PHYSICAL

CHAL TENGES CHALLENGES, IF YOU FAILED YOU WERE LOCKED INTO THE

ROOM AND IF YOU WON YOU WOULD BE GIVEN A CRYSTAL BALLK YOU HAD TO

COLLECT AS MANY AS YOU COULD AND AT THE END YOU PUT THEM IN A BIG

DOME AND TRY AND GRAB GOLDEN TICKETS.

>> James: START THE FANS PLEASE, THIS IS RESONATING.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE TUNED IN FOR TONIGHT.

WHAT AN AMAZING BIRTHDAY.

>> IT WAS AMAZING.

WE ALL WORE THE JACKET AND YEAH, IT-- WE ALL GOT MEDALS, LIKE

CRYSTAL MAIZ MEDALS AT THE END TO SAY THAT WE DID THE CRYSTAL

MAIZ.

>> James: CAN YOU IMAGINE IF EVERYONE GOT A METAL AND YOU

JUST GOT ONE FOREIGN DEFER.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FANTASTIC NEW MOVIE AND I CANNOT

IS STRESS ENOUGH, HOW SENSATIONAL YOUR PERFORMANCE IS

IN THIS FILM.

THE FULL AM IS CALLED "PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN REQUESTING FOR

ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT IT YET, TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AS

BEST YOU CAN AND WHO YOU PLAY.

>> OKAY.

I PLAY A WOMAN CALL THE CASSIE WHO IS TEN YEARS ON AFTER

DROPPING OUT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL, WORKING IN A CAFE, STILL LIVING

AT HOME WITH HER PARENTS AND MOST NIGHTS OF THE WEEK SHE GOES

OUT TO A CLUB OR A BAR AND SHE PRETENDS TO BE INCREDIBLY DRUNK

AND WHEN A NICE GUY INEVITABLY TAKES HER HOME, SHE THEN REVEALS

THAT SHE IS IN FACT STONE COLD SOBER.

>> James: AND ALL MANNER OF TWISTS ENSUE.

CAN I NOT TELL YOU HOW BRILLIANT YOU ARE IN THIS FILM.

MI SUCH A FAN OF ALL OF YOUR PERFORMANCES.

AND THIS, I THINK, WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF IT.

FOREVER.