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Sarah Pidgeon Talks Portraying Carolyn Bessette in Love Story and Recreating New York in the '90s
Sarah Pidgeon Talks Portraying Carolyn Bessette in Love Story and Recreating New York in the '90s
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0:00
-Welcome back to the show.
0:02
-I know. It feels so good to be back here.
0:03
-Congrats on all the buzz from "Love Story."
0:06
You were so great. I want to get into all that.
0:08
The last time you were here on the show,
0:10
it was with "Stereophonic."
0:11
-Yes. -The cast was here.
0:12
You'd just got nominated for a Tony.
0:14
And then we finished our interview, and then you--
0:16
I don't know if you remember this.
0:18
You were getting ready for the Met Gala.
0:19
-How could I forget? -Do you remember it?
0:20
-I do. I feel like we finished our set,
0:23
and then we had like 45 minutes to get dressed.
0:25
-Yes. -And then you were--
0:26
You were my first look.
0:27
It was like we were going to prom.
0:29
-Yes. -But there was no stretch limo.
0:30
-No limousine. -Or corsages.
0:31
-But you were in a beautiful dress.
0:33
I was in a tuxedo. -You looked great.
0:34
-Thank you, bud. I appreciate that.
0:36
-You're welcome.
0:37
-That was a fun night at the Met Gala.
0:39
Did you have fun that night?
0:40
-It was. I had a great time.
0:41
I went with Juliana Canfield, who was also here.
0:44
-From here. Yeah. -From here.
0:45
I guess the three of us sort of went together.
0:46
-We did. -And somehow we ended up
0:48
at The Carlyle singing a song from the show.
0:53
-Wow.
0:54
I know you grew up a lot in community theater.
0:55
-I did. -Do you remember any of the
0:57
first productions you were in?
0:58
-Oh, I was in so many.
0:59
Actually, one of your colleagues...
1:00
-Yeah. -...who works here
1:03
was in the community house theater production with me.
1:05
And I know they sent you a clip of me
1:07
playing Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast."
1:11
-Wait. You played Cogsworth?
1:12
-Yeah. Don't you know this? -No, I don't know.
1:14
I know that you were in "Beauty and the Beast."
1:16
I assumed...Beauty.
1:17
-Yes. I was around like 11 years old.
1:18
Oh. Well, thank you. -No problem.
1:20
-I assume...Beast. -Beast?
1:22
Thank you. Yeah. I was not- I was not--
1:24
-The clock? -I was gonna say Mrs. Potts.
1:27
-Thank you. -Yeah.
1:29
Yeah, I was-- I was the clock,
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had the whole, like, painted face.
1:31
Um, it was--
1:33
-Why was that the role they thought was best for you?
1:35
-Well, apparently, I pulled a lot of faces
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'cause, you know, there's not a whole lot of body work
1:40
'cause you're, like, in a grandfather-- Yeah.
1:42
-Clock. Yeah. -It's a lot of this.
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So it's all-- -All face work.
1:46
-All face. -And we actually have
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a clip of you in a production of "Beauty and the Beast."
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Check it out.
1:53
-♪ When I'm human again ♪
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♪ Only human again ♪
1:58
♪ When the world once more starts making sense ♪
2:02
♪ I'll unwind for a change ♪
2:04
-Really? That would be strange!
2:06
-♪ Can I help it if I'm t-t-tense? ♪
2:09
-Yes! That was fanta--
2:12
You have a little dance here. Yes!
2:16
-Yeah.
2:18
-You're very talented there as a kid.
2:19
When you weren't acting, did you have any other hobbies
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you thought maybe...?
2:23
-Well, I was clearly very small.
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I had my-- And now I'm quite tall.
2:26
-Yes. -I had my growth spurt super late.
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So I wasn't really sporty. Um, but I did--
2:30
I tried my hand at soccer and cross country,
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and then the soccer girls
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convinced me to do off-season water polo.
2:38
-Ooh. -Which is the closest
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I've ever felt to dying.
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I mean, that was-- It is brutal. Brutal.
2:45
-It is? -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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It's just vicious underneath the water.
2:47
-Well, I don't know anything about it.
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-Well, I wasn't very good.
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I only did it about like two or three times.
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But I was pretty good at Pictionary,
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so I feel like your show should bring back
2:58
some sort of water-polo game.
3:00
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I will do-- I will think about that.
3:02
Thank you, Sarah. -That'd be cool!
3:03
-I appreciate that. Yeah. -Call me when it happens.
3:05
-I will. Let's talk about "Love Story."
3:07
You play Carolyn Bessette,
3:09
and you were fantastic in this, by the way, bud.
3:12
-Thank you. -Uh, it was...
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[ Cheers and applause ]
3:15
-...the biggest pop-culture moment.
3:17
-Uh, everyone was talking about you.
3:19
And you just crushed it. You knocked it out of the park.
3:22
Did you see any resemblance when you were first--
3:24
when you got cast?
3:26
-We're 5'10". We're both 5'10". Both have blue eyes.
3:28
-Yes. -I had-- You know, obviously the hair
3:30
has been quite a big topic of conversation.
3:33
I think that was really what sort of started the resemblance.
3:36
But I was really focused on trying to capture her essence.
3:40
And she wasn't, you know-- she was photographed a lot,
3:42
but there weren't any interviews she sat down for.
3:44
-I was gonna say. There's probably not much to research.
3:46
-She's very private, which I found--
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She's incredibly interesting. I admire her so much.
3:51
But being able to work in New York and--
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I'm from Michigan, but I've lived here for about 1 years.
3:56
-Whoo! -Yeah. Michigan in the house!
3:58
-Yeah. -Um...
3:59
but to be able to shoot here and, like, walk the streets
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and practice in pre-production
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of finding her physicality and like,
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where her centers-- I really focused on her eyes.
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She always moved through her eyes.
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She's very expressive through her face.
4:10
Um... -It was fantastic.
4:13
-Yeah? Aww. -Yeah.
4:14
I mean, it's been streamed over 80 million times...
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and people loved it.
4:18
What do you think-- What fascinated the fans about this?
4:21
-Well, I think there's-- I was only four in 2000.
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I was born in 1996. Year of the Rat.
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-Whoo! -Yeah.
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Other rats in the house, too.
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-Yeah. -Um yeah.
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So I don't really remember the '90s.
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-Me neither. -Yeah.
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-I just don't. Oh, my God. We're like--
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-We're so young. -We were twins.
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We're so young. I just want to go--
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I want to grab my skateboard and get out of here.
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But I did know some characters that were, like--
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I know Calvin Klein. And, man, he did a great job.
4:50
-Alessandro Nivola is so incredible.
4:53
-He crushed it. -Yeah. He was--
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He was just such a dream to work with.
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Everybody was.
4:57
-But even the '90s in New York.
4:58
And did you even-- Like, the spots, the restaurants--
5:02
-Well, yeah, I've been to-- I've now been to The Odeon.
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And I went to Walker's last night
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to watch the game, which is kind--
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Yeah. -Oh, yeah. Well, yeah.
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They didn't win, but-- It's still--
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Oh, they will win.
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-They will win. Yeah. -Give 'em one.
5:12
Give 'em one. Let him have it. -Yeah.
5:15
-Let 'em be-- We're nice.
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New Yorkers are very nice. -I think so, too.
5:19
-Yes. We welcome them in the Garden.
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We go, "Yeah. That's nice. We'll give you one game.
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Now you have to lose and then get out of our city.:"
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We win. We're the Knicks. --I love that.
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-Yeah. So we're very nice. We say, "Great.
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Have fun. Have a good time. Take pictures.
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Now we'll show you how to play basketball."
5:32
-I like that. Can't wait for tomorrow.
5:34
-Yeah.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
5:37
-But you have been to Odeon and every--
5:39
-I've been to Odeon, and I went to Walker's last night
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and someone recognized me and was like,
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"Oh, my God. You're from the show.
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And it's so cool that you're here."
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And I was like, "Oh, God.
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Is it super embarrassing that I'm, like, at this...?"
5:47
-No! I think it's cool! -You don't think?
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-I think it's cool that you do that.
5:50
You crushed it. Congrats on all the great reviews.
5:51
-Thank you. -I want to show you a clip.
5:52
Here's Sarah Pidgeon in "Love Story."
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Take a look.
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[ Chatter ]
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♪♪
6:00
-Did you get my flowers?
6:01
-Which ones?
6:03
-Well, you wouldn't call me back.
6:04
-There wasn't much to say. It was one date.
6:06
-I know. I just, um...
6:09
I feel terrible about how everything transpired.
6:11
-It's fine.
6:12
Multiple bouquets of flowers to my office
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was really not necessary.
6:17
-Did you like 'em at least?
6:20
-Calvin only allows white orchids in the office,
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and my apartment's basically death row for vegetation.
6:25
♪♪
6:28
-I just, um-- I can't seem to function
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knowing that you hate me.
6:33
-I don't know you well enough to hate you.
6:35
-Come on!
6:37
[ Cheers and applause ]
6:38
Sarah Pidgeon, everybody.
6:39
"Love Story" is streaming now on Hulu and Disney Plus.
6:44
We'll be right back with stand-up from Tommy Brennan.
6:47
Stick around, everybody! Come on back!
