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'How you doin'?': Giggling Emilia Clarke blushes as Matt LeBlanc recycles his famous Friends chat up line on her

Published: 05:03 EST, 28 May 2016 | Updated: 09:24 EST, 28 May 2016

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It worked for superstars Elle Macpherson and Jennifer Aniston in Nineties sitcom Friends - so why wouldn't it work on Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke?

Matt LeBlanc found himself recycling his former alter-ego Joey Tribbiana's famous chat up line 'How you doin'?' on Graham Norton's red sofa on Friday night, and it certainly seemed to work.

Repeated at her request, the Top Gear presenter, 48, left 29-year-old English actress Emilia blushing, proving that it's still got some impetus.

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Slight request: Emilia Clarke (right) used the opportunity of sharing the sofa with Matt LeBlanc on Friday night's Graham Norton show to ask the actor to deliver his famous catchphrase

'I have one slight request from you,' she teased. 'Would you be able to ask me how I am doing?' she continued, to the sound of a whooping crowd.

'It works!' she said, as she shared in a coquettish giggle with stunning actress Kate Beckinsale, who gleefully concurred.

Soon to debut his new motoring TV role alongside Chris Evans this weekend, Matt confessed that he's never been able to ditch the NBC comedy references.

Giggles: She delighted in him asking 'How You Doing' like his famous Friends altergo Joey Tribbiani

Flirty: She gave a coquettish giggle as he delivered his famous chat up line

Special guest: Emilia was there to promote her new role in Me Before You

He said: 'Friends just follows me around. I was recording a piece to the dashboard camera of the broken down car while being towed and driving past were two guys in a plumber's truck who shouted out, "How you doin?" We kept it in the show.'

On the hand, Emilia - who was there to promote her new role in book-to-big-screen flick Me Before You - says she barely gets recognised for Game Of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen.

Emilia said: 'I can be with other cast members and people come and ask me to take the photo for them. Occasionally there is a "Damn it" when they realise.'

And, recalling a coincidence that happened whilst filming in Spain, she says, 'We were booked into this lovely little hotel only to find ourselves in the middle of a Game of Thrones themed wedding.

'We spent ages trapped in our room hiding from drunk wedding guests who were trying to find us.'

Ta-dah! Matt made his first appearance on a chat show since becoming the new face of Top Gear

Making friends! A sharp-suited Matt looked handsome and hunky during his appearance

Line-up: Matt and Emilia joined host Graham Norton with fellow guests (from left) Kate Beckinsale, Dominic Cooper and Corinne Bailey Rae on Friday night

That wasn't the end of the revelations on Friday night because as they shared the sofa with the big stars, actress Kate - who dazzled in a black Dsquared2 dress - dropped the bombshell that she was told to 'work out' if she wanted to win a role in 2001 Hollywood action movie, Pearl Harbour.

The talented actress, 42, detailed her shock at being told by the movie's director, Michael Bay, that she may need to shed the pounds if she wanted to bag her breakout role.

Kate explained how she became Lieutenant Evelyn Johnson: 'I don't think I fitted the type of actress Michael Bay, the director, had met before.

Shocking: Kate - who dazzled in a black Dsquared2 dress - revealed that she was told to 'work out' if she wanted to win a role in 2001 Hollywood action movie, Pearl Harbour, when she spoke on Friday's show

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'I think he was baffled by me because my boobs weren't bigger than my head and I wasn't blonde.

'I'd just had my daughter and had lost weight but was told that if I got the part I'd have to work out and I just didn't understand why a 1940s nurse would do that.

'And then, when we were promoting the film, Michael was asked why he had chosen Ben (Affleck) and Josh (Hartnett) he said, 'I have worked with Ben before and I love him and Josh is so manly and a wonderful actor'.

'And then when he was asked about me, he'd say, 'Kate wasn't so attractive that she would alienate the female audience. He kept saying it everywhere we went and we went to a lot of places.'

Truly beautiful: The talented actress, 42, detailed her shock at being told by the movie's director, Michael Bay, that she may need to shed the pounds if she wanted to bag her breakout role as Lieutenant Evelyn Johnson

Stunning: The 42 year-old - who's currently promoting new movie Love and Friendship - made the revelation during The Graham Norton Show, which was filmed in central London on Thursday

The film, which documented the Japanese Navy's military strike against the US in 1941, was Kate's first major role and saw her play Nurse Lt. Evelyn Johnson.

It was only her second part in a major Hollywood film - after 1999's Brokedown Palace, which saw her and Claire Danes co-star as teenagers jailed in Thailand on drug-smuggling charges.

Since then she has appeared in more than twenty projects, including Underworld, Laurel Canyon and Everybody's Fine.

Action shot: Kate pictured in character during the 2001 film - looking virtually flawless and certainly in shape

Big break: It was only her second part in a major Hollywood film - after 1999's Brokedown Palace, which saw her and Claire Danes co-star as teenagers jailed in Thailand on drug-smuggling charges