Aidan Turner reacts to becoming RIVALS Heartthrob! Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Guys, it's so good to see you. I feel like The Junket was so long ago now, doesn't it?
00:04I know, it does feel a while ago, doesn't it?
00:05I know. Where did everyone go? Is this it?
00:08Listen, it's an exclusive. Don't be raining on me, right?
00:11No, no, no. I'm joking.
00:12I'm here. That should be enough for you.
00:13This is very true.
00:14Exactly. Listen, I love this show. You know that. I've been obsessed with it since The Junket.
00:19How does it feel that it's finally nearly out there now?
00:22How does it feel?
00:24Incredible.
00:26Incredible. Down the barrel.
00:28I know. It feels great. I mean, we've waited a while for this to...
00:30It feels like we've been waiting a very, very long time.
00:33Yeah, it does.
00:34We've already seen the episode, so there's no surprise there.
00:36But, like, so many people we've talked to haven't seen it.
00:38So, yeah, it's really exciting that it's coming out soon.
00:40Just a couple more days.
00:4118th, right?
00:42Yes.
00:43What date is it today?
00:4415th.
00:45Okay. Three days. There we go.
00:46I mean, literally, not one day of the year in my mind.
00:47I know. I know.
00:48I know. It's only out of our minds.
00:49Three days. It's all out.
00:50Three days.
00:51And there's so much hype around this because, obviously, people love the book.
00:54It's absolutely incredible.
00:55So, now that you're going to get to share it,
00:57how does that feel that you're actually putting it out into the world
01:00and people are going to get to see?
01:01Because there's some differences, but nothing too major from the book, right?
01:04No, it's always slightly scary, isn't it, when it's based on something?
01:07No, no, no.
01:08Because people really are dying hard fans.
01:10And, obviously, there are changes to the story.
01:12But I think for the better.
01:13Yeah.
01:14Well, yeah.
01:15I think for the better, too.
01:16But the great thing is that we had the writer with us all the time.
01:19She read the script.
01:20She's contributed.
01:21She's there.
01:22She's on set.
01:23She's a part of the whole thing.
01:24Yeah.
01:25If it was going that way early, she would have told us.
01:28So, yeah.
01:29So, she's given us the vote.
01:30And that's kind of all that should matter, really.
01:32I think the fans will love it, though.
01:34Are you ready for Declan to become a heartthrob?
01:36Because I said to you this at the junket.
01:37You said no.
01:38No heartthrob talk?
01:39What do I have to do to not be a heartthrob?
01:41What's going on here?
01:42Oh, my God.
01:43I wish I was.
01:44No throbbing of the heart.
01:45Goddamn, I wish I wasn't there.
01:46Not again.
01:47You just need to know who you are, then.
01:49Why me?
01:50Oh, my goodness.
01:51You know what?
01:52I've watched it.
01:53I've re-watched it.
01:54And I've came to the same conclusion.
01:55Which is what?
01:56That he's going to be the heartthrob.
01:57No.
01:58Oh, I think he will be.
01:59Come on.
02:00Give yourself the credit.
02:01He's a dad.
02:02Look, I don't think that's important.
02:03I think heartthrob is Rupert Campbell Black.
02:05Declan, I think, would be quite cringed at the heartthrob sort of title, you know?
02:09Serious guy.
02:10Serious journalist.
02:11That would be below him a little bit.
02:12I don't know.
02:13I think he'd secretly like it, deep down.
02:14I don't know.
02:15He's a guy who's wearing yellow socks on live television.
02:17I'm not so sure about that.
02:18He's not that bad.
02:20He just doesn't get it.
02:21So, yeah.
02:22I'm going to stick with him on that one.
02:23Don't care.
02:24Well, look at me trying to give him a compliment.
02:26No, I didn't take that very well at all.
02:28I fought that from the very start.
02:30I need to calm down.
02:32I've got three days left.
02:33My gosh.
02:36You just don't want it to go to your head.
02:37That's what it is.
02:38Oh, yeah.
02:39Yeah.
02:40There's that too.
02:41And how do you feel about your character as well?
02:42Because, obviously, people are very excited and very invested, aren't they?
02:45Yeah, I feel quite.
02:46I mean, I guess it's the same as you.
02:49We love Gilly very much, and we just want to do her proud.
02:53And I had a lot of fun doing it, so hopefully it translates.
02:57I think it does translate.
02:58You've seen it, right?
02:59Have you seen all of it?
03:00No, I've got to three episodes.
03:01I'm going to digest it.
03:03Oh, wow.
03:04You've got three?
03:05Wow.
03:06I know.
03:07I was binging and going right through, and I thought, I need to stop.
03:08I need to control myself.
03:09That's something that comes back.
03:10The question gets asked a lot.
03:11Was it as much fun as it looks?
03:13I don't think I've ever said it before on shows.
03:15Some shows I've been in look like a lot of fun.
03:17They were not, and vice versa.
03:18But this one married really well, I think.
03:20Yeah, it was very the energy of the show.
03:22We had the crack all the time.
03:24The Irish, you know, I don't need to.
03:27And just finally, then, is it kind of bittersweet?
03:29Because I've been loving you guys doing the promo.
03:31You've enjoyed working on it.
03:32But now it's nearly all over, and you've got to go your separate ways.
03:35This is kind of it now, isn't it?
03:37Yeah, yeah.
03:38Kind of is.
03:39Hopefully, for a while.
03:40But, yeah, this is sort of the last big thing.
03:42We're all good friends.
03:43We'll do something.
03:44We'll do something.
03:45We'll work it out.
03:46Is there a WhatsApp group?
03:48I just saw a make-up person pulling out a T-shirt out of a bag,
03:52and I know it's for this wet mess over here.
03:55Of course I called you out.
03:56It's these lights that kill me.
03:58I know, they were just at Hansard.
04:00You knew what you were doing.
04:01I knew what I was doing.
04:03Right, is there a WhatsApp group?
04:04Are you going to stay connected?
04:05Yeah, of course.
04:06Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
04:07We're very close, yeah.
04:08Unless you figure out what people are doing.
04:09Exactly.
04:10Well, listen, I'd love to see it.
04:11Thank you so much.
04:12Genuinely, I loved it.
04:13I think this is going to be massive.
04:15I really do.
04:16Thanks so much.
04:17Nice to see you, heartthrob.
04:18Thanks so much.
04:19I'm not a heartthrob.
04:20Babe, you're a babe.
04:22I don't want to look at you.