Abigail Spencer Battles Cowboys & Aliens

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Abigail Spencer can no longer complain about anything, ever, after working alongside Jon Hamm in "Mad Men" and now Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in the blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens. That's worthy of an "Indiana Jones" vs. "James Bond" quiz. We also learn a few tricks this talented beauty has up her sleeve from her old acting classes. Hosted by Nikki Novak.
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And we used to have to do this crazy Misner exercise where you just repeat things back and forth. We just had to repeat. Where I'd be like I'd be like, go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. No, you go ahead. Go ahead. Okay. Go ahead. No, no, seriously. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. That's what we do.
Yes. This is great. Hey everyone, Mickey here chilling in the Young Hollywood studio with the gorgeous Abigail Spencer. How are you?
I'm good.
See, this is why we love you because you came in. What? You told a joke.
I did. I bombed.
No, it it was awesome. It was awesome. You brought me a present.
I did. I brought you a present.
And you're a Twitter virgin like me.
My gosh, I tell you, I started two weeks ago and it's like discovering science. I'm like, I can't believe this has been happening all around me this whole time. It's amazing. I I know about news, I know about life, I know about people. I I knew nothing before.
Who was like the first person you were like, I have to find them on Twitter?
Jon Favreau. The director of Cowboys and Aliens who is the king of Twitter and also the king of Comic-Con and he's just fascinating and hilarious to follow.
They're coming back. I saw in the trailer, you were like ejected through the roof of something. Was that you?
Uh, yes. Well, I wanted more. I was just, it was so much fun. Everyone did for the most part, unless things got super crazy, everyone did most of their own stunts or being pulled.
So what's the craziest thing you had to do?
Um. Kiss Daniel Craig.
How rough? Just uh, just the thought of it, you know, like. So on top of working with Stephen Spielberg and everybody else, Could you please kiss Daniel Craig? Oh, Could you please kiss James Bond?
They had to beg me. They had to plead and beg me.
And you also because you you were in Madmen and you made out with Jon Hamm, like what is with your karma? Isn't this, is this what you need to drink?
I have kiss-tease karma. And we know each other. I yes. We do. We used to be in acting class together. You just started on my children. You just started on my children and we used to do this crazy Misner exercise when you just repeat things back and forth. We just had to repeat this back and forth. Where I'd be like, I'd be like go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. No, you go ahead. Go ahead. Okay. Go ahead. No, no, seriously. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. That's what we do.
Yeah, that's what we do. But seriously, every time I did it with you, all I wanted to say is, you have amazing eyebrows. You have amazing, I've brought up eyebrows before because I'm going to take I have a crazy fetish, which I kind of do.
You do. But I know you can cock and make out with my eyebrows. I kinda want to make out with them. Great eyelashes, great eyebrows, great hair. Can't go wrong.
Thank you. But I heard you can cock an eyebrow.
Oh gosh. Aren't you? Yeah, when you drink that, all, every time you drink that, I will cock an eyebrow. That's pretty amazing. Yeah. That's good for soap work. Actually doing all my children because they have that moment at the end which we call, I don't know if I can say this, but smell the fart. Yeah. Where every actor has to hold that that stare. Yeah. And you could just raise an eyebrow no matter what they said.
Don't you love two girls sitting around talking about farts. Isn't that elegant? Please demonstrate for me. Seeing as you worked with both Indiana Jones and James Bond in one movie, I'm gonna test your knowledge.
Oh Lord, have mercy.
James Bond or Indiana Jones. Which one is afraid of snakes?
Indiana Jones.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Oh, good. So a long time. Which one is a jet setting womanizer?
James Bond. Maybe both.
Maybe both. I know. I was like, that's why I was going back and forth. Here, this one's tough. Okay. Which previous James Bond was also in the Indiana Jones movie?
Uh, Sean Connery. I got a, I got a.
She's getting applause. Which one is the better kisser, do you think? Their character.
I think that I would need to be a control subject and I would need to test the hypothesis before I could answer that question. Right. I am a scientist.
That is scientific. I love it. What did she win? Check it in. Oh. Here's a sweet. Isn't that a lovely? I mean, could we have come up with something better for. It looks like a tiger. She's so fashionable. A tiger. A tiger claw. Wear it in good health. We can we can end on, I'm gonna take a sip and you're gonna wear the hat. Apparently. Okay. That feels so good to do that.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Abigail Spencer
Featured guest, actress in Cowboys & Aliens and Mad Men
- Nikki Novak
Host of the interview
- Jon Favreau
Director of Cowboys & Aliens, King of Twitter
- Harrison Ford
Actor in Cowboys & Aliens
- Daniel Craig
Actor in Cowboys & Aliens, played James Bond
- Stephen Spielberg
Director of Indiana Jones movies
- Jon Hamm
Actor in Mad Men
- Indiana Jones
Fictional character discussed in quiz
- James Bond
Fictional character discussed in quiz
- Sean Connery
Actor who played James Bond and was in an Indiana Jones movie
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