Ralph Fiennes
5/20/202644 min
This week we have Ralph Fiennes joining us for lunch! Ralph came over to talk about the new David Hare play he helped bring to life, Grace Pervades. We were swept up in stories of Victorian theatre, Italian food, Catholicism, and growing up as the eldest of six in a very artistic family. Over Mum’s Greek chicken and lemon potatoes, Ralph talked about post-show rituals, his obsession with simple fresh food, cooking Ottolenghi lamb in lockdown, and why a filthy martini with a blue cheese olive is “blasphemy”. Ralph, we just wish you could’ve stayed for a glass of wine! Grace Pervades is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until July the 11th, don’t miss it!
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First 90 secondsJessie Ware· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Table Manners. I'm Jessie Ware, and I have a bit of a lisp because I've just been to the dentist, so enjoy that.
Lennie Ware· Host0:10
Oh, dear.
Jessie Ware· Host0:11
How are you, Mum? Not well.
Lennie Ware· Host0:13
The hip's not good, darling.
Jessie Ware· Host0:14
Oh, Mum.
Lennie Ware· Host0:14
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:15
Are you gonna be bionic woman by next season?
Lennie Ware· Host0:17
Possibly before then.
Jessie Ware· Host0:18
Are you gonna go off at security?
Lennie Ware· Host0:19
I, I don't know, darling, but there's something not right, and he said I've got to try and walk with crutches. And I'm 74, I'm not gonna manage crutches, am I?
Jessie Ware· Host0:28
Oh.
Lennie Ware· Host0:29
Anyway, Sarah's bringing them over tomorrow, so.
Jessie Ware· Host0:31
You do look fabulous with a walking stick.
Lennie Ware· Host0:32
Do I? Do I?
Jessie Ware· Host0:34
You do.
Lennie Ware· Host0:34
I don't know. I look really hobbley and old womany.
Jessie Ware· Host0:36
I'm sorry.
Lennie Ware· Host0:38
Good week this week for you, darling.
Jessie Ware· Host0:39
Why, what happened to me this week?
Lennie Ware· Host0:40
Well, I heard you sing again.
Jessie Ware· Host0:42
Oh, that's very sweet of you.
Lennie Ware· Host0:43
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:43
Yeah, I sung in Kingston. It was so nice. I did- Yeah ... an acoustic show, which is the last one that I'm gonna do before I go and do the big arena shows.
Lennie Ware· Host0:49
Do you think you can do any acoustics on your arena shows?
Jessie Ware· Host0:52
I don't know, maybe.
Lennie Ware· Host0:53
Yeah, I think you should.
Jessie Ware· Host0:54
It's nice.
Lennie Ware· Host0:55
Yeah.
Jessie Ware· Host0:55
Um, but I also wanna do a big, big show. Yeah.
Lennie Ware· Host0:58
You will.
Jessie Ware· Host0:59
We'll give you everything.
Lennie Ware· Host1:00
Darling, I was thinking.
Jessie Ware· Host1:01
Mm.
Lennie Ware· Host1:01
Champagne Kisses, come down in a champagne glass. Who's the person that did- Dita Von Teese. That's it.
Jessie Ware· Host1:06
Yeah, no.
Lennie Ware· Host1:07
I can see it.
Jessie Ware· Host1:08
I, I, I can see myself exactly like Dita Von Teese.
Lennie Ware· Host1:10
Yeah, I can see you in a champagne glass, darling.
Jessie Ware· Host1:13
Okay. We'll see what we can do- Yeah ... with the old bouje.
Lennie Ware· Host1:15
Okay.
Jessie Ware· Host1:15
Um- I'll hold the string. [laughs] God, not, not with your shaky hip, thanks.
Lennie Ware· Host1:20
No.
Jessie Ware· Host1:21
Um, thank you though for You Came On, and, and people loved it.
Lennie Ware· Host1:24
Did they?
Jessie Ware· Host1:25
Yeah, they love you. You're an icon.
Lennie Ware· Host1:27
Am I?
Jessie Ware· Host1:27
Now, um, we have Ralph