1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,877 GERVAIS: Here we are, then. ROSS: Gentlemen, your work here is done. 2 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,555 In an E-type Jag, me and Jonathan Ross, off the telly. 3 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,598 I bet you can't believe it. You never thought this moment would come. 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,832 You must have dreamed of this when you were a young fella. 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,676 Now, I've driven with Jonathan Ross before and you should never show a weakness. 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,594 I told him I don't like, you know, going fast and I'm nervous of roads. 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,913 So he'd just rev up at any point, you know. And he's laughing, he's cackling. 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,389 He sounds like Sid James when he laughs. 9 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:37,439 If I'm a little bit scared, he finds it the funniest thing in the world. 10 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,433 GERVAIS: Can I just say, the reason that I insisted on a low-loader, 11 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,080 which takes ten times the amount of time... 12 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,356 - 'Cause you're scared of my driving. - Yeah, because you're an idiot. 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,556 - I'm not a fucking idiot. - You rev up and you... 14 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,790 I'm an excellent driver. 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,394 You're like a child in a big toy. 16 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,996 You know why? You are like a baby. You can't deal with anything over... 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,313 You can't... You know what you are? You are a law-abider. And I... 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,518 - What an insult! - I can't abide an abider. 19 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:08,190 You're still so punk, aren't you? OBE. 20 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,193 I knew that he'd tease me, so I thought, "Why don't I put it on a low-loader?" 21 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:12,714 Which is a truck that's dragged behind. 22 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,314 But there was one point we needed an up-and-pass 23 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,836 where you actually have to drive and overtake the camera and whizz off. 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,799 And, of course, he frightened me. 25 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,678 Why are we on the motorway? This isn't the loop. 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,558 Right, okay, I'm serious now. 27 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:35,352 I thought an E-type Jag was a lovely car, but it ruined the experience for me. 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,276 You are genuinely petrified of going over about 25 miles an hour, aren't you? 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,638 It's bizarre. I've never known an adult man as nervous as you are in a car. 30 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,510 Have you seen the damage that you can do at only 25 miles an hour? Slow down. 31 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,553 (WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD PLAYING) 32 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,955 Oh! You bastard! 33 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,949 Today, we've been filming, well, kind of the end point of the relationship 34 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,635 I have with Andy in the episode, where we become very close friends. 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,872 We're hanging out together, just as guys would. Uh... 36 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,952 I think it is probably going to be seen as quite a homoerotic scene 37 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,635 but, you know, I think that's... It's in the eye of the beholder, really. 38 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,472 There is a chemistry between us, obviously, 39 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,030 but I think at the same time, it's kind of... It's there if you want to see it. 40 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:31,838 You don't have to see it. You don't have to... 41 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:34,230 You don't have to be what we call a gay to enjoy it. 42 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,472 You can be a straight as well. Either way, you'd get what you want from it. 43 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,949 A gay would probably get a bit more from it. 44 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,919 But a straight, if he's watching it with his partner, maybe warm her up 45 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,038 and then everyone's happy. That's what we're really aiming for. 46 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:53,113 Oh, it's lovely. 47 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,080 ROSS: It's close to our real life relationship, to be honest with you. 48 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:00,198 If anything, we're probably a little bit closer in real life than we are here. 49 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,351 I mean, here there's a scene where we're lying around 50 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,397 and we're playing tennis together, which we do quite a lot, 51 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,916 and we eat together, which we do quite a lot, it's a barrier-breaking kind of thing. 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,594 Often, if it was at my house in a normal situation, 53 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,877 we may well swim together, we'll steam together... 54 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,511 Yes, maybe... We're kind of like, um, ancient Greeks 55 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:23,356 in that intimacy between men doesn't mean anything other than friendship. 56 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,796 And if a man wants to dry another man off after a shower, what about it? 57 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,633 What about it? If a man wants to touch another man's body, 58 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,315 and himself derive pleasure from that, it doesn't make him a bad person, 59 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,914 it doesn't make him a gay. It makes him someone who's just open. 60 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,116 If a man was to wank another... 61 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:39,679 (GERVAIS LAUGHING) 62 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,833 I'm on the set of GBH, I'm in my trailer, knock on the door, guess who it is? 63 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,115 - Go on, guess. - Mmm... 64 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,759 Alan Bleasdale. 65 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,593 - I don't know who that is. - Oh, fuck off! 66 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,474 LINDSAY: They have a style that is unique to themselves. 67 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,880 Kid's a waste of space. 68 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,349 You've got to tune into it very quickly. 69 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,478 Now, it took me a while, but I found it. 70 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,551 People associate him with things like My Family, 71 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,395 and they perhaps forget that he's also done some great, quite heavy drama 72 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,472 and things like GBH, where he did extraordinary work 73 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,791 and he's got that amazing kind of little edge to him. There's a little bit of darkness. 74 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,632 But his timing's brilliant. 75 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,393 - He doesn't want to see you, Robert. - Yes, he does. 76 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,596 He does because I've brought DVDs of My Family. 77 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,751 - Come on, everyone likes this. - I don't. 78 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:24,470 - I prefer that edgier stuff on BBC Two. - What are you, a critic? 79 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:30,158 I enjoyed it, and I didn't think I was going to enjoy it. 80 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,031 No, she probably saw me and thought, "I'd love to ask him first, 81 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,589 "being one of Britain's best loved and most popular actors. 82 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,399 "And let's not forget, he can sing and he can dance. 83 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,915 "And he has won awards on Broadway." 84 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,676 Sorry, he went as well! 85 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,957 No, I didn't! I was laughing at your laughing! Don't blame me! 86 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,873 It's your fault. You're ruining it for him. 87 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,719 - How many Emmys have they got? - This is so pathetic! 88 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,758 I'm ashamed that you have to see us like this. 89 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:58,595 Oh, God. 90 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,709 I actually did a show with Robert, Parkinson, and he did a song-and-dance thing. 91 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,919 I thought the show... It was lacking a little bit of, you know, entertainment. 92 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,399 So I just burst into song. 93 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,110 And I could see he was either impressed or shocked. 94 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,953 We thought that would be funny 95 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,509 because a 10-year-old would not know these references. 96 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,113 # Make 'em laugh, make 'em laugh 97 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,555 # Don't you know that the world wants to laugh 98 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,873 # My dad said "Be an actor, my son, but be a comical one" 99 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,237 MERCHANT: It's too much gusto to give in a small hospital room. 100 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,597 You can't put on that much of a show. It's just embarrassing. 101 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,796 A couple of gags, maybe some card tricks, but... 102 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,157 And all the time, this being balanced with this kid that's on morphine 103 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:43,474 'cause he's in pain because he's, you know... He's very, very ill. 104 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,190 What I didn't do was limber up, warm myself up, and get myself in... 105 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,716 And this is what I ended up with, you know, a sprained knee, 106 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,235 doing the whole of Singing In The Rain. 107 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,040 One of the most bizarre moments in the entire filming process 108 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,713 was where we were filming a scene with Ashley 109 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,395 where she's playing Operation with the sick kid, and she has to say the line, 110 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,994 "From what I've heard, your tumour's massive." 111 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,151 I hope the surgeon working on me is better than you. 112 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,959 Well, it's a tiny little thing here I'm trying to pull out. 113 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,951 From what I've overheard... 114 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,519 - Sorry. - Try it again straightaway. 115 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,877 We just thought she'd fumbled the lines, whatever. That's fine. So we started it again. 116 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,272 This is a tiny little thing I'm trying to get out here. From what I... Pants. 117 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,069 Well, this is a tiny little thing I'm trying to get out here. From what I... 118 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,958 Oh, that was good up to then. 119 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,838 From what I've overheard. From what I've overheard. 120 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,797 Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. This is the one. 121 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,635 Well, look, I'm trying to get this tiny little thing out here. From whom haf... 122 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:35,119 Okay. 123 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,953 It became almost a nervous tick. Is that how you describe it? 124 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,590 Well, yeah, you learn the mistake. Once you said it, it's like muscle memory. 125 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,957 Building up to it, you'll always go wrong in the same place, in the same way. 126 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,750 Well, this is just a tiny little thing I'm trying to get out here. From whum... 127 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:51,160 What is wrong with me? 128 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,834 - From whom wha... - Oh! 129 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,194 From whom whum... 130 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:59,797 From whom wh... Hold on, wait a minute. I'm having a wee sweat here. 131 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,719 Take after take after take, and she's still not able to do it. 132 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,156 And we're not angry, we're just... What can anyone do? 133 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,029 But this is a tiny little thing I'm trying to get out here. From whum... 134 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:14,079 GERVAIS: Have you got a bee sting? What's the matter with you? 135 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,720 - Have you eaten peanuts you shouldn't? - From what I... 136 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,677 Whu... Whu... Whum... I mean... 137 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,832 Well, this is a wee tiny thing I'm trying to get out here. From wum... 138 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,834 GERVAIS: Oh, for fuck's sake! Fucking hell. 139 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,991 I don't think we'll ever do this, will we? 140 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,469 Then she couldn't even say it when we were just trying to run the lines 141 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,120 before the cameras turned over. I mean, that's even more bizarre. 142 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,191 - It became a speech impediment. - It actually started talking 143 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,078 like the teachers in Peanuts. 144 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,151 (BOTH MIMICKING SOUND) 145 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,632 This is just a wee tiny thing I'm trying to get out here. From whum... 146 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,749 I know! 147 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,032 GERVAIS: Oh dear, it's kicked in. 148 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,874 And, of course, the pressure was on her. She went, "Okay, this time." 149 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,110 She went, "Oh... From whum..." 150 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:04,719 From whum... 151 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,039 GERVAIS: Good night, everybody. See you later. 152 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,680 You know now you're more stupid than the character. 153 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,515 You've actually tipped over into a whole new category. Unbelievable. 154 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,112 - What can I say? - Nothing! 155 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:22,318 The words! The right words is what you can say! 156 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,031 I hope the surgeon working on me is better than you. 157 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,796 Well, this is just a wee tiny thing I'm trying to get out here. From whum... 158 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,156 Oh, please! Not again. 159 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,157 (LAUGHING) 160 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:40,639 Reset, please. Reset. 161 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,112 We got ourselves into... And I'm going to use the word "pickle", really, 162 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,511 because... No, I'll tell you why. Because we... 163 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,276 No, it's a finger. It's just a finger. We got ourselves into something of a trifle 164 00:08:53,960 --> 00:09:00,479 because we had... In our minds, we'd got this ending which involved Robert De Niro. 165 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,232 And Ricky had done a small bit in a film with Robert De Niro, 166 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:06,596 and for some reason this convinced us 167 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:10,435 that it would be possible to get De Niro for the show. I mean, you know... 168 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:13,712 I remember when, you know, a few days before, 169 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,871 Steve was going, "Are you gonna ask him to be in it?" 170 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,713 And I was going, "Yeah, yeah, but I'm just gonna play it cool." 171 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,395 And then I did a rehearsal with him and he goes, "How'd the rehearsal go?" 172 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:23,879 I went, "Fine." "Did you ask him?" 173 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,076 "No, not yet. Let me..." You know. 174 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,391 And so when I did this film with him, I was working, you know, all day, 175 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,359 and it was like eight hours of bravado. I was mucking around as well, 176 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,875 and putting him off, and got on well. 177 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,554 And then about a half hour before the end, I went over to him 178 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,632 and I went, "I think you're the best actor in the world. You're brilliant. 179 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,918 "I love you in The Godfather and... And Taxi Driver and all that. 180 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,674 "It's brilliant. Do you want to be in Extras?" He went, "Oh..." 181 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,320 We got interrupted. Okay... 182 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,314 And I went back again, "It's just a thing, uh... Extras... 183 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,870 "You probably wouldn't..." And he went, 184 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,032 "Um, I'll call you about that thing." And I went, "Huh?" 185 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,397 He went, "I'll call you about it." And I went, "Okay." 186 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:07,836 And I said to Steve, "He said he's gonna call me." Right? 187 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,639 One day, about three days later, 188 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,872 I get a missed call. And he goes, "Hi, it's Bob. 189 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:18,079 "Um, I'm calling about that thing." And I couldn't believe it! 190 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,515 So I called him back and I went, "Hello." He went, "Oh, hi." 191 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,718 And then I went, "I thought I told you never to fucking call me." 192 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,234 Luckily he laughed. 193 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,277 Robert De Niro is the greatest actor in the world 194 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,476 so I'd obviously like to work with him. 195 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,110 What we agreed was that we would find a time when we could do it 196 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,558 sort of between now and broadcast, and we took him on his word. 197 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,077 And the first scene we filmed for Extras was me on the Jonathan Ross show 198 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,191 where we mention getting De Niro. 199 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,430 Challenge accepted. De Niro. I will hook you up with De Niro. 200 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,636 - You can get me De Niro? - Yeah, but lose some weight first. 201 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,509 So if he couldn't have done it, I don't know where we'd have been. 202 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,079 - We had no plan B. - No, we had no plan B 203 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,230 and it was never confirmed. 204 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,119 So every time we were filming another scene which had a little mention to him, 205 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,272 we were just fingers crossed that he would sort of say definite yes 206 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,237 and give us a confirmation and a date. 207 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,880 And the whole time, we were just... It's like blindly going forward, 208 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:07,837 thinking, "Well, we're gonna have to broadcast this." 209 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,833 We were terrified that we would have to just reshoot one scene 210 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,470 with a mug in front of our face going, "Who's your hero again?" 211 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,278 "Um, Martin Freeman." 212 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,319 Kevin Bacon said that he could do it. 213 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,675 Look, I told you, Ant and Dec are making another film over here... 214 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,438 Fucking hell. Let's not laugh about it yet. 215 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,513 - So when we actually got him there... - That day... 216 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:36,999 That day after we'd filmed, 217 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,356 we had him for like 45 minutes and he was a joy. 218 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:40,919 - Yeah. - He was an absolute joy. 219 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,593 - Came in, boom. - We couldn't believe our luck. 220 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,956 We were giggling. We were going, "We got De Niro, then." 221 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,590 I came over at one point and went, "Oh, Steve, you might want to, um, uh..." 222 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:51,115 Summat or other, "Oh, yeah, fine. Yeah, great." 223 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,194 As I was walking back, Robert De Niro went, "How am I doing? Okay?" 224 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,472 I went, "Sorry?" He went, "How am I? Okay?" 225 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:02,110 I went, "Yeah, you're doing all right." And the crew laughed. 226 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,874 But he meant it genuinely. He thought, "Am I doing okay?" 227 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:09,272 I mean, just incredible. A man that has achieved what he's achieved 228 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,079 and is as good... I mean, he is the best actor in the world, I think. 229 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,950 - Hang on a minute. Don't do yourself down. - Oh, this has backfired. 230 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,873 Come on! How many awards? How many awards? 231 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,953 Well, that's nice that you do think that. 232 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,199 - That's not for me to say. - No, it's not for you to say. 233 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,478 - Oh, this is... - Do you need a few minutes? 234 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,995 Yeah.