Rachel Weisz Defends The 'U' In 'Favourite'

Rachel Weisz stars in 'The Favourite' and is willing to defend its English 'u' in the title.
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[@utente5718]

“Are you gonna raise the child as British or American?” “Just human” And that’s it guys, no comment needed

[@Ayeshteni]

Very diplomatic

[@l.a.1477]

the perfect answer

[@ilangilang7185]

she's perfect. The voice, the posture, the accent, everything

[@47and28]

she's lovely but her hair looks like she just had sex in the green room.

[@lesd1923]

Ilang Ilang...she was wonderful, but I did keep getting distracted by the bra showing.

[@gabelogan56]

@@47and28 And that takes her up another notch for me!

[@garethlawton5278]

I've only just realised having known of Rachel back from Mummy 1 that she is basically the OG Emilia Clarke... Her persona and humour is very similar.

[@Deanetts]

Ilang Ilang She seems so natural and unaffected. Lovely woman.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Fun fact: The original title of the movie was The Mmmy until she insisted on putting a U in it. Take that Bembridge scholars!

[@boltpaper3791]

Ummmy?

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Why yes, she is quite ummmy.

[@mf_from_hell]

I bet the same thing happened with The Fountain.

[@slyasleep]

that's genius, well done.

[@enriqueali]

J J as opposed to The Mommy? 😆😆😆

[@1000teresa4ever]

Australians are the same. We like the "U". Colour, Flavour, Neighbour, Favourite, Favour, Devour, Tumour, Humour...

[@worf7271]

generatour, contractour, acceleratour, inspectour...

[@celeste5508]

flour

[@jessesnipesyou101]

I think its all enlgish countries except America

[@celeste5508]

@@jessesnipesyou101 they seem to always go the wrong way at the fork in the road don't they 🤔 #2016

[@jessesnipesyou101]

@@celeste5508 Unfortunately :( at least I live in a liberal state

[@robayathasan1180]

She's really adorable and passionate! The acting talent she got is totally amazing. Stay blessed, rachel.

[@flordocampoandrade1136]

Rachel Weisz is perfect !! She's stunning, intelligent, sweet,class,very talented.. I Love her.

[@piotrswat169]

flordocampo Andrade I love her more.

[@hingedelephant]

Enemy at the Gates did it for me.

[@jaibhimadevi5805]

As if there hadn't been enough reasons to envy Daniel Craig..

[@ghorn1217]

Dave Messer The Mummy with her dressed in a veil. That did it for me.

[@savyjett]

I agree, but she broke my heart when she wasn’t in the third mummy. Ruined it for me. I still love her though.

[@frankisays2much]

We love the "U" in Canada too!

[@TankUSA]

Frankie Says I’d love to be in U

[@brendadejong7723]

...as they do in New Zealand, Australia and any other country with colonial ties to the U.K. Good for the Favourite to spell it as it would be for a Queen of the U.K.

[@alanpyne896]

@@TankUSA Relax

[@shkafishkafnjakboz4196]

yes we do

[@vladimir3103]

Everyone loves the U, besides the United States. Go figure.

[@miloallerton]

I'm really glad she responded "human"! My wife and I are from different countries and its so much more worldly to view raising a child like that.

[@charlesmarlowstanfield]

Ever since The Mummy... I appreciate you, Rachel.

[@SuMBuDDe42oE]

I STILL have a crush on her from that film..

[@daverhoden445]

Those eyes.

[@lilaclizard4504]

They spelt that right too! What's with Americans calling them "Mommy" instead?

[@scipioafricanus5871]

For me it was "The Constant Gardener".

[@yvel713]

True!! That was the greatest movie for me when i was a kid.. Because of that movie i had fascination with Egypt... Hahhaha

[@ibidesign]

Disobedience was surprisingly good. The sort of movie you watch and then watch again, a day or two later.

[@julieta5375]

Johnny Shabazz disoUbedience*

[@NeverAshcroft]

I cant help, but read your comment in the way ron swanson would say it. Laughing my head off right now.

[@sayuu_chan]

“I sense a pattern” And Rachel’s laughter How I wish it was true

[@sayyid5869]

I had a crush on her as a kid when I watched The Mummy🤣.

[@gatewayrealtor664]

Jesus I did too. Memories.

[@ghassenhamden148]

and who didn't ..

[@010193daniel]

We all did my brother.... We all did

[@eazye26boy]

still do lol

[@pushkarmahajan2660]

I still do 🥺

[@Red_Rebel]

Rachel Weisz is everything! Congrats to the new baby ♥️

[@aishab007]

Seeing Olivia Coleman just in that clip so sad brought tears to my eyes! She is so spectacular!

[@learntospellpeople]

I m here from the future. Olivia Colman just won the Oscar for Lead Actress! And gave the funniest, most charming and heart-warming speech ever.

[@tonyjames5444]

Looks like we English would score higher in Scrabble than Americans:)

[@jazzx251]

I don't think that game ever caught on over there. Most of their words wouldn't reach the "Triple Word Score" - because of being a "u" short.

[@kevinlacoursiere684]

@@jazzx251 -- Yes, I believe that was tony james' point...

[@ajsuflena156]

oooooo

[@ssh1487]

Mai Nem or an a short like in paedo/pedophile, encyclopaedia/pedia etc.

[@jazzx251]

@@ssh1487 aeroplane scores higher than airplane

[@chadderton]

I love Rachel Weisz, can't believe she's almost 50. I love her husband too, especially his film Skyfaull...

[@myfirstnamemylastname1395]

I don't know if you just misspelled or if you added the extra u as a joke for what they were talking about. If it is, that's a solid joke right there! :)

[@chadderton]

@@myfirstnamemylastname1395 I added the u, and thanks for the reply.

[@ksec6631]

Time to rewatch Enemy at the Gate again.

[@drivewaystar6485]

Lol Sky Foul

[@glintrhmj]

Nice 👍🏽 raise her to be human very well said especially in these times #humanfirst

[@MoeMentos]

Oof...

[@aprila8412]

I've been in love with her since I was 13. Her smile just enchants me.

[@sakurachanxnaru]

I love Rachel Weisz with all my heart, I'm her fan since I'm 13 now I'm 24, she's so smart, cute, excellent actress, PERFECT. I loved Disobedience son much,so exciting waiting for the Favourite, I want still see more of her jobs, her movies are fantastics!

[@andreacollins3204]

Ooohhhh Stephens crush is back!! And my crush!! Rachel is just amazing

[@Aboleo80]

I have something in common with Colbert. We both love Rachel Weisz.

[@aamnahere6250]

I love her attitude. She's fun and doesn't take herself too seriously. No starry tantrums and arrogance.

[@zapkvr]

Fn

[@vanjaraduljeskovic2318]

She is so humble and adorable.

[@NewMessage]

Well.. America did have a very 'Screw U' attitude when it left Britain...

[@tmseh]

Yeah! Take that tea and put it where the sun don't shine.

[@DCCLovesYou]

Gold

[@sebastianelytron8450]

A hilarious New Message comment? I don't remember getting in a time machine.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

someone ate their Wheaties this morning. :)

[@whitleybayman123]

Britain actually left you as we could not be arsed to bother with a little colony and had to fight bigger enemies in the rest of the Empire

[@kamileelaineballesteros3830]

host: a little girl right? With ugh your husband? Rachel: ???? yeah, he'd be the father :p Love you Rachel

[@fake_nok]

Ah yes, my favourite British pastime, staring intensely at Rachel Weisz.

[@NewMessage]

As a Canadian, I must agree, even if my spell check does not.

[@drzaious8136]

If you Google, "civilisation English spelling." the first result claims that spelling of the word is used more by the cheeky English than most. So I don't think it's a universally spelled that way over there.

[@davidmunrowise4004]

New Message in

[@monkiram]

DrZaious Canadians use “z” rather than “s” in these words, and some spellings are accepted here as both versions, but for the most part, our spelling is closer to British spelling. Also we don’t write tyre, that’s just weird

[@rsena0210]

I hope she wins the Oscar, her performance was amazing 😉

[@johnrobichaud1983]

So she defended spelling a word correctly good for her

[@Barzins1]

John Robichaud punctuation though. 🤪

[@jeronimobalcarcel4613]

Barry Sabahat who gives a shit, it’s not a PhD essay, it’s a fucking KZbin comment

[@OneofInfinity.]

@@jeronimobalcarcel4613 You have clearly been sitting on that one, not the comment that deserves it.

[@jeronimobalcarcel4613]

OneofInfinity what?

[@verneata1788]

John Robichaud so angry.

[@MK-el8cc]

She still looks gorgeous inside out. I love this woman.

[@Edd25164605]

I did laugh at that 'will you raise her in the U.S or London?'. There is more to the UK than London folks. So many countries bound by a common language,Much love people !

[@reganthaw9906]

From South Africa. Defend the u. Stay CIVILISED

[@martinet1985]

what does u have to do with "staying civilized"? nothing.

[@wgrandbois]

For one thing, it's a joke about the z they discussed.

[@SelfReflective]

Regan Thaw Read some old texts, you'll find words like "errour", meaning "error". Why don't fight to bring that spelling back??

[@ariloveshouse]

Stephen having a crush on Rachel made me have a crush on her too!

[@craigthompson4092]

That woman always looks absolutely incredible! #massivecrush

[@nightbender9250]

Rachel Weisz was AMAZING in The Favourite

[@mariosnizamis7475]

Next time she's invited,please give more time!She's one of the most interesting actor personalities!

[@johnbaldock6353]

I Love people who Laugh with there Eyes!!!!

[@kasperjoonatan6014]

..and in England that's 'their' :)

[@moonblink]

I love Rachel Weisz when she anythings.

[@wfalls9453]

@@kasperjoonatan6014 🤣

[@monkiram]

Rachel Weisz laughs with her eyes 🎶

[@livlovsucceed3894]

@@kasperjoonatan6014 America too

[@tumsfestival]

Rachel Weisz can do no wrong.

[@bilaltugrulugurlu8577]

Disobedience was a great movie 😘 Rachel Weisz 💖 he was very successful in his role 👏

[@MultiKarola]

lovely vibe between rachel and stephen. and discussion about film not fluff etc and stuff

[@miracudrag]

He's really trying to get something from her but it's not his day 🤣

[@roxdu]

I will never forget the moment when, working online in customer support for a London based company, a client from the USA told me she had doubts we were a trusted legitimate company because we "spelled license wrong". USA customers were always the worst.

[@IceColdProfessional]

She's simply lovely. She makes me want a cup of tea.

[@pepitaunderthesun4763]

Have one, darling; it's ever so delicious!

[@morganfisherart]

And a roll. In the hay!

[@aaronnm9335]

“Just... Human” that.. just that made her more remarkable and awesome!

[@victoriabannikova2662]

Her laugh ❤️

[@flatpointhigh]

I'm so jealous of Stephen for already having seen this movie

[@MyCaio1997]

You could just download it

[@volgawolfhounds741]

She is soooooo good at her craft. Respect.

[@j.m.waterfordasxiphanex3738]

Looking forward to it very much :)

[@zizinnnn]

loved her in the fountain

[@rifkinr4660]

yes sis, we love the two films

[@fredfinks]

oh man the favourite was good. love it and cant get enough. ill have to check out disobedience.

[@commanderfreaky]

Ever since I saw her in The Mummy, it was as love at first sight! ❤❤❤😍👸 The first love of my life!

[@phenbuz]

I love her since Chain Reaction. She's wonderful.

[@michellepartridge8558]

She's so charming and lovely, I definitely have to go see this movie.

[@mollyannababyy5]

We dropped superfluous 'U' words because when printing presses pushed newspapers to the forefront, prices were by the letter. American Capitalism is the real reason, not because we hated the Brits.

[@jazzx251]

not sure I believe that ... I think it's down to oral tradition. If you have a basic idea of what vowels and consonants sound like in the English language ... you would naturally replicate them somewhat phoenetically when you were 3000 miles away. Basically - the "U" was cut out because it didn't have any impact on the sound of the word. Hence, you still say "devour" - not "devor" [I haven't checked - I hope you don't!] But "Flavor" ... that phoentically looks just about right. But "Flavour" ["Flayvower"??] ... I can see why that doesn't seem like a good idea. You're starting to win me around USA. Give me 200 years to adjust.

[@roshn.i]

@@jazzx251 yeah no the criminal lowlifes, at the time, sent to Australia, who make up modern day white people, if they kept the original spellings then it's not really for making it more colloquial

[@Mgooy]

*superfluos you heretic

[@darinaangelova2882]

No, you decided it was "superfluous"... and dropped it. Just like democratic presidential elections of sane presidents!

[@lewisjwr]

It used to always be ‘color’ but then in the 17/18th century the British decided that the English language needed to be more Latin, and so added the ‘U’. America didn’t bother so the U-less ‘color’ remained there.

[@kander46]

Rachel Weisz is just fascinating....I could listen to her forever

[@SilviaZed]

She is lovely and a great actress!!

[@SuperMetalfan2010]

Wow, haven't seen Rachel Weisz in a long time. She looks good!

[@a-bittersweet-tragedy0203]

Her mind was blown about the civilization thing 😂

[@AzaleaLuna]

I just adore her. Must see this movie.

[@megamoviez]

This movie was INCREDIBLE!!! I saw it at a Film Festival! She was great in it as well!

[@chrisrichmond1941]

And it's 'zed', by the way... ;-)

[@Whelmed.]

B = bee C = see D = dee E = ee G = jee P = pee T = tee V = vee Z = zed Makes sense.

[@ShadowFalcon]

Slaystation3 Yes, especially when you consider that according to yanks, “See” can be either C or Z.

[@EricJeanMawrie]

Well, it comes from the Greek letter, zeta. So...

[@morganfisherart]

@@EricJeanMawrie - but what about beta then? It didn't become "bed." Just wondering...

[@_Booker_DeWitt]

ShadowFalcon “C”/ “see” is pronounced differently than “Z”/ “zee”. Different sounds.

[@TheMoviePlanet]

British: centre, theatre, defence, licence, civilise, analyse, humour, oestrogen, dialogue, disc, chilli, cheque, grey, sceptic, tyre, travelling,... American: center, theater, defense, license, civilize, analyze, humor, estrogen, dialog, disk, chili, check, gray, skeptic, tire, traveling,....

[@brotherindy2642]

The Movie Planet some are acceptable either way. As an American, I've always spelled disc, theatre, grey, and others the British way

[@jlr108]

diarrhoea/diarrhea; paediatric/pediatric; disorientated/disoriented - a few more that come to mind.

[@videovedo36]

That's exactly why I have problems sometimes when I have to write in English (I'm italian). I fear the spelling I'm remembering is not correct, and forget that there are so many differences between English and American-English that I might be right either way. It's confusing! Looking at your list I see that I more often tend to use the English spelling for these words, but for example I had no idea it's oestrogen, or civilise...I only knew the American spelling of these!

[@daleglenny1133]

jlr108 I’ve been told that various reasons such as... it’s to make it easier, to be more phonetic (funetic...hehe), or to reduce the letters for typesetter, but there is nothing that can explain changing “anaesthetist” to “anesthesiologist”. Seriously? And I’ve just had the shit spellchecked/ autocorrected out of me!!

[@davebuchan81]

@@videovedo36 I'm English and did know about almost all of these, and can assure you that very few would care, even if they did notice. There are enough British people who do not know there/their/they're haha - you don't actually need to worry about these unless it's in a formal letter :)

[@juliettumang4852]

i love her sinced her movie swept away ! it was so powerful!!! beautiful & i love daniel craig !!!😁

[@Shazy20]

She's so calm charming and lovely pretty and humble

[@animiraci6870]

Also it's zed not zee Stephen.

[@jasonwu9287]

Zed Lepplin!

[@monkiram]

I’m Canadian and my last name has a z in it. When I was living in the US, if I ever had to spell it for somebody, without fail the person would ask me to repeat it. I had to train “zed” out of my vocabulary. Now that I’m back in Canada every time I’m asked for my last name, I need a second to reorient myself to which version is correct lol

[@TheNewGreenIsBlue]

ZEE is better. ZED doesn't rhyme. Always drove me crazy.

[@me-ln4pd]

@@monkiram Ah I didn't know you also say 'zed' in Canada

[@monkiram]

@@me-ln4pd Yep. It sometimes sounds like I forgot how to spell my name because I hesitate lol.

[@elenakara4279]

Everybody here are talking about the linguistic differences of the US and UK and I'm thinking how INTERESTING and worth-seeing is this movie !! I mean better than the '' Killing of the sacred deer ''

[@elenakara4279]

Ben Scudder You are right ! Dogtouth was my first Yorgos Lanthimos movie and at first I found it very different and more daring but now I get the hidden meanings and its very unique . I hope The favourite will be unique in its own way as well !

[@-namaste-9415]

"no you douuuuun't!" 2:11 I LOVE English accent!!

[@josueortegaesparza3650]

I love how que speak about the 1950 classic 'All About Eve' wich have a lot of common in 'The Favourite' Love love love Rachel Weisz

[@thegodemperorhiram]

so, just found out, Rachel Weisz, one of my all life crushes, is married to my favorite Bond...

[@Adam_s_Uncle]

it's actually IS an ink thing! :) they use to charge small personal adds in newspapers by the letter, so people would ask to drop vowels and it got into the language!

[@BarbieLiu]

Rachel played brilliantly in the mummy films. Loved her and Brendan onscreen chemistry!

[@spesfloret]

I agree completely with that.

[@margotrose1437]

She's amazing, great actress and really beautiful

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

From what I know, American English not having a "U" in a lot of words is because newspapers charged by the letter back in the day, so somewhat superfluous letters like that would often be cut out to save costs, and so that spelling just stuck.

[@takincareofbusiness5793]

The Samoan language has a similar history but having to do with the excessive vowels and the missing consonants in typesetters' supplies.

[@ivannaguerra7364]

Ah, Americans. Always thinking about the capitalist gains.

[@daleglenny1133]

Håkon Andreas Olaussen Sounds plausible until you get to tire, liter, fiber etc...same number of letters.

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

@@daleglenny1133 For those words, or at least liter and fiber, I would assume that people just spelled it that way since that's how you'd think it was spelled from hearing it

[@user__214]

Well, what you know isn't true.

[@tomitstube]

wow, looks like a terrific film.

[@flordocampoandrade1136]

Piotr Swat you don't know my heart , so you can't say that love her more haha..But i understand you, because so many people love her so much..She's lovely, beautiful, sweet, intelligent , generous and wonderful actress and person .. Big hug from Bahia-Brazil

[@stormrevenant]

Biggest childhood crush

[@Jamakaya1]

This interview was cringe-worthy. Colbert's questions and banter were uncharacteristically dumb. Weisz seemed uncomfortable with such trivial banter. He was either having a bad night or was intimidated by her intelligence and beauty.

[@MikePhoenix007]

He has a huge crush on her. He has talked about it many times; even with her husband Daniel Craig.

[@harleyquiinnnn]

I know it has the awkward-date-vibe

[@Ayeshteni]

Weeeeeellll, she wasn't too sure on Civilization and Civilisation. Now I appreciate Americans giving some zees a bit of loving, but...

[@xerus8987]

The -our comes from French and -or from Latin. At first the US and UK used them equally in English. Later Noah Webster created his dictionary in the US and pushed for -or usage which was his personal preference and it got accepted, though other spellings he came up with were rejected. Samuel Johnson in the UK created his dictionary with a preference to -our because he felt English had more words from French than Latin. In the end, no one is wrong and it could've gone either way, so use a 'u' or not, it was all just personal preference of two people in their respective countries that shaped how everyone would later spell words.

[@alskjdfsldkjf]

Love her laugh!

[@RahulChaudhary-bw2ep]

Love u Rachel ❣️❣️

[@socrappyicoulddie]

Their mutual crush is adorable.

[@angelheadedhipster2214]

Speaking from the UK, & also being that I am British, I can attest to the fact that monarchs such as Queen Anne aren't necessarily well known by the wider general public. Certainly she's mentioned on programmes dealing with topics such as monarchy, history etc, but unless you have studied or read about or just have more of an interest than surface info, then really people don't really know about her/Q Anne, & lots of others too. Mainly it's always the really famous that get most of the coverage, & only in things like TV shows. Example 👉🏻 Tudors, Victoria, The Crown, Last Kingdom, White Queen etc etc. Naming just a few, & then most viewers knowledge of each is basically from said shows, but they will perhaps recognise the names. Not everyone won't know, but I believe that the average person won't know anything about Queen Anne & others. It might be different in Scotland because Q Anne played a part in the act of union forming Great Britain. And it was rumoured that she had a love affair with one of her ladies.

[@offal]

her furniture is though innit, i mean everyones heard of a queen anne sideboard or table lol

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Rachel Weisz is lovely, charming, and beautiful as always.😊😊❤ Congratulations on both the husband and daughter!😁

[@Fakan]

Oh I love her.

[@RemoRam]

Slipper slap to him when she said "Human"

[@georgeetboom7719]

Graham Norton wipes the floor over any presenter

[@lisaisa4727]

Love her sooooo much

[@mcmandy086]

That one scene they showed is perfect

[@denilsonmoreira8667]

04:36 Really Stephen?! He's only one of the best cinematographers of the last couple of years and sure to become legendary in a few.

[@adityatiwari5666]

That was one uncomfortable conversation! Like verrryyy

[@StelinaJustice]

She is such a beauty. All of Yorgos Lanthimo's movies were whimsical, kind of awkward but deeply original. I haven't seen this last one, I should.

[@99kuzy]

Just human . Perfect

[@geoffreyfeinberg9792]

She's a good actress. She's good in anything she does. Hope she and Daniel Craig do a movie together once he's done with James Bond.

[@Barzins1]

Lucky Daniel Craig.

[@md.hamidulhassain6185]

She has such a great personality

[@nyerineu3388]

Talented actress and stood up for Debra Lipstadt and her call out of David Irving (Holocaust denier), another 'creature of Life'! Well done Ms. Weisz!

[@movingwithailsa3799]

I will tell you a story and I swear on my life it’s true My uncle (Bruce hunter) used to be a very famous photographer and hairdresser in London Rachel Weisz’s father phoned my uncle and asked him to do a photo shoot with his daughter and so he did my uncle was the one who discovered Rachel Weisz he done her very first photo shoot and that is what set her off she actually had a radio interview and she mentioned his name annnd he was invited to their wedding but he lives in Scotland so he couldn’t attend

[@paranoidandroid4956]

Is it just me that finds this interview more than a little awkward?

[@watashiwasho5531]

You're not alone.

[@offal]

you`d think with colbert being a huge tolkien fan he would see it differently, as tolkien worked for many years on the Oxford publication of the dictionary.

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

No it’s not just you. Rachel was having to lead this!

[@antigonirigatoni]

She is the most perfect human being 😍👸🏻 I LOVE HER SO MUCH ❤🇬🇷

[@lluvia3thkpsp]

Omg, Rachel I love You