ralph fiennes was here, and it was so exciting to meet ralph fiennes. i've been a fan of his forever. and one thing -- yeah, the best. and i talked to him -- one of the things i talked to him about is the movie "in bruges," which i really love. he was in this movie. it's a great film. [ applause ] and i told him that i had actually been to bruges, and i don't know if he fully believed me exactly to the extent that i took this trip to bruges. but here's what my wife and i did when we went to bruges. like, here's photo of ralph fiennes, his character, walking into bruges in the movie. there we go. and then, this is me in bruges. [ laughter ] we took the exact same photo. [ cheering and applause ] and the fact that i would go to bruges and do poses from a movie and have my wife take pictures of it is why he's cool seth. [ laughter and applause ] but i'm very excited. we are going to do an "in bruges" week on the show.

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>> we have ralph fiennes at the center of the story. i always had the impression of rafe as a shakespearean actor, but the thing i realized working with him is he is really more like a method actor, like a marlon brando kind of actor and i love that because, you know, i had a similar experience with gene hackman as somebody who just takes it. >> charlie: with "the royal tenenbaums." >> yes, years ago. and we have a great ensemble around him. >> charlie: describe jude law then. >> well, jude law plays -- there's a sort of framing device in the movie. the story is in the '30s, most of the movie is, but in the '60s in the communist era, we have an author played by jude who meets a character played by f. murray abraham, and jude sort of narrates it. he's our guide into the story. >> charlie: and the story is? the story is -- it's about a hotel concierge who has a whole kind of circle of women admirers, mostly older women -- rich older women -- and one of them dies and he gets sort of caught up in the family -- in kind of a -- you know, a fi

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ralph fiennes gently told her the truth about acting. >> i remember saying it is tough, but if it ishe only thing you want to do you just have to do it. just don't give up. >> reporter: she didn't. the award was a landslide, winning prizes for her performance and also for her dresses. all the while acknowledging the real-life story behind "12 years a slave." >> it doesn't escape me for one moment that such joy in my life is thanks to such pain in someone else's. >> reporter: believably capturing a character's pain is what truly great actors do so well. lupita nyong'o is now officially part of the club. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> and that is our broadcast for this monday night as we start off a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> right now at 6:00, no response. burglars triggered the alarm at a south bay business, but no one came to check it out. why police say that's their policy. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm diane. jessica and raj are off tonight

ralph fiennes is also very funny. >> how does it compare to his previous films?ffice totals of his films. theyoyal tenenbaum's -- were breakout films. topped thet quite royal tenenbaum's, but it is up there with the first two hits. >> look at the figures. moonrise kingdom, his last film made $68 million. aquatic, 35 million. ever break 100 million. >> he is a very acquired taste. some people saying too much style, not enough substance. >> they have a different style, one from another. >> they are usually about privileged companies -- characters. world within worlds. >> for people who don't have time to being erotic, -- to being erotic, -- for people who eurotic,ve time to be nuerot we have "300: rise of an empire ." >> quite an unknown cast of clay rogers. she is playing a persian naval commander. tandemstory happens in to the first story, based on the battle of monopoly -- the spartans. >> not really a sequel as much as a another bit of the war happening at the same time. we don't see many of the cast of the first film returning. a porcupine is like at the end o

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: my thanks to cameron diaz, ralph fiennes, mario batali.nd the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. it's been a real fun two weeks. hope i don't die in chicago. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." have a great weekend, see you next week, bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> fred: from 30 rockerfeller plaza in new york it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight ian mckelln and patrick stewart. sophia bush. stand up comedy from michael che. featuring the 8g band with fred armisen. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: welcome, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] welcome to studio 8g! this is "late night." i'm seth meyers, and i'm so happy you're all here for our first friday night! we made it to our first friday night! [ cheers and applause ] so let's get to the news. why don't we get to the news? [ light laughter ] i read this and it made me really happy, because i feel like especially recently you've heard negative things about russian politics and russian politicians an

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on the camera, and my fellow actors, cast and crew, working with tilda swinton, or working with ralph fienneswas great to see him on set. >> talk about, if you will, talk about the nostalgia of this movie. and your character specifically. i love what jude law asks you about why you stayed and was it talking about just the nostalgia for his world, and your line was just priceless. >> this is the kind of film you go through that terrible war that they did, and the world still survives, with style, with verve and with adventure, with blood and pleasure. that's what this represents for me. it's very positive, with a cynical underpinning. but really, it says, go on, we can do it. we can make a better world. i believe that. >> the last time f. murray abraham was here, thomas, he brought his granddaughter. >> we heard. >> mika promised a dog. >> yes, did she get a dog? >> no. >> what? >> you're not saying it, oh, there she is. she is a natural, by the way. >> you're wearing the same shirt. wait a minute. >> consistency. >> that was, like, a year ago. >> this is the show i wear for your show. >> what