Top 10 Impressions Done in Front of the Actual Person on Graham Norton
#10: Emily Blunt Does Tom Cruise
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No one would want to do impressions after the grand-daddy of animated voices Seth Macfarlane, but the results here are pretty hilarious. After the creator of Family Guy had blown the audience away with the voices of the characters he plays, Graham passes the torch to Emily and asks her to do an impression of Tom. Her impression is pretty straight and dead-on, but what’s even funnier is Tom’s comeback impersonation of Emily. The two laugh and he pitches up to his voice to a ridiculous degree, making a hilarious but not necessarily accurate impression of his co-star.
#9: Will Smith Does Kevin Hart
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Will Smith is one of those people who is so successful, he can pretty much do anything! But that doesn’t mean you should! While sitting on Graham’s couch with Kevin Hart, Naomi Scott, and Octavia Spencer, Will starts discussing the ridiculous things he’s been doing as a part of his bucket list. After we learn that he went diving with sharks, he describes an interaction with Kevin letting him know what he needs to do next. His imitation is pretty spot-on, getting a few laughs. It leads Kevin to solidify that Will has got to come back at some point.
#8: Tom Hiddleston Does Graham Norton
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Marvel’s Loki can slip into the guise of others, and the actor seems to share that ability. Tom eagerly asks if Graham gets people impersonating him often, which he answers no, but it’s quite obvious Hiddleston is chomping at the bit to try and parody the talk show host! After asking for some cards as props, he launches full swing into a pretty spot on first-time impressions, which even the man himself loves. Watch out, Graham! He might be coming for your seat! Anyone see a “Tom Hiddleston Show” in the near future?
#7: Tom Hanks Does a British Accent
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Being an actor, accents have to be somewhere in your arsenal. It seems like Tom can slip in and out with ease! Graham prompts Tom into a story about encountering various high-level people while with the President of the United States and the Queen. As to help sell the story, he does a quick attempt at a British accent in front of an actual British actor, Simon Pegg. It’s mostly meant for a joke, he draws the line at the queen, which he makes abundantly clear he doesn’t want aired. That doesn’t stop Simon though, who launches into his impression of the queen shortly afterward.
#6: Henry Cavill & Amy Adams Do Batman
Just like Darth Vader, when Zach Synder’s Batman came out with a voice changer, a lot of people wanted to try it out. Well, Graham gave his guests just that opportunity with a special microphone when the “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” cast dropped by. Ben Affleck sets the tone by hilariously ordering a pizza as the caped crusader. Amy can’t stop smiling after she gets a shot at the voice either. But it’s Henry’s spot-on that takes the cake! Where he pretends that Batman and Superman’s relationship goes a bit deeper than bitter rivalry.
#5: Julie Walters & Miranda Hart Try Rapping
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As a comedian, it can be a bit embarrassing to meet someone you’ve played the part of, but Tinie Tempah took Miranda’s previous Sports Relief performance in stride. We get a little snippet of her rapping ability when she recalls the words to the song, which leaves everyone smiling. But what we didn’t expect was Julie Walters to chime in with a taste or her rap career. She dives headfirst into her song from the Harry Hill film, embodying the beat as she does it. While the ladies might not be filling stadiums like Tinie Tempah, it was a fun little moment everyone enjoyed.
#4: Benedict Cumberbatch Does Chewbacca
There is nothing better for an actor to see a genuinely wonderful reaction from your audience, and we got just that with the impression. As Graham asks if Cumberbatch is used to doing impressions, Jack Whitehall points out that he was mirroring Chewbacca during a clip from Star Wars shown earlier where Han gets frozen in carbonite. Benedict then confesses that it was one of his favourite moments from the character and lets out a delightful replication of Chewbacca’s cries. The reaction from Harrison Ford is priceless as it probably gave him flashbacks from filming.
#3: Graham Norton & Hugh Grant Act Out Four Weddings and a Funeral
Graham is not known for impressions, but he will go the extra-mile to get the job done. They reenact the tender and loving moment where Hugh’s character confesses his feelings for Andie MacDowell’s character, except this time, Graham is taking over for the role as Carrie. As he begins his monologue, Graham looks on lovingly as he goes full method, having water poured on him, making Hugh break character. It’s there that Graham then re-enacts Carrie’s line “is it still raining?” where a waterfall is dropped upon him. While it may not have been the most spot on impression, it was definitely enough to bring a few laughs in memory of this actor’s breakout film.
#2: Everyone Does Arnie
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If you’re asked to do an impression of an actor, it surely gets easier if multiple people get involved. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the actors that has such a distinct voice that almost everyone has some kind of impression of him in their back pocket. So when the Terminator actor wanted to do a quick video for social media on the show, he encouraged everyone on the couch to do a line from one of his movies! And so we were graced with Emilia Clarke, Jake Gyllenhall, Cara Delevigne, Tinie Tempah and Graham all giving it their best and it’s a barrel of laughs.
#1: Tom Hiddleston Does Robert De Niro
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To make an impression on someone is one thing, but to have them impressed by your attempt is another! Graham mentions how Tom has become a little notorious for his impressions of actors he admires. So he launches into a story where he embodies some voices he’s added to his toolbelt over the years, including Owen Wilson, Christopher Walken, and Al Pacino. But once he starts re-enacting a scene from heat, he takes on the persona of Robert De Niro, who’s sitting at the other end of the couch. He captures the mannerisms perfectly and leaves everyone on the couch laughing. Maybe DeNiro has a future understudy!
