Lizzy Caplan Hates Watching Herself Act | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

One of the things that makes me uh very. happy for you, okay, is that I think it. is a wonderful era for people who have. what it takes, have ability, and have a. work ethic. Uh, and you have all those. things, and you're getting to do. consistently this really cool. work. Uh, and you have this project now, Zero Day. And I was looking at the cast. Yeah. This is on Netflix. And I'm like, you know, I've had so many people sit in. the chair that you're in. And people.

talk a lot about body dysmorphia and how. people can think they look a certain way. and they don't and they hate on. themselves. And I consistently believe. that there's something called career. dysmorphia that hasn't been diagnosed. yet or or and I'd like to invent that. and submit that to the New England. Journal of Medicine. But I've had. Alpuccino. Alpuccinocino sat in that. chair uh and talked so much about the. huge chunks of his career that didn't. work out and how they didn't want him.

for The Godfather and how he couldn't. get a job in movies in the late 80s and. thought he was through and how he thinks. all the bad reviews people told him. about. And I kept wanting to cut him off. and saying, "You're Al Pacino. You're. the face of. film f at least the 70s. You're there's. you do iconic work in every. decade and you have it too. And I think.

it's just so funny to me that you would. talk about oh you know the fow periods. and maybe I could do more if I got the. word out on my chia seed recipe. And. you're in Zero Day on Netflix. Uh, and your co-stars are Robert Dairo, Angela Basset, Connie Britain, Jesse. Plemens, and Matthew Modí. Yes. Dan. Stevens. It's what? It's Gabby Hoffman. It's the craziest cast of all time. And. it's not The best work I see now is. limited.

series is is our cinema. And I I like. limited series, too. I like watching. them and doing them. It just feels like. a very long movie. Mhm. I haven't seen. Zero Day. Uh my dad died. I don't know if we. mentioned that. So, I haven't watched. the screeners, which is bad cuz I do. want to watch it. How would that impact. how you would That's interesting. I'm. I'm trying to picture you watch. yourself. I hate it. Yeah, I would. imagine you would. I don't always hate. it, but I I do want to watch this one.

because it's. fairly dense and complex, and I want to. be able to like talk about it. It's. topical, a little like eerily topical. It's I I hope people are in the mood to. watch something that looks a lot like. what's happening in reality, but is kind. of this like horror show version of it. Very smart people made this show. Very. smart people were in this show. And I. don't know, it's ensembly enough that I. think I could I could watch it without.

like hating the experience too much. But. I think it's good. I mean, I I had a. great time doing it. It was surreal. You often times like the don't meet your. heroes thing rings very very true. It. didn't on this like Dairo like just a. nice man. was like a kind, generous man. and everybody just I always think so. Leslie Linka Gladder who directed all. the episodes and she did Homeland and.

she's she's the president of the DGA. She's like a badass, incredible woman. She's done a bunch of movies. Like, she's she's wonderful. And she directed. every episode. And. her vibe on set cuz she did one episode. of Masters of Sex in the first season. And I wanted her to like be our all the. time director, but she was doing. Homeland, so she didn't. Um, she maintains this. onset energy that I don't even like it's.

6 months. It's 6 months to shoot this. Um, Robert Dairo has never done a. television show. I believe he didn't. know what he was getting into in terms. of like the time, like how much time it. takes and like the hours and he was in. everything. But the first day of. shooting on that, the crew is always in. a good mood for everything in on the. first day. The last day, 6 months later, everybody was in as good of a mood. The. vibes were so good. It was just like a. job that. felt important but at the same time.

rightsized in terms of like in your real. life like you'd go to work and you'd go. home and these people didn't need to be. like your best friends and you didn't. need it was just like it felt very grown. up like adult but also really fun right. I don't know it was great I it was a. great experience and we honestly um I. can't really like during the strike. which was the last fun thing just taking. it back to like the doldrums again. Um, we were supposed to start this June of.

last year maybe. I don't know what year. it is. Yeah, we were supposed to do like. June to December and that was the strike. and we ended up doing January to the. next June. So, it was a full year and. everybody stayed on board. Everybody was. just as excited and we knew we got which. is rare because usually that's when. people say, you know, Yeah. And I got. this play I'm going to go do in the. Yeah, there was nothing. It was And even. just having that moment of like, well, everybody else or so many other people.

were really stressed out about what they. were going to do and work and all of. this, like knowing that Netflix is. probably not going to shove the Robert. Dairo series, like it just felt like we. had a safety net at a time when there. wasn't a lot of safety nets. And again, like if it's just the experience, which. for me is truly the only part I like of. this whole job, like it was a great. experience and I think it's really good. and uh I think you should definitely. watch it. America,

so we can be um Which camera are you. looking to America? The American camera. Okay, there we go. America. Okay, that's. China. Yeah. Um let's just make it the. number one show on Netflix till the next. thing comes out on Netflix. America. Uh, the last observation that I will. make is, and I'm certain I'm right about. this, as dire as things are right now, and this is my need to be optimistic, but I also think this is accurate. Let's. say you could go back in time to what. you would consider like the classic.

period of making entertainment, and it's. like the 1930s or the. 1940s. They would have watched you in. Mean Girls, and they would have said, "She's great. She's really funny. That's. what she does." And that's what you. would have done for the next 50 years of. your career. Mhm. And because we live in. this different era, you were comedy, comedy, comedy person and then masters. of sex and then you know um all this.

completely different work where you get. to be Yeah. If it suits you to be funny, you can be the funniest person out. there. If it suits you to be in zero day. with Robert Dairo and it's about a. global cyber attack and it's intense but. but good riveting work, you can do that. There's nothing you can't do in this. era. Whereas they would have definitely. put you in a slot. Yeah. And you would. have been punished for being really good. at one thing and they never would have.

seen the other thing. Yeah. So, even if. that means there's iPhones and other. problems, I do. love Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. I just want to say China. Uh, they I've been on their yachts many. times. Oh, I bet you have. You're a big. yacht guy. Big yacht guy. Yeah, big. yacht. I know my yachts. You got big. yacht energy. I have big mega yacht. better. That's the only big energy I.

have. I have big yacht energy. No, I. love a big yacht. I like being invited. I like being at the beck and call of a. billionaire. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And then. when they say like, "Dance for us," I do. a little something. That makes more. sense. And then I get a Krugerand, a gold coin, in case anyone doesn't know. what that is. Um, I also think that even. like not in the 30s, like in in recent. times, they would typ cast you and. pigeon hole you. Now it's like only it's. very new to not have that happen like in. the past 20 years maybe people think oh.

you can do more than one thing right but. a lot of people do find themselves like. stuck in a lane and it's it sucks I'm. stuck doing one thing because that's. what I can do that's not true that's not. true I heard I I'm but I'm saying. happily I'm happily stuck in my lane. you're not stuck in a lane though. because I just read that you were. incredible in your Sundance movie okay. as a male. This orphan thing is working for you. Yeah, that's how I got the part. And I'm. an orphan. Yeah, I'm an orphan. Um why.

am I getting smaller and squeakier as an. orphan? But um Lizzy, um this was a. lovely conversation. This is so surreal. I feel like we're just starting it. No, but this was There should have been more. jokes. You have dysmorphia. There should. have been laughter. Well, we're going to. put laughter over all the parts. When. you talk about losing your dad, when you. talk about losing your dad and I talk. about losing my parents, we're just. going to pipe in laughter from the. 1940s. That would be amazing.

I love Lucy laughs. Um, nothing has. changed. It's only You've only today. confirmed my feelings about you, Lizzy, which is you're one of my all-time. favorite people. You are uh incredibly. hyper, insanely talented, and you're a. real person. And every time I see you, you're Lizzie Kaplan and you're very. wise and uh just a delight to be with. you. Thank you very much. I'm gonna say. it. Zero Day Netflix. If you're not.

watching it, you stupid. Yeah, you're. stupid. Yeah, don't be stupid. Watch. Zero Day. Is that Come on. Why isn't. that going to be No, that is the. tagline. I mean, Daener's been saying. that on everything.