Ullman says the potential first lady’s style screams, ‘Get me outta here!’
Tracey Ullman acquired U.S. citizenship 10 years ago, after living in America since the 80s.
As with her previous shows, Ullman mixes the portrayal of everyday folk with celebrity impersonations.
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Could she commit heinous crimes and get away with it?'
While filming the scenes as Dench, people on the street thought Ullman was the real actress.
Everyone kept asking if we were making the next Bond film, she says, laughing.
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Read on for Ullmans Show, which premieres Oct. 28 at 11 p.m. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The obvious first two questions: Why go back to England and why now?
TRACEY ULLMAN:Well, because they asked me.
I met up with the two ladies running the BBC and they seemed so amazing to me.
They really were like, [in elevated British accent] Best television in the world!
Prince Charles loves the goons!
They really were guys like that.
I know the voices and the characters so well.
The makeup effects here are really incredible.
Seems like youre really raising the bar on that.
This guy is amazing, the guy who I found to do the makeup.
Hes a guy called Florese from Holland.
He sculpts all the faces.
Then he did Angela Merkel.
How many hours are you in the makeup chair?
But I like playing men sometimes.
Theres one named Dominic in this new show.
No one knew it was me.
People have said, Why did you suddenly put an actor in the middle of the show?
Im like, Oh, come on, you know its me.
Hes this sort of sad guy in the coffee shop.
Oh, yeah, we all know guys like that.
Yeah, the disenfranchised white guy.
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You made this show before the Brexit vote?
I just completed the second season and the Brexit vote happened the day before we started shooting on that.
And wed written a lot of Angela Merkel and so we had to rewrite stuff.
But it really worked out in our favor.
Ive been writing ballads for her to sing all year.
Now youre toying with this idea with the Judi Dench skits.
And that led us to Dame Judi.
She has been very kind about me playing her.
She accepted an award recently and she said, Oh, hello, Im Tracey Ullman.
And apparently she pretends to steal things in meetings, you know, staying true to her character.
You know, sometimes when I see Trumps wife, I think of you.
The current one, Melania.
Seems like you could do a interesting impression.
Shes mysterious, we dont quite know where shes from.
Well, Eastern Europe.
I love the jackets around her shoulders when theyre on the campaign trail.
It really says, Get me outta here!
Get to the jet!
Ah, Ill be back in the States for the election.
Im a citizen proud to be anAmerican!
so Im coming home to vote.
Who knows whats going to happen.
I didnt see Brexit coming.
I cant look at the political compass anymore.
Who knows where its going?
Some of us just want to be put in a coma for the next five weeks.
[Laughs] Did you say put in an induced coma?
That could probably be a good sketch.
Where do you live?
You know you’re free to find someone who can do it for you.
It might not be covered by insurance but someone could do it.
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