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Kristen Wiig Gushes About Working with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale

Kristen Wiig talks about working with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, being drawn to characters like her role in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and Carol Burnett attending a table read for a character who is in a coma. Late Night with Seth Meyers. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3erP2gX Subscribe to Late Night: http://bit.ly/LateNightSeth Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Weeknights 12:35ET/11:35c on NBC. Get more Late Night with Seth Meyers: http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/ LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Follow Late Night on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Night on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night Instagram: http://instagram.com/LateNightSeth Late Night on Tumblr: http://latenightseth.tumblr.com/ Late Night with Seth Meyers on YouTube features A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy, and topical monologue jokes. GET MORE NBC Like NBC: http://Facebook.com/NBC Follow NBC: http://Twitter.com/NBC NBC Tumblr: http://NBCtv.tumblr.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/nbc NBC Instagram: http://instagram.com/nbc Kristen Wiig Gushes About Working with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale - Late Night with Seth Meyers https://youtu.be/60aoWDKf2Zs Late Night with Seth Meyers http://www.youtube.com/user/latenightseth

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-We don't own the house yet. -We don't have to. 'sides, someone's got to keep an eye on it. Protect the family interest. -I don't like the idea of thinking about you alone in the house with some strange man. -Is my Douglas jealous? -Your Dougie is worried. -I can hear you gnawin' on your paws. Stop. You're not gonna have any fingers left. Besides, he's not so strange. He is a veteran. And it's so much nicer than a motel. Pagan Room 103 was essentially an ax murderer. She was very open about that
. This guy just walks around with his shirt off all the time. He's fine. -Welcome back. We're here with Kristen Wiig. That was a clip from her fantastic new show "Palm Royale." The show is very funny. This show looks beautiful. -I have -- Yes. I mean, I have nothing to do with that, but... -It's really gorgeous and really funny. -Thank you. -You play a former pageant queen who is trying to sort of weasel her way into high society in Palm Beach. -Yeah. -Based on a book. -Yes. -And there's an incr
edible cast, but I want to just point -- direct everyone to the great Carol Burnett is in. And it's just so wonderful in the same way... -Yes. [ Cheers and applause ] -...that is so thrilling anytime I see you on screen with Maya or with Kate, I have the same feelings when I see you with Carol Burnett, even and including the fact that the first three episodes she's in a coma. -She doesn't talk. [ Laughter ] -And so you're doing a lot of coma work. -I am, which is hard, you guys. -She's doing the
coma work. -Yeah, yeah. -It's hard. -But, you know, that is a -- I mean, I've read her say that it was very hard for her to keep a straight face. And, you know, they say you can really not break when you're playing a coma patient. -Yeah. You can't. [ Laughter ] Unless you're having, like, a funny dream or something, No, she's everything and more. I mean, I -- She inspired me so much and yeah, I just -- She's a light. I just -- I cannot say enough about her. -It's so funny those moments we, you
know -- I was talking recently with Andy Samberg about how stressful it was when you'd be at "SNL" and like, somebody like Steve Martin would come through, or, you know, when it's actual comedy heroes and you get to do a scene with them. Do you get -- Because, again, it's so funny. And you knew -- As a producer, you knew the material was good, but do you still get a little bit nervous the first day Carol Burnett shows up on set? -Oh, yeah. Yeah. I was like, "Did she like that? Did she like that?
Did she think that was funny?" I mean, because it's like -- you know, it's -- like I said, it's Carol Burnett and yeah, I mean, she's -- But she's so generous and makes you feel super comfortable and she's just -- she's the best. -It did -- The look, the feel, the location did remind me of one of my favorite movies of the last five years, "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar." -Thank you very much. [ Cheers and applause ] -I like that you -- What is it that... -I don't know! -...that draws you to
characters that are sort of like in these beautiful places and maybe don't quite fit in? -Oh, I thought you were going to say they both take place in Florida because that was a mistake. [ Laughter ] I don't know. There's just something about playing someone that thinks they should be somewhere they're not supposed to be that's fun I guess? I don't know. -It's really -- It is fun. -Yeah. -Did you -- When -- When you were doing table reads for this and you have the great Carol Burnett and you're
doing a table read, so you have her come in. -Well, she didn't really have to come because she's just lying there. -Yeah. -But she came. -She's such a pro, she came. -She came to the table read, she moaned and groaned. [ Laughter ] And I mean that was -- I was like -- I mean, she showed up. It was just like, yeah. -That's fantastic. -That's Carol. -We're all very lucky that she showed up. We're all very lucky that you're showing up to "SNL" this week. I really can't wait. It gets me so excited t
hat you're coming back. -Thank you. -You guys, that's Kristen Wiig, everybody. -Thanks, guys. -Hosting "SNL" live on NBC and Peacock this Saturday with musical guest Raye. "Palm Royale" is streaming on Apple TV+. We'll be right back with Mike Birbiglia.

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