Stephen Presents: Slow Horses

Summary

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert - Episode: Stephen Presents: Slow Horses
Release Date: July 8, 2025

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Introduction

In this episode of The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert, host Stephen Colbert and co-host Becca welcome listeners and introduce a special segment featuring an exclusive interview with the cast of the acclaimed Apple TV series, Slow Horses. The episode delves into behind-the-scenes insights, personal anecdotes, and the actors' experiences working on the show.

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Exclusive Cast Interview: Slow Horses

Participants:

• Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright
• Kristen Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner
• Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb
• Jack Loudon as River Cartwright

Stephen Colbert initiates the conversation by expressing his excitement about interviewing such a distinguished cast. He remarks, "It's very enjoyable" ([08:00]).

Joining the Cast: Colbert asks the actors about joining a storied ensemble, to which Kristen Scott Thomas responds with humor and humility:

"I still feel slightly sad that I've never been in a situation where I've been in a scene with all three of them at the same time." ([09:10])

Gary Oldman's Transformation: A highlight of the discussion centers on Gary Oldman's portrayal of Jackson Lamb. Stephen pokes fun at the character's appearance:

"You look like Jackson Lamb to me right now." ([10:00])

Challenges of the Role: Jack Loudon shares his experience with the character's physical transformation:

"I had done... I put on a few pounds... and then this was presented to me, and it was this scruffy fellow who's overweight and an alcoholic." ([10:24])

Memorable Scenes: The conversation turns to specific scenes, such as Jackson Lamb's noodle-eating scenes. Kristen Scott Thomas admits to muting parts of the episode:

"I have that unfortunate time I have to put it on mute and just read the subtitles." ([11:12])

Behind-the-Scenes Dynamics: The hosts explore the chemistry among the cast members. Jack Loudon humorously recounts teasing Kristen about romantic developments:

"Have you read book eight? You read book seven? She goes, no, I haven't got to that yet." ([12:07])

Accents and Acting Skills

Stephen Colbert engages the cast in a playful challenge to perform various accents, highlighting their versatility:

"Can you do them?" ([13:01])

Joint Participation: The cast members showcase their ability to mimic regional accents, with Jonathan Pryce performing a posh accent:

"It's all right. Not bad, is it?" ([13:22])

American Accent Competition: The segment culminates in an American accent competition where the cast humorously delivers quintessential American phrases:

"Jonathan Pryce: 'Hey, sweetheart, can I get extra sour cream on these fully loaded potato skins?' [14:07]"
"Kristen Scott Thomas: 'Love it. Love it.' [14:15]"

Insights on the Acting Industry

The discussion shifts to broader topics within the acting profession. Kristen Scott Thomas shares her observations on the evolving landscape:

"Actors now are expected to be the finished article very quickly... It's a joy to go to work with these three." ([17:01])

Jonathan Pryce echoes the sentiment, emphasizing the importance of experience and perseverance in acting:

"It's amazing when you look and you see a career like yours... it's quite impressive." ([17:20])

Kristen further critiques the pressure on emerging actors:

"The pressure is so huge... and you can see it every day when we come go on sets." ([17:20])

Admiration Among Peers: The cast expresses mutual respect and admiration, with Kristen highlighting the excellence of her co-stars:

"My favorite thing about being in this is just watching good actors." ([19:02])

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Concluding Remarks

Stephen Colbert wraps up the interview by thanking the cast for their time and sharing excitement for the upcoming season:

"Season 5 of Slow Horses premieres September 24th on Apple TV." ([19:39])

He encourages listeners to follow the show for more exclusive content and behind-the-scenes glimpses.

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Key Takeaways

• Behind-the-Scenes Insights: The cast of Slow Horses shares their personal experiences and challenges while portraying complex characters.
• Acting Dynamics: Discussions highlight the camaraderie among seasoned actors and their perspectives on the current state of the acting industry.
• Humorous Interactions: Lighthearted moments, such as accent challenges and character transformations, add a relatable and entertaining layer to the conversation.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Kristen Scott Thomas on Acting Pressure:
  "Actors now are expected to be the finished article very quickly... It's a joy to go to work with these three." ([17:01])

• Jack Loudon on Character Transformation:
  "I had done... I put on a few pounds... and then this was presented to me, and it was this scruffy fellow who's overweight and an alcoholic." ([10:24])

• Jonathan Pryce on Career Longevity:
  "It's amazing when you look and you see a career like yours... it's quite impressive." ([17:20])

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This episode offers fans an intimate look into the making of Slow Horses, enriched by the actors' reflections on their craft and the industry's evolution. Stephen Colbert successfully bridges humor with insightful dialogue, making it a compelling listen for both ardent followers of the show and new audiences alike.

Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Kristen Scott Thomas]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Wow. And I would not disparage any of them.

[Becca]

No, no, no.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bring it on.

[Becca]

Nothing bad to say.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Becca]

We're nut.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kristen Bell]

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[Jack Loudon]

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[Jack Loudon]

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[Kristen Bell]

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[Jack Loudon]

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[Kristen Bell]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, everybody, it's Stephen Colbert. And welcome to the Late Show POD show with my co host, Becca.

[Jack Loudon]

Hi, Becca.

[Becca]

Hi, Stephen. Thanks so much for doing these with me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Always a pleasure.

[Becca]

Thank you for listening, listeners. We appreciate your time.

[Stephen Colbert]

Sure. We know you have a lot of choices of podcasts and we appreciate your business.

[Becca]

Yeah. Thank you for being our friends.

[Stephen Colbert]

Don't forget to fill out the questionnaire at the end. We love your feedback.

[Becca]

Yes, indeed. So today on the podcast, we have a cast interview that we just did that you flew across the sea to tape.

[Jack Loudon]

Ooh.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. This is Slow Horses.

[Becca]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

The cast interview of Slow Horses.

[Becca]

Yeah. And my favorite joke in the morning that Ariel and Jay do, our head writers, they think that the theme song to Slow Horses is.

[Stephen Colbert]

Exactly.

[Becca]

I haven't seen the show. I have to admit, I know that I have to. You've been talking so highly of it.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's very enjoyable.

[Becca]

My father, I know he's listening. He wants me to watch it. I gotta watch it.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's good. It's good. Gary Old. Just Gary Olden is enough. And Jack Loudon is adorable.

[Becca]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

He's adorbs.

[Becca]

And you guys had a lot of fun. You guys had a lot of fun. But here's a question that I have. I don't think we did this kind of interview before COVID This. Like, you know what? They're not available to come to New York, but I'll go.

[Stephen Colbert]

I did one. I did one.

[Becca]

Okay.

[Stephen Colbert]

I did Robert Duvall.

[Becca]

Oh, right, right, right, right.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was in 2019. I mean, I also went to New Zealand, you know, but that was different. I went to New Zealand in 2019, too. I guess we were getting restless in 2019, but we had an opportunity to talk to Duvall. I've always wanted to talk to. He's like. He's sort of. To me, I mean, obviously, an argument can be made that De Niro is the greatest of his generation, but Duvall's really almost a generation before him and an enormous fan of his work. And I leapt to the chance to go down to Virginia to interview him. So that was it. Once we did that went, oh, this is kind of special. Let's do a lot more of this. And then Covid hit, and then you couldn't go anywhere and do anything. And then we pulled out of it with a Spielberg interview. Yeah, but. And John Williams. Right. But I'm. I'm happy to go, you know, change the context, you know, change the venue, make that person feel at home. I love it. I mean, it's an honor to be able to sit down with any of these people, and I don't mind going to their place, man.

[Becca]

Barbra Streisand's house.

[Stephen Colbert]

Barbra. Lovely superstar Barbra Streisand. Fantastic.

[Becca]

Yeah, yeah. So cool. And I remember a really cool decision that we made at, like, the. You know, at the end of COVID If we could say that it's ended, was that a lot. Like, the decision came up after we'd been doing years of zoom interviews, of, hey, there's still sort of a shutdown happening once we were back in the theater and things were safe enough and people were vaccinated, there's like, what if in this new world where some of us are working from home, if the celebrities could still zoom in to you at the studio with the full audience, and you said, no, absolutely not.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Becca]

And I think that was a great call.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah.

[Becca]

No, but you going on these remotes is so interesting and fun and a great way to do it, and then the audience still gets to see it all together in the theater.

[Stephen Colbert]

We get to watch it together, which is nice.

[Becca]

Yeah, yeah. But this was a big Trip to London. You went on.

[Stephen Colbert]

Oh, God, it was fantastic. Gary Oldman did an hour with Gary and then did an hour with these guys. And Gary and saw friends, you know, had some great lunches and dinners and fish and chips. Yep, exactly.

[Becca]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

One another got me, Went to Fortnum and Mason's, you know, whatever. Got my tea.

[Becca]

Nice.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

It was lovely.

[Becca]

Beautiful.

[Stephen Colbert]

And my wife is a crazy Anglophile.

[Becca]

Nice.

[Stephen Colbert]

Crazy Anglophile, which is growing up in an Irish American family.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

It's difficult.

[Becca]

Yeah, Difficult.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Difficult.

[Stephen Colbert]

Difficult.

[Becca]

Yeah, Difficult, Difficult. Lemon difficult.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Becca]

All right, well, this is the Slow Horses cast. Excited for season five. Enjoy September.

[Stephen Colbert]

Enjoy.

[Becca]

Enjoy.

[Stephen Colbert]

Hey, everybody. Welcome back, folks. If you watch the show, you know that earlier this year I traveled across to interview Gary Oldman. We had a fantastic conversation and I was pleased to find out that only half of what he said had to be bleeped by CBS censors. Oldman has been over in London to film the Apple TV series Slow Horses, in which he plays Jackson Lamb, the curmudgeonly head of a delinquent MI5 unit. But he is just one member of an incredible cast that also features Kristen Scott Thomas as the flinty MI5 Deputy Director Diana Taverner, Jonathan Price, who portrays retired British intelligence officer David Cartwright, and his grandson River Cartwright, played by Jack Loudon. So I was thrilled when this wonderful group of actors agreed to sit down with me for a conversation. I'm happy to say I'm sitting down right now with some of the cast of Slow Horses. Jonathan Pryce, Kristen Scott Thomas, Gary Oldman and Jack Louden. Thanks for sitting down with me, Horses.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, thanks for coming here, Jack.

[Stephen Colbert]

What was it like to join such a storied cast?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

I mean, insane. It still is. I, I, I still feel slightly sad that I've never been in a situation where I've been in a scene with all three of them at the same time. I don't think I've even been in a scene with you two at the same time.

[Jack Loudon]

I've never been in the same with J, have I? You have been in a scene with him. I was in the back of the taxi.

[Stephen Colbert]

It was a lot scene. It was a memorable performance. Jonathan, that's a hell of a review.

[Jack Loudon]

His work is. His rule is never look behind darling. Yeah, keep looking at the camera. I was sat behind.

[Stephen Colbert]

Gary, what's your favorite thing about playing Jackson Lamb? Besides not having to go into hair and makeup?

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jonathan Pryce]

He spends hours in hair and makeup. That's the only time I ever see you.

[Jack Loudon]

It is.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah. But what this. You look like Jackson Lamb to me right now. Don't say nobody does. Put him in a trench coat. Put him in a dirty trench coat. Take off the glasses. I suppose.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, I was. Really. Cause I didn't see Gary properly for three seasons. And when I went into the makeup trailer, I was. I couldn't believe he was actually not wearing makeup and he didn't have a fat suit on.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Wait, did you have a fat suit? Did you have a fat suit in fifth season?

[Stephen Colbert]

In the first season?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Did you have a fat suit on in the first season?

[Jack Loudon]

No, no, I had done. I thought. No, I had come directly from lunch. I came directly from a film, and I put on a few pounds, and then this was presented to me, and it was this scruffy fellow who's overweight and an alcoholic, what have you. So I just thought, well, I just kind of. I just may as well keep it. But once you've got it, my God, is it hard to get rid of it?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yeah, I find it difficult to watch Jackson Lamb eat.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Have any of you had scenes where you have to watch Jackson Lamb eat noodles or anything?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Is it difficult?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

I. I have that unfortunate time I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Have to put it on mute.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

And just read the subtitles. For some of you, that.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

But you only have to watch it once. Unless you rewatch it. I think I watched it. What did you do?

[Jack Loudon]

10, 11 takes, 17 bowls.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

17 bowls of noodles.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

If you.

[Jack Loudon]

Be broke for lunch.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

I mean, I. I was there at.

[Jack Loudon]

The front of the queue.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

I just don't know what, like, what was wrong with the 12th bowl?

[Jack Loudon]

I mean, I don't know what was wrong. I just. I just had another marathon. What was I eating? Spaghetti Bolognese.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah.

[Jack Loudon]

The other day. That was in a.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

It's always very sloppy food.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

You're never eating, like, a chicken schnitzel or something, are you? Sloppy.

[Jack Loudon]

A Kit Kat or something.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah. It'll be ramen or Twix. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

For the fans out there. When are Traviner and Jackson Lamb just gonna go ahead and kiss?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Oh, yeah.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Oh, God, yeah.

[Jack Loudon]

I used to always tease her. I would always say, have you read book eight? You read book seven? She goes, no, I haven't got to that yet. Oh, my God. We finally get together, we tear the sheets up.

[Jonathan Pryce]

I'm so looking forward to that bit.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, you want to know who the. What the backstory is. There's so much history between these two people that you don't know anything about.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah, I reckon they did in Berlin.

[Jonathan Pryce]

I think there Was something going on?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yes, I reckon. I reckon the.

[Jonathan Pryce]

I don't know whether it was that fancy.

[Jack Loudon]

Fancied a bit of a rough.

[Jonathan Pryce]

No, I just think there's some sort of. There's something. There's some story we haven't found yet. Way back.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, a long time ago.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Some digging that needs to be done.

[Stephen Colbert]

Gary, you're great at accents, great at voices. We have a Welshman, someone from Cornwall. We have a Scotsman over here. Can you do each of these regional accents? Can you do them?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

You can do Scottish.

[Jack Loudon]

Yes, I suppose. Saw I sometimes do that. Bill Patterson, lovely.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Talking about a. What is it?

[Jack Loudon]

And we're looking at a bird on a hill. Yeah. And then. I don't know. Never. I don't think I've ever heard a Cornish accent.

[Jonathan Pryce]

No, but you don't have one, do you? No, I just do posh. Posher and posh.

[Jack Loudon]

Can we hear your Welsh? Well, well, I'm just going down the shop. Is it a bit like that? Yes, it's all right. Not bad, is it? Not bad. Off the cuff. Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can any of you do Gary? Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jack Loudon]

All right. I do him in the audio books.

[Stephen Colbert]

You've all done. Have you all done American accents?

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Yes.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. All right.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Oh, no. Really? Is this an American accent competition?

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Oh, God.

[Stephen Colbert]

All right. I have some things that only Americans would say. And I'm curious. You can pick one of these. Pick one of these you wish to say. Mm.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Hey, sweetheart, can I get extra sour cream on these fully loaded potato skins?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Love it. Love it.

[Jack Loudon]

That's right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Flawless.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Very proud of that.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Flawless.

[Stephen Colbert]

Flawless.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, perfect, dude.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

You know some of these? Cause you're half American now.

[Jack Loudon]

Dude, could you do me a solid and hook me up with a ticket for the Limp Bizkit concert? It's gonna be tight.

[Stephen Colbert]

Jack.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

I'm drowning in medical debt because of my out of pocket. Max is high. So this is my deductible. For some reason, the US is the only developed country without universal health care, bro.

[Stephen Colbert]

You hit some black ice there, skinny. A bit un. Universal. Spooky. Universal health care.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Health care.

[Stephen Colbert]

God bless America. And it's universal healthcare. All right, Jonathan, your. Your turn, Your turn.

[Jack Loudon]

Just crash it down. My buddy Brent is in finance. He's got some sick deeds on the crypto market.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Sounds, I think, mine like Fran Howe.

[Stephen Colbert]

We'll be right back with more from the cast of Slow Horses. Everybody stick around.

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[Stephen Colbert]

We now return to the second and what many are already calling the final part of my interview with a cast of slow horses. Who would win in a fight. James Bond or Jackson Lamb.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Jackson Lamb.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Jackson Lamb.

[Stephen Colbert]

Why?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Because Jackson wouldn't turn up. He wouldn't be at the fight.

[Jack Loudon]

I'd still be in bed, but yeah, I'd be on the city.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Bonna be there doing sit ups. You'd just be sat across the road with a chippy.

[Stephen Colbert]

Could he take James Bond in a drinking contest?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah, okay.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, I think he could probably do that. Yeah.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah, you could take Moby Dick in a drinking.

[Stephen Colbert]

Before we go, I just want to settle. You're all accomplished and brilliant actors. Who among you is the best actor?

[Becca]

Me.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Come to agreement? I think, yeah, it's Jonathan.

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah.

[Stephen Colbert]

Shucks. And since we know that acting is lying. Are you acting right now?

[Jack Loudon]

Yeah, yeah. No, I think I was a big, big, huge fan of Jonathan's for years. Seen him do a ton of things on the stage.

[Jonathan Pryce]

It's amazing when you look and you see a career like yours or yours, you know, these careers that go back a long time, let's be frank. And even right at the beginning, the things that you were doing were so sort of important. It's quite impressive.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

It's also quite sad. I've felt this genuinely recently. The actors of my generation and below is that these three are examples of actors who have played a multitude of parts and some of the hardest parts, you know, in classical text on stage and actors now, I know people talk about this a lot, but actors now are expected to be the finished article very quickly because of this sort of slew of opportunities. Now there is actually, you know, so much content and they're stuck straight right in the middle and pumped to the stars and they're not ready. And it genuinely is a joy to go to work with these three and you can feel the sort of weight of. Not the weight of experience that they have. And when you tell, when I first started working with you and you would tell me the parts that you played in the Glasgow Citizens Theatre and it's just, it's just not happening. Now it's just not happening. You've got to be. You're just sticking these young kids in these huge roles.

[Jonathan Pryce]

Yep.

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

And most of them are pretty crap. They really are.

[Jonathan Pryce]

And you only get one shot, really?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

And you get one shot. And it's. The pressure is so huge. The muscles that you guys have let. The muscles that you built up. And you can see it every day when we come go on sets. My favorite thing about being in this is just watching good actors.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do you still go to set sometimes when you aren't in the scene just to watch?

[Kristen Scott Thomas]

Yep. Yeah. Sometimes they don't know I'm there. Sometimes they do know I'm there. It's my, it's my favorite thing. But I, I've said it before. My favorite, favorite thing is watching three people of your caliber work out what you're going to do. It's the little moments in, in between, in between takes when I can watch them trying to work out what they're going to do. That's just, that's fantastic to watch. They should sell tickets for that. It's great.

[Stephen Colbert]

Well, that'll be the next show. Behind the scenes.

[Jack Loudon]

Behind the scenes.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thanks all. Thanks, horses. Thanks again to Jonathan, Christian, Gary and Jack. Season 5 of Slow Horses premieres September 24th on Apple TV. Thank you for listening to the Late Show Pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and exclusives.

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[Kristen Scott Thomas]

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