FIRST EVER LATE NIGHT TAKE SHOW APPEARANCE.

I'M SO DELIGHTED TO WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE DAISY EDGAR-JONES AND

PAUL MESCAL ARE HERE, JOINING US FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> GREAT.

>> IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

AND I FEEL LIKE AULIFFE'S BEEN DOING SINCE I WATCHED THE FIRST

EPISODE IS TALKING ABOUT YOUR SHOW.

ST QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.

I CANNOT OVERSTATE HOW OF THE ENTIRE FEELING OF WATCHING IT

HAS MEANT TO ME.

BUT IT IS NOT JUST ME, ST EVERYBODY ELSE.

THE SHOW HAS BROKEN DOWNLOAD RECORDS AROUND THE WORLD.

AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

HOW ARE YOU COPING WITH ALL OF THIS?

AND WHAT IS IT LIKE DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN LOCKDOWN.

DAISY, HOW HAVE YOU FELT THE RESPONSE?

>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY BONKERS, TO BE HONEST.

AND I THINK LIKE WE KNEW THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COME TO IT

BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SUCH A LOVE FOR THE BOOK.

BUT I THINK WE NEVER REALLY EXPECTED IT TO BE QUITE SO BIG.

AND IT IS VERY STRANGE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL REAL.

LIKE EVEN THIS DOESN'T REALLY FEEL REAL BECAUSE IT'S ALL LIKE

VIA MY LAPTOP.

SO IT IS VERY HARD TO EVEN REGISTER IT AS ACTUALLY

HAPPENING.

BUT WE ARE JUST SO PLEESDZ.

AND RELIEVED PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE IT SO MUCH.

BECAUSE WE DO.

WE LOVE THAT STORY SO MUCH, YEAH, IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.

>> James: YOU ARE RIGHT, PEOPLE LOVE THE BOOK.

DID YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE GOING INTO IT, PAUL, THE BOOK IS SO

BELOVED BY SO PLANE PEOPLE.

DID YOU FEEL THAT WEIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

>> YEAH, I THINK WHENEVER YOU ARE PLAYING A CHARACTER THAT

PEOPLE HAVE VERY, VERY DISTINCT IDEAS ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, AND

SUDDENLY LIKE I'M THE GUY GOING TO BE REPRESENTING ALL OF THAT

FOR THE WORLD, FOR THE CONNELL AND MARIANNE, STAY DEFINITELY

SCARY SPERCHLTS YOU PUT THAT OVER YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU ARE

FILMING IT.

AND WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO COME OUT AND ALL THOSE FEELINGS AND

NERVES COME BACK AGAIN, IT IS CRAZY.

>> James: THE WHOLE THING, DAISY, YOU HAVE BEEN ON QUITE A

FEW TV SHOWS BEFORE SHOOTING NORMAL PEOPLE.

PAUL, THIS IS YOUR FIRST TV CREDIT, RIGHT?

SO I MEAN, SO YOUR FIRST TV KRITD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW THAT LAST WEEK YOU WERE THE MOST SEARCHED

PERSON ON VARIOUS SITES ON THE INTERNET.

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY COPING WITH THIS NEW FOUND

ATTENTION?

>> WELL, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT, THAT IS TERRIFYING.

>> James: I'M SORRY TO BE THE ONE TO TELL YOU.

>> THAT SORT OF RUINS MY LIFE.

BUT NO, IT'S NUTS.

IT IS ONE THING FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOME DEGREE OF

CONTROL OVER IT, EVEN THOUGH I AM AWARE THAT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY

NO CONTROL OVER WHAT PEOPLE SEARCH AND GOOGLE.

BUT I THINK FOR MY PARENTS STAIRKS BIT OF A CULTURE SHOCK.

IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE SHOARKS MY BROTHER SLIEK WARN

YOUR FAMILY, THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ASKING QUERKS AND I'M LIKE NAH,

NOBODY WILL BE INTERESTED IN WHAT MOM AND DAD HAVE STO SAY.

BUT THE OTHER DAY JOURNALISTS ONE OR TWO WERE FOR MY PARENTS I

GAVE DAD A BRIEFING, LOOK DAD, IF ANYBODY COMES YOUR WAY JUST

BE LIKE WE'RE SO PROUD OF PAUL.

CHEESIER, PAUL, TRP BUT INSTEAD HE IS LIKE OH, WE'RE, HE STARTED

WELL SO PROUD OF PAUL, HE SAID, DOING US ALL REALLY PROUD.

HE WAS BORDERLINE ASKING HIM IN FOR A CUP OF TEA AND PANICKED,

DON'T GO SNIFFING FOR ANY DIRT HERE, HE'S SQUEAKY CLEAN,

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

SO I HAVE TAKEN AUGUST HIS RIGHTS TO TALKING TO JOURNALISTS

AWAY, AND NOW HE HAS TO SAY NO COMMENT.

>> James: I'M QUITE A FAN OF, TELL HIM TO SAY THIS, I'M GOING

TO CLOSE THE DOOR.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M DOING IT VERY POLITELY.

>> YES, I WILL DEFINITELY TELL HIM THAT.

>> James: NOW DAISESY, FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T SEEN THE SHOW

YET, EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT THE SHOW IS ABOUT AND HOW BOTH PLAY.

>> YEAH, SO ST QUITE A SIMPLE STORY OF CONNELL AND MARIANNE

WHO MEET AT SCHOOL AND IT IS ABOUT THEIR KIND OF RELATIONSHIP

WITH EACH OTHER OVER FOUR YEARS AND WITH NAIR FEM AS THEY GROW

UP T IS SORT OF A COMING OF AGE STORY.

>> James: IT IS AND BECAUSE OF THE BOOK THE SHOW DEALS WITH

SOME VERY, VERY INTIMATE MOMENTS.

AND I THINK IT DISPLAYS THE NOTION OF PEOPLE'S FIRST SEXUAL

EXPERIENCES IN PROBABLY THE MOST HONEST AND BEAUTIFUL WAY I HAVE

EVER SEEN IT DONE.

BUT IT REQUIRES AN INCREDIBLE AOUNT OF TRUST FROM BOTH OF

YOU.

I MEAN I HAVE BEEN WITH MY WIFE NOW 11 YEARS AND I AM JUST AT

THE STAGE WHERE I'M HAPPY FOR HER TO SEE ME NAKED, FOR PLIEK A

MINUTE, IF I WALK PAST THE DOOR, YOU KNOW.

A VERY QUICK MINUTE.

I NORMALLY WALK PAST THE DOOR AND POP MY HEAD BACK AROUND AND

APOLOGIZE.

FOR YOU TWO, TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW DO YOU BREAK ANY TENSION IN

THAT MOMENT WHEN ARE YOU BOTH ABOUT TO BE NAKED ON SET

TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST SOMETIME.

>> I THINK IT'S TOTALLY AN ALIEN POSITION TO PUT ANY TWO HUMAN

BEINGS.

BECAUSE NORMALLY ANY KIND OF SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WE HAVE IS A

VERY PRIVATE THING AND DOESN'T HAVE CAMERAS.

>> James: WELLS, COME ON.

>> BUT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL INTIMACY COORDINATOR BUT WE HAVE

TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER.

EVERYBODY WAS INCREDIBLY, THEY FOLLOW STRICT PROTOCOLS TO MAKE

ME AND DAISY FEEL COMFORTABLE, THROUGH THE DAY ON SET WHEN WE

GOT COVERED IN FAKE WET STUFF, AND WE HAVE TO FLIP POSITIONS,

AND OUR BODIES ARE IN QUITE CLOSE PROXIMITY, BUT WHEN WE

TURNED IT MAKES THIS REALLY LOUD FART NOITION AND WE STARTED DHUK

ELLING.

BUT ALL THE CREW WERE BEING SO DELEGATE, PAUL AND DAISY HAVE

FARTED HERE BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO-- WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT

IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR BODIES MAKING CON TACT.

>> YEAH, I THINK LIKE BY THE END, PAUL AND I NOW HAVE NO

EMBARRASSMENT THRESHHOLD.

THERE IS DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE I THINK ONCE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH

THAT TOGETHER, YOU CAN KIND OF DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE FLA IS THE

PLOS EMBARRASSING ED I THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN.

>> James: NOW THE SHOW HAS HIT MOST INCREDIBLE REACTION AND

RESPONSE.

AS YOU SAID, BUT YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE EACH OTHER SINCE

THE SHOW CAME OUT, RIGHT, BECAUSE OF SHELTER IN PLACE.

ARE YOU MAKING ANY PLANS?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO O WHEN LOCK DOWN HAS LIFTED TO

CELEBRATE THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN YOUR LIVES.

>> YEAH, WHAT ARE WE DOING?

>> I INTEND ON NOT BEING SOBER FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN

WHATEVER COMES OUT, WILL BE GREAT.

BUT I THINK BOTH ME AND DAISY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.

>> James: WELL, THAT IS GREAT.

THE SHOW IS SO BRIL YANLT.

I IMPLORE EVERYBODY TO WATCH NORMAL PEOPLE WHICH IS AVAILABLE

RIGHT NOW ON HULU.

DAISY AND PAUL WILL STICK AROUND.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.