Marina Sirtis - "Date with Prince Charles" - Howie - Dec. 1998

you all know my next guest best as the empathic Commander Deanna Troy from Star Trek the Next Generation now you can see a reprise the role on the big screen for the third time in Star Trek insurrection opening tonight take a look at a clip from the new movie please welcome Marina [Applause] [Music] serice welcome hi hi well good luck with this movie there's like a there's like a curse on on I hope you break the curse yes it's number nine for people that don't know or you could tell why don't you tell it's the odd number curse every Star Trek movie all the even numbers have made a lot of money and then the odd numbers haven't done quite as well as well I mean it's not like they flop or anything no otherwise it would not be a next one right but um it is this is the odd number and all the fans know about the odd number curse and we're just hoping that this one is like the one that breaks the curse now the last one the last movie you went to the premiere in in England yeah and you had like an amazing date I I got a call from Paramount and um this guy said we've had a call from Buckingham Palace would you be Prince Charles's official escort for the evening wow actually that's exactly what the audience did in England really um yeah it was it was it was did you think it was a joke yeah first of all and then I realized well I'm British so probably that has something to do with it and I up does he Pi you up no no I run by the palace no um no I I basically you you're you're in a line in the theater and you're presented to him and you're presented to him yeah it's like you wait and you wait and there's this red carpet and your significant others are not allowed to be with you you have to just be there on your own and they they have to stand behind a rope like they're waiting to get into Studio 54 or something so dancing must be so difficult well so I'm waiting I'm waiting in the line and I didn't realize there's a live feed into the movie theater a video a video live of us waiting outside right for Prince Charles right and I'm practicing my curtesy cuz I'm wearing 5 in heels so I'm like this I'm like how low do I go should I go like this and the audience is in hysterics because they can see the whole thing right and you had no idea you were just practicing idea I was terrified I was I've never been as nervous in my life my husband kept saying honey breathe honey breathe you know I just was just how low did you go uh just bobbed I just bobbed just bobbed for it just in case I like hit him on the chin on the way up or something it was just right now when you asked to be escorted to his be his date and you're married does does your husband get jealous yeah he they have to sit behind you really they're not allowed to sit next to you he has lent you to to the royalty for the evening protocol right he has to sit and he's like I've I've got my eye on him he's said I've got on him I don't care who he is if he puts a finger on you I'm slapping him in the back of the head you know so like was he practicing his slap how low do I go how low do I go I was terrified I was just seeing visions of you know American Musician locked up in the you know Tower of London for striking Prince Charles you know oh you're married to an American Musician yeah oh great and was your mother proud that you were the date of the prince you know my mom I don't think she believed it I mean my mom was like so anti me becoming an actress that why is that well we're Greek right I know I sound British but I'm full Greek and uh that's a weird Greek accent yeah or you grew up in Britain I was born and raised in London okay right right but my mom and dad were Greek and being an actress is like being a hooker you know it is yeah that's yeah I think auditioning is is what you're talking about kid what have you heard no I I was just kidding I was just joking no but I was thinking I was flat chested when I came in today I've thought boy you have you have phenomenal concentration skills I'm telling you I can really focus really without the tapes it's amazing so but they didn't want you because is in in the Greek Heritage isn't because I would think you know the masks the happy face and the sad face of tragedy and comedy those are Greek aren't they yeah so acting comes from Greece yeah but it they were guys oh so that they don't want women to go so are they proud of you now now now that you know when I first got the job my mom didn't believe that I got this great job on Star Trek she thought I was lying to her about getting a serious so I wouldn't have to go back to England and she didn't believe me until she actually saw the show on British television and now and now she now she has a wallet and in her wallet she has a picture of me in character oh so that's great and now she's going to go to the movie and be very proud yeah now in the movie you're uh aren't you topless in a scene am I not supposed to give that away okay now still yeah well actually I'm in a bubble bath right with Jonathan right and um I know I could probably have sold tickets for to women for millions of dollars to take my place but um yeah it's you know it's a jacuzzi tub and they blew the bubbles and they sometimes didn't come up high enough so I was like is your mom going to be proud of that no no they're the outakes oh they're the outakes I I don't know where they are I want them in my hand by the end of the week you know before they end up on the Internet yeah well you know what talk to Pamela Anderson she'll figure out where you should send them okay but you're a delight and good luck with this movie I'm sure the curse will be broken well from your mouth to God see thank you so much for being here Mareno C Star Trek interuption open tonight we'll be back with tany the goddess of garbage right after this