IN ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMS ON TELEVISION, OZARK.

THE MAGNIFICENT, THE INCREDIBLE LAURA LINNEY IS HERE,

HOW ARE YOU, LAURA?

>> I'M GOOD, JAMES, HOW ARE YOU.

>> James: I'M GOOD, YOU LOOK VERY WELL.

SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

BECAUSE I KNOW, DID YOU GET TO FINISH YOUR BROADWAY RUN BEFORE

THE LOCKDOWN HAPPENED OR DID YOU GET LOCKDOWN AMID YOUR ONE WOMAN

SHOW ON BROADWAY.

>> I HAD JUST FINISHED MY SHOW.

I WAS, AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER THEY CLOSED EVERYTHING DOWN.

>> James: WOW.

SO WHERE ARE YOU IN THE WORLD NOW.

ARE YOU STILL IN NEW YORK.

>> NO, I'M IN CONNECTICUT.

I HAVE A HOUSE UP HERE.

I'M HERE WITH MY FAMILY.

YOU KNOW, AND I MUST SAY, YOUR SET LOOKS VERY PROFESSIONAL,

JAMES.

>> James: WELL, WHAT PEOPLE.

>> I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THAT.

>> James: MY GARAGE HAS ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE THIS.

THIS IS WHERE I WOULD COME IN AND PRACTICE EVERY DAY.

>> IT IS THE ORIGIN OF ALL T HAS THE PATINA OF THAT, JAMES.

>> James: YOU'RE VERY SWEET, NOW YOU SAY ARE YOU THERE WITH

YOUR FAMILY, I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND, YOU JUST

CELEBRATED YOUR 11th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND.

HOW WAS IT?

HOW DID IT GO?

>> IT WENT OKAY.

IT WENT WELL.

WE MADE IT, TO 11 WHICH IS A MIRACLE.

>> James: YEAH, SURE.

>> NOT A MIRACLE BUT AMAZING, I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER BE

WITH SOMEONE THAT LONG.

>> James: WHAT DID YOU DO TO CELEBRATE SUCH AN OCCASION.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A LOAN.

YOU DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO SELL BRAIT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD RE-CREATE THE MEAL THAT WE

SERVED AT OUR WEDDING.

IT WAS LAMB AND CHEESE AND CARROT CAKE AND IT WAS A REALLY

WONDERFUL MEAL.

SO I VENTURED OUT WITH MY MASK AND MY GLOVES AND WENT TO THE

GROCERY STORE.

I GOT EVERYTHING.

AND YOU KNOW, HAD IT ALL GOING, FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.

WE HAD PROMISED THAT WE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR EACH OTHER.

SO IT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.

I WAS SORT OF BREAKING MY OWN RULE.

I HAD THE PEAS IN THE OVEN, THE SHALLOTS GOING, THE ONIONS,

EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND I TOOK OUT THE LAMB AND THE WHOLE THING

WAS FROZEN.

COMPLETELY FROZEN.

>> James: OH NO.

>> I HAD NO IDEA.

THIS WAS A HINT AS TO WHAT A BAD COOK I AM THAT THE ENTIRE RACK

OF LAMB WAS FROZEN.

SO I CURSED AND CRIED AND THROUGH SOMETHING ACROSS, YOU

ANOTHER, AS YOU DO WHEN ARE YOU IN A PANDEMIC.

WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING NICE AND IT DOESN'T

WORK.

AND SO WE TOOK OUT TWO FORKS AND ATE THE CAKE AND I MADE THE LAMB

THE NEXT DAY.

NO GOOD DEED, JAMES.

>> James: WELL, IT ST THE 11 YEARS THAT REALLY COUNTS.

THAT IS THE THING.

>> YEAH.

>> James: I'M INTERESTED, THINK BEING THIS THIS MORNING.

ARE YOU I THINK IN MY EYES, YOU ARE WILDLY REGARDED AS ONE OF

THE FINEST ACTRESSES OF YOUR GENERATION.

I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE LAUNCHING

PALLED OF YOUR CAREER OR THE MOST PIVOTAL MOMENT IN YOUR

CAREER.

>> MY BIG BREAK.

>> James: KIND OF, OR THE THING THAT TURNED YOUR MIND OR

YOUR HEAD AWAY.

>> FOR ME, FOR ME IT WAS GETTING A DRAMA SCHOOL, GETTING TOO

JULLIARD, FOR ME THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

>> James: WHAT IS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE, FOR ANYONE AT

HOME WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE TO TRY AND GET INTO SUCH A PRESS

TIJOUS DRAMA SCHOOL, WHAT STEPS DID YOU HAVE TO GO TO TO DO

THAT.

>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE SORT OF INSTITUTIONS THAT I HAD KNOWN

ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME AND REVERED AND WAS A LITTLE SCARED

OF.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT AND QUITE TBRANGLY I DIDN'T REALLY

THINK I WOULD EVER GET IN.

I REALLY DIDN'T.

I KNOW THE CHANCES WERE SO SMALL.

I SORT OF JUST THOUGHT WHAT THE HELL, MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT A

GO.

WHY NOT, WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE.

AND THERE WERE, SO THEY DO IT IN-- THEY DO A SESSION IN THE

MORNING.

AND THERE WERE LIKE 450 PEOPLE IN.

AND I WAS THE SECOND PERSON TO GO ON THE FIRST DAY.

AND I REMEMBER THE WOMAN WHO WENT IN BEFORE ME HAD A WIG

STAND AND A SWORD.

SHE WENT IN, AND THEN THEY POST THE CALLBACKS FOR THE AFTERNOON.

AND SO THERE WERE 450 PEOPLE CRACKED IN THE HALLWAY.

AND I THINK THERE WERE FOUR NAMES.

>> James: OH MY WORD.

AND MY NAME WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND I WENT UP AND I SAW THAT MY NAME WAS THERE.

AND DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE YOU SORT OF CAN'T

BELIEVE YOU'RE SEEING YOUR NAME.

AND YOU CAN'T SHRIEK WITH JOY BECAUSE THERE ARE 4, YOU KNOW,

46 PEOPLE SOBBING AROUND YOU.

>> James: EVERYBODY ELSE IS HAVING A TERRIBLE MOMENT.

>> SO AND THEN IT IT IS AN ALL DAY THING.

SO I GOT THERE AT LIKE 8:30, AND THE CALL BACK WAS AT 2 OR 3 IN

THE AFTERNOON.

I DID MY CALLBACK AND AGAIN, THE GIRL WHO WENT IN BEFORE ME WAS A

DIFFERENT PERSON, BUT SHE CAME BURSTING OUT OF THE ROOM

SOBBING.

SHE WAS CRYING.

AND I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT.

SHE WAS LIKE YES, I DID AN IMPROV AND I CONNECT.

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

>> James: OH NO.

>> SKIPPING DOWN THE HALL.

>> AND I JUST THOUGHT WELL, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THAT.

AND I WENT IN.

AND I DID MY PIECES.

I DID HERMI ORKSZ N FRERKS THE WINTER TALES VERY BADLY.

AND I DID A PIECE WHERE I WAS A BELLY DANCER WHICH MUST HAVE

BEEN BETTER.

AND I FINISHED AND THERE WAS DEAD SILENCE THE, THE ENTIRE

FACULTY WAS.

THERE AND I HEARD SOMEONE SAY DOES ANYONE NEED TO SEE ANYTHING

ELSE.

AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE IMPROV RNTIONZ THE SONG TO SING,

SOMETHING.

AND THEY WENT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> James: AND THAT WAS IT.

>> WELL, OH WELL, I THOUGHT WELL, THAT WAS NICE.

THE GIRL WHO CONNECTED GOT IN.

I DIDN'T.

AND THEN MUCH TO MY SURPRISE I GOT IN.

>> James: AND NOW LOOK AT YOU NOW.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND TALK ABOUT SEASON THREE

OF OZARK.

IT FEELS LIKE THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SHOW ON TELEVISION RIGHT

NOW.

IT FEETS LIKE THERE SAY WHOLE NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE FALLING IN

LOVE WITH IT.

ARE YOU FEELING THE LOVE FROM PEOPLE?

>> EVEN ISOLATED IN MY HOUSE, I MUST SAY, IT HAS SORD OF INVADED

MY HOME.

IT IS REMARKABLE.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NICEST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH.

I KNOW WE ARE ALL DAS TARDILY ON THAT SHOW BUT BOY WE LIKE EACH

OTHER, AND IT IS A GREAT, GREAT JOB TO HAVE.

SO I AM VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKING IT SO MUCH.

>> James: BECAUSE THIS SEASON THREE, WENDY YOUR CHARACTER HAS

REACHED THIS INCREDIBLE PLACE OF IT LIKE SHE'S UNBELIEVABLY

SINNISTER.

BUT SHE HAS THESE SINNISTER MOMENTS WHICH SHE DELIVERS.

>> SHE IS HE'S JUST TRYING TO SURVIVOR, JAMES.

>> James: THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

BUT SHE DOES THIS THING WHERE SHE'S GOT THIS SMILE, AND.

SHE CAN SAY THE MOST MUNDANE THINGS, AND MAKE THEM FEEL VERY

SINNISTER WITH JUST A SMILE.

AND I WAS WONDER, YOU CAN TEACH US HOW YOU DO THAT?

>> I WILL TRY, IF WILL YOU DO IT WITH ME.

>> James: OF COURSE, YES, SO I WILL GIVE YOU A LINE.

>> OKAY.

>> James: WHAT ABOUT, YOU CAN SAY YOU ARE DRY CLEANING WILL BE

READY AT 07 CLOCK.

>> MP YOUR DRY CLEANING WILL BE READY AT 7.

>> James: SEE, AND NOW EVEN I FEEL LIKE WELL, I CAN'T BE THERE

AT 7:00 BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME.

LET ME TRY.

>> YOU CAN DO T I KNOW YOU CAN.

>> James: I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, HANG ON, WAIT.

>> WHEN WILL THE DRY CLEANING BE READY?

>> James: THE DRY CLEANING WILL BE READY AT 07 CLOCK LET'S

NOW LAURA LINNEY IS HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN ASKING OUR GUESTS IF THEY WOULD SHARE SOMETHING

SPECIAL FROM THEIR HOME IN OUR "LATE, LATE SHOW" AND TELL.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD THEIR WITH US THIS

EVENING?

>> I DO, JAMES.

AND I DID THIS JUST FOR YOU.

THIS WAS IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND

WHEN SHE DIED I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I GOT IT BECAUSE I

LOVED PLAYING WITH IT WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS.

YOU CAN READ THAT.

>> AN AUTHENTIC PIECE OF LONDON BRIDGE.

>> NOW WHO KNOWS IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, BUT MY GRANDMOTHER SWEARS

THAT IT IS TRUE.

>> James: I HAVE HEARD THAT PIECE IS THE REASON THAT THEY

SING THE SONG LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN.

IT ST ACTUALLY YOUR-- YOU ACTUALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SHARED

THAT.

ARE YOU ACTUALLY IN QUITE A LOT OF TROUBLE NOW.

>> REALLY, BUT IT SAYS IT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE CONTROLLER

OF-- .

>> James: NO, THAT ACTUALLY MAKES IT WORSE.

OH GOD.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> James: LOOK AT THAT, THAT IS QUITE INCREDIBLE.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> ISN'T THAT NICE.

>> James: REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GESES THERE

EVENING?

>> Reggie: I DO, TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO, LET'S MAKE IT

FOR LAURA LINNEY.

>> James: ALL RIGHT.

>> Reggie: OKAY, DO YOU ENJOY PARCHEESEIE.

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEVER PLAYED PARCHEESEY JRS I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT PARCHEESEIE IS, IS THAT THE RIGHT ANSWER, REG.

>> Reggie: ACTUALLY YES, IT IS.

>> James: IT'S ACTUALLY IT IT-- ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

PLEASE THANK OUR INCREDIBLE GUEST, THE WONDERFUL LAURA

LINNEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, ELLIE GOULDING IS HERE WITH A

PERFORMANCE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.