Episode 9 The Graham Norton Show

Hello, my name is Tom Cruise, and tonight is going to be a big night. A very, very big night.

Welcome to...

Shut up! Just shut up!

You had me at, "Hello."

Let's start the show!

Oh!

Oh, it's me!

Hello, everybody!

Hello! Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello!

Hello! Hello, good evening!

Too kind. Too kind! Hi, everybody.

We've got a packed show for you tonight.

I'll tell you, that sofa is going to be more crowded than Heathrow

Terminal 5 last weekend - hey, hey? LAUGHTER

Anyone there? Anyone there?

What am I thinking? Everyone was there!

75,000 people stranded after BA claimed it was hit

with a massive IT problem.

Yeah, I think there might've been an S and an H

at the beginning of that as well. LAUGHTER

But, hey, who wants to leave the country when there's so much

politics to enjoy on TV? Hey? LAUGHTER

I mean, it was the Jeremy Paxman interviews with both leaders...

Had viewers at home on the edge of their seats.

Yeah. LAUGHTER

Then... Then... This, I mean this is so British,

Jeremy Corbyn went on The One Show, OK? And I don't know if you saw it,

but one of Jeremy's hobbies is decorative manhole covers -

not making this up.

So they did a quiz where Jeremy had to guess what was behind a variety

of them. There he is...

He was very good at it, I have to say.

They were going to save that item for when Tim Farron comes on,

but he thinks looking at manholes is a sin.

So he won't be doing that. LAUGHTER

Never looks down. Never looks down. CHEERING

Eyes forward - eyes, eyes, eyes!

We had the leaders' debate, didn't we?

I say leaders' debate,

either that or a really boring episode of Fifteen To One.

Hard to tell.

Theresa May refused to take part in the debate - refused.

Of course, very, very busy. Very busy, doing more important things,

you know, like visiting a cheese factory.

LAUGHTER It looks delicious.

Apparently that one melts after just a couple of seconds of grilling.

Which is presumably why she didn't want to do the TV debate.

LAUGHTER

I wasn't talking about the cheese!

LAUGHTER

But, ladies and gentlemen, just a week to go and the election has now

become a proper contest. I mean, it really is all to play for.

Mind you, the thought that Jeremy Corbyn could actually be this

country's next Prime Minister has shocked a few people.

Not least, this man.

LAUGHTER Let's get some guests on!

Later we'll have music from punk princess Beth Ditto, everybody!

CHEERING Yeah.

She'll be performing her new single Fire.

But first, this man has gone from teen heart-throb

to fully fledged leading man.

Now he brings us a hilarious reboot of Baywatch.

It's a pleasure to welcome back Zac Efron, everybody!

SCREAMING

Oh! Oh! Ce soir!

Hello, lovely to see you. Zac Efron, everybody.

Oh!

We've got the two stars of the new monster-hit The Mummy.

One rose to fame in The Tudors, and went on to star in Peaky Blinders.

Please welcome Annabelle Wallis!

CHEERING Oh! Pretty in blue.

Hello. Lovely to see you.

Welcome to the show.

Annabelle Wallis.

And Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Mission: Impossible, Rain Man -

the list goes on.

He's simply the biggest movie star in the world.

It is a warm welcome back to...

Mr Tom Cruise! CHEERING

Yeah, you got this right!

Hello. Lovely to see you.

Yeah. Yes! Have a seat.

Good one, right?

Yeah. Have a seat, too.

Yeah.

-Thank you, Graham.

-Have a seat.

Oh!

You should really, really do the lottery this week, because...

Cos they don't know who's going to be on the show, so to get this

couch - well done, you, is what I say to you.

-I say well done, me.

-LAUGHTER

-Yeah, you should really do the lottery, Annabelle.

-Thank you, boys. Thank you, boys.

By the way, before we do another thing, we've got to get into this.

Obviously you've joined us at a time when these people are gripped

by the election. They can talk of little else.

-LAUGHTER

-Yes, I can see that.

They barely know who they're voting for.

LAUGHTER But, er...

There was a big fuss here, I don't know if you remember this,

when Jeremy Corbyn got involved with the journalist in his car.

Do you remember? Where the journalist's foot, and they ran over

the journalist's foot.

And there was so much excitement about this,

not because of the journalist, not because of Jeremy Corbyn,

but because of who might be sitting in the back seat with Jeremy Corbyn.

Is that you, Tom Cruise? LAUGHTER

Yes, it is. Yes, yes.

I was advising him to go to the debate.

-I was.

-Oh, very good!

On it, yeah.

He's only been in the country five seconds.

Yeah, on it!

What is that? How can I be there?

-It does look like you.

-It does look like me.

-Yeah.

-Yes.

-Mission: Impossible 6. Jeremy Corbyn has a cameo.

-Yes.

LAUGHTER

-Yes.

-You were doing car stunts into the journalist.

Now, obviously the two of you have been working together,

so you know each other, but, Zac and Tom, you know each other?

-Yes.

-Just in showbiz land?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

But how do you meet if you're not in a film together?

-How does that happen?

-We met at dinner.

-Yeah, at dinner.

-Yeah.

I showed up late to what turned out to be a fancy dinner

and I felt really underdressed.

Showed up late, I was in, like, a beanie, and there was one open seat,

I sat down and it was next to Tom.

And he said, "Hey, let's hang out tomorrow.

"I'll show you some stuff, you know..."

Yeah, he wanted to know about motorcycles and cars,

-so I showed him how to do that.

-Yeah, invited me over.

-Yeah.

So I showed up and

I pulled my car inside a hangar, with all of his stuff,

like, memorabilia and bikes, and I was kind of geeking out,

-and about a few minutes later I hear like...

-HE IMITATES REVVING CAR

-LAUGHTER

-So I slowly peak out of the

side of the hangar,

and all of a sudden...

Bam!

You just flew by at probably 100 -

Mach 10 on a Ducati.

And I was like, "Whoa, that was insane!"

And you flipped around and pulled in and skirted up right next to me

and took your helmet off

and were like, "Good morning."

APPLAUSE That's what you want!

It was so cool. It was so cool.

Because is this...? I think this is your fifth time on the show,

and every time I think, "This time I'll be cool about it."

So not cool about it! LAUGHTER

It doesn't wear off, the Tom Cruise thing.

Does it wear off in the film, the Cruise effect?

No, it really...

On a set I do feel for Tom, because

every day I'm sure I was, like, trying to encourage him to,

you know, one classic Tom line, like "Show me the money!"

-or something.

-LAUGHTER

You know, there were always moments I was waiting, you know,

-with bated breath for something, but...

-And wasn't there a day when

you had your friends on set?

-Oh! Tom loves this story.

-OK, this is not true.

-This is the truth.

-There is the truth

and then there's Annabelle, and then there's the truth.

There's Annabelle's truth and then there's the truth.

-I want to hear Annabelle's version.

-My stories are far better. So...

We were in the middle of central London, we were shooting these

running scenes, and all my girlfriends were coming down...

-Why do you keep telling this story?

-Because it's a great story!

And my girlfriends came and I was like,

"Oh, Tom, look, my friends - wave."

And they were like, "Hi, Annabelle."

And then he goes,

"Watch this." He looks over, he goes...

-And they're like...

-SHE SCREAMS

And then he goes...

-"Annabelle, they're my friends now."

-LAUGHTER

That is so not true!

That is so not true.

That is so not true.

You loved it!

You love it.

That happened.

Even if you didn't say it, it's true.

They are your friends now.

The truth is that Tom is an amazing...

You're such a joker.

He's an incredible joker on set.

-It's a lot of fun.

-But we mustn't underplay... The Zac Efron effect

is very real as well.

SCREAMING

Whoa, that was cool.

When you were on the Baywatch press tour...

There are some pictures of you. I think this is in Australia.

Were you...

CHEERING Australia's getting whoops now.

Yeah. LAUGHTER

Is this you doing an homage to Top Gun?

WOLF-WHISTLING AND LAUGHTER

Er...

-Absolutely.

-Yeah. LAUGHTER

If I'm being honest. Yeah.

But, no, you might as well, because it's real now, isn't it?

-Top Gun 2 is a real thing?

-Mmm.

Yeah, we're going to... Next year we're going to play.

-I know, well...

-The jets.

APPLAUSE So it's all happening?

I think it's... I think it's...

It's an homage to you, dude.

You set that look.

You set that look. You're the man.

-You make that work, man.

-No, honestly.

Can I pay you a compliment?

This is something I want to say about Tom,

in front of everybody on TV.

Throughout your career, Tom, you're known for action,

you're known for being the man, the go-to guy

for so many different genres, and you've mastered them all.

And I don't care if there's pyrotechnics, if it's stunt work,

if it's backflips or learning all these new skills that you've

developed over your career,

the one thing you consistently do that is magnificent is maintain

a character with an arc all the way through a film,

-and I learn from you every single time I watch a movie...

-Aw.

-..and I study your work.

-Wow. CHEERING

From Top Gun to the end...

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

I really mean that, man. I really mean that.

-Thank you, that's very kind.

-Those are beautiful words, Zac.

And I ask you...

would you like a part in Top Gun 2?

LAUGHTER

By any chance? Er... I'm not saying he didn't mean it.

I'm sure he meant it, I'm sure he meant it!

LAUGHTER

I feel the need, man.

-Oh.

-Here we go.

-The need for speed.

-The need for speed. There we go.

Oh, oh!

-Yeah!

-That was good!

-First time.

-That was very good.

Oh, man, I can't believe I got that.

Hey, Tom and Annabelle star in The Mummy. It opens next Friday,

June the 9th.

I was saying nice things to you both backstage about The Mummy,

cos it's one of those films you're kind of,

"Oh, they're making that again," but you made it incredibly fresh,

it's a whole new take on this story.

Discuss.

-Thank you.

-LAUGHTER

-There's no questions, start talking.

-OK, sorry.

LAUGHTER

It's a Universal...

-Aren't you supposed to ask me questions?

-I know,

I'm getting so lazy in my old age.

I'm just like, "I've finished talking,

-"now you."

-OK.

LAUGHTER

-OK.

-Sorry, this is very bad, isn't it? I should be on my 'A' game.

It's Tom Cruise! I'm so sorry.

I'll pick up the slack, I'll pick up the slack.

So, I love monster movies.

I saw the original one that was made in the '30s,

-obviously not in the '30s but...

-LAUGHTER

You know, when I was a kid, I'd seen it on black and white TV,

I wasn't allowed to watch it, but, of course, if you're not allowed to

watch something, you're going to watch it, so... Six years old,

I'd sneak in to watch The Mummy,

and other, like Frankenstein and Wolf Man and...

And then I used to be so terrified I'd go and sleep

in my sister's room, on the floor.

But as time has gone on Universal...

That really established Universal Studios

as a really viable film studio,

so they decided they were going to create the dark universe

and really bring back these monsters to a modern audience

with a different kind of modern tone, and this film is like...

They said they wanted adventure and humour and scares and thrilling,

-and so here we are today on The Graham Norton Show.

-And it really

-does deliver all of those things.

-Thank you.

I'm so happy to hear, because we're screening it

and Annabelle Wallis joined us, you know.

Because you have Sofia Boutella, who's very power... She's the mummy.

-She's the mummy.

-You know, very powerful woman.

-Holy sh...

-I know.

LAUGHTER

-Scary...

-Come to mummy!

-..beautiful. Come to mummy.

-LAUGHTER

Come to mummy. And then you have Annabelle. You know, you're needed.

It really is this triangle, you know?

So, who do you play, Annabelle?

I play a character called Jennifer Halsey and she is

an archaeologist stationed out in the Middle East,

she protects antiquities, works for World Heritage.

Meets this cheeky one out there,

where she's stationed, and he steals something from me and leads us

to this sarcophagus and unleashes this energy.

He's kind of a scallywag, Nick, he spent one night with her,

stole the thing, he's a thief...

Best night of his life,

-I'd like to add.

-LAUGHTER

-Unforgettable. Unforgettable.

-Unforgettable.

Unforgettable. Unforgettable.

-You said you'd sell me well!

-Yeah, I said unforgettable.

-The amazing Annabelle.

-Thank you very much.

Extraordinary Annabelle.

-The powerful, funny Annabelle.

-Thank you.

-Talented, intelligent...

-Thank you.

-..witty Annabelle.

-Look at this.

Thank you very much.

I cannot wait to see this!

-LAUGHTER

-So excited.

And The Mummy's just the beginning.

I mean, Universal are... It's called the Dark Universe?

The Dark Universe.

So this is an origin story, really my character kind of brings us into

the new world. This is the actors,

you know. Russell Crowe is playing Doctor Jekyll,

Javier is Frankenstein, Johnny Depp, is going to be the Invisible Man,

and Sofia is, of course, The Mummy.

And Annabelle is in all them and we're going to see...

Annabelle's in it also, she's not in that photo,

but she's going to be in the films. You'll see how the characters

develop and what kind of monsters they're going to be,

but this is going to be... It's just big summer popcorn entertainment,

but we're also going to have some wonderful character moments

-and character humour and humour and drama.

-Character!

-We're going to have some character.

-Those are all great actors.

You got Johnny Depp.

-Who convinced Johnny Depp to be Invisible?!

-I know.

LAUGHTER

That's amazing. Like, that's going to be genius.

Now, you have brought us... This is a spectacular clip from The Mummy.

This is you rescuing Annabelle's character.

Here we go.

What the hell is that?

Go, go, go!

No!

No!

Parachute!

Parachute!

-I don't know how to do this.

-Jenny... Jenny - you can do this!

You can do this.

Ah!

-Ah!

-Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

SHE SCREAMS

Go!

HE SCREAMS

Wow! APPLAUSE

-That is so cool.

-How good is that?

That was amazing.

That is for real. I've been wanting to do that in a movie,

and I was going to put it in Mission,

and then when I went to the meeting for Universe,

they had the plane crashes

Chris McQuarrie, who wrote and directed Mission, I was like,

"We've got to... Do you mind if I put in this?"

And it wouldn't have worked had you not said you would do this.

And it's such a... It's very exhausting.

Technically the studio's like, "What are we doing?"

I said, "No, we're going to shoot it for real. They're like, "What?"

You know, I said, "No, no, no, no, no, let me just do R&D

"and it's going to work," and everyone was kind of like,

"What? What?" And I said, "No, no. Please, let's try it."

So we actually convinced... We went to France,

we convinced them to allow us to build the set inside this aircraft

and we went into zero-G and the key was Annabelle,

because you see me... We're moving around,

we're a team dancing through this,

and had you not been able to do that,

we never would've gotten this sequence.

To get the zero-G, what happens? So you go... How high do you go?

-Parabola. We go...

-You go up to 20,000 feet...

And reach terminal velocity.

..you pull the nose up vertically and then you go to 40,000 feet

and you do a parabolic arc and in that... So you jump forward.

And in that arc, you're weightless for 30 seconds.

So we did it 64 times.

GROANING

-Good reaction. Very good reaction.

-Very good.

-LAUGHTER

-We got it on the first take but...

I mean, people get... I mean, famously people get very ill

-doing this.

-Yes.

-Mm-hmm. It's famously called...

-Either of you? Luckily.

-..the vomit comet.

Really luckily we didn't. We did not get sick.

But the crew in between takes,

-they were pulling the bags out and hurling.

-Wow.

Last thing I feel like I'd be worried about up there is throw up!

LAUGHTER

Stuff was flying around, people were flying around,

crew were flying around in different takes.

And Tom actually... In one scene, I got stuck on the bar at the back

and I was putting my pack on and when gravity returns,

it returns at double the force, so

I knew that if I didn't get off this bar I'd be choked.

So they were counting down to return to gravity, and at three,

it was like "Five, four, three," I said, "Tom, I'm stuck!"

And in classic Tom, he went,

"I got you. One!"

-LAUGHTER

-I was like...

Aw! APPLAUSE

And then you were on top of me. For the zero.

It was, like, huh! I was like, "Ah!"

You land awkwardly on each other all the time.

But it wasn't all stunts, there was fun on set as well.

Annabelle said there was a lot of dancing. You did dancing, Annabelle?

-Oh, yes, I love dancing.

-What?

But Tom dances as well.

-We have a thing...

-What sort of shapes would you throw?

-We...

-I would like this one

-where I go like...

-SHE MURMURS

-LAUGHTER

-And I'd be like, "Watch out,

"boys, don't fall in love! Just going to thrust..."

LAUGHTER

And he would be, we're definitely not going to fall in love...

LAUGHTER DROWNS SPEECH What shapes would you throw, Tom?

What?

LAUGHTER What shapes would you throw?

-What were you given?

-Tom likes the classic, that one.

-LAUGHTER

-Come on, Tom.

-A little less grossly, you know.

Can we get some music? Hang on, get some music. Here's the music.

MUSIC: Low by Flo Rida

Oh, here we go. Oh!

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

I mean...

You know...

-I am...

-Here it goes.

Little less.

Here we go.

-Yeah!

-Woo!

We're done.

Very good.

Well done.

CHEERING

Oh!

It's...

I just lived out a real life fantasy.

-Thank you, boys.

-I just felt like Les Grossman.

Les Grossman would just get that... That's what we do, a little less...

My bucket list, that's on there.

-Yeah. Yeah. Ticked.

-Mine ticked, a lot of my girlfriends'.

Thank you, I did one for the team.

Now, Zac Efron, your latest movie, Baywatch,

it's out now and it's a reboot of the famous television show

and it's everything you expect, but it's really funny.

-I mean, proper gross-out-comedy funny.

-Oh, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Definitely a lot of...

Usually I have Alex Daddario here to say it, but a lot of dicks.

-LAUGHTER

-Lot of dick jokes.

It's got has everything the original Baywatch had.

We poke fun at it

in a great way and then we amped up the action.

-We got The Rock to play Mitch.

-CHEERING

Yes!

APPLAUSE

Yeah, my boy!

My man.

And it ended up being pretty fantastic. I'm really...

-I'm stoked.

-And it must be exciting for you cos as a kid, now,

what was it, you didn't see this show growing up?

Not really, I had, like, the TV from, like...

You guys ever seen Stranger Things?

-Like the dial-up TV.

-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Woo, Stranger Things.

-LAUGHTER

Yeah. But, like, I never really got to watch that much TV.

But I remember at friends' houses it would be on and I couldn't take my

eyes off it. Like, Pamela Anderson would be, like, running around, I'd be like, "What is going on?"

-LAUGHTER

-Like, "What the heck?

"What world is this?"

And so when I met with Dwayne, with The Rock,

over breakfast, he ate his, erm...

I'll call it, like, a wok of oats.

We talked about, you know, this idea, making these characters.

I mean, because, like, you are really ripped, but look at that.

LAUGHTER That's ridiculous.

It's crazy and, honestly, he's so smart and I knew

after that conversation that this was...

you know, this was a fun thing we were going to do.

Obviously it stars the two of you,

but the originals do make appearances in the film.

-Absolutely.

-Oh, wow.

-Absolutely.

-Yeah.

-And that was...

We didn't know when that was going to happen,

or if that was going to happen at all.

But I got a text message and it was kind of early and I was in bed

and it said, "David Hasselhoff's on set,"

and like, "Here's the address."

So that's me, I jumped out of bed, I'm in my pyjamas,

I got in the car, I have never driven so fast to set.

And I caught, like... The sun was going down and they were shooting

and everyone's like, "Be quiet, be quiet," and...

I caught him like shaking hands with The Rock and sort of just...

Then they finally yelled, "Cut," and everyone celebrated

and they hugged and it was him,

I don't know what celebration they were having, but that was it.

And then right after that, he, like, looked up at me and...

-the sun was behind him...

-LAUGHTER

..and, like, he had his glorious look on his face,

like that David Hasselhoff,

like, he was buff, tan, handsome, he was the dreamboat.

He was David Ha... That is The Hoff.

And he stared right at me and he just went...

Boom and he pointed at me and I was like... I froze.

And then he shook and hand and he's like, "Hey, nice to meet you, Zac,"

and I was like... "Holy cow!"

-LAUGHTER

-And I didn't know what to say.

It was incredible. It was like a dream come true.

Listen, we've got a clip from Baywatch. This is your character,

Matt Brody, signing up for duty as a lifeguard.

-Hey, Steph.

-Hey.

-New kid on the block here is from Iowa.

-Oh, man.

-Really?

-Let me ask you this - lot of oceans in Iowa?

No, just ponds and lakes and cocky pretty boys.

Hey, Mitch, what happened to that last pretty boy recruit we had?

-He died.

-What is this lifeguard hazing?

I'm Matt Brody. I hold the world record in the 200 metres.

-Hey!

-Matt Brody.

-Matt Brody! Yes, absolutely...

-We still...

-Don't give a f...

LAUGHTER

Now...

I must say, it is quite out there a lot of humour.

But your... Now, because...

Did you know your grandparents were going to see it?

Yeah...at some point. At some... At some point, they see everything.

They posted this lovely picture of them going to see it. There are your

-grandparents going to see it. AUDIENCE:

-Aw!

Cos it's not really for them. LAUGHTER

-Did they enjoy it?

-Oh, no, it's for their demo for sure.

LAUGHTER

It's definitely right up their alley.

And I heard they loved it.

They're just proud of anything I do and I love them so much.

My grandpa's my hero, so that picture...

And my grandma is my guardian angel, I...like...

I can't say enough.

-That pictures means so much to me, that's crazy.

-Wow.

It's so weird that that's their faces before they've seen

their grandson... LAUGHTER

And then there me in the middle, like, holding a 40 in a bag.

-Like... It's...

-LAUGHTER

-Aw.

-It's a funny idea.

-You had a similar experience, Annabelle.

-Yes.

Your parents watching... Was it your parents with Peaky Blinders?

-Peaky Blinders, yes.

-CHEERING

Which is an awesome show.

Oh, thank you very much.

There is a love scene and my parents were watching,

I was watching with my parents and my dad,

and I was like that is going to be so awkward.

He was like, "Well!

"We know who you get that from!"

LAUGHTER

-Your mother just...

-"Good girl!"

-That's freaky.

-Mum was like, "Whoo!"

Anyway...

I think the enthusiasm, if nothing else.

Oh, I get it.

LAUGHTER

Do not pretend you are not schooled in that area, my boy!

OK. I get it now.

In Baywatch your character's a big drinker,

but apparently

Robert de Niro gave you acting tips for drinking on screen?

Yes. I mean, among various other great legendary tips.

This is a good kind of short cut.

Yes, it was the best one. He goes...

-AS DE NIRO:

-You just spin in circles.

Spin a lot of circles.

I was like, what?

He was like, yes.

And, like literally,

he had to play drunk in this scene and

he would spin in circles like this and go like...

Like that until he couldn't stand any more,

and then he'd be like, "Let's go",

and the whole scene he would be like stumbling,

but trying perfectly missing and standing and it was amazing.

It was the simplest, coolest piece of advice ever.

Yeah. It was cool.

Because obviously, Tom Cruise, you don't need advice, but...

I always need advice.

-Always. I want all the help I can get!

-Looking at the people

you have worked with like Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson

Dustin Hoffman, did you get any tips like that?

-Short cut tips?

-Always.

Just to be on set and watch them work,

it was a privilege to be a young actor and there I am, you know...

being able to get to spend time with Newman and rehearse and create

character, being directed

by Scorsese or Gene Hackman or Bobby Duvall.

Legends, really, and Hoffman,

we spent two years developing Rain Man so I really

always just learned a tremendous amount.

Just... And as time has gone on,

you just don't, their advice resonates more and more.

How do they give advice?

There has to be a mutual respect between actors.

But do they go, you will find it easier if you...

Or, why don't you try...?

You know,

it was just by hanging around and watching them.

I'm just such a student of film and I just...

Always there. I'm always early,

last to leave. So I would just be there and the directors knew that I was

interested, so I would go and I was able to watch their rushes

and see what they were doing and how each actor was developing.

You know, their work is very different.

There is no right way and I realised everyone has their own voice

as a writer, director, an actor

and there is no right way to do it.

And you see these giants,

I was just a young actor and them having worked with their...

You know exploring it and uncertain, is this going to work or not?

You just see...

It gave me confidence in the process of film-making.

-It was helpful.

-The movie that we are hearing a lot of buzz about

already is Mission: Impossible 6.

AUDIENCE WHOOP Yes.

-You're filming it now?

-Yes.

OK.

A producer has said - I quote, "What Tom is doing in this movie,

"I believe will top anything that's come before!

"He is absolutely unbelievable. He has been training for a year.

"It is going to most impressive and unbelievable thing

"that Tom Cruise has done in a movie

"and he has been working on it since after Rogue Nation came out.

"It's going to be mind-blowing."

LAUGHTER Are you playing the piano?

-What's happening?

-I know.

You have been training for a year?

Actually for a couple of years, now, for this.

I know you can't tell us what it is.

Is it land-based, is it going to be speed-based?

Are you going to be the first person to Mars or something?

It would be a very long movie.

Is it space-based, is it air-based,

water-based, is there an animal in it?

Did you learn telekinesis?

It's really crazy.

-Honestly.

-Have you done it yet?

-No, I haven't.

-So we don't know you have lived yet.

No.

No. It's stuff that I have been training, I did...

we have done a lot of testing so see if it's actually possible.

And, um...and how we can do it.

-How intriguing.

-I know.

I feel like you have done...

There is always another mountain. There is always another mountain.

-Is it a mountain?

-Oh, no, he learned how to fly, didn't you?

On your own.

Human cannonball?

How did you know that?

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

Mission: Impossible 6.

They set me on fire and go. Look, it's going to be really wild.

It's, look, if we get it,

I think it will be really thrilling for an audience.

I was thinking, have you ever seen a script,

something and you kind of think, I'm not going to do that.

Actually, you know what?

That sounds too difficult, too scary,

or have you just thought...

Everything's just kind of gone, "No, let's do it"?

-Is that for me?

-Yes.

-Oh.

-"He can't be talking to me."

"It can't be a question for me.

"I have never seen anything in a script I wouldn't do."

I don't know.

I don't know, actually.

I really don't know. It's not like all the stunts and the things,

the sequences, we build them together.

What about the Last Samurai, with all those sticks like when you get,

are just getting beat up?

That was...

Those guys were good. They were really...

-Would they not hit you?

-You know what?

He would just put it in enough.

-I mean, those... That's what...

-LAUGHTER

Just strike. Like nail it.

You're like, "That hurts. That hurts."

Talk through it. Talk through it.

Just keep talking, Tom. Keep talking.

There was one thing you didn't want to do.

Which one?

There was one moment where there was a hint of amorous connection

-between...

-That's not true.

-I was like, "Oh, my God look at this,

"I've got a great story to tell, I get to kiss Tom Cruise!"

-No.

-Then I watched Tom.

-I watched Tom...

-And then the truth.

-No.

I go to set, this, this is a great story to tell.

I watched him to go to the director in front of me, and go,

"Yeah, so I'm not feeling that good!"

And I was so offended.

You were like, you know, "No, I don't feel like it."

In front of me.

He didn't even go into a private room.

I love Annabelle.

I love her. She is so talented.

There is Annabelle's truth and the truth.

She is able to tell hers shortly to all of us.

I know! She is so good and she is so charming and everyone's like,

"Oh, my gosh," she is like...

And in terms of physical challenges, Zac,

I was flicking through a magazine, and I happened upon...

I happened upon a photograph of Zac

where Zac was casually walking down the street with no shirt on

and I thought he must have got tired,

and he was leaning against a parking meter.

I think we have got the picture here.

-That was a photo shoot.

-What are you talking about?

Is that at the airport?

-It was Cool Hand Luke trying to take the parking meter off.

-Yeah.

Are you really doing that or are there wires?

-No, he is doing it.

-Yeah.

He is doing it.

Not that I'm calling you a liar,

but there is a pole right over there.

It's right there. There is a pole.

It's right there. That pole. That pole.

-That pole.

-You want me to do that?

-Yes, can you?

-Er, yeah. Sure.

SCREAMING AND WHOOPING

Really? Now? Now I feel bad.

-You can do this, right?

-They have tested this thing.

It's solid. It's been tested...

By who?

We are not sure of her name, but...

LAUGHTER

-OK.

-Do you want some music? How about some music?

OK, the music. Here we go.

MUSIC: Low by Flo Rida (feat T Pain)

MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH

Here we go, here we go.

Oh! APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Zac Efron, everybody! Well done!

That's impressive. Come sit down.

Wow.

That is impressive.

That was better than in the photo shoot!

Did I get flat? Was I flat?

Perfect. Perfect. You'll love it.

I'm so happy I can still do that.

So are we!

Well, I hired a pole.

LAUGHTER

Right, it is time for music.

This punk icon established herself as one of the most unique voices in

music, with her band, Gossip.

Now, she's gone solo and is here tonight to perform her single Fire.

Please welcome the fabulous Beth Ditto!

Hello.

# High in a stupor, sitting on the side of the road

# Ain't got an honest feeling in my bones

# Felt like a fever, came on like a storm

# But what I felt, it can't be helped no more

# So get up, up, up, up, up, up

# If you want my, want my, want my love

# Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

# If you want my, want my love

# Fire

# Fire

# Bless my soul that's the way it is

# Bless my soul, I can't resist

# Now, swift as a river

# With a head as hard as stone

# What's hot as hell, the same will leave you cold

# But I'm a believer

# And my word's as good as gold

# But walking a fine line might not lead to home, no

# Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

# If you want my, want my, want my love

# Get up, up, up, up, up, up, up

# If you want my, want my love

# Fire

# Fire

# Bless my soul, that's the way it is

# Bless my soul, I can't resist

# Giddy-up!

# Mm, ooh

# Giddy-up!

# Fire

# Fire

# Fire

# Fire

# Bless my soul, that's the way it is

# Bless my soul, I can't resist. #

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Thank you.

Beth Ditto!

Great job! APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

-That was fabulous!

-Thank you.

Beth Ditto, everybody. CHEERING

That's Zac, and Annabelle, and Tom.

-Nice to meet you.

-Pleased to meet you.

Hello!

-Thank you!

-That was fun.

It has been too long since we had line dancing on the show.

-LAUGHTER

-Really?

-Yeah, it's been years!

-It's been years.

-Whose fault is that?

Well... I feel personally responsible.

Do you want me to talk to your director?

-Beth Ditto, Beth Ditto...

-This is what it's like on the A list.

-You've never been on the show before! I can't believe you've never...

-Now, whose fault is that?

Again, it's mine. It's all my fault!

But look at this. This is a great first time.

-Thanks for letting me share the couch.

-It's my first time, too!

-Is it really?

-It is.

Jerk.

Yes, it's all my fault!

You didn't even offer me one slice of that pineapple!

It's all yours, have it.

We should say that as from the album Fake Sugar, which is out on June 16.

-Yes.

-And this is it.

Your debut solo album?

Yes, it is. I'm grown, I'm 36.

Gossip was...17 years old.

-We were together since I was 18.

-Wow.

-So, I guess...

so, yes, from punk band to Graham Norton.

Now I made my own grown-up record. From squats to here.

And it's not just music but fashion also?

-Oh, darling!

-Well, you do. Is this one of your creations?

No, this is, I think it is pronounced "Guchee."

LAUGHTER Oh, yeah?

I say to my mother, it's Gucci, and she's like, what is that?

And I say, it's hoochie, but longer.

It looks good!

-Thank you!

-Tell me this, will you be touring the new album?

-You must be going to tour the new album.

-No.

GRAHAM GASPS

-Yes, I am.

-Oh, good.

-Yes, I can't wait. I can't wait.

I hope you all come. They will!

You will not wait in line for two hours.

You will not wait in line for two hours at my show!

Sorry, Zac Efron, that was mean teasing you about the pole earlier.

Yes, I bet you could crush me on the pole.

I could literally crush you on a pole!

-LAUGHTER

-That came out wrong!

Could we have some music for that?

Yeah, where's the drummer?

Er, listen...

You would have to get up pretty early in the morning...

Thank you for coming in. Beth Ditto, everybody!

Thanks for having me today.

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

That's nearly it, but we do have time,

before we go, just to visit the big red chair.

Now, you never touch this thing, do you?

Annabelle's going to.

And how many times have you been on?

-Five times.

-Oh!

What's he got that I ain't got and she ain't got?

He's Tom Cruise!

-That's what he's got.

-Never heard of ya!

Let's go to the big red chair. Hello!

-Hi, Graham. It's David here.

-It's David.

You know, David.

David!

And, er... what do you do, David?

I work in marketing.

Marketing. I thought you were going to say exotic dancer!

-But, no, it's marketing.

-I bet you were going to do this already!

No. LAUGHTER

Let David tell his story. Off you go, David.

OK, so, in my younger days, in the late '80s

when I was serving in the Army, a couple of my friends told me

I bore a striking resemblance to Tom Cruise...

LAUGHTER

Yeah(!)

They were not good friends.

I don't know how long ago that was, but...!

-He was handsome.

-He was perfectly handsome.

-Yeah. No TC.

-No TC.

Off we go.

Next one... Hello.

-Hi.

-I like you already.

-What's your name?

-Mo.

Moo?

Yeah. Yup.

I knew I liked her. It's Moo, everybody!

Where is Moo from?

-New Zealand.

-Oh, you see!

Home of the anecdote.

So...

Are you on your travels, or are you living here?

I am living here at the moment.

What do you do?

Working in advertising for now

but soon to be make-up and special effects...

Ooh!

Is Moo short for something?

Yes, but we don't have to go into it.

It's worse than Moo?

OK!

OK, Moo. Off you go with your story...

Not so much a story as a fun fact,

but I have recently discovered I'm actually related to someone on the stage.

Ooh.

OK, it's not me...

is it?

-It's you, Graham!

-You're related to me?

Unfortunately, you're related to me.

Nonsense!

No. No, she's not. It's not true!

I feel like he's scared to death right now.

-What are we going to hear?

-I just thought,

"Moo wants to be in the will." And no.

Sling your hook, Moo.

OK, we'll have one more. One more. One more.

This is it. This is it. Here we go. Here we go.

-Hello.

-Hello!

-What's your name?

-Lottie.

-Lottie?

-Hello, Lottie. And where are you from, Lottie?

-From London.

-London. And what do you do, Lottie?

-I'm a civil engineer.

A civil engineer. That's a proper job!

-That's an actual job.

-What's that like?

-I can't imagine!

You have to be civil, AND an engineer!

LAUGHTER She never loses her temper!

OK, Lottie, off you go.

I organised a bingo event at work

and thought it would be fun to print off

the bingo calling phrases before,

so I quickly printed them off before the event

but hadn't read them through,

so it was going really well but then I got to the number 69, I thought,

"I'm at work, don't want to see anything rude,"

so I look at the sheet and there were three options

and the first option I saw was, a favourite of mine, 69,

and I was like, ooh, can't say that at work!

So I went straight on to the next one without even thinking and said,

"Two can dine, 69!"

-LAUGHTER

-To absolute silence from my team!

-More, Lottie, give me more!

-Can I go?

Oh, you want to be...? OK.

Well done to everybody in the big red chairs.

If you'd like to join us on the show and have a go in that chair,

you can contact us via our website at this very address.

That is it for tonight.

A huge thank you to our guests.

Beth Ditto!

APPLAUSE

Zac Efron!

APPLAUSE

Annabelle Wallis!

APPLAUSE

And Mr Tom Cruise!

APPLAUSE

Join me next week.

My guests are Shawn Mendes, the always hilarious Greg Davies,

world boxing champion Anthony Joshua,

and Oscar winner Rachel Weisz. I'll see you then. Goodnight everybody - goodbye!

OK, here we go. And in three, two....

Hello, my name is Tom Cruise, and tonight will be a very big night...

OK, let me do that again.

LAUGHTER

OK, all right, good.

And three, two...

-Sorry!

-LAUGHTER