Helen Mirren & Ian McKellen: Hamlet And Juliet Are The Roles That Got Away

The stars of the new film "The Good Liar," Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen, are holding out hope they may one day get to act across gender lines in Shakespearean classics like "Romeo & Juliet" and "Hamlet." #Colbert #LSSC #Comedy
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[@devikadevaiah6966]

Ian is so charmingly naughty. And witty.

[@krisfrederick5001]

He doesn't even think about it, it just seems to come out. Love that guy

[@the57bears]

@Anthony No, he doesn't. That was bad photoshop, and he never did play Dumbledore.

[@srkh8966]

Devika Devaiah Vicious was brilliant!

[@joyfulgraffiti8892]

Ok

[@ellewelle401]

You know, I would absolutely love to see a take on Romeo and Juliet as two elderly people falling in love with each other and being thwarted by their families because their children think they are losing their touch with reality/in the beginning stage of Alzheimers/shouldn't ever cheat on the memory of their dead husband or wife and deny them their agency in choosing who to be in a relationship with. Julia's nurse is still a nurse, just more of a medical nurse instead of a child rearer.

[@imasinnerimasaint]

You know, I love that.

[@LadyFel001]

I LIKE this!

[@mancube7645]

🧐🧐🧐 you have told me the plot and i still want to watch it😭

[@ellewelle401]

@@mancube7645 Maybe we can get Stephen to make a pitch to a studio, hehe. I mean, a tweet with an idea sparked a pitch for a movie with Rihanna and i don't remember who else, so why not a YT comment? lmao

[@LordSemorile]

You should totally write that script! cause I would SOOOO Watch that movie!!!

[@dominikbeitat4450]

They look like the grandparents no one deserves. Not even Tom Hanks. Well, maybe Keanu.

[@moncheek]

Would LOVE them as grandparents

[@marciamcdevitt964]

Keanu deserves them. Keanu is worthy... the rest of us... eh.

[@suzawilo]

@@marciamcdevitt964 Yeeeeessss🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@angelicamartinezr.8965]

Well, for them, Ian and Helen would be their parents.

[@SandhuNation7]

Keanu is like 56 so they can be parents as well

[@gamepapa1211]

Others: There will never be a great on-screen duo as Al Pacino and DeNiro in Heat. Sir Ian and Dame Helen: Hold our tea.

[@DrumsTheWord]

Hold our tea...nice! :D

[@atlpeach6852]

LOL, Love it!

[@maureenwagg5305]

Yes indeed. One lump or two?

[@gamepapa1211]

@@maureenwagg5305 just one, dearie.

[@kkandsims4612]

GamePapa I mean Seán bran as ned stark and Michelle fairly as catelyn tully stark dismantled them long before Ian and Helen did.

[@carlechevarria2226]

For these two, nothing is out of bounds. How refreshing. Ian is 80 and Helen is 74 and they belong in the now.

[@catmonkey6826]

Yes! I agree.

[@LovelyDay11]

CARL Echevarria They are such role models for life and aging gracefully.

[@kurtsudheim825]

They are the oldest youngest people around

[@erikbjorkman7175]

Helen and Ian... damn that's a straight powerhouse duo of legends

[@dclchronicles]

More like a gay and straight powerhouse duo of legends... hahaha... I find myself out...

[@EntoSanto]

@@dclchronicles OUT!

[@kurtsudheim825]

@@dclchronicles I've seen, & possibly even done worse puns myself, & I'm not even a dad

[@simogalile5640]

The Manchester lie was all done on the go! That is when you tell how professional they are ;D

[@livb6945]

The only thing giving it away for me was that Ian has said before that he was certain about his sexuality from a very early age

[@goodlookingcorpse]

I know, that was amazing. Thank God for the world that they didn't decide to become serial killers.

[@Heavenzvoice]

Simo Galile i was watching Colbert... he was eating it all hook line and sinker! That was delicious.

[@flav2689]

So true. XD

[@MattColler]

Stephen would have appreciated the yes-anding.

[@potatotrain7813]

They are both fabulous, they just project such class and warmth!

[@couragekarnga8735]

They are so beautifully British!

[@saeedvazirian]

You're just being tricked by the British accent lmfao

[@LovelyDay11]

Hermann Schloffer von Graz People always think it’s the accent that makes brits seem smarter and educated, it’s actually vocabulary and articulacy that seduces you.

[@ariellegolas4508]

Indeed! I have to admit that I love the elegance and class of the British.

[@rageagainstmyhairline5574]

I don't think Helen Mirren will ever stop being cool as f**k. She's awesome.

[@couragekarnga8735]

As is Ian. Love the Brits!

[@danelmore6553]

@N Similarly, that is also the only other place one is likely to hear such vapid race-based statements.

[@StrigidaeStrigiformes-sv6mj]

😬 VERY TRUE!!! I HAVE A BONER!!! SORRY WOMEN!!! WHY AM I SO WEIRD!!!

[@rexrabbits8725]

Courage Karnga q

[@srkh8966]

Rage Against My Hairline Check out the reference to Helen on an early episode of Blackish! 😆

[@edricaldones9639]

Would love to see them playing Juliet&Juliet.

[@shigeminotoge4514]

This! In today's climate of social acceptance, why the heck not?! It's Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren, who the fuck is doing to _dare_ argue?

[@janemorrow6672]

Set in Manchester.

[@donnyroses]

I'm predicting a reverse "Ghost" love-scene or a severe cat fight!!

[@tonieastcoast9579]

Or Romeo & Juliet with DHM as the Romeo character!

[@TheTransformHERTV]

Sir Pat Stu as ROMEO!

[@sjk9804]

The way they carried out that 'lie' about Manchester! Flawless.

[@JonBlondell]

They are both theater royalty, but Dame Helen Mirren is a goddess, and becomes more lovely with time.

[@flav2689]

Jon Blondell Indeed. I adore her! Such a diamond.

[@Brendonmakesmesmile]

She is so sweet

[@johnoshea9541]

helenissosexy

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Steven Colbert is totally starstruck here :-) And who can blame him!

[@quietastronaut]

I love how Ian always flirts with everyone.

[@martinzitter4551]

Peter O'Toole used to do that too.

[@geewhiz4924]

Didn't realise he was so sassy lol

[@william678910]

He's the only Diva I enjoy watching

[@Immortal-Daiki]

Because he’s chivalric. Get it? Because he’s a British knight?😂

[@kurtsudheim825]

He's so lax about, it's barely flirting & more joking, MOST of the time (I recall one incident where I couldn't tell)

[@3spy1rex3]

I wish they would get married so I could say Helen mckellen

[@Kasino80]

Or Ian Mirren

[@phoebegraveyard7225]

Given Ian is as gay as a Christmas card, marriage wouldn’t be likely.

[@TheBraunMachine2011]

lol

[@aleximpellizzeri3310]

@@reccenomads I like that 😅

[@ReginaPhelangee]

Kasino80 Ahhhh a hamfan?

[@minnievenkat]

Steven: you never had sex with each other? Mirren: no, we never met in Manchester. Also, a cluster of bombs going off in Steven brain through out the interview.

[@Celisar1]

Minnie Venkat Sorry for asking but what has Manchester got to do with it? And then she says they never met there. Maybe I am dense but I don’t get it.

[@hayakagi]

@@Celisar1 The start of the lie is that they met in Manchester

[@conancat]

@@Celisar1 they were lying the whole time when they started to talk about how they met in Manchester.

[@Celisar1]

Mrheatherway and Grey Ang Thank you, strange joke....

[@EterPuralis]

Ah, but did they have sex? A good liar mixes fact with fiction.

[@carlosrobinson4230]

Well how about this: Ian and Helen star in a gender-reversed rendition of Romeo and Juliet. Ian plays Juliet and Helen plays Romeo.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Carlos Robinson - Hmmm. That might work.

[@GeorgeBenedict]

and the roles of R&J's parents could be played by their children. It's all coming together in my head.

[@armandogarciaaizaga4728]

I was thinking the exact same thing! It would be marvelous.

[@JustTheTruth-Please]

Royalty. Straight up Royalty on that stage. I have chills.

[@nia.j.h]

Stephen's giddiness at Sir Ian's suggestion that he could be his Romeo was absolutely adorable and delightful

[@str8edgerockstar956]

Helen Mirren: "She expanded the Empire of Russia." Stephen Colbert: "Well, it's happening again actually." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@josealbinosantosnogueira6013]

No, it's not, Monsieur Colbert. The Russian Empire has been shrinking since the end of the 19th century. 1st: sale of Alaska to the USA just after the end of The Civil War. 2nd: loss of Finland in 1917 (they kept Karelia, which is still today object of dispute between the two countries, as it's claimed by Finland to be rightfully hers). 3rd: collapse of the Soviet Union: loss of the Baltic States (snatched as it were as a consequence of the nefarious Molotov-Ribbentrop Deal), Belarus, Ukraine (homeland of Rus), all of the Caucusus states and all of the Central Asia Republics. The only thing they regained, following the outcome of WWII, was the whole of the Sakhalin Island, the southern half of which had previously been under Japanese rule. In other words the total surface of The Russian Federation is circa 17 million km2 today, versus roughly 23 million km2 at its height by the end of the 19th century, a loss of about 25% of its territory. Just a minor detail...Ah, the Crimea question and Donbass and Transnistria and... some other time. Important issues but not exactly to the point here.

[@martinzitter4551]

@@josealbinosantosnogueira6013 ~ Perhaps, but you can't fault Vlad for trying.

[@josealbinosantosnogueira6013]

@@martinzitter4551 I gather you mean Crimea.

[@martinzitter4551]

@@josealbinosantosnogueira6013 Yes, and I know that Crimea and Eastern Ukraine and the 'little green men' are closely related. Here's a flashback: www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-ukraine-us-aid-20140304-story.html

[@JessHart006]

Mmm... that's exactly how you keep it on point past gray. Sir Ian is still such a saucy bit of something who is as quick to take the piss out of himself as he is to get a bit licentious with an ordinary question. Dame Helen still projects the confidence and allure of a woman in her prime while staying very humble about her talents and success. I'd say I want to be them some day, but forget that; I want to be them /now/.

[@tdsims1963]

Nicely stated. You're special in your own right. Have a great day 🤗!

[@krystofdayne]

Omg, it's Gandalf, Stephen must be so excited 😂

[@toobasaurus23]

Assuming that a U.S. audience is familiar with the historical rumours of Catherine the Great, is delightfully funny.

[@granville7]

4:35 Helen portrayed Elisabeth I in a film by that name (and of course the current queen of that same name in another film) and she didn't get 'demeaned and diminished' by history.

[@parsnipmcgee329]

@@granville7 I'm sure Spanish history books don't reach the same conclusions as ours. Is that what you are saying? Or are you referring to the Western tales of Catherine? Not picking a fight here. Just curious.

[@romangysse3690]

@@parsnipmcgee329 I guess it's more a comment about US school education and the probability that most Americans don't know anything about Catherine the Great. Not even the delightful rumors of her impetuous sexuality. As for GC I agree, Helen comment missed the point. It's more a question of propaganda between East and West than the condition of women in power. But I guess in our days it's more fashionable to blame patriarchy than the bias of our political History.

[@josealbinosantosnogueira6013]

Stephen Colbert didn't know she was German. By the way, Mr. Colbert, since you mentioned evil Russia once again, how did your country become so mighty and powerful? California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Louisianna, the Northwestern Territories, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, Liberia, Panama, how did it all at one point become part of the American Empire? Not to mention how you conquered the Native Peoples' land. Sure, some of these territories became independent in the meantime, but the same thing happened with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union which, from a political and geographical point of view, was the successor of the Russian Empire, with the exception of the Baltic States that only became part of the USSR in 1941, after the notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

[@romangysse3690]

@@josealbinosantosnogueira6013 To be fair I don't think Stephen ever refered to Russia as being evil but mostly to their politics, FSB and Poutin as shady and untruthworthy. As an American he can't approve of Russian interferences in the election, can he ? It hasn't much to do with the judgment we can bear on History. Colombus was a monster, Stalin was one. Lenin was one too. Hitler, Pol Pot, Franco, Pinochet, Ben Laden. All those men were monsters even tho it's not a competition. I don't like seeing Americans being judgmental of others based on their own violent and bloody History but it's really not something you can blame Stephen for as I believe he could justify the light judgment sometimes present in his jokes...

[@nivekian]

When your Grandparents are Morgana Le Fay and Gandalf the Grey

[@clintow]

tossing off "apologies for my declension" encapsulates so much of why Stephen keeps me coming back

[@kimberlyrobinson3992]

Exactly!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Stephen’s hero from Middle Earth

[@VereskVeil]

Oh yes, I forgot about his passion)

[@carolyngrinberg6889]

I was SO waiting for an LOTR reference.

[@RoyJic]

That's SIR Ian McKellen, peasant.

[@telectronix1368]

**doffs cap**

[@graceskerp]

And DAME Helen Mirren, yokel.

[@akacozymint]

I think he just left out the titles because they are bros 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@TheCornishCockney]

LOL !

[@wratched]

If I was a gay man come on to by "Age of Consent" era Helen Mirren, I would be unsure of my sexuality too.

[@myselfx2441]

I would rather hangout with Ian everyday and have endless discussions than go anywhere else with anyone my age (I'm in my 20s). He is SO much fun. I don't care what anyone says he is the most alive human being I have ever encountered you can tell he is fully immersed in every moment.

[@chiwantstea]

I’m shamelessly fan girling here 🥰🥰🥰

[@notarobot6742]

Me too, and I'm not typically star struck

[@VereskVeil]

Yeah, me too, it's hard not to)

[@lornepribbeno3760]

Ladies, ladies, there is no shame in fangirling here, eeeeeeee

[@WillDanceAlone2U]

Wonderful to hear such humor and love for acting and art and friends. What were Ian and Stephen doing when the camera cut to that unuuuuusual loooong take to the crowd? Strange cut.

[@phatato]

Ha I thought the same thing

[@newfieocean]

It's eating my soul..

[@timbeaton5045]

"You din not have sex with each other....?" "we did not meet in Manchester" Should have been a politician... the art of answering someone's question with the answer to YOUR question!

[@timbeaton5045]

Err. Thats *Dame* Helen Mirren, and *Sir* Ian McKellen to you, sir.

[@FriedrichHerschel]

And here I thought the whole US independence thingy was about to get away from sucking up to british nobility.

[@yedigemagavin1694]

@@FriedrichHerschel oh, common. US independence thingy became a joke three years ago.

[@parsnipmcgee329]

Non-Brits are not expected to curtsey or bow to the Queen. The rest of it is all fluff. I'm pretty sure neither of these two could give a shit.

[@timbeaton5045]

@@parsnipmcgee329 They don't. They are both pretty down-to-earth from what I have seen of them (on TV of course). I was of course being tongue-in-cheek in my original post....!

[@parsnipmcgee329]

@@timbeaton5045 Hi Tim! Sorry. I'm sure you know, it's hard to hear "tone" on the text thang. Kisses.

[@Illmare]

"She wasn't Russian she was german" like evry single monarch in Europe lol

[@AviChetriArtwork]

Oh shit.

[@cloud__99]

I’m always amazed again what a beautiful woman Helen is. Both of them are just the sweetest most warmhearted people and funny as hell! A little sad we didn’t get a kiss this time 😄

[@alarcon99]

and now im off to write Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen fanfic

[@disha6559]

There's so much to unpack in this interview. Absolute legends. ✨

[@sketchsawyer]

The dynamic of two guests is always more interesting. PLEASE do this more often, if anyone is reading this at all. Such a Graham Norton vibe here. Fantastic.

[@diego_dandrea]

This interview could last for hours and I'd be fully entertained the whole time!

[@tats_sacs]

“Highly anticipated cats” did not age well. 😂 But i love these two ❤️

[@traceyt4580]

Anyone who says "ok boomer" to them can frack right off lol

[@bonchatbonrat]

Just saw Ian McKellen on stage last week, and afterwards he was at the exit door collecting money for charity and saying hello to theatregoers. Lovely man!

[@linettelow]

Ian is Godsent, and Helen a blessing :) Such a poetic, true description of how human beings choose to portray aspects of themselves depending on the audience. Now that hit home. And in these times we can still choose to give good to others - an uplifting word; gestures of kindness; a call/email or donation. Cheers for sharing, Stephen. Through mirth & conversation, we learn to be better.

[@toobasaurus23]

Both class acts to the nines. I'm half Helen's age and I find her fascinating and incredibly desirable. Looking forward to her HBO series.

[@RollingOrmond]

It's on right now! My family's Catherine descendants; she's doing a good job!

[@catmonkey6826]

Very nicely put, I'm in the same boat. There's an energy she exudes that's impossible to resist.

[@JoeHuman]

That's SIR Helen Mirren and DAME Ian McKellen to you, Mr. Colbert!!😋 Yo.. I'm losing my MIND over his colour scheme. Autumnal Joker is my new look going forward!!!

[@goyasolidar]

Gandalf and Morgan Le Fey, together at last.

[@moonlit6311]

Oh man. They BOTH want Stephen. That's a lot of hardcore energy. 🔥💗🔥

[@BeeWhistler]

Couple of little heathens, lol... they're having a lot of fun, aren't they?

[@emjem3269]

Petition to have a gender swapped Romeo and Juliet with these two glorious beings as leads.

[@cesarzpontu8886]

Why gender swapped?

[@rumblefish9]

So basically just Romeo and Juliet but swapped lol kind of pointless

[@georgeostergard]

Hi ‘Em jem, hope you’re okay?

[@cheyennebrennan966]

That moment when both guests have a crush on Stephen. And he on both of them.

[@samjam9911]

And vice versa

[@akacozymint]

And Stephen has a crush on both of them 😂

[@BlakieTT]

Wow, that impromptu Manchester thing... I really love these two.

[@lauraveapi3840]

In France Shakespeare men are played by women: for instance Julius Caesar is a woman! *Check out theatres in Paris!*

[@brynawaldman5790]

At the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, too.

[@charlie5115]

Well, that happens all over the world.. Recently saw an actress playing Hamlet in Norway (co-starring a man playing Ophelia)

[@bacul165]

It's pretty much standard now at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, too. Makes a lot of sense, too, since in Shakespeare's times all roles were played by boys or men, so why care about an actors gender now?

[@juliehalligan1960]

I love how Helen is always so elegant & classy.,. Also a great actress. 😀

[@bardhanjoy]

Before watching this video, I watched the Helena Bonham Carter interview and managed myself to believe that things can't go any more sparkly and life said, "hello".

[@jacquelineleubin5004]

That long shot on the crowd in the beginning made me nervous and angry; wtf!! I wanted to see Stephen saying hello to Sir Ian!!!! What is wrong with you camera guy?!?!!!FFS!!

[@schmaulie]

I have a feeling that Sir Ian kissed Stephen and they had to show a cutaway.

[@1MrLuar]

I didn't like that was well.

[@akacozymint]

Raul Maraj yeah maybe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@moonbeams888]

@@schmaulie But that's good tv. I don't see why they would cut that.

[@schmaulie]

@@moonbeams888 I agree! (But I bet the CBS censors don't) :-(

[@Footjones]

Wonderful interview. I could listen to them talk for hours!

[@megzeppelinn]

Ughhhhh I’m so in love with all 3 of them ❤️❤️❤️

[@soyanaracquel]

Been waiting for this upload just to see if Helen flirts with Stephen again hahaha #StepHelen

[@lemonielala3080]

And then Ian is the one that flirts! 😍😍😂

[@jolymac]

Ian is an major flirt.

[@catmonkey6826]

Again? Tell me more!

[@erikabade4682]

@@catmonkey6826 She makes out with him in another interview

[@symbian74]

Stephen did not include their honorific titles.

[@FriedToast]

And neither one cared one whit.

[@symbian74]

@@FriedToast Of course, it's a sign of true British class. :) I guess outside of the Empire, no one else mentions them.

[@al-bot1094]

He knows them well, maybe they didn't want him to.

[@patrician3821]

They are so brilliant and charming! Manchester 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bacul165]

I'm sure those two have too much class to care, but wouldn't it be polite to at least have them in the description? That's an honest question, I'm neither British nor American, I don't know how you guys think about this.

[@Psycheworlds]

Thankyou guys, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am here to listen.

[@gqdaddy8544]

I love how top stage actors come in and look out with joy and glee at everyone in the audience. It's such a comfortable entrance and makes for such a very relaxed and engaging interview.

[@michaelhope8899]

When 3 smart, amazing people meet up at the top of their game, great things happen. This was one of those times and we all got to watch. Magical

[@Daluna13]

This Interview was 200% Charm

[@NewMessage]

I'm going to watch that Cats movie.. But I'm not promising I won't shriek in horror at the cat-people-chimeras for the entire runtime.

[@BoredOfBills]

What a shockingly great advert for being British. Cool Britannia.

[@MaidenHelll]

These are actors PLAYING cats... they aren’t really cats 🤯😂😂

[@Nangleator22]

Hey! Slow down, Eisenstein!

[@harryselwind]

The Good Liar is so well acted and directed, it's easy to miss how silly it is. No spoilers but the plot is highly implausible and there is a scene at the end where I was just thinking no possible way would the others involved allow that to happen. That said, I enjoyed it all the same. Mirren and McKellen are superb. And damn it, she is still so sweet and sexy.

[@magicsantos2681]

The greatest of all time! THANK YOU SO MUCH! 👌👍😉 💖❤💖❤💖

[@noms341]

they're SO classy its wonderful

[@simogalile5640]

Bloody Hell, Gandalf on the show! :))))

[@dr.debajyotibose2928]

Now this is British Royalty !

[@evahamdiah8598]

Thank you, Sirs. I've just learned two more English words here, "torrid" and "declension" 😁💚

[@marciocoelho2481]

That is the sexiest woman alive, for sure. Helen Mirren is cute too.

[@garywilson3042]

loool

[@Flaxxseed]

That's Dame Helen and Sir Ian.

[@sdfkjgh]

1:21 Considering that smoldering kiss Dame Helen gave Stephen before, I was kinda expecting for Sir Ian to take his turn here...

[@rumblefish9]

Same.

[@parsoumash]

Acting: the ability to lie convincingly in order to tell a larger truth or tale.

[@johnpoole8451]

“We never met in Manchester”.

[@d.7416]

Its Dame and Sir

[@raynemichelle2996]

Stephen got his Dame Helen and Sir Ian sandwich

[@hermitcrabinavan7244]

Dear Stephan, you could pick things up from the floor with your toes. 😉

[@davidfarley1902]

It is so beautiful to see the woman ALWAYS at the center. Helen Mirren of whom words cannot describe ,most outstanding. Ian ,son of Kellan, his professional background words cannot express.

[@KaldeaMaeve]

I would go to the local coffee shop, sit down and take a sip of my macchiato, begin writing a work email on my laptop, have a handsome man tap me on the shoulder to ask if I could sit where I have my bag, say "sure, of course" while noticing I have a foam mustache from my drink and wipe it away while blushing, have him smile and ask if he's seen me here before, tell him no, I'm new to the city, have him make small talk about the area's local parks and mention he's an avid runner but the weather's starting to turn, which I agree with, and tell him I've been meaning to get into running again, which he responds with "we should run together sometime" and gives me his number, text him when I get home to ask about running the next day, meet him in the park to run, have us stop half-way due to hard rain and take shelter under a large willow, talk about dinner plans, decide to meet again after we dry off for an early dinner at a local Korean barbeque, have a great evening, have him walk me home, sneak a kiss, decide to see each other more, spend the next several months running and spending more and more time together, move into a small bungalow outside the city which adds to both our commutes, but we plan to start a small business together in a local storefront that's just recently gone on the market down the road, have him propose in front of the realtor placing the "sold" sign on the window, plan a spring wedding with a small, tasteful ceremony, honeymoon to Maui for two weeks before we get back to setting up the store, spend 2 years getting it well established in the neighborhood, miss my period, take a pregnancy test, excitedly show him while jumping up into his arms and wrapping my legs around him with a joyous bear hug, go into labor, have our first born child --- all so I could sell it if it meant I could attend a dinner party with Helen and Ian.

[@christinarobinson516]

Absolutely beautiful. Love them both.

[@RIXRADvidz]

3:18, Charmed and caught aback, Stephen BLUSHES through the stage makeup.

[@shortallliam3142]

Sir Ian has a very good sense of humor, something we never got to see in LOTR, although occasionally in The Hobbit.

[@LeeLeeLove222]

Awe.. steven blushed!❤ so cute. I would too if Ian asked me to be his romeo!❤

[@hajermoh5897]

Both of them have a crush on Stephen 🤣🌸🌸

[@banksiasong]

Stephen got played-by a beautiful couple of experts.

[@jeanmyers1787]

How did Shakespeare tell the truth about Richard 111

[@InsomniacXIII]

Sir Ian killed me 🤣🤣 He seems like he smoked a fat joint before he came on stage

[@ThexBorg]

Gandalf and Morgan Le Fay...

[@khan.2705]

I could've watched 9 more hours of this. These 2. ❤

[@Lkerrigan1]

Have you noticed that England have sooo many elderly iconic stars. It feels less prevalent in America.

[@zoefang4563]

Gandalf would be perfect as Hamlet

[@cmilla111]

The only better person to interview these two would maybe be Graham Norton, but I don't think his UKness would make up for Colbert's knowledge.

[@nephilim_shawn]

Man just straight up used the word "Declension" nonchalantly. I strive for a vocabulary such as that of Stephen. EDIT: And now he's used the word "Prehensile"!!!

[@bacul165]

And after I checked the meaning, I've learned a new word, too!

[@njdevil6629]

God save Ian McKellen. This man is a world treasure.

[@jennifermitchell7396]

Stephen missed opportunity to get kisses from both Dame Helen and Sir Ian

[@Sbjung58]

ian mckellen ia legendary actor from lord of the rings to x-men

[@Ozziecatsmom]

Sajal.B. Started even before that!

[@ingriddubbel8468]

He is primarily a stage actor. To truly appreciate his talent, you need to see him on stage.

[@cyndielake4092]

LOTR is the least of what he’s done and is capable of! Good grief!

[@Ozziecatsmom]

Ingrid Dubbel I wish I could!

[@m.em.e4412]

A Man for All Seasons to Coronation str you'll find

[@socrappyicoulddie]

Lol I feel sorry for anyone who has to promote Cats, even momentarily

[@attlee2010]

socrappyicoulddie he handled it with grace

[@whalesong999]

On that note and a bit aside, after seeing several interviews Stephan has had with others, he actually seems a bit intimidated by the cat creature. Not sure why, could be simple answer, he is such a bright fellow. Anyhow, cats can't be solicited like dogs, cats you have to more or less wait and slowly build relationships. Occasionally, they will spontaneously warm up to a person without any hint of what's about to happen. In his interview with Jackson Galaxy, Stephen did broach the idea that cats could "see" the spiritual and it had substance with him. I hope he can figure it out, he's one sharp wit on late night tv and a terrific commentator. The theatrical "Cats" must have some kind of special charm for many - the story basically from "The Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T.S. Elliot. I'm familiar with both creatures and both actually very humble.

[@sdfkjgh]

JGG: I still can't get over the cat costume Sir Ian wore in an episode of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicious_(TV_series)