Dame Kristin Scott Thomas' First Lead Role Was With PRINCE! | The Graham Norton Show

[@2eleven48]

I remember watching "Four Weddings and a Funeral" when it first came out, and this exquisite woman whom I'd never seen before appeared on the screen and utterly mesmerised with her subtle performance and beauty.

[@ann_bella]

@Chris totally agree

[@robertelessar]

@Chris Every time I watched that movie I thought, "Charlie's an idiot!"

[@HarekaTysiri]

that movie is just phenomenal tho. i can't stop laughing

[@batchint]

the hats plays quite a part... too

[@oscarfun100]

She's got such a screen presence. Mesmerizing indeed. Katherine in The English Patient!

[@douggherkin]

He picked her because she was both drop dead gorgeous and classy as hell !

[@curiousaboutanything2454]

Absolutely 👍😊

[@nikkinewbie6014]

She was perfectly cast for that part.

[@chrishyde1216]

Still is.

[@dannyhustle2599]

She not classy at all

[@lavenderbee3611]

He knew how to pick the ladies.

[@palcada]

I actually “discovered” Kristin because I was obsessed with Prince and saw her on the Under the Cherry Moon movie. She is a stunner 😍

[@Belfastboi]

Me too she was stunning in that and I loved the film. Recka Staw. 😂

[@mk4881]

I love Kristen Scott Thomas! She’s just beautiful and classy

[@shifa6347]

No wonder she gonna get casted in the lead role ! She’s a BOMB !!! Let alone her eyes, the perfect fine facial traits, but the expression as well !!!! The SMILE !!! DROP DEAD x_x ! She’s wholly captivating.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

One of the sexiest women of all time. Her voice particularly

[@joelspov2023]

She was wonderful in Random Hearts

[@mariarohmer2374]

I ADORE this woman.🥰One of the best actresses around!👍🏽

[@doreensarcone4346]

Under The Cherry Moon displays the genius that is Prince. The waft of Purple Rain was overshadowing his work. They were two separate projects. Everyone wanted a sequel. Love Under The Cherry Moon more every time I watch it!

[@jonylawson73]

It's my all time favourite movie ..a movie of rare wit and bravery

[@the_reuse_queen]

Under the Cherry Moon is so underrated. “When you looking for a Sam Cooke album, where do you go? To the wrecka stow!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joaniec6178]

It is! About a year ago my local art house cinema had a screening of it and they gave out badges with “Wrecka Stow!” on. The audiences had a great time and a DJ played Prince songs after. One of the guys who works there is a big Prince fan and they have had a few Prince-themed nights since his death.

[@the_reuse_queen]

@@joaniec6178 that’s awesome!!!

[@jonylawson73]

It is genuinely my favourite film of all time

[@tonyjames2144]

@@jonylawson73 WOW !!! Me as well !!!!!

[@joshmos]

Such an underrated misunderstood film, a great cult classic, beautifully filmed in B&W...some hilarious scenes and KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS!!

[@tubucoco]

I love Prince, but this was one of his few mistakes this movie right here, he got the hiring of Kristin Scott Thomas right. But him firing the director because he wanted complete control, and he thought that he knew enough now to take over the role of being a director with making this movie and all. Well, he was wrong as this movie was a disaster, it was just not a good movie. He's brilliant at making music, but he should have left the movie making to the professionals until he had learned enough to make movies himself.

[@katrinamack444]

@@tubucoco i still love the movie with all my heart but i do agree with your critiques

[@summerishere3124]

When you have a first hand story about Prince, people listen.

[@KaninTuzi]

Seems quite a lot of people do, though 😂

[@idc9419]

Still don't understand how i never have heard of him until he died.

[@orlock20]

Several guests on this show have worked with Prince. Just from this show's sample, I don't know if it's a common thing to work with Prince or it was the highlight of their career.

[@TMthe33rd]

@@orlock20 i think work with Prince automatically became a highlight of everyone's career

[@lysas781]

Sinead O’Connor has a whooper of a story about Prince in her recent autobiography. I remember KST referring to him once as a runt. 😅

[@mariusdaniel5293]

Another proof Prince was an artistic genius...

[@vokasimid5330]

This movie premiered in the not so glamorous location of Sheridan, Wyoming as a result of an MTV contest in which the winner, a twenty-two-year-old hotel chambermaid, won the privilege of having this movie premiere in her hometown. She was also escorted by Star and Director Prince, who sat with her in the theater and later had her as his special backstage guest at a concert after the premiere

[@johndean4727]

i remember i taped it on my vcr i mean who wouldn’t have gone.i would.

[@flanplan5903]

I love how at 2:16, you can clearly tell that she’s desperately trying not to burst out into laughter then and there.

[@sheherezahade]

A friend and I got to see her in the theatre. Originally, we got the cheapest tickets and were sort of sitting in the highest, darkest, most hidden part of the theatre, behind a column, but were just happy to be there, breathe the same air and *maybe* hear her act. When we got to the theatre, we'd been upgraded and were sitting not four metres from the scene in one of the best rows (and most expensive). We fantasised about her being so awesome she *obviously* had seen our names and immediately got us to sit in the front rows because we were (and are) such big fans.

[@firstlast-ey3gr]

i'm a huge prince fan, but i have to say, she is the absolute best thing about that movie. #radiant

[@nicksimon7364]

She was a rock, just brilliant but the cinematography and music were unreal as well

[@kweejibodali3078]

she is utterly gorgeous in Under the Cherry Moon, as she still is, and is in some of my fave films from Angels and Insects, surreal period art house to Four Weddings and a Funeral. She is great. not to mention Roman Polanski : Bitter Moon.

[@johndean4727]

The English Patient & The Horse Whisperer.

[@chefskiss6179]

Four Weddings fan here as well. She has sooo much range... she has a side role in 2011's Salmon Fishing In Yemen and her bureaucratic character steals every scene she's in.

[@pacifier311]

Been loving this lady since I re-discovered The English Patient, and binge watched her performances I managed to find. Especially loved her in I've Loved You So Long, Horse Whisperer, Sarah's Key, Leaving. Also good in comedic ones - Framed, Keeping Mum.. TV show Body and Soul and in live theatre, The Three Sisters. Her recent performances are all remarkable even though the movies are not. Her body of work deserves more recognition than what she had gotten. Damehood (for her contribution in arts) well deserved... that's all I say.

[@joebarr725]

I can also recommend Bitter Moon.

[@jiminhart]

Not to mention her body of work in French movies and theatre...

[@cbp7062]

I'm also huge fan since The English Patient but she's incredible talented in "I've loved you so long" my favorite work of her

[@liviusss]

Yay, Graham and his guests are back in the studio!

[@kweejibodali3078]

i am such a fan if hers, i will watch anything with her in, no matter what. i am amused at the other guests, they are perfect choices as foils for her story right now. graham norton is a brilliant interviewer, i think he must have known how perfect the set up is here, for the Prince story, to have other , younger, guests who would appreciate it. The others are absolutely riveted,in a way that other guests that Scott Thomas might normally be paired with, might not be so into her story, this is classic , to have the guests be a great audience as well. i will even watch Mission Impossible I in order to see her !

[@sanderslongdrive]

Pure class. Wish that I could meet such a lady!

[@haret0n]

she is such a beauty

[@giuliam.6271]

I ADORE her because I saw her in the movie with Prince! Absolutely stunning!!!

[@oaktree313]

She was gorgeous in that that movie & the soundtrack was amazing & funky.

[@Jonslondon]

I always thought Hugh Grant's character in Four Weddings and a Funeral was crazy for not picking Kristin's character.

[@realPromotememedia]

Yes! That other one barely looked ok in Groundhog Day how on earth she was the object of desire In 4w&aF I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rumblefish9]

Same! Charlie should have ended up with Fiona. That scene in the rain should have been Fiona.

[@intldawn]

Holy hell, I never knew that. An icon gave another icon her big break, if you will. What a brilliant story. 😍

[@ladesigner8764]

Have had such a crush on her for years. Adore her voice and acting.

[@kamckamckamc]

I love her in Gosford Park! ❤

[@h0lly_blue]

a new Dame graces the couch

[@strauqq1]

They were so nice by asking boring questions. She's a great actress by the way.

[@ShotByAScot]

Quite probably my biggest crush ever in cinema. Beautiful, witty, intelligent incredible woman 🫶🏼

[@TheMarc388]

One of the most watchable "bad movies" ever. Just an insane movie with a tone that is all over the place and no plot whatsoever. Quite the watch, especially for Prince fans.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Yep totally agree. I spent that summer dressed in a tuxedo thinking I looked the part. Ha

[@LordRaiden86]

@@hawsrulebegin7768 its one of those movies where, if you understood Prince, and you get what he was going for, you "get it", otherwise it just looks like a plotless, badly written mess.

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

@@LordRaiden86 Loved it when it came out. But if we are honest with ourselves it wasn’t a great film. Something like sign of the times concert/movie was a much better realisation of the shambolic idea. For the masses it was never going to be a sequel to purple rain like people expected at the time. Black n white, no rock guitars and a very dandy comedic prince and a European tone. But it’s still fantastic for the images and the songs. Wry underrated album. The perfect link from around the world to sign o the times.

[@burlhorse61]

first time hearing of this movie-and i'm a Prince fan

[@TheSeNaBi]

@@hawsrulebegin7768 I liked the a European tone.

[@kahuna3901]

I love Kristen, she was fantastic in Rebecca,

[@jacquelinepayne4737]

And I've loved you for so long. She’s fluent in French.

[@lisalohr9960]

She is fantastic in everything.

[@non9886]

@@lisalohr9960 exactly! it was first what jump into my mind too...

[@trancos7641]

And probably the ONLY fantastic thing in Rebecca... didn't like the version...

[@FredericaFazbear]

She was the only perfect thing in a truly dreadful film :/

[@maringal44]

I adore this woman

[@NibberKSmooth]

These are the stories we NEED to hear.

[@nikkinewbie6014]

The premier WAS in Wyoming because MTV ran a contest and the winner was to be Prince's date to the premier and a party was to be thrown with the winner's closest friends in attendance. It was a call in contest and a certain number caller was to be the winner. So the winner lived in Wyoming and MTV did a whole show around the premier. I remember it like it was yesterday. LOLLOLLOL. Also remembered I was taking high school French at the time and it was so cool that I could understand the few pieces of dialogue being said. It's been YEARS since I saw that movie. I remember the movie opens with Prince playing a piece of music on the piano (of course REALLY playing it having composed it also) and I loved all the music in that movie. Sigh. Christopher and Tricky...

[@jeanmarienadal7268]

I find this woman to be so BEAUTIFUL.

[@seycas118]

What an amazing woman! She is beautiful, articulate, funny, and so down to earth. I know I’m biased, but why are British older female actors so wonderful? Olivia Colman, Kristin Scott Thomas, the ladies from Last Tango in Halifax, Dame Judi Dench, Helen Mirren...I could go on and on and on...

[@ladesigner8764]

British and French actresses are the best.

[@chocmilkshake24]

@@ladesigner8764 I’m not religious in any way, but AMEN!

[@lavenderbee3611]

They are talented but also allowed to be real women. There such a gravitas to these wonderful ladies when they are given roles equal to their talent.

[@hammun6]

"It was a weird premiere because it was in Wyoming." Am I the only person who finds this hilarious?!?

[@tea397]

Yes a Prince fan won a contest to have the movie premiere in their hometown - it was featured on MTV in 86’.

[@ovh992]

I think she meant in Minneapolis Minnesota.

[@BananaCologne]

@@ovh992 No, she said what she said. The world premiere was held in Wyoming. In a small town called Sheridan.

[@ovh992]

@@BananaCologne i remember now. It was an mtv event. Crazy.

[@Victoria-px2iq]

Go google the footage! It was amazing lmao

[@joanmilton9986]

I know this is old, but it makes me so happy to know that she was a fan!!!! I wonder if people get her to say "wrecka stow."

[@groofoot]

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas[1] DBE (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress .... ** so she was 25 ....

[@nicksimon7364]

The summer of Around The World In A Day - kudos KST you are amazing

[@LayllasLocker]

Nobody can be that brutally honest like mothers XD ♥

[@AdmiralJaneway74656]

Ever met a german sister?

[@pam0626]

It goes without saying his great she was in The English Patient, but she was equally good in The Horse Whisperer.

[@BananaCologne]

I highly recommend "Only God Forgives" too - she's absolutely phenomenal in that, and it was great to see a very different side of her in a part that she's all too rarely given.

[@fo4357]

@@BananaCologne agreed. That's a movie people either love or hate. Personally, I also loved it

[@pam0626]

@@BananaCologne I’ll have to check it out.

[@oscarfun100]

I've Loved You So Long . Should have been at least nominated for the Oscar for that one.

[@olijadu]

Has Kristen been to the Wrecka Stow yet? lol . That scene was hilarious

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday kristin for friday from italian boy live in rome

[@Tzipporah36]

"Don't worry darling. It'll be better next time"... What on earth was mummy referring to? 🤣🤣

[@Belfastboi]

Hanging on her every word

[@LG-kx8xl]

Prince💜

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I STILL wish to this day that Under the cherry moon would have been number 1 at the box office when it first came out.

[@aquablushgirl]

God I remember when that film came out. I used to listen to Girls and Boys and Under the Cherry Moon all the time.

[@lyndae2810]

Love her and love Under the Cherry Moon ❤

[@mitraavesta7548]

So underrated

[@gordonrussell8935]

Wonderful , She knew Prince was just a heavenly dude

[@kevykev3200]

I remember the love scenes. Kristin was like, 'Damn Prince, we don't have to make it this realistic' 😜

[@emilyvera8538]

such a pity they never released a coloured version of Under The Cherry Moon, beautiful visuals even in black and white, they both were stunners.

[@brianmyers4444]

So if the color print for the film is supposedly lost, why is the photo of them together in color?

[@madlift]

@@brianmyers4444 Because it's a photograph, not a still from the film.

[@CuirPhotodotNet]

....the artistic director...MARY LAMBERT....and PRINCE....wanted that excellent classic....romantic...cinematic style....and they got it...watch it with the sound off....exquisite....

[@brianlove8353]

Is this woman so amazing or what a real talent

[@professor_mystery]

How Did This Get Made recently covered this movie! They did actually wonder why people don’t just constantly ask her about it. 😄

[@danielacabezas1357]

I was just thinking the same thing!! Lol

[@joaniec6178]

Planet rock, you just can’t stop! 💁‍♀️

[@nikkinewbie6014]

HAHAHAHA! Wreka Stow! Wreka Stow!

[@rosswilson7713]

Under the Cherry Moon gets a bad rap. It's a charming film. It's not Casablanca by any means, but it's a fun movie, and appeals to quirky fun. I've seen it many, many times!

[@J_Gamble]

Best story ever

[@MissSandieB]

I love that movie.

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

Glad it was OUR Prince!

[@kraz007]

Her appearance in the English Patient makes the whole world stop. Such a classy lady ❤

[@Neezabja]

She must be a big fan if she's listening to Around the World in a Day.

[@indiabliss]

I love her lots

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of The Graham Norton show 👀

[@MusicJunky3]

Help...! (not) 🙏😏

[@trillium.3.24]

Yes, and thanking all the stars in the sky because this show is just brilliant.

[@monicabennett6605]

Love that movie!!

[@randyschwaggins]

You know she did some freaky sh*t with Prince...😂

[@drghdrgh1140]

Omg! That was her?! So cool.

[@hermanjustice7338]

I remember that great movie.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Never heard of that movie, I've heard of Purple Rain, but I haven't watched it yet.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

I think the first time I saw here was in the English Patient. When you get my age, the months pass like days.

[@giordanotirelli6028]

Happy birthday kristin from italian boy live in rome

[@danjackson5797]

That was a sneak dis on prince in the end. "Don't worry darling, it will be better next time!'', "...and SHE WAS RIGHT!" REALLY! Ungrateful so and so!

[@christophertracy2807]

Apparently she isn't that proud of the film. Oh well - I have loved it since the day it was released

[@babyblu5590]

Just wow...

[@garfieldharrison510]

Prince was around 25 when he filmed Under the Cherry Moon.

[@stephensmith5515]

Check out the Prince song Better with time from 2009, he wrote it about her 😀

[@StewChicken42]

Graham: Look at *YOU!* I concur. Reminds me heavily of Gal Gadot.

[@Starkardur]

She got a razzie nom for it. LOL

[@marius279]

Love her from English pacient

[@SIMONETTA69]

Qué mal que la actriz desacredite a Prince cuando fue él quien la descubrió. Mala o buena la película fue su primera actuación gracias a él.

[@kyleminer4497]

so yea, not a great movie (even tho' it holds a special place in my heart) - i still maintain that KST was radiant in that film. And i've been a fan of her's ever since. #betterwithtime

[@harrietthomas4032]

And that is my cousin!..

[@wolverinescratch]

Wreckastow

[@christya2488]

Is it just me, or does she look like Cameron Diaz?

[@tubucoco]

Better than Cameron when she was in her prime. K Scott Thomas was a knockout when she was young.

[@rumblefish9]

She looks a bit like Elon Musk's mother who was a model

[@Karol-ds1qs]

I didn't know guests can wear pyjamas and slides on Graham Norton Show. Times have changed haven't they...

[@lawrenceparkmaven7411]

KST was exquisite in A Hand full of Dust (1988)

[@SpookyElectric319]

Wrecka Stow!

[@localcrew]

Two words: “Bitter Moon”.

[@mroctober3657]

One word... Plastics

[@rumblefish9]

That was one messed up film.

[@localcrew]

“Plastics”? Never heard of it.....

[@TheCaptainKim]

She doesn't tell a story well but she sure is a hell of an actress, both in French and English.

[@TheASSedoTV]

Wow, the couch looks so different. I would call a social distancing couch.

[@TheOneTakeLiveCast]

I love and have the movie

[@SabinePun]

💜💜💜

[@dl8557]

WHAT A WOMEN !

[@julierathbone9382]

Still as hot now as she always was 🔥🔥🔥

[@EllisFountain24]

🎉❤

[@shanekeogh4740]

Like Kristen lovely lady!

[@jaysterling26]

'Short roles' meaning height, not length of duration in film. The woman in the fifth, or Bitter Moon. I bet being selected by Polanski wasn't talked about...& Walkmans were not a rarity in 1985.