[ cheers and applause announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers, dan aykroyd, star of the Queens Gambit, actress Anya Taylorjoy, an all new closer look, featuring the 8g band with Carter Mclean. And now, Seth Meyers Seth welcome to late night. How is everybody doing thats great to hear well, its day six of trump watch. He is still refusing to leave the white house, but we do hear hes willing to speak to negotiators. I want 400 million, a copy of swank and one of those doritos locos tacos. Lets get to the news. President elect joe biden has selected his longtime political advisor, ron klain, to be his white house chief of staff and if this is the kind of presidency i hope it is, this will be the last time we ever hear his name. After being selected to the white house chief of staff, klain said the job would be, quote, the honor of a lifetime. As opposed to the Trump Administration where the position of chief of staff was more like the honor of a month or two president elect joe biden is reportedly planning to reverse President Trumps immigration policies thats right hes going to tear down the blueprints for the wall four senior officials at the pentagon this week were fired or resigned said trump, one from each side of the building. Twitter confirmed this week that President Trump will be subject to their rules just like any other user once president elect Joe Biden Takes Office on january 20th same, said the Southern District of New York New York governor andrew cuomo, yesterday, announced new coronavirus restrictions, including a 10 00 p. M. Curfew for bars, restaurants and gyms though if your husband was leaving for the gym at 10 00 p. M. , hes cheating on you after it was announced hed contracted the coronavirus, nebraska state senator mike groene said, quote, i finally got my wish and contracted the covid19 virus. Okay, well, two left, said a baffled genie. [ laughter ] organizers announced yesterday theyd selected the 2020 Rockefeller Center christmas tree, a 75foot tall, 11ton norway spruce from oneonta, new york. Of course, because of covid, its going to work from home [ laughter ] its got to lean into the shot a company in japan recently began producing rubber masks that resemble president elect joe biden. And at this point, trumps not above trying it. Hello, im president sleepy joe. Im in charge now. Time for my nap. Byebye. And finally, researchers have recently developed facial recognition for bears, so now they can finally figure out who ate all the marmalade in the kitchen. Karen wrote that joke. Once again, proving our most adorable writer does the most adorable jokes that was a monologue weve got a great show for you tonight. The one and only dan aykroyd will be here im so excited to talk to him. And she is the star of the hit netflix show, the Queens Gambit, Anya Taylorjoy is here that show is fantastic i cant wait to talk to her about that but before we get to all of that, every time President Trump and his Campaign File a dumb new lawsuit or spread a new lie about voter fraud, they quickly get batted down and this will shock you, its all a giant grift. For more on this, its time for a closer look. Seth well, President Trump has now entered the flushing his weed while the cops pound on the door stage of his presidency everyone who inhabits the world of observable reality from a majority of americans to world leaders, to even some republican state officials, has accepted that trump lost and joe biden is the president elect of the United States. Even some of trumps closest friends and allies on the world stage have abandoned him, like british Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Not only are they Close Friends and allies, but they look like estranged half brothers who came from the same sperm donor, and im guessing that sperm donor was nick noltes mug shot . Oh, you guys are both my boys . Well, on wednesday, even Boris Johnson called joe biden the president elect and tossed in an extra burn on trump for good measure one of the many merits of the excellent conversation i had yesterday with president elect joe biden was that we were strongly agreed on the need, once again, for the United Kingdom and the United States to stand together. Does the Prime Minister now have any advice for his erstwhile best friend, President Trump, whos continuing refusal to accept the result is both embarrassing for him and dangerous for american democracy . Prime minister . Well, mrs. Speaker, i had, and have a Good Relationship with the previous president. I do not resolve from that as it is the duty of all Prime Ministers to have a Good Relationship with the white house. Seth wow, not only did he call joe biden president elect, he called trump the previous president. Thats such an effortless Little English burn the english can insult you in such a way that you can be on your deathbed 20 years later and think, hey. Your best friend said that my erstwhile best friend oh, trust me, hes erstwhile now. But as the old saying goes, if you cant trust a fellow rightwing goon who once got stuck on a zip line and tackled a small boy during a rugby game, then who can you trust thats how clear and decisive bidens victory was. Even trumps closest allies on the world stage have gone out of their way to congratulate joe biden and recognize his victory in the election. And theyre not alone. Several republican officials in key swing states, from the georgia secretary of state, to the Arizona Attorney general, to the Philadelphia City commissioner, have all made clear that there is no widespread fraud and that the results in their states are not going to change. Do you have any indication of major irregularities or fraud in this election . We havent found any widespread fraud our office received more than a thousand complaints shortly after the election dealing with bleedthroughs and people using sharpies we looked into that. We were able to determine that that did not affect anyones vote they also did a random audit of 2 of the precincts, and it came back 100 that there wasnt any statistical anomalies or errors. I have seen the most fantastical things on social media, making completely ridiculous allegations that have no basis in fact at all. Seth oh, so you also follow the president on twitter i have seen the most fantastical things sounds like something dorothy would say in the wizard of oz, and yet hes accurately describing the president s twitter account. I have seen the most fantastical things witches and munchkins and a video of the president tackling Vince Mcmahon with the cnn logo on his face and not only are those three republicans, but even karl rove wrote an oped declaring that there is no evidence of fraud that could overturn the election karl rove, the guy who engineered the last disastrous republican presidency to lose the popular vote when you lose karl rove, you need to do some serious lack of a soul searching this is like darth vader saying, guys, why are we trying to rebuild the death star theyre just gonna blow it up again. No, darth, dont talk to yourself that way. I guess i can make a bigger one. [ laughter ] and if the word of those republicans isnt enough for you, the New York Times called Election Officials in every state and found that there is no evidence of fraud. A postal worker who claimed to have witnessed ballot tampering recanted his claims and said they were made up. Even the Trump Campaigns lawsuits have mostly been laughed out of court for example, you might have heard one of their most common complaints, that their poll watchers in states like pennsylvania and michigan werent allowed to observe the vote counting. According to trump, this is responsible for hundreds of thousands of votes that should not be allowed to count. Therefore, i easily win both states he keeps doing this thing where he thinks he can just call dibs on states the way a stoner calls dibs on the last slice of pepperoni. Devon, theres no pizza left. Thats the drawing on the box, devon. Devon [ laughter ] look, devon, we all love weed, devon, but youve got to stop. Trump thinks its official as long as he throws in a hereby or a therefore. Thats the same tactic drunk red sox fans use when theyre getting dragged away by cops i hereby claim squatters rights, therefore granted to me by the commonwealth, allowing me to continue urinating from atop this telephone pole but the more important thing is, its not true. Trump lawyers have filed a bunch of frivolous lawsuits, claiming that because they were barred from observing the count, the states shouldnt be allowed to certify their results, which is insane because, first of all, the ballot counting was literally shown live on television for everyone to watch. I remember, because i was sitting on my couch staring at cable news 24 hours a day, four days straight like i was in a clockwork orange. I watched so much cable news i started dressing like Steve Kornacki when i close my eyes, i can still see jake tappers forehead furrows. Second, Trump Lawyers brought this claim before a judge, who dismissed it as absurd heres how one case went in pennsylvania before a judge appointed, it should be noted, by george w. Bush. Judge are your observers in the counting room . Trump lawyer theres a nonzero number of people judge are people representing trump for president in that room trump lawyer yes. Judge im sorry, then whats your problem its great that the more trump uses fancy courtroom words like hereby and therefore, the more judges Start Talking like theyre the ones from queens your honor there were a nonzero number of people in the counting room. Well, theres a nonzero chance im going to knock your [ bleep ] block off if you dont start giving me straight answers. Nonzero. I believe that case was called trump v. Get a load of this guy. And then theres the repeatedly debunked myth that dead people are voting this is one of the dumbest voter fraud lies because it almost always turns out that its an administrative error or a case of mistaken identity you know, because sometimes multiple people have the same name, an idea that is to come as a shock to donald trump and his son whos whats his name oh, its escaping me oh, right, forrest stump anyway, cnn did an investigation where they sampled 50 names of dead people who had supposedly voted in michigan. Of those 50, it turns out, 37 were indeed dead and had not voted. Five people out of the 50 had voted and theyre all still alive. The remaining eight are also alive, but didnt vote i think my favorite part is the five people who voted and were still alive. It must suck to get mistaken for dead Rudy Giuliani, of all people, should be able to sympathize hey, stop throwing dirt on me cant a guy catch a few winks in a shallow ditch anymore . Although my favorite dumb Conspiracy Theory has to be the existence of a mysterious Biden Harris Van in nevada where democrats were supposedly filling out mail ballots its a claim that has been repeated multiple times by trumps legal team and fox news. The poll workers saw people bringing handfuls of ballots to a Biden Harris Campaign van. Those ballots were then filled out at the van, placed in return envelopes. Mailin ballots were filled out on the side of a Biden Harris Van. You saw something suspicious, were going to get right into it tonight, happening on the side of a Biden Harris Van in the parking lot of the polling station. A van pulled up at the center marked, biden harris. Wow the doors of the van were open ballots were clearly visible ballots were opened with letter openers and ballots were filled in and resealed in envelopes seth nobody gets a van so they can do crimes outside of it you do the crimes in the van thats what vans are for youre either doing mobile pet grooming or crimes and if its for crimes, you dont put your name on the side of it. You never see a van air brushed molester mobile. [ laughter ] although the kids would know i think theyre going to have candy. And then yesterday, trump shared an even dumber Conspiracy Theory, a video by some random lady of Election Officials in california picking up mail ballots from a drop box, which is perfectly normal and legal. I thought they collected them all. I just want to document. No, theyre still collecting. How wait but how come they already called the state . Because these are mailin ballots. Are you guys official election guys . Where do you guys take them . Election center thats it. Seth im beginning to think a lot of these people genuinely dont know how mail works. Im sorry, where is that white piece of paper going and why does it have a little sticker of an American Flag on it and why are you guys wearing shorts in november okay okay im just asking. And it will not shock you to learn the Trump Campaign and Republican Partys attempts to invalidate the results of the elections are, in large part, a giant grift with the side effect of lighting our democracy on fire the Trump Campaign has been soliciting donations to pay for legal challenges to supposedly defend the integrity of the election, but as reuters reported, it turns out, in the fine print that donations under 8 thousand go to the president and the Republican National committee. Like Everything Else trump and the gop do, this is also a scam. The moneys just going to them when trump finally concedes, hell probably do it in a bugatti, wearing diamondencrusted cartier sunglasses and the necklace from the titanic. Thanks for all your donations, but unfortunately it wasnt enough to stop the deep state. If you need me, ill be vacationing in fiji. With only a few exceptions, the Republican Party is standing in lockstep behind President Trump and perhaps his final grift as president because they know it will fire up his base. And they dont care what damage they do to democracy in the process. Even after trump leaves office, cynical republicans know trumpism is the future of their party and they want to maintain a Good Relationship with the previous president seth this has been a closer look. Seth well be right back with more late night. Announcer for more of seths closer looks be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. This year, our driveways have brought us all closer together. And been our gateways to the world. 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Do you need to cut camera . Seth no no, im okay so, john, what was your reaction to the various conversations about lewis and mccain having played a role in the election outcome . Well, as with many things, i was psyched and then i overthought it, and i became annoyed and thats still where im at can we show the video clips that i brought, please . The evidence among the deceased people who had a real influence in this election are john lewis in georgia and john mccain in arizona i felt like john lewis was speaking to us and he was doing his happy dance in heaven. I have had a vision of john mccain up in heaven, smiling down at these results. And frankly, i think ruth bader ginsburg, and john lewis, and john mccain are looking down on us and smiling seth so, john, your annoyance is its like, hey, america, do you believe in ghosts or not . You know make up your minds many times you hear people say, oh, i felt like pop was watching over me today when i hit that home run, or i could feel mama with us when we bought the house today, or look at that dead ghost kid in three men and a baby. but when you actually say, i believe in ghosts, people laugh at you they shouldnt laugh, they should believe seth so youre saying ghosts did play a role, and the media should lean more into it i like how you phrased that, yes. Yes. Mccain and lewis straight up haunted this election. But they were not the only ones. The, uh the suburban mom voting block was not the deciding factor in this election, but rather angry middleclass ghosts and ghouls, who maybe had supported trump in 2016, maybe did not, but at this point said, look, im a ghost boo. I cant take four more years of this. Seth why would so many ghosts support biden . We know that many of the elderly went for trump, so why would we not see a larger red wave among the passed away . I like how you phrased that as well. Well, trump held rallies in many states, as we know but what is now clear to me is that biden must have travelled to the underworld, crossed the river styx, charmed hedra, the sevenheaded dog who guards the gates of hell, and played his fife for persephone, the queen of hell herself. Seth so, that whole time we thought joe biden was just in his basement, he was in a metaphoric basement . Hades, yes. I think thats very clear from the election returns believe. But despite that, next week when its all over and no one cares about this election, youll see this honest discourse about ghosts disappear from the media. And im sick of it do you know how many people have seen a ghost i dont. But based on my own field work, i know like 70 people who have so, im sure theres one seen every day. And coverage of these hauntings shouldnt be something that we only talk about every four years at election time seth so, your point is, you believe in ghosts, even though you havent seen one, but want to im scared of it, but yes seth and a lot of times, people dont believe in ghosts and now people are sort of waxing imaginatively that john lewis and john mccains memories affected their constituency and they are going far with this idea and saying it was them from the afterlife. And right now what you want is paranormal consistency. Seth paranormal consistency. Yes, thank you. Seth now, republicans say dead people voted in 2020, but they mean living people are using dead peoples names in voter fraud. I assume, based on what you said, you think that if a dead person an actual dead person manages to vote on their own, it should count it should count but dont go patting voting ghosts on the back, because they didnt have to wait in long lines. You know, they can go through walls and they can float, as well as other things you can do when youre a ghost. Seth you know, i read once that if they concentrate very hard yes seth they can kick a can yes, yes, yes, yes. Seth down a subway platform. Yes, you did not read that. What you did was you saw that in the movie ghost, which stars patrick swayze, who has passed away, and because of his dirty dancing ties, he may have delivered that key catskills block. Seth now, Ruth Bader Ginsburgs last words were, my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. Trump, shockingly, did not honor that wish and pushed through the appointment of amy coney barrett. Baby coney island, yes. Seth her dying wish was rejected and if ghosts are real, you think she would have intervened oh, oh, oh, no. Your folly is not in your logic, but in your theology you see, in judaism, there is no defined afterlife. So ruth bader ghostburg would, therefore, have to be what we call a dybbuk, which is a much more dangerous spirit, who can possess a human being and can terrorize the living i would keep an eye on people like susie essman and see if they have laced collars all of a sudden seth so what youre saying is trump could have a dybbuk on his hands . And not just one dybbuk i believe another jewish phantasm humiliated the Trump Campaign this week when ed koch, thank you, former mayor of new york, and a playful ghost, like a jewish casper, sent his former enemy, Rudy Giuliani to the four seasons landscaping company, a prank that has dead koch written all over it seth but now heres my question why would giuliani trust the ghost ed koch . Aka, dead koch ah. Well, the dead koch dybbuk, yes, probably took the form of a young blonde reporter from Eastern Europe as you know, rudy cannot resist those. Pretty embarrassing for mr. Bafanghouliani, the italian silly ghost. Seth giuliani is not dead, nor do i think that bafanghouliani is the italian word for ghost no, but its a good name for rudy seth yeah. John, thank you for being here or was i . Cut to four. Cut to camera four, please cut to four. Ill just roll off the ground. Seth all right well be right back with dan akyroyd. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Now, theres skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved. 90 clearer skin at 4 months. After just 2 doses. Skyrizi may increase your risk of infections. And lower your ability to fight them. Before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection. Or symptoms such as fevers,. Sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs. Or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. I feel free to bare my skin. Visit skyrizi. Com. When panhe doesnt justs mmake a pizza. He uses fresh, clean ingredients to make a masterpiece. Taste our delicious new flatbread pizzas today. Panera. 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Carter mclean, everybody thanks for a great week, carter our first guest tonight is an Academy Award nominated and emmy winning actor and writer you know as one of the original cast members of saturday night live and from the movies, ghostbusters, the blue brothers, and so many others. He has recently added crystal head onyx, an agavebased vodka in a beautiful bottle to his awardwinning crystal head vodka line please welcome to the show, the great, the fantastic dan aykroyd. How are you, danny ahh, a1 sir good to talk to you. Good to talk to you. Seth and youre outside i am here seth youre outside with the blues mobile right now i know. Listen, you know, ive always looked for these old ford marquises, the grand marquises they dont make them anymore and they ride like a rolls royce. Theyre so overbuilt and i was in upstate new york a couple of years ago, and i middle of the night in a town up there, and i just flashed by this town, and in a car lot i just saw a corner of this car. And i was looking for a black one. So i call up, and i find out that the guy says, oh, ive got two of them. I said well, i want both. He said, you know your cars, man. Theyre fbi cars. So i get them home dig this dig this watch this seth, these this car wasnt an fbi car, but it was it belonged to the state department seth wow see that . You see . Let me get it right here cause you really got to see this here how do we get that do you see seth there you go. There it is there it is. Look see . Department of state, washington d. C and it has a gun safe in it. It had a light and siren, and they were made, you know, for diplomatic assistants, for couriers, you know, take to the airport. And my fantasy is that Hillary Clinton rode in this car. And, you know, im going to lend it to mike pompeo. Ive got two of them im going to lend them to him to pack up his family and head on out any time and ill drive them myself seth thats so kind of you yeah. Seth now dan, what happens when lets go inside seth yeah, lets go inside i have to ask though dan, what does a gentleman say when hes selling two cars and he realizes dan aykroyds the one whos buying them . Well, i always have intermediaries, you see. Seth oh, very smart. So i dont have to overpay. Like, ive got i have two of those government cars and i have three other marquises. And seth, for all of these cars, all of them, im into them ive got five of them. My daughter has one. Our neighbor has one ive got those two my dad used to drive one 60 thousand for all of them seth thats fantastic. I mean, thats really good. So, when the name aykroyd comes up, you know the price will go up by seven times, so i seth right, and i guess you can say youre not that dan aykroyd. No, no. Yeah seth hey, i want to say this, the last time i saw you was at the snl 40th and this year is the 40th anniversary of the Blues Brothers. Yeah. Seth which must be even harder for you to wrap your head around is it true that you guys actually, just one day, just lost john . Well, on the movie this is a great story. We were shooting at the harvey, illinois mall, you know, that famous mall scene it was an abandoned mall at the time the area had suffered some economic setbacks. And we were there at 3 00 in the morning shooting the mall scene, and lunch had broken and we went looking for john, couldnt find him anywhere, you know and so i just what are we going to do . So i saw this path kind of leading out of the the, you know, weedstrewn parking lot into a suburban neighborhood nearby and i thought, ill just try that. And i walked down this path, and i walked into the neighborhood and i looked all the houses were dark, but halfway down one of the streets there were lights on and i thought, well, i dont know im going to ive got an instinct here. Im gonna try. And i knocked on the door, and the guy said, yeah . And i said, were shooting a movie over here. Yeah, i know, i know. Well, were looking for one of our actors. Yeah, i know, belushi he came in here about an half an hour ago he raided my fridge. Hes asleep on my couch. He was the guest who never left. You know, who could you know, he would walk into any anybodys house in america and be welcomed. You know, raid the fridge and lay down its like murray, who goes into these weddings and goes and you know, theyre ambassadors of comedy seth and its true you know, again, you do it for that long and you do it at a time where, you know, the show is obviously the most iconic thing on television. Obviously, its longevity has spoken to what you guys established. You and john shared an office. One day i would love to walk the halls of 17 with you, because i believe it was an office i ended up with, and but you actually installed you made some calls as to what the 17th floor needed, including a shower and is it true you put in bunk beds . You know, i bet you used that shower when you were there i mean, i established that shower for the writers staying over yes, i put in bunk beds, and a toaster oven and a kettle. And, you know, it was it was living there for me, i lived there like for most of the show, i lived there every tuesday night. And sometimes every wednesday night. So, during the entire run of snl when i was there and, you know, beautiful times and beautiful memories but the Blues Brothers, we still do it. Jimmy, johns brother and i, still have the Blues Brothers classic review when we you know, in precovid times we were going out to casinos, and corporate events, and concert halls and having really a lot of fun with it i do miss the music. That is something thats so essential, you know. And its too bad that we cant perform, all of us, in the Music Industry or broadway performer today, his gig is down all my people in house of blues we have 13 nightclubs we have, you know, several thousand employees that cant come to work, barbacks, waiters, waitresses. This virus is more powerful than any ceo, or you know, head of state. Its just its a dead zombie calling the shots. And i have optimism, though. I think that mankind, if we all pull together and are sensible about wearing masks, and accepting the vaccines, and dont play into the ignorance of many who would deny what good these things are going to do, well get through this and i welcome you to the house of blues in vegas. Come and party with us when were back up. Seth one of the things that can help people get through while theyre social distancing is, of course, some spirits. Youve got a new crystal skull are you excited about having and i poured myself a drink that im going to join you with but tell us about the new the onyx well, this has never been this has never done before, to take the blue agave plant, which is what tequila is made out of, and give it a vodka finish its dangerous youre going to like that. Seth its wonderful. It has kind of an earthy, absinthe kind of smell to it what weve done is, taken the blue agave fluid, mash, and weve mixed it with the newfoundland water, and we have a peppery, kind of fiery, earthy vodka here that is based and never been based on blue agave, a vodka. It never has been. Were the first to do it heres our pride diversity bottle which comes out at pride times. Were very happy that that constituency follows us, because were a canadianmade vodka and not a vodka made in some countries where gay people are persecuted and the consumer in america, and canada and the world is very conscious of our identity as a canadian product did you have a sip of that isnt that nice . Seth its really nice. Its really mm. Its just what we need its really great. Yeah. You know, some people have said its like a white whiskey or a kind of more earthy, sweeter absinthe and its just exactly what exactly, what we need in moderation i would take five people to a head not one person to a head. You know but in this kind of time of isolation, a lot of reflection ive been doing, a lot of introspection. Ive been answering a lot of emails seth, youve really made it in comedy youre at the pinnacle, the peak you have your own show you have your own you can do standup, youre going to be producing other television you got to work with amy poehler in update. You guys managed that desk, didnt you seth yeah. Yeah, yeah. Seth it was some of the best years of my life and now its jost and che, and theyre doing such a good job. Seth the best. Its just wonderful it wasnt a gig i enjoyed doing, but when i saw people who could really handle it like you and amy, it was wonderful. Now so seth well, you just you sort of did it as a character. Isnt that a safe way to say it . I did, and i and it didnt really fit i was trying to be straight all the way through and not accepting the jokes. You guys had it perfectly, especially you i think probably you were one of the best ever to deliver that material and youve made it and you must have young people always coming to you and saying, how do i get into the business . How do i get into the industry . Or how do i learn about comedy . Well i have tonight ive got some tips for you. Seth oh, great for those young people out there who want to learn about comedy, and improv and standup. The first thing that you have to do is youve got to go the National Comedy museum in erie, in jamestown, new york its in the old erie Railway Station there. And it takes you right from, you know, the greek comedies, aristophanes, the frogs, all the way through the blue comedy of the 50s. You know, those blue records that women and men were making right through to saturday night live and second city. It is a museum of comedy, and not to be missed and any kid in high school or college that wants to be a writer, a comedy writer, they go there, theyre going to get an afternoon course in comedy history. And my motorcycle is there the motorcycle that i rode to snl on every four each of those four years, i rode down the new york throughway taking my life in my hands on that harley, and they came to me and said, is there any memorabilia we can get from your time at snl . I said, the bike that kept me alive for those four years. So thats there and the storys there. The other thing is theres an author called kliph nesteroff, nestr erhoff. He wrote a book called the comedians. Its a manual for understanding british and american comedy, the influence of canadians its one of the best compendiums of comedy that ive ever read. And then Steve Martins book, born standing up, and his book the troubadour and then john lithgow wrote a book called drama. And so any novice there that wants to get into the industry, wants to understand rhythm, comedy, performance, the commitment of an actor in comedy, i would say those are the books to read, born standing up, troubadour, nesteroffs book, the comedian and get to the museum in jamestown. Its there because lucille balls home was there. Seth thats fantastic advice so kind of you to pass it along. Thank you so much for being here, dan. Oh, absolutely. Seth its always such a pleasure crystal head onyx is available now. Well be right back with Anya Taylorjoy. We love the new apartment. The Natural Light is amazing. 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And a good deal means a great deal. Satchel paige was still dominating batters at 59. At 52 celia cruz was still winning grammys at 77 john wheeler illuminated our ideas of the universe at 70 and roger crouch was 56 when he first went into space your best is yet to come seth our next guest is a talented actress you know from films like, emma, split, and the witch. She currently stars in the Queens Gambit, which is streaming on netflix lets take a look. Do you imagine that you saw the king as a father and the queen as a mother . I mean, one to attack, one to protect . Theyre just pieces and anyway, it was the board i noticed first. The board yes its an entire world of just 64 squares i feel safe in it. Seth please welcome to the show Anya Taylorjoy how are you, anya . Hello thank you for having me. Im good, thanks seth this show is so fantastic, for anyone who hasnt watched it, you play an orphan who is a chess prodigy and of course, to some degree you had to learn the game, i would imagine. How did that education go . Yes so, i had this wonderful idea that i was going to get fantastic at chess, and you know, it was going to be my superpower forever but the reality was that i was working backtoback and so i just had to kind of give myself to it and learn as much as i could. But the actual sequences were learned five minutes before, because there was no way that i was going to be able to play 350 games from memory. So, yeah, just five minutes before seth well, i will say it makes me feel better because, of course, the way this story is presented is that someone who is a chess prodigy sort of sees the board and knows the world immediately. Its not the case of sort of learning over time so, i felt better about the fact that ive always been bad at chess. I mean, i had to learn like i had to understand chess for myself, because i felt that people care about it so much that i couldnt just sort of show up and not understand the theory of it but the theory and then applying that theory are two very Different Things seth have you played at all since you wrapped . Yes i have a huge chess board here with me. Im working in northern ireland, but the chess board is huge, and that means that if i have to go home, that means im getting on a plane and thats the chess girl with the chess set in the chess show [ laughter ] like its a bit much so im trying to figure out how to get it home with me seth right its like youre basically wanting people to remember you from that show and then praise you. So i see that youre in trouble here i wanted to dye my hair red for christmas and i was like, maybe not the time. Like, maybe not this year. Seth its good its a very nice position to be in that youre doing that to avoid people being happy to see you as opposed to the other way around yes, i think. Seth yeah, i think so. You so the show, a lot of the show takes place in kentucky, but you shot most of it in berlin how a city thats just known for being a 24hour city a city i love. Did you enjoy your time there . I loved it. I always wanted to live in berlin i love the people. I love the space that the city has, but my favorite thing about it is that its connection to nightlife and dancing isnt necessarily like a lets get wrecked all the time thing like, you can actually do it semiholistically and with the way that i was working, it was like i dont know wed finish a night shoot at 5 00 a. M. And i could go to the club and dance for like a long time and get rid of whatever it was that i was carrying, or sundays, 2 00 until 8 00 p. M and then you go home, have a bath and youre like, im ready. Im prepared. Seth its interesting, because i would imagine having a sort of a physical outlet would be helpful for this character because, you know, again, playing a prodigy where so much is happening in your head, you know, obviously youre always wondering what your character is thinking when youre an actor, but this was a particularly thinky character for lack of a better term. Did you find that challenging . I was desperately thinky in this program, absolutely i dont know i think ive been lucky enough to play very introspective characters, and i was told by somebody far more talented than i am that if you have the right thoughts it will show on your face and if theyre sticking a camera that close to your face, you hope that the audience is getting whatever it is that youre giving out. So, yeah, i think getting to spend so much time in beths headspace was wonderful because i really care about her as a person, but it was certainly an intense experience like, i was ready at the end seth so you were born in miami, grew up in buenos aires, your first language is spanish i heard that you learned basically how to speak english from harry potter, is that correct . Yes seth okay. My uncle taught me to read and to speak at the same time with the harry potter books. Seth so does that mean that maybe some of your first english that you could speak was spellbased . Yes [ laughter ] i was such an annoying child i like god bless my parents it means that i was either casting spells continuously or using very annoying words. Like i was such a precocious, annoying little kid, its like, mommy, i cleaned the dishes meticulously. You know, that kind of thing so yeah. Seth oh, well. I think you were probably a pretty good kid to have around nonetheless. 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