BRIAN TYREE HENRY IS ON THE SHOW, THERE HE IS, I'M SO
HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
>> CAN YOU JUST FOLLOW ME AROUND AND GIVE THAT OPENING WHEN I GO
TO THE BANK OR LIKE WHEN I CALL MY FAMILY?
>> James: I WOULD CONSIDER THAT ONE OF THE BEST JOBS ON
PLANET EARTH.
I WOULD.
IF I JUST GOT TO WALK BEHIND YOU GOING TO EVERYONE, LET ME TELL
YOU SOMETHING ABOUT BRIAN.
>> AND MAKE SURE THE HAND IS THERE WHEN YOU DO IT.
>> James: JUST CARRY ON AND I WOULD HAND YOU A COFFEE, AS YOU
TAKE THE COFFEE, I'D SAY LISTEN UP BITCH, LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING ABOUT BRIAN.
>> PERFECT, I WOULD PAY BOTTOM DOLLAR FOR NAP WOULD I PAY
ANYTHING.
>> James: YOU ARE JOINING US FROM LONDON.
HOW IS IT FEELING OVER THERE, IN LONDON RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M IN MY HOME AND I STILL WEAR A MASK.
THIS IS HOW I FEEL.
IT'S CRAZY, EVERYONE IS OUT, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR PEOPLE
OUTSIDE, I'M OUT BY A SUSHI RESTAURANT BECAUSE THINGS ARE
BACK TO NORMAL, IN LONDON, WE'VE BEEN FILMING EVERYWHERE IN
LONDON, THERE ISN'T A PART OF LONDON I DON'T KNOW.
PLEASE DON'T QUIZ ME.
>> James: YOU HAVE BEEN THERE A WHILE.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF LONDON?
>> INSIDE.
I'M COMING FROM L.A.
THAT IS WHERE I SPENT THE YEAR 2020, QUARANTINED, GOING THROUGH
IN STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M READY.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS MASK NEXT TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S LIKE GOING TO ROLL UP AT MY DOOR ANY POINT IN
TIME.
AM I PARANOID, YES I AM BUT I'M HAPPY.
>> James: YOU'RE IN LONDON SHOOTING THE NEW SEASON OF
ATLANTA.
I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A PICTURE FROM DONALD GLOVER'S PHONE.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN INSTAGRAM.
HOW IS IT GETTING BACK TO THE SHOW AGAIN?
>> IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD.
WE HAVEN'T SHOT TOGETHER IN ALMOST THREE YEARS, WE'VE DONE
OUR OWN THING BUT STAY IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER.
IT IS LIKE A WEIRD TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE.
DO I STILL REMEMBER WHAT ALFRED WENT THROUGH, DO WE -- I DON'T
KNOW, YOU FINALLY FIND OUT TOGETHER.
IT'S GREAT.
WE TALK EVERY DAY, I STARTED THIS GROUP THREAD RIGHT WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED AT 2016.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE A GROUP TEXT CHAIN WITHOUT LIKE BRIAN HAS
LEFT THE GROUP TEXT CHAIN.
HE LOOKS LIKE AN ASS.
WE CHECK IN WITH EACH OTHER, WE WERE ON THERE BLOWING IT UP
BECAUSE KEITH HAD TO DO THE OSCARS, LOOKING FRESH TO DEATH,
LOOKING AMAZING, THE JUMP SUIT THAT SAVED THE WORLD AND WE JUST
ARE ALWAYS ON THERE JUST LIKE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND
CHECKING IN.
IN THAT ASPECT IT FELT LIKE WE HAD NEVER PARTED.
>> James: IT'S SO GREAT.
I CAN'T IMAGINE YOU EVER DOING ANYTHING OTHER THAN BEING A
PERFORMER.
I REALLY CAN'T.
IF YOU ALWAYS LOVED PERFORMING, WHAT WERE YOU LIKE WHEN YOU WERE
AT SCHOOL?
>> I WAS RIDICULOUS.
I -- YOU KNOW, I WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEFUL OF ADULTS.
BY THE TIME I WAS BORN MY SISTERS WERE IN THEIR EARLY 20S,
LATE TEENS.
WHAT BETTER WAY FOR A CHILD TO ENTERTAIN THEM TO JOIN EVERY
SUPERLATIVE YOU POSSIBLY CAN AT SCHOOL EVEN IF YOU CAN'T DO IT.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS MARCHING BAND.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY ANYTHING BUT OUR MARCHING
BAND -- YOU SAW BEYONCE COACHELL PERFORMANCE RIGHT?
>> James: OF COURSE.
>> OUR MARCHING BAND WE WOULD BE IN THE BLEACHERS DOING THAT.
I COULDN'T PLAY TO SAVE MY LIFE.
I STILL WANTED TO BE IN THE MARCHING BAND, FAYETTEVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA, ONE OF THE BEST.
I WAS A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENTS, I ALSO MADE MYSELF THE MASCOT
AND THESE SAME GAMES.
THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME I WOULD BE IN MY GOLDEN BULL
MASCOT UNIFORM.
THEN IN THE BAND.
NO HUMAN BEING SHOULD DO SOMETHING CRAZY UNLESS YOU ARE
SUPERMAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID IT.
BUT BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE.
>> James: THAT'S SO GREAT.
I'VE HEARD AND SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES ME, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU
WERE IN THIS, YOU WERE THE FAN OF A PRANK.
>> I DO LOVE TO PRANK.
I DON'T THINK OF THEM AS PRANKS, I THINK OF THEM AS PETTY.
WHAT IS SO PETTY BUT TO MAKE SOMEONE REALIZE NOT TO MESS WITH
YOU.
>> James: IS THERE A PRANK THAT STANDS OUT FOR YOU,
SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE?
>> YES, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S THE EPITOME OF PETTINESS.
GABRIELLE LAWRENCE WE GREW UP IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE USED TO CRACK JOKES ON EACH OTHER.
HE SAW THIS BAR SOAP CALLED CASHMERE BOUQUET, NOT ANYONE
SHOULD BE WASHING WITH THIS SOAP.
THAT'S WHY HE WAS MAKING FUN OF ME.
HE KEPT ON MAKING FUN OF IT, I SAID OKAY, I GOT YOUR NUMBER.
I KNEW HIS LOCKER COMBO AND THE NEXT DAY I JUST PUT THE BOX IN
THERE.
WAITED TO SEE IF HE NOTICED.
OF COURSE BEING JUST AS PETTY AS I AM, HE WOULD, GO, WHAT DID YOU
DO TODAY?
I SAID NOTHING, DID YOU FIND ANYTHING IN YOUR LOCKER?
NO NO, JUST MY PENS AND MY -- AND THEN HE PUT THE BAR IN MY
CAR.
THIS WENT ON WITH ALMOST A DECADE WITH THIS BAR OF SOAP BY
LEAVING IT IN THE RANDOMMEST OF PLACES.
THE CASHMERE BOUQUET IN LONDON WAS IN A PAIR OF MY UNDERWARE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ME AND THIS MAN -- I PUT IT IN HIS CEREAL,
ONE TIME HE TOOK HIS CAT TO THE VET AND IT WAS IN THE CAT
CARRIER.
I LIKE THE LONG THING.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND THAT PILLOW JAMES JUST MAYBE THERE IS A BAR.
YOU'RE LIKE NO, NO, THAT CAN'T -- HA HA HA!
BUT I LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT
A FRIEND FOR LIFE, SOMEONE WHO LITERALLY WILL CARRY THAT ON
WITH YOU FOREVER.
HE'S ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS.
>> James: 100%.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST LEAD ROLE IN THE MOVIE, "THE OUTSIDE
STORY."
WHAT IS THE PART YOU PLAY?
>> I PLAY A CHARACTER CALLED CHARLES.
HE'S BEEN LOCKED IN MISS APARTMENT BECAUSE HE'S DEALING
WITH AN AWFUL BREAKUP BUT HE DOES A JOB MAKING INMEMORIAM
VIDEOS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T DIED.
SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN HE LEAVES HIS APARTMENT AND LOCKS HIMSELF
OUT WITHOUT SHOES, FORCE HE HIM OUTSIDE HIS COMFORT ZONE, TO
DISCOVER PEOPLE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD HE NEVER LEFT
HIS APARTMENT.
AFTER WE HAVE ALL BEEN LOCKED IN OUR OWN HOMES AND LEFT TO BE
WITH OUR OWN MINDS AND ALL WE CRAVE FOR IS OUTSIDE BUT THAT'S
THE BIG POINTS OF THIS MOVIE, DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED
BECAUSE IT CAN BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
I THINK THAT'S KINDS OF THE JOURNEY YOU'RE FOLLOWING CHARLES
ON IN THIS MOVIE.
MEECE LIVED IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD HIS WHOLE LIFE AND DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL HE WAS FORCED TO DISCOVER IT.
HOPEFULLY THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF US GOT OUT OF THIS.
IN THIS QUARANTINE YOU HAVE TO SIT WITH YOURSELF AND DEALING
WITH YOURSELF AND YOU HOPEFULLY CAME OUT A IRCHT DFER PERSONS
AND A BETTER HUMAN BEING.
>> James: IT'S SO GREAT, SO WONDERFUL WATCHING YOU STAND OUT
THERE, THE LEAD IN THIS MOVIE MAY BE THE FIRST OF HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF OTHER FILMS, I REALLY HOPE SO.
>> THAT MEANS THE WORLD.