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Ashley Jensen talks to Graham about her new celebrity friends in LA
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Extras star Ashley Jensen and Wicked thespian Miriam Margolyes join Graham Norton this week for the penultimate edition of his ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two series, The Graham Norton Show.
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Ashley talks about her new celebrity friends in LA where she met both the Beckhams during the filming of Ugly Betty:
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"David Beckham came on to the set so I pretended I cared about football. I said 'can you speak Spanish', he said he could speak it 85%. He was economical with his words, he has a tiny mouse voice for one who is such an Adonis.
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"Victoria was lovely, what was weird for me was seeing someone like her as a three-dimensional human being. We sat in the make-up trailer together, she's a style icon but to be fair to her she didn't bring a big entourage."
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"'I think David's actually quite a sweet bloke," adds Miriam, "but he needs some help. His diction is terrible!"
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Miriam reveals that she's a closet royalist – one of her biggest fans is HRH The Prince of Wales: "I don't like talking about it because I felt so thrilled [to meet him], it was a wonderful thing. I think he's a dear and I don't want people to be mean about him."
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Ashley says she's still star-struck in her new home, LA: "I'm still deeply excited when I see a famous person."
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And as for Extras, she says: "Ricky admitted in the second series that Maggie was even more stupid, he likens Maggie and Andy to Laurel and Hardy."
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She refuses to rule out a sequel to the special: "It's never an end unless you die."
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At Christmas, Ashley will be "in Scotland, traditional, sitting about, wheeling out the port and Stilton, and I make people play games."
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Whereas Miriam says: "I don't do anything, I don't like it. I stay at home and eat. I think it's a waste of time, quite honestly!"
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Graham is also joined by Mika who performs new single Relax, Take It Easy live in the studio.
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The Graham Norton Show is a So Television production for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two.
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The Graham Norton Show, 10.00pm, Thursday 20 December 2007, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two
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