-I can't believe it's already the end
of the third season of the show. -I know. I know.
I can't keep up anymore.
It's crazy. -It's -- It's flying by.
-It's going so fast.
-And -- And one of the things that is a -- a change is
I feel like Randall and Beth were laid out
as this sort of perfect couple over the first couple seasons,
and -- and this season, we sort of explore that --
that maybe that's not the case.
-Right.
-Yeah. Has it been -- [ Laughter ]
Has it been -- I mean, it's weird to say, like,
is it fun, as an actor, to take on that change?
Because, of course, it's a more, you know,
negative energy to be playing. -Right.
-But do you enjoy it? -Yeah, negative is always fun
because it's, like, it's challenging.
-Sure. -Right?
And then, it's a total change-up from what we have been.
But I kind of feel like it's realistic, right?
It's life.
I think, if they stay too perfect,
people would start to question that,
or people would say, like, you know,
that's not a representation of a real marriage,
and we want to do our best to really represent
what people go through.
So, I found this struggle to be really challenging,
but, you know, I'm doing it with Sterling K. Brown.
That's not bad with him.
-Yeah, it's not that challenging. Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] -You know, it's...
-One thing you had to do without Sterling
is your character had to rely on your background.
You have a dance background, to some degree.
-Yeah, yeah.
-'Cause there was some dancing for you this year.
-There was some dancing.
-Did you have to go back to the -- to the drawing board?
Did you have to retrain at all for this?
-Yeah. They wanted me to do ballet,
and, like, I left ballet behind, like, maybe when I was like 14.
-Yeah. -Because I didn't like it,
but when... [ Laughter ]
-Good reason. Yeah. -Yeah, that was my thing.
I mean, Misty Copeland kills it, but, like, I --
but, then, I went back to train for ballet,
and I found out I still didn't like it.
-Wow. [ Laughter ]
-And so, I was like, "Okay. What we gonna do now?"
'Cause they wanna do ballet, and I was thinking...
So I asked them.
I said, "Maybe modern dance, y'all.
Does she do African dance?
You know, I can get down with that."
And they were like, "No, it has to be ballet."
So I was like, "All right."
Then I got this brilliant choreographer,
Nia Brantly, who started teaching me and coaching me,
and she's fantastic.
And she made it feel like it fit my body,
'cause I'd always sort of been told, like, you know,
"Your stomach sticks out, and your butt's too big" --
all these things that
I didn't kind of fit into that genre of dance,
and then she made it feel like I could wear it on my body
and -- and do it sort of boldly and proudly.
So, it worked out. -Yeah.
-I feel like, you know... -It really did work out.
-Yeah, it worked out. [ Cheers and applause ]
-I'm glad you -- you guys put the work in together.
-Yeah. We put a lot of work in. Yes.
-You -- this show, obviously -- I don't need to tell you --
has -- the fans are very passionate about it.
-Mm-hmm. -You --
Are your family members -- are they --
would you would you put them in the category of passionate fans?
-[ Chuckling ] Yes. [ Laughter ]
-Oh. Is it good or bad? -No, it's -- it's -- it's good.
-Yeah. -Um, no.
I have, like, this whole text chain.
My family in Jamaica's gonna love this
because they're -- they're on this text chain,
and so every time the text, you know, comes out,
they have commentary about the show.
And so, you get different things
'cause, you know, people are kind of divided with,
you know, there's a lot going about --
about Team Beth or Team Randall, and, you know, so...
-Some people in you family are not Team Beth?
-Oh, yeah. -Wow.
-No, my... [ Laughter ]
...my family keeps it 150, okay? It's not...
[ Laughter ] So -- So, you know, sometimes,
you know, they'll say -- you know -- you know,
"Randall too spoiled. Him too spoiled.
You spoil him too much." You know what I mean?
And it's like... [ Laughter ]
You know, or -- or my niece will say,
"Um, Auntie Sue, can you explain to me what your --
how you feel about the Team Randall/Team Beth thing?
Because I'm very Team Randall, and I was wondering
what your point of view would be,
just as a normal person and not an actress,
about what..." [ Laughter ]
"If you were just looking at it objectively, like,
who would you..." [ Laughter ]
And I was like -- I went to back to --
I was like, "So, you're team who?"
She was like, "Randall." [ Laughter ]
And -- But I get it. I think it's fun.
-Yeah. -And I mean...
-And that is a better option than them not watching the show.
-At all. -Yeah, absolutely.
-So, I mean -- that means they're tuning in,
and I'm -- I'm definitely Team, you know, R&B
and, you know, hope for the best for the -- for the couple.
Absolutely. -There you go.
-So, yeah. -And this is very exciting.
You shot -- is it "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
the Tom Hanks film?
-It is called now "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."
-"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood."
And this is the "Mister Rogers" movie?
-Absolutely. -Shot in Pittsburgh? Yes?
-Shot fully in Pittsburgh
except we did a couple days in New York.
-Oh, cool. -Mm-hmm.
-And was that -- that must have been a fantastic experience.
-It was amazing because I was sandwiched
between Sir Tom Hanks and Chris Cooper and Matthew Reese,
and so I couldn't ask for a better cast
for my first feature film. Yeah.
-Well, that's exciting. -Mm-hmm.
-We can't wait to see that. -Yeah.
-And congratulations on another season.
Give it up for Susan Kelechi Watson,
everybody. [ Cheers and applause ]