>>> WE NORMALLY DO NOT TO COMPLETELY EMBARRASS OUR GUESTS
BY BRAGGING ABOUT THEM.
DAVEED DIGS IS A MUSICIAN, HIGH
HURDLE RUNNIER, TEACHER AND
PERFORMED OVER 700 TIMES ON
STAGE IN A BROADWAY SHOW CALLED HAMILTON.A BROADWAY SHOW CALLED
HAMILTON.
DID WE MENTION THE TONE HE?
>> THE FILM IS CALLED WONDER AND
ABOUT A BOY LEARNING TO LIVE
WITH A FACIAL DIFFERENCE. DAVEED PLAYS HIS TEACHER,
MR. BROWN.
MR. BROWN. >> WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO,
EVERYONE WILL COME UP WITH TWO
THINGS THAT THEY THINK EVERYBODY
ELSE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THEM.
I WILL GO FIRST.
NUMBER ONE. I USED TO WORK ON WALL STREET
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND TWO, I LEFT WALL STREET TO PURSUE MY DREAM AND TEACH.T TO
PURSUE MY DREAM AND TEACH. BOOM.
BOOM. WHOS NEXT?
WHOS NEXT? >> WOW!
>> WOW!
HOW ARE YOU, DAVEED? >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.?
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> WE HAD THE YOUNG BOY PLAYED
BY JACOB WHO IS SUCH A LOVELY
KID.
KID.
THIS MOVIE, I KNOW THEY SAID YOU
WATCHED IT PRIVATELY ASK BAWLED YOUR EYES OUT.VATELY ASK BAWLED
YOUR EYES OUT. WHAT BUTTONS DOES IT HIT?
>> WHAT IT DOES IS PUTS YOU BACK
IN THIS PLACE IMMEDIATELY OF
WHEN YOU WERE A KID.
ITS KIND OF THROUGH THE
PERSPECTIVE OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
BY BEING TRANSPORTED BACK THERE
SO QUICKLY, ALL OF THOSE WALLS
WE PUT UP TO PUT THROUGH OUR
DAILY LIFE, YOU FEEL EVERYTHING.
THATS MY THEORY ABOUT THE WAY
THE FILM WORKS THE WAY IT DOES.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WHAT A HUGE
DEAL THAT IS.
HIS OLDER SISTER GOES TO HIGH
SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME.
YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED
BACK TO HOW SCARY THAT IS AND
HOW BRAVERY IT REQUIRES TO SHOW
UP AND BE YOURSELF.
>> WORKING WITH THE CLASSROOM,
HOW DID YOU OTHER CHILDREN
ACTORS REACT TO THIS CHILD WITH
THE FACIAL DIFFERENCE?
>> IT WAS PRETTY GREAT.
STEVEN DID A SMART THING WHERE
HE DIDNT LET ANYBODY SEE JACOB
IN MAKE UP UNTIL THE FIRST TIME
HE WALKED IN.
ALL THE REACTIONS YOU SEE IN THE
FILM ARE THE CHILDRENS HONEST
REACTIONS TO HOW HE LOOKS.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY REACTED THE
SAME WAY THAT YOU DO IN THE
FILM.
FILM.
YOU REALIZE THAT THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THEM IS NOT HOW HE
LOOKS.
LOOKS.
ITS ABOUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
PERSON HE IS.
>> YOU LOOKED NATURAL IN FRONT
OF THE CLASSROOM AND COMES AS NO
SURPRISE.
WHAT DID YOU TEACH?
>> I TAUGHT POETRY CLASSES AND
ENDED UP DESIGNING A BUNCH OF CURRICULUM FOR THE SCHOOLS.OF
CURRICULUM FOR THE SCHOOLS. WE GO TO SCHOOL TO WORK WITH
SOCIAL STUDY TEACHERS AND DESIGN
CURRICULUM BASED ON WHAT THEY
WERE STUDYING AND HOW TO TIE IN
RAP MUSIC.
RAP MUSIC. >> LIKE THE GREATEST GUY IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED ACTING?U WHEN YOU
STARTED ACTING? >> I DID SCHOOL PLAYS.
>> WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU
GOT PAID?
GOT PAID? ARE.
ARE.
>> NOT UNTIL AFTER COLLEGE. 22 OR SOMETHING.ER COLLEGE.
22 OR SOMETHING. I CAME BACK TO THE BAY AREA AND
STARTED DOING PLAYS AND TEACHING
AND WRITING RAP SONGS.
THAT WAS MY LIFE FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
>> YOU HEARD THE NEWS THAT LYNN MANUEL MIRANDA IS BRINGING LYNN
MANUEL MIRANDA IS BRINGING HAMILL TO PUERTO RICO.
TELL US ABOUT HOW IMPACTFUL THAT
MIGHT BE.
MIGHT BE. >> IT WILL BE INCREDIBLE THE
FACT THAT HE WILL PERFORM THERE
FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE
PRODUCTION IS REALLY AMAZING.
IM SO EXCITED.
>> YOU WILL HAVE LIGHTS.
>> THATS ALSO IMPORTANT.
THATS THE BEAUTY OF THEATER.
WE TALK ABOUT BROADWAY AND THE
HIGH BUDGET AND HIGH TECH.
ALL YOU REQUIRE IS PEOPLE IN A
ROOM.
ROOM.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT. WE ARE CONNECTING PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM.
ROOM.
>> WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR YOU IN