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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Jonathan Pryce.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.99,0:00:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[MUSIC] [APPLAUSE]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.06,0:00:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: We won't go into the story in any great length,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.88,0:00:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in fact, yours is a pretty nasty part.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.42,0:00:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a nasty piece of work for the engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.15,0:00:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yeah, I'm her agent. Put it politely. [LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.36,0:00:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: But you also engineer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.92,0:00:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the sexual release for the Marines in Saigon, as well, don't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.21,0:00:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yes, I couldn't have put it more politely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.80,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that's it. That's what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I run a bar called Dreamland in Saigon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.60,0:00:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's my new star in the bar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.68,0:00:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story goes on from there. You've said the rest of the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.38,0:00:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: You've had to have special makeup for all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.24,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not wearing it at the moment, obviously,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.90,0:00:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've had [OVERLAPPING]. It suits you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.48,0:00:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Some blusher.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.34,0:00:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: But you've got to get the eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.10,0:01:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: They don't go that way, Terry, they go this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.82,0:01:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: You tell that to Prince Philip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.54,0:01:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER] LEA SALONGA: Prosthetics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.43,0:01:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Prosthetics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.43,0:01:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very light latex which is a false lid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.58,0:01:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: I'd hate that. Does it not irritate and ...?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.40,0:01:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: I'd rather be without them, but they're quite comfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.54,0:01:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The great thing about them, no acting is required once you've got those on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.06,0:01:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just stand there and it all happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.70,0:01:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Slip into the role.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.74,0:01:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.59,0:01:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: There was, I would imagine. You were widely regarded as a versatile actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but quite a serious actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.84,0:01:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did any of your theatrical friends say to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.30,0:01:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For heaven's sake, this is a musical"?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.39,0:01:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: No, my friends, they were very supportive of the idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.17,0:01:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they found it, as they do still, find it quite exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.93,0:01:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: What about convincing the producers who are actually putting,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.41,0:01:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, millions into a show like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.96,0:01:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, they know you Jonathan Pryce,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.44,0:01:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tremendously highly-regarded actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.31,0:01:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great. Get Jonathan Pryce,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.73,0:02:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we can't have anybody who can't sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.72,0:02:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There must have been a hard-selling job required there for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.98,0:02:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: No, Cameron MackIntosh knew I could sing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.77,0:02:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a little adventure we thought about beforehand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.07,0:02:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I sang for the Frenchmen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.74,0:02:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two of them, and I sang at the London Palladium on stage there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.23,0:02:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it went over it quite well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.89,0:02:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I hadn't got the job,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.01,0:02:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would have been enough, I think, just singing at the Palladium.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.22,0:02:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: But as a non-singer in a sense, non-professional singer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.57,0:02:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does it take a lot out of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.76,0:02:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it more demanding? Must be more demanding than straight acting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.54,0:02:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: It's the easiest job I've ever had in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.96,0:02:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER] I'm not giving any of the money back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.01,0:02:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Don't worry. [LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.39,0:02:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yes. Not that you'll know, will you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.24,0:02:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was looking for a quiet life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.06,0:03:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing things like Macbeth and other similar roles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels like beating your head against the wall every night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.91,0:03:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does actually take a lot out of you in terms of stress and emotional stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.90,0:03:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very uplifting work, but it's very tiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.22,0:03:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found doing the musical,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.87,0:03:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get a great deal of pleasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.99,0:03:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a great deal of enjoyment out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.55,0:03:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only have to work 50%,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.54,0:03:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the orchestra and the music take care of 50%.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.69,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm still not giving any of the money back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.49,0:03:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: But you got to remember all the notes and all the dance steps and all the rest of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.81,0:03:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: It comes like second nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.01,0:03:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's... Once it's in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.46,0:03:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Being a Saigon pimp suits you, and it's easy work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.08,0:03:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yeah, easy-peasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.39,0:03:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: But Lea,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.45,0:03:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know from reading about you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.54,0:03:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in fact, a musical career is not necessarily or
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.29,0:03:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a career in showbiz is not necessarily the be-all and end-all of your ambitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.16,0:04:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: Yes, it isn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.72,0:04:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'd like to go back to medical school
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.92,0:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finish and I'd like to be a doctor in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since with the success of Ms. Saigon,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.66,0:04:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's now very difficult to place where I would like to go,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.06,0:04:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could either go back home after Ms. Saigon and finish
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical school or go back home and continue a career in theater.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.76,0:04:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really don't know now. I'm really confused now. I need lots of help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.43,0:04:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Because you're an old lady, you better make your decisions. You're only 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.65,0:04:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: Only 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.44,0:04:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Take your time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.27,0:04:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: I will.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.78,0:04:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: You can be a big star,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.06,0:04:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are, and be a successful doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.34,0:04:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: Yeah, I could.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.94,0:04:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Why not?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.65,0:04:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: Why not?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.76,0:04:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Meanwhile, you'll just have to go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.78,0:04:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be bored stiff, going back to the straight theatre, won't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.78,0:04:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Well, I'm in this for a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.36,0:04:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we start talking about America.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.31,0:04:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: You've already won a Tony on Broadway anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.82,0:04:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Yeah. Done. Been there. [LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: Well, it hasn't changed you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.22,0:04:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: No.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.92,0:04:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TERRY WOGAN: This show—you're both marvelous in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.94,0:04:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so thank you both. Lea and Jonathan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.05,0:04:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LEA SALONGA: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.26,0:04:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JONATHAN PRYCE: Thanks. [APPLAUSE]