>> James: THAT WAS A CLIP ARE
FROM THE SUE PESHES PASSING WHICH IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ON
NETFLIX. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS. WELL DONE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT'S
BRILLIANT AND IT'S PITCH PERFECT AND EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE IS
SO DIFFICULT AND YOU'VE MADE IT LOOK SO EASY.
AND I'M SO THRILLED AND PROUD OF YOU FOR THE RESPONSE THAT THE
FILM HAS HAD. NOMINATED FOR FOUR BAFTAS, THE
MOST INCREDIBLE REVIEWS. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, I URGE
EVERYBODY TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO WATCH THIS FILM.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW,
TELL US WHAT IT IS ABOUT. >> WELL, IT IS ABOUT, SET IN
1929. IT IT IS SPACED ON A NOVEL BY
THE BRILLIANT AND NOT WELL-KNOWN WRITER AS SHE SHOULD BE BECAUSE
SHE ONLY REALLY WROTE TWO BOOKS, NELLA LARSON AND ESSENTIALLY
TELES THE STORY OF TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WHO WERE
LIVING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COLOR LINE.
ONE HAS CHOSEN TO LIVE HER LIVES AS WHITE.
AND IS PASSING AS WHITE. AND THE OTHER IS NOT AND
LIFERRING IN HARLEM BUT THEY WERE IN SCHOOL TOGETHER WHEN
THEY WERE KIDS. AND THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. AND IT IS REALLY ABOUT HOW
THEY'RE TWO SORTS OF OPSZ SIDES OF THE SAME COIN, LIFE CHOICES
AND THEN IT BECOMES REALLY ABOUT ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DO OR
DON'T HAVE REASON TO SHAPE OUR IDENTITY.
>> IT IT TOOK YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THIS, IT TOOK YOU
OVER 13 YEARS TO GET THIS FILM MADE.
YOU WERE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT TELLING THE STORY.
AND IT IT IS THE FIRST FULL LENGTH FILM THAT YOU
COLLECTED-- SHALL DIRECTED. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THAT FIRST
DAY WAS LIKE AS A DIRECTOR. YOU MUST HAVE FELT INCREDIBLY
PROUD. IT IT NUS HAVE FELT AMAZING.
AND BE LIKE ACTION. WHAT WAS THAT FIRST DAY LIKE?
>> I HAD BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THIS FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER.
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DIRECT AND I HAVE ALWAYS WRITTEN STUFF.
SO I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN DREAMING ABOUT THE MOMENT THAT I
WOULD STEP ON TO SET AND BE A DIRECTOR, FINALLY.
ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE MONDAY ONE MEMBER OF MY FAMILY GOT
STOMACH FLU. ON THE SATURDAY, ANOTHER MEMBER
OF MY FAMILY GOT IT IT ON THE SUNDAY ANOTHER MEMBER OF MY
PEOPLE GOT IT AND I THOUGHT I'M FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
AND THEN OF COURSE I WAKE UP FIRST DAY OF FILMING AND I'VE
GOT THE STOMACH FLU. >> James: OH GOD.
>> SO IT WASN'T ALL THAT GREAT. BUT MY PRODUCER WAS HEROIC.
I MEAN SHE WAS THERE WITH A BUCKET THE WHOLE DAY.
WE WERE IN AN INDIE MOVIE, WE HAD VERY LITTLE MONEY, AND 23
DAYS TO SHOOT, I COULD NOT TAKE A SHIK DAY, THATS WAS NOT AN
OPTION, BUT MY CAST NEVER KNEW THAT I WAS QUIETLY TRYING TO
HIDE FROM THEM THE FACT THAT I WAS VOMITING IN A BUCKET.
>> WOW. >> IT WAS GREAT, IT WAS A
REALLY, I WILL NEVER FORGET IT. >> James: AND YOU SHOULDN'T,
AND I WILL NEVER, I WILL NEVER FORGET WATCHING THE FILM.
YOU SHOULD BE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF IT WITHIN I AM, THANK
YOU,. >> James: ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT. >> THANK YOU.
>> James: NOW ADAM, YOU AND I ARE BOTH HUGE SPORT FANS.
I KNOW YOU YOU ARE VERY EXCITED AARON DONALD IS HERE TODAY.
AND YOU HAVE A SHOW I REALLY AM EXTIGHTED ABOUT, IT IS YOU WILL
CAS WINNING TIME ABOUT A STORY THAT I ACTUALLY AM NOT EUJ
HUGELY FAMILIAR WITH BUT AM EXCITED TO FIND OUT MORE.
IT IS ABOUT THE LATEST-- IN THE 80S, WHAT YOU CAN TELL US, I AM
EXCITED ABOUT THIS SHOW. >> IT IS A REALLY COOL SHOW, IT
ST GOING TO IT BE ON H BECOME O. AND ESSENTIALLY I AM OLD MUF TO
REMEMBER THIS, BUT IN THE LATE 70S, EARLY '80S, THE NBA WAS
LIKE NOT POPULAR AT ALL. ITS WAS LIKE THE 7th
SCORNLG. AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE
PLAYERS CAME INTO THE LEAGUE AND WANT ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS
MAGIC JOHNSON. YEAH.
AND HE CHANGED THE WHOLE LEAGUE. AND IT WAS THIS GUY, DR. BUD AND
JERRY WEST AND IT WAS NORM NIXON AND KAREEM ABDUL JABAR, SO THE
WHOLE SHOAL IS THE STORY OF THESE UNLIKELY CHARACTERS THAT
REALLY CAME TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM AMERICAN CULTURE,
BASKETBALL, EVERYTHING. I MEAN THE LAKERS WERE MASSIVE.
AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT, IT IS A BLAST WITH A AMAZING ACTORS.
I MEAN JOHN C. REILLY AS DR. BUD, GABBY HALF MRN AS
CLAIRE, IT ST REALLY AMAZING. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN MAKING IT.
>> I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE IT. STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.