You were born in Wales, but since you didn't grow up there, I thought I would throw a couple Welsh words and phrases, just have you I'll see if I can work out what it is.

Uh, means thank you. No, it doesn't. means good day. Let's just keep going until I get it right.

With the devilishly handsome and charming Tom Ellis from Fox's Lucifer. Hello. Welcome back.

Thank you very much for having me. I love this.

You also hate uh tomatoes, or sorry, tomatoes.

Tomatoes. Tomato. You say tomato, I say tomato. Let's call the whole thing up. Yes. Uh, yeah, no I don't. I love it. It is the devil's fruit. Yeah. Let's have sandwiches, no tomatoes on them. Please let's do that. Let's have BL.

Okay. You're on this crazy travel schedule.

Yeah. I just keep moving. That's that's the way to deal with it. That's what you have to do when you're on a network show, I guess. Yeah, but it's pretty um, I wouldn't say relentless sounds like a negative thing, but it just, you know, it's non-stop. Indeed. But it's a lot of fun, so I can't complain.

Um, when I was doing my research about you and about the show, I learned that you come from like a family of Baptist ministers. Is this true?

This is indeed the truth, yes.

So, it's a bit ironic that you are literally playing Satan.

Yeah. Yeah, a little bit. One might think. Yeah, I mean, my dad is a or he's just retired actually. He's a Baptist pastor. And his brother, my uncle was also. And my elder sister is now a pastor as well.

So what do they think of of your uh of the devil?

Well, I I Well, actually, they've all I don't talk to them anymore. They disown me.

Oh, well, there you go. Which is

And that's the interview, guys. Yeah. Uh, no, you know what? They've always been, you know, very happy about what I do for a living.

Okay. And I also having watched the show understand that it's not like it's not bad. No. He's not glorifying anything. No, he's like a likeable.

Well, what I What the spin I love about this show is that we took the most irredeemable character in history. Yes. And we've set him on a path to redemption. I don't think that's such a bad thing. No. I don't think so. So, um, you know, I think it's I think it's good. It's about It's about him not wanting to be the devil anymore. Sure. So, yeah.

Uh, you have a really fun cast you work with.

I do. D. B. Woodside, who plays your brother.

My brother. Because you guys look so alike. Do you? The resemblance is uncanny.

We're a similar height. I yeah, there you go.

But you guys don't like each other on the show.

Well, I mean, there's a there's a there's a the older brother, younger brother resentment thing. And uh, I think the idea is that Lucifer was always the favorite. And that doesn't always sit well with the siblings. Um, D. B. he's just He's a great sport because I kind of pick on him a little bit as Lucifer. Um, but he's

What about off-screen? Do you hang out?

We I mean I I'm not saying this just because the cameras are rolling. It's a very rare commodity that we all really like each other. And we all, you know, we've all got similar interests, and we laugh about the same things and so we have a lot of fun making the show.

One big party.

Well, I wouldn't say it was a party. We do work quite hard. But um, we laugh our way through it, which is, you know, when you're working sort of relentlessly like that, you need to be able to have a sense of humor about it. Yeah. Yeah.

What's your favorite thing to do in Vancouver, your home away from home?

Well, when the sun shines there, which is twice a year, uh, no, I'm joking. It's

Well, you're from London, so it's pretty much.

I can categorically tell you, it rains more in Vancouver than London. Um, yeah, it's I mean, Vancouver in the summer is one of the most beautiful cities, and uh, mainly because it's surrounded by mountains and oceans and all that. So, just getting out and doing that really. There's a beautiful sort of seawall that goes all the way around downtown, and you can hire bicycles and do that. Gorgeous.

And Canadian people. Who are?

And Canadian people, they're the nicest people in the world. They really are.

Can you do your Canadian accent for me? Only because we do this with our crew all the time.

It's a very apologetic nation. They feel the need to apologize more than Brits, actually. Oh. So they're kind of, "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." Everything starts with, "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Sorry about that." "I kind of turn it on a bit." "Uh, I'm sorry."

Uh, you were born in Wales.

I was.

But interest See, I thought this Okay, so originally I was going to do uh a little game called, "Please use the following Welsh word in a sentence." It's a very long game, but now since you didn't you didn't grow up there, I thought I would throw a couple Welsh words and phrases, just have you

Yes, I'll see if I can work out what it is. Yes, what what it actually is.

Now, I'm I'm intrigued by your pronunciation of Welsh words, because it often sounds like you're just clearing your throat. It really does. Okay. Yes. Trying to read Welsh is. It's impossible. It's like they took letters and just went like this.

They did. They just went, and like forget all the vowels. Throw them out the window. No, there's no there's like three W's in a row and like a Y and then a T, and that means, you know, hamburger.

But okay, so what's a poppy ping?

A poppy ping.

A poppy ping. This is a real thing. I

Is it table tennis related? I have no idea. Is it microwave?

A poppy ping.

A poppy ping. Yeah. That's a microwave.

It's a microwave. It's slang for a microwave. Pop it in, and then pings.

Yeah. I see what they've done there. I see what they've done. Welsh people, you got to.

Um, a a call. A call. A call.

Yeah, a call. I mean On a cold day you drink some call. Some call. Mhm. Is that a hot cup of tea?

It's a traditional Welsh soup.

Wow. I'm not doing very well at this Welsh linguistics today. No. No, no. They might have you might have to change your birth certificate. Yeah. Um, uh. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, means thank you. No, it doesn't. means good day. Let's just keep going until I get it right. means great. Cheers. What are we talking about? Cheers. You can add a little ding in there for you. I did. That's good. I wish you could look up what tomatoes was in Welsh. I'm not sure, but they're there's like a lot of funny words, like you use the old Welsh language, you go, "Co-cola." And things like that. So, I don't

You don't say anything in Welsh.

No. No. I was clearing my throat.