Hippie-Bearded Hugh Laurie Enjoys An Interview For Once
Season 5 of House, M.D has already ended with a bang in the US (spoiler: :(), of course, but it's just starting up in the UK, and Hugh Laurie was on Jonathan Ross's show this weekend to talk about the show, medical mysteries, House's character's basis on Sherlock Holmes, his old comedy partner Stephen Fry's desire to appear on the show as House's older brother, the musical Cats, and, of course, Twitter: "I'm not a Twitter person, I'm more of a 'Shhhhh' person. I've subscribed to the 'Shhhhh' network where you write something down but don't send it anywhere." Unlike in many recent interviews with American talk show hosts, Laurie actually seems to be having fun. Maybe because Jonathan Ross knows better than to say "You're actually not from America, are you?"
Part One:
Part Two: Notice Hugh is asked the old question about how his father was a doctor, but he answers in much more thoughtful depth than on American shows. Because he knows the audience is smarter, probably:
(Spoiler here if you haven't seen the season finale.): Notice how Hugh danced around the beard question, because the Brits haven't seen the Season 5 finale yet and so they don't know that he's growing it to play House in his new role as a patient in a mental institution. :(!
Posted by Lindsay at 5:45 PM in Interviews
Tags: House | Hugh Laurie | Jonathan Ross
I'm British and I can assure you that I have seen the Season 5 finale... Thanks internet!
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Oh my goodness, was that Eric Cantona in the guest room with him? America is missing out on one of the world's best celebrities.
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Eric Cantona, Manchester United legend next to Hugh!!! awesome... cantona is great in the nike soccer commercials; Joga Bonita!
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waitwaitwait, so, they had Hugh Laurie plus Eric Cantona plus Dustin Hoffman plus The Gossip on the same show, the same night?
i.. i.. i don't really have anything else to say, i just wanted to point that out
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Jonathan Ross usually has one great guest surrounded by three crappy ones but Friday night's line-up was fantastic and all the guests were on form. Nice to see Hugh Laurie not rolling his eyes every five minutes like he has done on the US chatshow clips I have seen. I also want that paino.
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My god that couch doesn't match the rest of the incredibly garish decor.
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-you box against other people?
-small children
deadpan -and i'm on the floor laughing.
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The idea of stephen fry playing a man with two limps made me laugh out loud. My god...
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Thanks SOOO much UK for the gift of Hugh Laurie.. sorry, we're keeping him and not giving him back :)
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is it true that he is from the UK? It must be difficult to do an American accent.
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This show--Friday Night with Jonathan Ross--actually airs in America. Well, it's on BBC-America. So, if you've got fancy cable you can watch it. Which I did. Last night. In America.
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