Watch John Oliver Tap The Audience Tony Winner Helen Mirren for an Unusual Task

Dame Helen Mirren achieves the impossible night after night as she seamlessly hops decades as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway. The Tony and Oscar winner’s commanding presence can challenge Prime Ministers at the Schoenfeld Theatre or exude gratitude and poise at Radio City. Is there a subject that silvery voice can’t make delightful? John Oliver put it to the test on HBO’s Last Week Tonight on June 14, and has Mirren read excerpts from the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s methods of torture (along with passages from The Tale of Peter Rabbit). Something tells us this won’t be the audio book Mirren wins that Grammy for, but it’s still worth a watch.