Matthew Rhys Caused An Insurrection At Team Coco | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

hello my name is Matthew Reese and I. feel equal parts confused and terrified. about being Conan O'Brien's friend well. that's uh the confusion. would be why why why am I even here to. be perfectly honest. I think you thought you were on your way. to a different podcast no no it's not. that I usually go to most interviews and. certainly most jobs going why am I here. they're just gonna go we meant Terry. Reese get out road I live my life I mean.

what a way to live I mean I know what. most actors do have is that ever. acrossed your mind for a second why. should I be here yeah the Imposter of. course what are you talking I've built a. career on the imposters no I I I'm. constantly looking about saying how is. any of this happening right um and I. think that they're talking about someone. behind me and sometimes they are. actually that has happened that's that's. a terrible feeling but but I still I.

still I still navigate life looking at. people like you going I bet yeah. doesn't feel it who the Revelation. recently was Ryan Reynolds says he. hasn't I was like God he has it right. well if he has it we're all fine yeah. well okay this is a a true story that. should put you at ease I have these two. colleagues that usually do the show with. me. Sona who's my assistant and uh Matt. Gourley but they have been found out. they have been found out so now they've. been removed yeah they're gone but.

because I'm they both have young kids. and I'm here in New York and they found. out that you were booked and they were. ecstatic then they find out that only I. get to talk to you because it's in New. York and they talked about it on the. show and how bitter they were because uh. I hate to break it to you but uh you. were a delightful uh good-looking fellow. that everyone so this there was an. Insurrection in my little show because.

they couldn't be here things I have. never sparked one an insurrection. in my in my own lunch time yes it. genuinely makes me feel like I have. something to give I this reminds me of. years and years and years ago in another. lifetime I was walking through a section. of Boston ran into a gang of kids who. were not too happy to see me one of them. uh punched me really hard in the face. smashed my nose so my mother's at work. and she gets a call and the person who. calls my mother says you're I don't know.

why she phrased it this way but it was a. gang of kids and she said your son Conan. was attacked by a mob and my mother's. first thought was that makes sense. because she was just used to me being. around the house being a wise ass of. course he was attacked by a mom oh my. God she probably finished the sentence. one of your sons was it Conan yeah that. makes sense oh my God no we all have but. the fact that she thinks you you could. offend a mob or incite a mob I could do.

it he's all he's almost a certain. Testament to you in a way I think it is. it shows. I'm you know yes I'm like Braveheart you. know I'm just yeah yes a great uh yeah a. leader yeah yeah yeah yeah thank you for. that you know my life has changed so. much Sona has it yeah let me tell you. how I can just get all this stuff. delivered right to my door I mean if you. grew up when I did in the early 1920s. that was unheard of you know a kid in a. cap had to hey boy boy you know and.

you'd have to say yes sir and you'd have. to say you know toss him a coin go get. me that goose in the window and he'd say. yes sir Mr Scrooge but it was that was. was like back then yeah but now it's not. so much of our world digitized and. automated why stick to Old School. mailing and shipping if you mail or ship. off and let stamps.com do the hard part. for you simply print Postage and. shipping labels right from your home or. office it's ready to go in minutes no. long lines are complicated setup.

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um I'd still like to see proof on that. and uh and you were fantastic and we. were cackling away and then I will admit. at one point your lovely and beautiful. wife Carrie walked by in the background. with I think a load of laundry. and I have to tell you. I I my soul left my body for a minute. and I didn't listen to you at all yes I. watched this this vision of beauty. walked by with some laundry and then. walk by the other way yes my soul off. when I see her with laundry my soul.

leaves my bodies I think I haven't. done it oh God you're in trouble oh. yeah that's that'll make me that'll make. me leap like noriev when I see work work. in the house that I haven't done you. know it is still a disconnect for me I'm. I'm a big fan of yours and of your work. and whether it's the Americans or Perry. Mason or any of the work you've done. film I'm just used to. uh this the accent your true accent is. fantastic though the the uh the Welsh.

accent might be my favorite accent. hurray because I find the Irish accent. to be absurd. I mean the real Irish accent you know. the real Irish accent yeah you go to. Ireland and you talk to Irish people. when I was a kid there was a commercial. for cereal called lucky charm yes of. course and the little lucky trouncement. were like ah Lucky Charms all kind of. like this yeah. and I thought that's how Irish people. talked and then I talked to real Irish. people. foreign.

not a word can't understand a word yeah. yeah yeah one long aggressive vowel. when was the first time you went to do. were you tracing Roots the first time. you were no I went there the first time. of course to do comedy I went there to. shoot uh a comedy piece and the idea was. that I was looking for my roots but that. all I knew was that they looked like me. meaning round face Irish red hair. um they drank a lot and they were.

depressive and I was saying asking. people and their last name was O'Brien. great and of course. um it was a really fun segment but. I have found myself uh I mean I. basically know sort of where we're from. but which is where we are from the south. on the water uh dungarvan right in. Waterford yeah yeah and we know that I. have uh great great grandfather who is a. bone Setter uh and someone else was. really good at building a stone wall.

and seriously like he knew where to put. the rock yeah. I could see the bone Setter and and the. wall Mason kind of discussing notes at. times yes sure surely they found a. Common Thread yes which is when you drop. the rock yes. well I'm related to him I'll send it to. him now yeah he's such a he'll set you. right yeah they probably worked with. each other they did they did but I'm. curious uh you It's gotta be. such a rich and important part of your.

life because I think of. the amazing actors storytellers poets. come from Wales it's just got to be in. your blood there's something in your. there's something in the blood oh God. people what is it besides besides the. obvious yeah yes this says 90 alcohol. um. there's a number of things like. attribute it to yes I think like the. other Celtic countries we'd we have that. very deep rooted. um storytelling Society yes yeah I think.

I think whales possibly more so than. Ireland Scotland because we were far. smaller in numbers and size had to had. to work that much harder and to to find. an equal footing yeah in in this in the. kind of between the two Celtic Giants so. sometime at times we we shout a little. too loud as the kind of you know. aggressive young sibling of of the tribe. um. um and I think it's certainly in Wales. where there's still a very I don't know. if I bored you this last time there's a. very strong tradition.

um in in the youth movements of Wales. twice a year there are two enormous. cultural festivals four children. although he's slightly ironic that they. make it a competition right but you get. together to compete in poetry recital. um you know singing that any kind of. cultural medium so it you are you are. beaten over the head with it you know. from a very early age. this is I'm going to add to this yeah um. which is that uh I spent 28 years with.

a talk show talking to a lot of actors. and I learned over time. and this is just almost like I was doing. a science experiment. that. whether you're English Irish Scottish. Welsh. um those actors come and they have. stories and they're funny and there is a. thing and it's not it's not true of. every American actor certainly but there. was uh I don't know I I have a theory.

that it was maybe James Dean or Marlon. Brando. the looking down. never smiling mumbling. uh tradition meant that it's not cool to. be a raconteur right does that make any. sense to you absolutely so so so uh you. know you'd have. uh you know great great American actors. would come on and they'd give very. little be a little monosyllabic and. every now and then they dare to be a.

little funny but it was almost as if. this is not our culture and there's no. training and every time I talk to. anybody who came up in the UK. they I mean you're talking about. and we were talking just before the show. about just some of the amazing crates. and you see them on talk shows back in. the 60s yeah and the 70s I was right I. was certainly raised on you know that. couple I was gonna say you know I think. I'm gonna segue viciously because I have.

quite I have a mustache at the moment. because my nephew came over to stay with. me recently and I have such vivid. memories of my uncles back in the 70s. and 80s who have had terrible mustaches. so I kind of wanted to have pictures of. of us together so we'd always have these. terrible pictures of me in a mustache. because I always think you should have a. picture a photo of your uncle with a do. with a dubious mustache in somebody's. like wait a minute you're on the. Americans couldn't you have just I. thought I did think about going into. into the cigar box and going now what do.

we what do we have here today I'm. Groucho Mars yeah yes uh. um that coupled so it was always the the. uncle that was the slight rack on tour. for us back at home who always came in. with a long story or the you know the. tall tale coupled with those you know. the Petro tool Richard Harris the. Richard Burtons when when they're on you. know um on those on the big talk shows. who could just spell bind with with. these stories of of such enormous. standing that you didn't care if they.

were true or not oh God true has no. place in a story no absolutely we have a. saying uh it's an Irish fact you know. which is. uh and my my mother-in-law who I adore. who's great she uh her family like mine. uh is uh Irish Catholic and she'll. sometimes with great certainty tell you. a story yeah and uh my father-in-law. will say well it's an Irish fact I'm. taking that one home oh yeah well Kelly.

and I because Kenny Kenny just think so. she's like yeah but that's not true and. I'm like. but that doesn't matter because the. story was infinitely better with that. fact this is because but it's not a fact. I'm gonna play this segment for my wife. because my wife and my kids are always. around they saw the the actual moment go. down right then I rearrange you yes I. make a few tweaks and I'm killing with. it at a party yes no no no no no no no. that's not true.

you have the order wrong yes and no you. didn't have a shotgun and I think well. okay yeah yeah it was a pellet gun it. broke the skin yeah it shot bubbles it. shot soap bubbles yeah. um but I I saw I think footage I don't. remember where he was but I saw Richard. Burton telling a story and you know you. think about now there's just so much so. many interviews everywhere and they're. just the the world is. everybody's constantly just interviewing. each other no one's growing food anymore.

yeah yeah and so um you can get like. okay you know is this really. so much fluff but then I I watched I. forget who it was but they were. interviewing Richard Burton and he was. talking telling a story about. as a young man doing. uh performing Shakespeare in London and. then he said he could hear the word had. come out just before he went out that. Winston Churchill's in the audience and. then he said he starts to say as lines.

and he can hear this very familiar voice. in the audience sang them along with him. yes word for word word for word and I. think and he said I sped up I slowed. down I couldn't lose it I couldn't lose. him no no and I think to myself now. that's a talk show story yes I don't. have one like that no I have no I tell. people Winston Churchill came to a late. night show a few years ago and if no one. ever for some reason I couldn't lose him. in the monologue yeah and then at the. end of the story he said. um he's in his dressing room there's a.

knock at the door and and the door opens. and Churchill's there and he goes my. Noble Lord Hamlet may I use your. bathroom. he's like what a fitting coder now and. now.