♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers. tonight -- mariska hargitay star of "castle rock," actress lizzy caplan music from sam fender, featuring the 8g band with terence higgins. ♪ [ cheers and applause ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night. how is everybody doing tonight [ cheers and applause that is wonderful to hear. in the case, let's get to the news president trump this weekend announced he will no longer push to hold an upcoming g7 summit at his golf resort in florida

apparently he just found out g7 doesn't mean you get to play seven rounds of golf [ laughter ] that's right president trump will no longer hold the upcoming g7 summit at his golf resort in florida yeah, i guess it is a bad idea to commit an impeachable offense when you're already being impeached. [ laughter ] that would be like stabbing the bailiff at your murder trial [ laughter and applause house speaker nancy pelosi today distributed a fact sheet outlining what she feels are president trump's abuses of power. even more impressive, getting it down to a sheet. [ laughter and applause [ cheers and applause politico has published a new article about the campaign expenses of the top democratic presidential candidates and found that former vice president joe biden has spent nearly

$4,000 on ice cream since july [ light laughter ] that would explain all the brain freezes. [ laughter and applause senator -- senator mitt romney admitted last night to having a secret twitter account in addition to his regular public one. said trump, "my twitter account is secret too. wait, what?! [ laughter ] everyone can -- what they must think i'm a [ bleep ] lunatic. [ laughter ] senator bernie sanders held a 26,000 person rally this weekend in queens. the crowd was so huge that bernie almost had to use a microphone [ laughter ] authorities in michigan are looking for a group of thieves who recently stole 22,000 apples from an orchard. if convicted they could be sentenced to up to three more weekends of apple picking. [ laughter ] today was national reptile awareness day.

so take a moment and remember that you too can save 15% or more on car insurance. [ laughter and applause burger king has announced it will be selling a halloween-themed ghost whopper, which comes with a white cheddar cheese-flavored bun. or you could just eat there every day and before long, you'll be a ghost. [ light laughter ] charmin has set up a new toilet paper-dispensing kiosk in a manhattan park so if you're in a manhattan park, and you're searching for toilet paper, something has gone horribly wrong [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause according to a new report, a species of rat-eating monkeys in malaysia have been instrumental in protecting farms and crops from rodent infestations said the mta, "we're listening [ laughter ] please do not be afraid of the rodent-eating monkeys. [ light laughter ]

they're just here to eat the rats." and finally disney and the cookware brand le creuset have teamed up to create a line of "star wars" themed kitchen items. perfect if you live solo [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause she is the star of nbc's "law and order: svu," now in its 21st season. mariska hargitay is here tonight, everybody [ cheers and applause you can see her in "castle rock," returning for its second season this wednesday on hulu lizzy caplan is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause and we will have music from british musician sam fender. so you're here - [ cheers and applause -- on a great night. before we get to all that, today the president melted down yet again in a q&a with reporters after his white house basically confessed to multiple corrupt abuses of power. for more on this it's time for "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ♪ >> seth: we say this a lot but it was true again today.

donald trump talked to reporters. and once again, he lost his mind in fact, you should just assume that's always the case his mind has always been lost. at this point, it would be more shocking if cnn told us his mind had been found [ light laughter ] breaking news. trump was normal today [ laughter and applause the president has always, always been unhinged. and he's always hopped from scandal to scandal but now with the impeachment inquiry intensifying, it just feels like more is happening faster the trump administration right now feels like the sports center of scandals. instead of having to keep track of a bunch of different scandals like we did for the first three years, now we're just getting all the highlights crammed together at once trump just admitted to a quid pro quo in d.c and now we take you to new york, where aaron rodgers just hit rudy giuliani with a 38-yard touchdown pass right in the [ bleep ]. [ laughter and applause so as a result, there are just more opportunities for trump to melt down in public. and that's what happened again today. for example trump said this insane thing about his abrupt and widely- criticized decision

to abandon our kurdish allies in syria who have been fighting isis >> isis was all over the place i'm the one, meaning it was me, and this administration working with others, including the kurds, that captured all of these people that you're talking about right now. most of the isis fighters that we captured -- we, we, not obama, we. we captured them, me so i'm the one that did the capturing. >> seth: no. [ laughter ] no, you're not you're not the one who did the capturing. he makes it sound like he was parachuting into syria on weekends like tom cruise in "mission: impossible." [ laughter and applause trump also insisted, once again, that his infamous phone call with the president of ukraine, in which he dangled hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid as part of a quid pro quo to get ukraine to manufacture dirt on joe biden, was perfect. but today he seemed to forget that it was a phone call and kept calling it a letter >> this thing is all about a letter that was perfect.

you never hear the letter anymore. the whistleblower's account was totally different than the letter the whistleblower gave a false account. >> seth: the whistleblower gave a false account? you keep calling a phone call "a letter." [ laughter ] trump probably just changed it in his mind from a phone call to a letter, because he loves getting letters. he's always carrying them around and waving them in the air, showing them off to reporters. [ laughter ] i mean, look at him. he's like a high school senior running into the house with his college acceptance letter. [ laughter ] "mom, look, kim jong-un loved my essay. [ laughter and applause trump then moved on -- [ cheers and applause trump then moved on to defending his temporary decision to hold next year's g7 summit with world leaders at his private golf course in florida, which he rescinded on saturday after two days of intense backlash trump insisted his golf course was the perfect site for an international summit >> everybody in the g7 would have had their own building it was so good florida loved it they love economic development

it's -- it's not because -- it's a beautiful place. it's new it's been totally rebuilt. it's new everything's good. got massive meeting rooms. unlimited for security because it's on, you know, hundreds of acres. best location. right next to the airport. miami international, one of the biggest airports in the world. some people say it's the biggest. but one of the biggest airports in the world >> seth: what do you mean "some say it's the big --" [ laughter ] it either is or -- it's not a mystery. [ laughter ] we can measure it. and as a reporter noted on twitter, it's not even in the top 20 [ laughter and applause trump -- i mean, trump talks about it like scientists have been working for years to discover which airport is the biggest airport. like there are hieroglyphics written on a cave somewhere and archaeologists have been trying to decipher them in order to determine whether miami is one of the bigger airports "the symbols are a plane, a plus sign - [ laughter ]

and a retiree who lives in palm beach. what could it mean?" [ light laughter ] trump then defended himself against accusations that he was using the presidency to enrich himself by lying about the fact that he has no relationship with his businesses, and weirdly complaining about a deal president obama made with netflix after he left office >> i don't run my business i actually put all the stuff in trusts they run -- and i didn't have to do that but -- under no obligation to do it. you know, i don't know if you know it, george washington -- he ran his business simultaneously while he was president many other presidents -- there weren't too many really rich presidents but there were a few. they ran their business. hey. obama made a deal for a book is that running a business i'm sure he didn't even discuss it while he was president, yeah. he has a deal with netflix when did they start talking about that >> seth: i'm sorry you think obama was cutting secret deals with netflix during his presidency [ light laughter ] and we just never heard about it you're the one who's constantly talking about your golf courses. i never once heard obama end a press conference by saying, "and

by the way, if you like what you heard today -- [ laughter ] -- check out my new standup special on netflix it's called 'barack the house.'" [ laughter and applause then - then trump tried a different argument he defended himself by claiming previous presidents also ran their businesses while they were in office. >> other presidents, if you look, other presidents were wealthy. not huge wealth. george washington was actually considered a very, very rich man at the time. but they ran their businesses. george washington, they say had two desks. he had a presidential desk and a business desk. >> seth: oh, is that what they say? are these also the same people who say miami is the biggest airport? [ laughter ] what business was washington supposedly running on the side, anyway "many people don't know this, but george washington had a business where he gave private boat tours of the delaware river. [ laughter ] and on one phone he'd be like, 'uh, the british are coming. and then he'd be like, 'we'd love to have your party on our

boat.' [ laughter and applause yeah, bring chips and stuff. you might remember that this all started on thursday when trump's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney announced out of nowhere that trump had awarded a big contract to host a major international summit to himself. >> we're going to announce today that we're going to do the 46th g7 summit on june 10th through june 12th at the trump national doral facility in miami, florida there's a long list of the accommodations on site that the -- that the ballrooms, bilateral rooms, a number of rooms, the photo ops, the support hotels that are there, the proximity to cities and airports, helicopter landing zones, medical facilities, et cetera >> seth: not only did he just brazenly announce that the president would enrich himself by hosting an official event at his own golf course, but then he did an infomercial for it. [ light laughter ] there are ballrooms, medical facilities, helicopter landings. and if you book for halloween weekend, you'll even meet our creepy siblings. [ laughter and applause

now mulvaney -- mulvaney and trump also insisted the event wouldn't actually benefit trump, because they would do it "at cost," or even for free. but this claim that trump would do it at cost was obviously a sham, because as we know from previous events at trump resorts, that's not how it works. for example, at previous events at trump properties, taxpayers have paid $546 a night for hotel rooms at mar-a-lago and $1,000 for liquor that white house staffers drank in one sitting. the only way spending $1,000 for liquor in one sitting makes sense is if you are a white house staffer. [ laughter ] "the other day he called the fbi, because he couldn't find his remote control [ laughter ] we're all going to die in jail." [ laughter ] and also, i'm sorry, but if taxpayers are going to spend 1,000 bucks on booze, then they should get to drink the booze themselves, especially when you have to deal with this president. in fact, every trump tweet should come with an option to retweet, like, or send me a bottle of whiskey. [ laughter and applause so after the outcry, trump

rescinded the decision on twitter. and then mulvaney had to go on the sunday shows to explain why trump was so wounded by all the backlash >> he was honestly surprised at the level of pushback. at the end of the day, you know, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business. >> seth: okay, first of all, he's not in the hospitality business he's the president second, trump was never in the hospitality business hospitality is when you show warmth and compassion to guests and strangers. trump was in the ruthless real estate ass[ bleep ] who stands like a baboon on his hind legs business [ laughter and applause but this is such -- this is such a key confession from mulvaney, because it explains so much. trump still sees himself as the corrupt real estate mogul and reality star who always got away with whatever he wanted, rather than a government official who's bound to the rule of law that's the trump we saw in that infamous phone call with the president of ukraine and during his press conference on thursday, mulvaney literally admitted that they held up the aid to ukraine as part of a quid pro quo to investigate the democrats. >> did he also mention to me in

the past the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely no question about that but that's it. and that's why we held up the money. now there was a report - >> so -- so the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered -- >> it was -- >> -- to withhold funding to ukraine? >> the look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. and that is absolutely appropriate. >> withholding the funding >> yeah. >> but to be clear, what you described is a quid pro quo. it is, funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. >> we do -- we do that all the time with foreign policy [ laughter ] >> seth: you do? [ laughter ] so not only did he admit it, he said this isn't even the only time they've done it in fact, many people don't know this, but washington had two desks. one for business, and one for crimes [ light laughter ] mulvaney then got even more brazen, openly bragging about the scheme and saying this >> i have news for everybody get over it.

there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> seth: "get over it? i'm sorry. but you don't get to talk about an illegal quid pro quo that's at the center of an impeachment inquiry like you're a cartoon mom on a funny t-shirt "5:00 is wine o'clock. and if you don't like it, you can build a bridge and get over it." [ laughter ] mulvaney continued to argue that the president was allowed to do whatever he wants with foreign policy and allowed to use whoever he wants to do it like his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who is reportedly under criminal investigation >> do you believe that rudy giuliani's role as an outside adviser to the president is problematic >> that's the president's call the president gets to set foreign policy and he gets to choose who to do so, as long as it doesn't violate any law. >> seth: okay, but he probably did. [ light laughter ] i mean, two of rudy's associates who helped him dig up dirt in ukraine have already been arrested i mean, remember these two halloween decorations? [ laughter ] lev and igor are their real names. i mean, the guys who look like they just got arrested for huffing bowling alley shoe spray. [ light laughter ] the mobster versions of bill and ted.

they've been in multiple photos with rudy, trump and mike pence. and you can't forget them, because they look like they should be hanging out with rocky and mugsy. [ laughter ] so now mulvaney's confession, which comes after trump's own confession, let's remember, has left the rest of the administration struggling with how to respond yesterday, secretary of state mike pompeo, who's also implicated in this whole scheme, was asked about mulvaney's comments on abc. and you can see his brain short circuit in real time >> what i'm asking is would it be appropriate to condition - >> george, i'm not going to get into hypotheticals and secondary things based on what someone else has said. george, you would have never done it when you were the spokesman. i'm not gonna do it here today >> well, except it's not a hypothetical we saw the chief of staff, the -- >> it is, george you just said "if --" george, you just said, "if this happened." that is by definition a hypothetical >> the chief of staff said it did. [ laughter ] >> george -- you asked me if this happened. it's a hypothetical. >> seth: wow, normally when someone takes that long to answer a question on tv, a red "x" pops up on screen. [ laughter ] top five answers on the board.

name a country the president has colluded with. [ laughter ] [ buzzer ] [ applause ] i'm sorry. the answer we were looking for is ukraine ukraine. [ light laughter ] things are moving very fast for trump and his henchmen and that's because the impeachment inquiry has finally provided a political process to hold them accountable. i don't know if any of these guys will ever be arrested but if they are i hope the cops who do it say -- >> i'm the one that did the capturing. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ♪ we'll be right back with mariska hargitay, everybody. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. (statler) hello, my name is itsy bitsy. i love watching the weather. rain again? (robin) hahahaha! (statler) that's impossible.

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[ cheers and applause ♪ >> seth: welcome back, everybody. give it up for the 8g band right over there [ cheers and applause sitting in with us this week, he is the drummer for ani difranco as well as the warren haynes band be sure to check him out on "the last waltz" 2019 tour, beginning november 5th through november 23rd. from new orleans, terence higgins is here, everybody. >> who dat [ cheers and applause >> seth: thanks for being here terence. [ cheers and applause our first guest tonight is an emmy and golden globe-winning actress you know from "law and order svu," which is now in its 21st season. [ cheers ] new episodes air thursdays at 10:00 here on nbc.

let's take a look. >> hey, cap, you got a sec >> if that's for me, i'll give you a full minute. so you find all your dv-perp >> no known address. he and joelle just separated -- is tracking his phone. and his son thinks he lives in a truck. >> is she willing to cooperate >> no, that girl -- she's backing up, but we can't >> seth: please welcome back to the show mariska hargitay, everyone [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> thank you i'm so happy to be here. >> seth: this is -- i feel like every time you're here, we talk about you're about to break a record you're breaking a record now it's official, the longest-running drama in television history that's amazing >> crazy [ cheers and applause crazy, crazy >> seth: and the longest -- the

longest running character as well >> yeah. >> seth: you've been there from the beginning. olivia's been there from the beginning. >> i have. >> seth: it must be such a trip. >> i have a necklace to prove it >> seth: do you really >> yeah, how about that? >> seth: wow, 21 there it is. >> 21. >> seth: wow >> and that's not my age [ laughter ] >> seth: do you -- it is a show -- obviously, that not only that airs on nbc once a week, but it's also on all the time. >> constantly. >> seth: are you aware of this >> i am. i can't get away from myself >> seth: yeah. are you ever flipping around and you see your -- do you stop if you see an old episode of "svu?" >> usually, not. >> seth: yeah. >> however, about a month ago i did and i stopped. and it was so old. and i'm like "i don't remember that." and i said, "oh, i'll just watch and remember what episode it was. and i sat there watching and watching half hour went by, got completely engrossed in the show didn't remember a thing. didn't even know it was me [ laughter ] this is a good show. [ laughter ] but it was so sad. because i could not remember and then i tried to remember and i just couldn't. >> seth: that's -- i mean -- >> that's sad. >> seth: yeah. i mean, you know -- i've been doing this one now -- we've done

this for over five years but i wonder when the time will come that i will -- someone -- i will see someone and forget that they were a guest on the show. >> oh. >> seth: do you forget guest stars ever >> constantly. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> it's bad. >> seth: yeah. >> but it's not so much that i forget them. the other day i was watching "snl." >> seth: yeah. >> and there was this amazing actor, amazing host. >> seth: yeah. >> and i -- we know who we're talking about. he's so genius and he was so hilarious. and i said, "that guy's good that guy's great who is that guy? and he's a huge star of his own show >> seth: yeah. >> and everyone went, "yeah, he was on svu." >> seth: yeah, david harbour >> that's the one! >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and i couldn't remember and i was so embarrassed and then i went, "hey, i know that guy." >> seth: well, it was interesting. 'cause, david harbour was here a couple of weeks ago right before he hosted "snl." and he was talking about before "stranger things." >> oh. >> seth: that was the sort of thing he was in all the time >> right >> seth: he sort of played -- kind of played scuzzier guys who were getting in trouble on "svu." >> right that's why i didn't recognize him. >> seth: yeah. >> but he made me happy on "snl" -- >> seth: and i think that's -- >> i'll tell you that. >> seth: and i think that's a good reminder to all criminals,

is that you can at some point turn it around and host "snl." >> -- >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] you -- i want to ask about your early work 'cause we found -- you start wanting to be a comedian >> sort of >> seth: yeah, but that appealed to you >> and i thought that's -- i thought that's where we were going with it. >> seth: gotcha. >> i thought that's what -- you know, i did some stuff, a lot of sitcoms. and i thought, "this is going to be great." did a bunch, four in a row but it didn't always have such a great working record >> seth: yeah, you did -- we found a film that you were in -- >> yes >> seth: that shot in australia? is that right? >> that's the one. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] and it was - >> it was just funny to hear about the longest-running character. >> seth: yeah. >> the longest-running tv show, but it didn't start out like that >> seth: no, this was a very short-run character. >> well, super short a little too short for me. [ laughter ] >> seth: it was a "power rangers" movie >> i was going to be the queen >> seth: you were the queen in a "power rangers" movie. >> that was me >> seth: look at that! [ cheers and applause look at -- look at that. what was your -- do you remember the queen's --

>> it was -- i think her name was dul-see-a or dul-sen-a-ah. >> seth: uh-huh. >> but i was so excited. because i was going to australia to play this queen >> seth: yeah. >> i get there, hair, makeup, prosthetics, pieces, walking around like that feeling pretty good >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and it was shooting in australia. and then i was there for november - >> seth: uh-huh. >> and then december >> seth: great >> and then we were getting close to christmas and they had me on hold a lot. and finally around december 21st, i said, "hey, guys this is great. but you kept me on hold too long i got to go. it's christmas." >> seth: yeah. >> i think that's only fair. >> seth: yeah, yeah. >> so i go home. i fly home in december january 3rd i call them. i'm like "okay, i'm ready. and they're like "sweetie, you're good. don't worry about it." >> seth: really? >> yes, and they fired me. >> seth: wow >> yep >> seth: 'cause you left the movie. >> because i wanted to go home for christmas and be with my family >> seth: yeah. they -- did you learn a valuable lesson - >> yes >> seth: about being an actor? >> yes i watch my ps and qs on "svu" now. >> seth: yeah. >> and when they say, "we need you. i said, "i'm there and i'm ready. [ laughter ] so far, so good.

>> seth: did they recast you or did they - >> they did. >> seth: wow >> yes, they did >> seth: so, this is like -- i mean, this very hard to find, what we found. i mean, this is, like barely exists anywhere. >> nobody knows this >> seth: yeah. >> just us [ laughter ] >> seth: one thing we also figured out is - >> i'm going to make wallpaper, by the way, of that. >> seth: yeah. >> is that bad >> seth: no, no. you should >> okay. >> seth: this is a good one too. there was one more i didn't show >> oh. >> seth: this is you in all your splendor, queen dulcea look at that [ cheers and applause >> you know, it's very -- it's very wonder woman-y. >> seth: yeah, absolutely. >> these are all the beginnings of all my loves for these super -- >> seth: yeah, the power -- women of power >> women of power. >> seth: another one we -- >> my favorite >> seth: discovered is that olivia has a thing for ruth bader ginsburg. >> yes, she does >> seth: there's a photo in the back there i don't know if people can see it this is an easier one to see, like right at the desk >> yes >> seth: she's there [ laughter ] >> my son gave me this >> seth: he did? >> my son gave me that because -- >> seth: and that is something that then you decided to -- to add to the character >> well, as i became, you know, lieutenant, and i started thinking about who i look up to. who do i -- who is olivia benson's inspiration?

and she is about as superhero as they come. >> seth: yeah. >> and it makes -- and it really just - [ cheers and applause i could -- right i could just -- i watched that movie. and it changed my life and i could watch that movie on a loop, "rbg." >> seth: that's great. >> so -- >> seth: and it's fun to bring something personal to a character -- >> yeah. >> seth: that obviously, you have a very personal connection to >> yeah, so -- >> seth: we've talked in the past about - >> so would i ever say -- would ever want to say, "i can't," i say, "well, actually i can." >> seth: that's nice >> so, yeah. >> seth: i'm thinking of getting -- i'm going to get queen dulcea on my desk. [ light laughter ] if i can find someone to make me - >> i think it should be a -- a permanent fixture here >> seth: we've talk about halloween. >> yes >> seth: and your family do you guys know what you're going? 'cause tend to be -- >> we do >> seth: family costumes >> we do yes, we do this year, my 2 28-year-olds picked it. and we are going as "the descendants. >> seth: okay. >> disney descendants. >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> not -- not the george clooney movie. >> seth: i was going to say that seems like - [ light laughter ] >> nope, not that one. >> seth: yeah, just hawaiian shirts and flip-flops. >> yup >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ]

>> not happening so, i'm not -- i'm just sort of signed up this year -- >> seth: okay. >> to play the part that they want me to play. >> seth: gotcha. >> and they're very excited about it and we're good to go >> seth: that's great. >> i got a little pushback from august, the 13-year-old. >> seth: what was the pushback >> i'm not being a descendant. >> seth: oh, he does -- so, who decided? >> the little ones >> seth: gotcha. >> the two 8-year-olds they sort of called the shot this year. >> seth: oh, i get it. i see that if you're a 13-year-old -- >> yeah. >> seth: you might not want your - >> and he's like "yeah, no." >> seth: your public choices being made by 8-year-olds. >> right, so - [ light laughter ] that's what he said, "i'm gonna" - but he has gone awol before. there was the year that he called, when he was 3, "mary poppins. so peter and i went full, you know - >> seth: yeah. >> mary poppins and burt and then he goes, and he's 3, "yeah, i think i'm going to do spider- man. sorry. >> seth: really? >> yeah. >> seth: so you were full poppins -- >> yeah. >> seth: walking around with a spider-man - >> yep >> seth: which then made it look like you've lost your minds. >> a little bit. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> a little bit. and i was okay with it >> seth: yeah, so he should -- he should bite the bullet this time >> exactly >> seth: he owes the family one. >> but this year he's gonna be -- i think he's going to go -- he's going as cool pirate. >> seth: cool pirate >> yeah. >> seth: that is the most 13-year-old choice

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[ cheers and applause ♪ >> seth: our next guest is an emmy-nominated actress you know from shows such as "masters of sex" and "new girl" and films like "now you see me 2" and "mean girls. she stars in the second season of "castle rock" which premieres this wednesday on hulu let's take a look. >> then they will try to make you one of them. they'll say, "oh, there's no such thing as standards anymore.

and they will call that freedom. but it's their freedom to make you trash, their trash so they can use you and own you and throw you away >> mom >> but i won't let them. it'll be blood on christmas before i let them join i'll throw my blain body between you and anybody -- >> mom >> seth: please welcome to the show lizzy caplan, everyone. [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ >> seth: how are you >> never better, seth. how are you? >> seth: exactly the same as that >> fantastic >> seth: this is -- this takes place in a fictional town of castle rock -- >> that's right. >> seth: which is where a lot of stephen king's stories have taken place. were you -- are you a fan of the mystery/horror genre >> i am. i've become a massive fan of all of it. i think you can sneak little

secret messages into horror films. >> seth: like, good social messages >> yeah, like "get out." >> seth: yeah, of course >> you know? you got your normal slashy splashies and then you got your ones with the little hidden messages >> seth: yeah, a little slashy but also a little thinky >> that's right, a little thinky - [ light laughter ] and a little slashy. and i think "castle rock" is both of those things >> seth: yeah, it is nice. it's nicely both slashy and thinky and you are -- obviously, it's a very intense role as we can see from that clip you are playing a younger version of annie wilkes -- >> yup >> seth: which is the character kathy bates played in "misery. >> i've heard that kathy bates played the same role >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: i mean, that it is certainly a daunting thing to take on. but you do such a wonderful job. >> thank you >> seth: did you know going in that that would be a thing that people would always bring up to you? >> they bring it up to me a lot. >> seth: yeah. >> "did you know she won an oscar? do you know she's amazing? and the answer is "yes, i do know she is both those things. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. >> and i can guarantee you that our version of annie wilkes does not infringe upon the perfect kathy bates version -- >> seth: yeah. >> of annie wilkes >> seth: and if you have that in your head and it making you a

little bit crazy, that's perfect. you can use that in your performance. >> i guess i use that all. [ laughter ] that stress, that pressure i could just visualize kathy's face in my own >> seth: did you -- did you feel any stress or pressure did you ever meet stephen king did, like -- >> i didn't. >> seth: okay. >> i didn't. i read some text messages from stephen king, not to me. >> seth: uh-huh. [ laughter ] >> to other people >> seth: so you -- this is a case where you've -- you would hacked people's phone? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> seth: yeah. >> yeah. yeah, yeah >> seth: all right, of course. >> it's better that i didn't meet him i would have acted like a damn fool >> seth: you -- now, it this is because it's stephen king or do you act -- you tend to act like a damn fool any time you meet someone that you look up to? >> i act like a damn fool if i am starstruck, which does not happen often it would have happened to stephen king >> seth: right >> 100%. it happened with obama >> seth: uh-huh. >> president barack obama. >> seth: okay. [ cheers and applause so - >> you know him. >> seth: how did you -- so how did you find your way to meeting president -- >> it's so weird that i even met him. i'm not fancy.

i'm really not and i was -- i was in this fancy situation somehow where it was like a townhall in london. >> seth: okay. >> and i live in london. and so they asked me to go because i was american and when obama was president, i used to get asked to do cool stuff like that. [ laughter ] >> seth: right >> the phone has stopped ringing -- >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> in recent years but so we went and it was this amazing thing with these kids. and they were asking him questions. and he would give these really thoughtful, beautiful answers. and one time he was like, "i don't know the answer to that. i'm going to research it please give me your details. and i will get back to you." and you believed that he would >> seth: yeah. >> let's just remember that for a moment together. [ laughter ] so then these people -- i was there with my husband. and this aide came up and was like, "the president would love to meet you if you could stick around afterwards. and we were like, "you know that we're not anybody, right?" [ laughter ] the president, he said, "no, he doesn't -- and they were like, "no, no, he would like to meet you." we're like, "okay. [ light laughter ] we'll meet him, yeah." [ laughter ] >> seth: and do you -- now, at that moment do you feel awesome that he wants to meet you or

terrified? >> terrified >> seth: because you're going to have to -- okay >> terrified and so i knew that i'd probably have a few minutes in line before meeting him where i could come up with something dazzling - >> seth: of course >> to say to him, right? >> seth: yeah. >> so we're in line, my husband and i. the people - >> seth: who are the other people who do you got -- who else is back there >> it was benedict cumberbatch >> seth: okay. >> stanley tucci >> seth: wow >> and annie lennox. >> seth: those are some real - >> the big three >> seth: yeah, the big three [ laughter ] and then my -- >> seth: they're also roommates, right? >> yeah, all of them >> seth: the three of them yeah [ light laughter ] >> they all live together in a beautiful home and then my husband and i like little gremlins in the back -- [ laughter ] like, "oh, why did they let us do this? and so we're both very nervous and i'm trying to think of something to say i also putting on lipstick and shaking and freaking out and my husband who's very nervous, he just won't stop talking. he's like, "did you notice he had a paper cup? he was drinking coffee out of a paper cup. but it had a presidential seal who do you think does that do you think all his cups have presidential seals?" [ laughter ] i'm like, "shut up please, please." then when we're there, we're

about to meet barack obama and he's beautiful and he's tall. and he's elegant and he's everything. smells good, right >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and i immediately turn into a 15-year-old. this is what happens when i get star struck. like a 15-year-old, too cool for school, like i got better stuff to do. [ laughter ] i don't even want to be here >> seth: so this is what happens? you just -- you fall into this character? >> i did >> seth: oh my god >> i did i couldn't stop myself and so he said to me -- i was on "masters of sex" at the time and he said, "so i haven't had a chance to see your show. but i hear the reviews are very good." and i go, "yeah, well, that's all that matters, right? [ laughter ] first of all, i don't think that i don't think that reviews are the only thing that matter >> seth: right, right. >> and i don't want him to think that i'm somebody who thinks that but i said it. and he says to my husband, "you have a new show. and i'll make sure to watch it." and i go, "yeah, you should. it'll blow your mind." [ laughter ] and so -- and then he says, "well, you know, i don't have much time to watch stuff

but when i'm out of office --" and i was like, "just binge it binge it or not, whatever. whatever." [ laughter ] and i really -- i'm trying to stop myself. and then -- and i could see in his eyes, it's not going well for him either [ laughter ] and he says, "well, i'm very happy to hear that you're doing so well. and as i'm walking away i go, "well, we're happy to hear you're doing so well." [ laughter ] and as we round the corner i, kind of, stay upright. and then as soon as we're out of his eye line, i just crumple to the floor. [ laughter ] like, "oh, my god. and i realize now that i spoke to barack obama the way that president trump talks to people - [ laughter ] who just were like -- the community is ravaged by a hurricane. [ laughter ] it's the same. throwing him the paper towels. >> seth: yeah, that's all you did. >> it was the same thing >> seth: i think -- i mean, it's just awesome -- i would say you succeeded at not just giving him double middle fingers on your way out. it strikes me that - [ laughter ] >> i know. >> seth: it could have just as

easily gone that way >> it could have been. i really -- at least i wasn't cruel. i just looked like a damn fool >> seth: yes [ laughter ] i think the -- two things. one, he's definitely not watching but, two, if he was watching - >> yeah. >> seth: i hope that he can see now that that is not what you wanted to get across to him and -- >> no, it's not who i am i really -- i miss you [ laughter and applause >> seth: thank you so much for being here lizzy caplan, everybody. the second season of "castle rock" premieres this wednesday on hulu. we'll be right back with music from sam fender. [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: sam fender, everyone. "hypersonic missiles" is out now. for more info, go to samfender.com. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause

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[ cheers and applause >> seth: my thanks to mariska hargitay, lizzy caplan sam fender, everybody. [ cheers and applause and of course, the 8g band stay tuned for "lilly singh. we'll see you tomorrow [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> lilly: tonight on "a little late with lilly singh," i've got the one and only anna faris. [ cheers and applause >> technically not the only one, but you know that's okay >> lilly: wait, what there's more than one anna faris [ light laughter ] >> i wasn't gonna talk about it, but yes, there's another anna faris my twin sister also anna faris.