melisandre? >> clutch your child close to your breast, woman, for the night is dark and full of terrors. [ laughter ] >> i'm sorry, i don't think i know your friend, alexi. >> she's not my friend. >> seth: she's my old friend. melisandre. and this is her first baby shower. and as i was telling her earlier, these are traditionally fun affairs where people are sort of positive and upbeat. >> oh, right. >> okay. [ laughter ] well? so, do you guys know if it is going to be a boy or a girl? >> seth: we're actually waiting until the big day. >> pray that it's a son, so that the lord of light can look down upon him with favor. and if it is a girl, lock it away in a dark tower forever and hope it's not consumed by grayscale. [ laughter ] >> seth: i think we'll be happy either way. >> you should be. boy or girl, a child is like heaven. >> there is no heaven. [ light laughter ] and it's the one we're living in now. [ laughter ] >> seth: you always say you don't have any female friends. and this is why. >>

is there anything you wish melisandre could say other than that? >> i would love her to say "summer is coming." >> seth: oh, to be upbeat? >> you know, to have a little bit more light. >> seth: yeah. and so that would be nice. there is not enough lightness in the show. you could be the one. >> and it's getting -- it's not getting lighter i think. >> seth: no, it gets darker. >> it's not gonna get warmer and it's not get warmer for me either i think. >> seth: this is -- also "race," because you got to play leni riefenstahl who is obviously this crazy historical figure. how do you approach that? was it interesting to play somebody like her? >> yes, because it is a very controversial character. you know on one side she is a very inspirational filmmaker. and a really interesting filmmaker. she makes beautiful -- she's not alive anymore. films. but she was a nazi. >> seth: right. >> i mean, and that sort of, you know that dilemma is great to play, that whole grey area. it's just not a film about her. so -- >> seth: right. >> you know, i didn't really ex

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. >> seth: you know our next guest from her work as the red priestess melisandre in the critically acclaimed hbo show

and as we were saying carice, you play melisandre, the red woman, on "game of thrones." >> that's correct. >> seth: amazing character but sort of known for her steely, cryptic demeanor. very intense. >> yeah. >> seth: okay, my wife is having a baby soon. and because you are on the show today i couldn't help but wonder