it was hannibal lecter and gandalf together, feeding off each other. they had known each other.ave worked with at ian mckellen. i had never worked with tony hopkins. i have known them a long time. charlie: sir richard, sir anthony. mr. eyre: i anticipated it might be awkward having these giants working together. they fell in love. it was perfect. you could see both of them sitting back and thinking, how clever, they have chosen to do the line that way. there was this wonderful generosity between them. this was for bbc2. we rehearsed for two weeks, mostly sitting around the table. there should have been a fly on the wall. charlie: they have little cameras that can record everything that is happening. mr. eyre: we should have done that. charlie: it's about aging. mr. eyre: it is set in a theater with a star actor who sees him through the performance they have worked together for years and years. it is not exclusively about theater. obviously they are doing a production of "king lear" and the tension is will anthony hopkins get on stage? he's had a breakdown. gradually it becomes a

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it's like gandalf is staring right at me. pass! [ laughter ] >> seth: please welcome to the show rebel wilson. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: how are you? >> i'm great. >> seth: it's so wonderful to have you here. >> oh, it's my first time on the show. i'm excited.'m very excited as well. [ cheers and applause ] and i'm very excited for this film. there -- that clip was very funny. and early in the film. h: you're on the dance floor, your character is on the dance floor -- >> yeah. and start making out with him. >> uh-huh. i play robin.unctioning alcoholic. >> seth: uh-huh. >> and she parties it up in the club.our shooting days was like just me with 300 extras in a huge club just dancing for the whole day. and then the director,ike -- [ german accent ] "rebel, i want you to kiss some of the men." and i'm like, "sure." [ light laughter ] the choice was like which one? >> seth: and there's 300. >> yes. so an assistant director comes okay, if anyone doesn't want to kiss rebel wilson, go to that side of the room." [ laughter ] >> set

and so it was hand i believe elector and gandalf together on stage in west london. >> feeding off each other. >> they had known each other, i mean i've worked a lot with ian mckelan. i had never worked with tony hopkins. have i known him for a long time. i have known them both for a long time. >> rose: so this is sir richard, sir anthony and sir ian. >> i got them together, anticipating that it might be quite awkward having these two giants working together. and they just fell in love. and it was perfectly clear. >> rose: with the work and the acting of each other. >> they just, you could see both of them, either of them sitting back and thinking how clever they have chosen to do the line that way. and there was this wonderful warmth and generosity between them. >> rose: this was for bbc2. >> this was for bbc26789 it was, we shot it in-- we rehearsed for two weeks, mostly sitting around the table. awful lot of anecdotage. there should have been a fly on the wall documentary. and then we shot. >> rose: you can have cameras we can put on and they will just record everything happening at