Michael Sheen - RHLSTP  

“I don’t wanna play myself, that would be awful” Staged: Allow me to introduce myself

"He's the Scottish you." Absolutely brilliant.

Always liked Michael Sheen but hadn't realised he was this amazing.

I love that it's not "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", but Port Talbot is the "Lil' Chef of the Galaxy".

Just some of my favorite time stamps 12:32 14:03 19:54 1:05:18 -- Michael fangirling over celebrities 8:35 9:28 17:27 28:18 30:02 44:09 54:11 55:15 59:19 1:07:59 49:12 ---- Michael being silly/funny moments 20:57 ---- Michael talking about David Tennant 25:00 ---- Michael talks about aliens 33:16 ---- Michael talks about Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence 37:18 ----- becoming Richard 46:17 ----- what's your biggest weakness? 49:55 ----fat 51:14 54:50 ---- on every British quiz show but in a different disguise each time 1:01:18 1:02:48 1:03:40 ----back to the future and favorite sequels

What a treat! I wish it had been 20 hours long... Michael is such a lovely man and so entertaining. Their rapport was great. Roll on Great Omens 3!!!

We'll never get tired of you, Michael Sheen. ❤ Ooh - maybe he'd be willing to do Taskmaster since he has such a fondness for British game shows and his fellow Welshmen...

21:17 "And he's (David Tennant) my lover!" omg, Michaellll

He's so clever, I love that Airplane mode joke

What a fine yarn-spinner Michael is. Among the best RHLSTP interviewees.

Finally he's on. You gotta love Michael Sheen. Such a fantastic and down to earth person with a great sense of humour. He can also act. I'm really looking forward to this.

HE DID THE AZIRAPHALE VOICE FOR ‘AND HES MY LOVER’ MICHAEL SHEEN PLS

This was just wonderful. Funny how 80 minutes still isn't nearly enough, yet we used to settle for 20 minutes on Wogan. Bless you for all of these, Mr. Herring.

Okay, gonna have to agree with the comments that say this is one of the best episodes. I've never really known much about Michael Sheen, so thanks once again to Richard for giving me a great insight into someone truly interesting that I might otherwise have missed out on.

Michael seems to be the guest that was happiest to be there

I think i’ve just listened to this episode for the third time. Sheen is pretty much always a delight, and the Sheen/Herring double act is irresistible.

I know why you have a man crush on him Rich because he's absolutely charming. Loved watching you two enjoying each others company.☺️

What a bloody awesome bloke. This was great fun.

I saw Kingdom of Heaven as part of my uni course and we all said pretty angrily “WHATS THE POINT OF HIRING MICHAEL SHEEN IF HES IN IT FOR TWO MINUTES?!”

Michael Sheen's comments on UFOs MADE THE RADIO 4 NEWS THIS MORNING!

I have never clicked on a RU-vid notification so quickly

After listening to this, I was listening to BBC radio Nottingham, they talked about something from the interview. Mr Sheen saw a UFO! Didn't mention his community work or anything he said about his home town. Didn't even mention RHLSTP (RHLSTP) - ANGERY! Herring fans know this is where the gold dust is. Keep up your amazing work Rich 😁😁😁

I'm with you Richard - no way anyone can not be in love with Michael Sheen. Literally impossible! David Tennant for the next series? They are, after all, a pair not to be seperated now ;)

I love the fact that this was taped before there was such a thing as Good Omens 2 and now we are months past it and still collectively heartbroken.

The mention of Pointless Celebrities gave me an "ooh". The episode with Michael Sheen and Steve Pemburton was on the other day. They did indeed win, with a pointless answer in the final round.

Michael Sheen is just a decent man. Through and through.

Love Michael Sheen such a great actor,never forget him portraying a person with OCD in a drama dealing with mental health issues,he was bloody brilliant.Such humanity and from what I know does so much to engage with social issues especially where he is from in Wales such as youth homelessness.So down to earth and unaffected by his great success and fame.

I have to adjust my Top 10 list of RHLSTPs. What a great guest!

“I think Port Talbot is some kinda hub… What the f**ck is that Dau?!!!” 😂

What a great guest and straight in to my top five (maybe even top three). Please make sure that you get the estimable Mr Sheen back!

Michael is Brilliant And so down to earth.....watching Tipping Point 😂😂😂

Michael: “I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Velvet Underground-“ Me: “oh. Bebop.” 😒

I love how emotionally open and joyful he is xxx. And I may have squealed when he mentioned LOTR and War of the Worlds 😂

One of the best RHLSTP's yet.

I watched just a fragment and it was totally worthwile (the "he is my lover" Omg!! 🤣🤣🤣) so thanks for the whole interview (that I will watch after I get some sleep, as Mr Sheen deserves my full attention and concentration😍💖💖)

Michael Sheen! aw, how lovely. I caught him on that Pointless. Steve Pemberton is like a Rain Man on that show. Well done fella's! (Sheen & Pemberton). Well done to Richard Herring too for his courage in fashion.

Michael, did you just give me a glimmer of hope for another season of Omens? Sir, how dare you!

One of your best yet, this is legendary, excellent rapport and funny, thank you both!

Well worth the wait >> what a wonderful guest and fantastic human being.

I love when he acts flirty, especially with the men. He’s so funny.

An hour and 22 minutes? Still not long enough. Great stuff.

And I love the fact that it seems he left home in a rush and put on the first things he could find, I mean, that most of the time he does not seem to care a lot about the way he looks or is dressed. I other people I usually find that a bit annoying, but in his case he could have just dressed as Mrs Robinson 🤣and I would have looooved that 😍💖 cause he is talented, clever, adorable and seems to be totally down to earth, as opposed to the "look, I am a celebrity and I am above all of you" attitude that some celebrities have.

surely michael sheen is one of the nicest actors in britain? always comes across as so genuine and friendly

My favorite member of the Sheen family, it's then Charlie and Mr Sheen... in that order.

Michael dragging Passengers is a mood.

Omg this is so good. My face hurts from smiling and laughing for an hour and 22 mins lol.

I've rejoined RHLSTP (RHLSTP!) late with Michael Sheen. What a great one! Looking forward to going through the ones I've missed.

Sheen ..what a fantastic guest, good chemistry between them, it has to be said, superb episode TIME BANDITS YEAH...fantastic film

Ah I love Michael. Especially on 30 Rock. But in general, also. Great episode thanks Richard

Fist of fun had a profound effect on me!

This was great and so many good references to follow up from this one. Thank you

I like to imagine that Michael and Richard became best of friends after this

I'm keep replaying 21:17

Hello Richard Herring, I'm writing this very formally because it's a big deal to me. I'm 30 years old. I've been absolutely enamoured with comedy since I was a bored little kid in a council house in Wheathampstead with nothing to do but watch cable TV. I was seldom supervised and mainly watched Live TV, play UK, Bravo, Paramount and MTV. Comedy, music and literature have always been my closest companions. While the neglect I suffered has brought on long-term negative consequences for me emotionally, it also imbued a sense of intellectual freedom and autonomy that most people aren't afforded at a young age. Anyway, I first came across you on This Morning With Richard Not Judy, and ever since I've felt a fairly intense yet inexplicable sense of disdain for you. (Stick with me, this gets better) Acquaintances I've had throughout the years have always expressed surprise that I'm not a fan of yours. I've been massively into Stewart Lee ever since he went solo (I promise, the pay off is coming...) and have always thought of him as some kind of genius. So, I found RLSTP a couple of years ago and started watching it and enjoying it. I put this down to the quality of the guests you have on the show rather than anything to do with you. I then got really into it and decided you were just okay. Around this time I got a job as the manager of The Waffle House in St Albans where I served you and wanted to say, "You're Richard Herring" but restrained myself. By this point, I wouldn't say I disliked you anymore. When I watched your interview with Matt Lucas, I realised that you are, in fact, the genius. Stewart Lee is a whinging manboy whose negative perceptions of everyone and everything don't do anything for anyone. He's actually just a bit of a bastard, wielding his intellect like some kind of phallic symbol. Hearing the way you speak to Lucas; the mutual respect and admiration between the two of you, was illuminating. The honesty and unbridled, raw emotion that you display and encourage in all of your guests, not just Lucas, is inspirational and moving. You're deeply intelligent and give an insight into the work you do with a DIY style that I am sure will encourage countless people to follow their dreams. I probably liked you all along but was blindsided by how open you are. I struggle to be open, myself, so maybe I was jealous? Who knows. I thought I disliked Sara Pascoe too but that was definitely jealousy... I've stopped working as a restaurant manager now and begun a career writing professionally, which is going unbelievably well. I never thought that someone like me could follow my dreams, but here I am. I wanted to say thank you for making me challenge myself and for showing me how to be open and the importance of hard work. I'm going to publish my first novel next year and don't think I'd be in this place if it weren't for you. It seems like a million people have developed a similar podcast to you, celebrities interviewing other celebrities etc. None of them (except maybe Adam Buxton) are as moving or sapient as yours. In the long run - in the annuls of history - I believe that you'll be the one out of you and Stewart who is remembered and revered. All the very best Imogen

Port talbot. Portal bot. Bot portal. Robots basically aliens. All the clues are there

This is an example where the longer format chat works exceptionally well. It would never get made on the short-attention span main TV channels because they think that viewers wouldn't stick with it in enough numbers. They may be right but that just means that these shows can sit in a corner of the web where the intelligent people are. Thanks to Richard and Michael for a great show.

Richard must be one of the most well known comedians among comedians he’s interviewed that many, shame he hasn’t got the recognition

01:31 Love the lights behind the stage set. Looks really good now.

Michael Sheen as the next Doctor! He'd be amazing.

This is beyond gold.

Nice vibe between you two in this, Herring. Sheen seems like someone most people could easily be mates with. Charming person.

Oh. Bebop.

I suspected Sheen was a top chap, this confirms it - thank you Richard!

Oohh Michael...💖

What a lovely bloke.

He was brilliant on the Radcliffe and Maconie show the other day so I’m not surprised to hear him talking about Laurie Anderson

God, this is terrific - thanks, Richard.

When he's on next talk to him about narrating The Book of Dust !

I wanna see part 2 where they spend two hours talking about nothing but Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Not joking I would watch the hell out of that!

The one I would have paid good money to see: Richard and Paul Daniels. There must be other old comics/TV personalities it would be interesting to hear from. Hale and Pace?

While watching this I've wanted to hug Michael, touch his curls, and I just want to pinch his cheek.

what a genuine fuckin awesome man i just knew i was gonna watch this all the way through

so is no one going to mention the 'velvet underground' at 11:55 ? (my good omens loving brain was like OMG)

I love his giggle.

I love this silly man.

What a lovely fella.

I appreciate him just keysmashing in place of pronouncing the town name

Did you know 26 RHLSTP guests have been on taskmaster plus the hosts! Thats unfair.

Fantastic interview.

Brilliant what a nice chap

Love the everton mint cosplay

When I met Michael, I made an absolute tit out of myself despite (or maybe because of) the preparations in my head but he WAS absolutely lovely despite being stressed af and I did get more than just an "oh thanks" so pro: top man, and I can relate con: I always cringe when I remember the absolute verbal diarrhea I spewed. Hope I'll be able to make it up one day - prefferably when I'm not a nervous oddball. Thank you so, so much for this brilliant session, for letting him tell his stories, for your brilliant questions - I do so enjoy your style of "interview", and long may it reign

Airplane mode 😂

I just realized that I have the same shoe brand as a Michael Sheen. Cumberbatch also wears the same. 😂 Blundstones! All of Canada wears em.

The zebra crossing from abbey road has lost some weight.

*DaViD pErFoRmS a BoOk*

Only a few seconds in but I hope he mentions playing Jeremy Dyson in TLOGA 😂 ...

Wish there'd been a question about Dirty Filthy Love, but then I have OCD.

This was gold.

martin sheen... national treasure.

Brilliant.

Damned United, and 30 Rock, love this fella!

hey, i'm listening to war of the worlds now and michaels character learns to ride a bike about 6 minutes in!

Much better lighting!

This is good 😊

21:00 PS I just checked, The War of the Worlds Audiobook is being narrated by David Harewood, not David Tennant. Don't worry, Michael, your lover did not keep anything from you ;-) Fantastic interview Richard!

The loading wheel keeps turning, but no video. Taken down again?

Aziraphale plays a Welsh actor quite well.

36:00 I'm pretty sure he's in the film Kingdom of Heaven, but maybe just the director's cut.

When was this recorded?