>> FINALLY WE'RE HERE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU ON.
FINALLY WE'RE HERE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD RUN INTO YOU LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE YOU WERE
AT THE MET BALL AS WELL.
>> I WAS.
I WAS.
>> Stephen: LET'S SEE-- >> IT WAS A GOOD TIME
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> A LITTLE SNUG, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING?
>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU WEARING?
>> OFF WHITE.
>> Stephen: TWO THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS?
>> WHAT DID YOU LIKE?
>> Stephen: THIS SUIT COMES WITH A SEAT BELT RIGHT THERE.
>> HOLD ON.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE TOTALLY-- YOU'RE TOTALLY READY.
JUST TRAY TABLE IN UPRIGHT, LOCKED POSITION, YOU'RE READY TO
TAKE OFF RIGHT THERE.
>> READY TO GO, READY TO GO.
>> Stephen: AND THIS RIGHT HERE.
I LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL ORANGE ARM ACUTE RAMENT RIGHT THERE.
CAN WE FIND YOU IN A SNOWSTORM.
>> YOU CAN.
LOST AT SEA.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A FLOINATION DEVICE RIGHT THERE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE.
>> Stephen: I'M SITTING NEXT TO YOU ON THE PLANE.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.
>> I HAD A BLAST.
>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU SITTING WITH?
BECAUSE THE THEME WAS THE CATHOLIC IMAGINATION, IT WAS
LIKE LONG MONASTIC TABLE.
>> I HAD JONAH HILL SITTING DPROOS ME.
HE'S A GOOD BUDDY OF MINE SO WE HAD EYE BLAST.
LAUGHED ALL NIGHT.
CHADWICK BOSMAN.
AND WE HAD TIFFANY HADDISH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A FUN TABLE.
THAT'S A REALLY FUN TABLE.
>> A LOT OF JOKE S.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
NOW, LISTEN, PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW, LOVE, AND RESPECT YOU AS
AN ACTOR.
BUT NOW THIS "BLACK PANTHER" MOVIE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOVIES OF ALL TIME PURPOSE YOU A COMIC BOOK FAN-- YOU PLAY ERIK
KILLMONGER, AS THE PEOPLE KNOW-- WERE YOU A COMIC BOOK FAN
ALREADY?
>> YEAH, GROWING UP MARVEL HAD A BIG IMPACT INTACT ON MY
CHILDHOOD.
I USED TO READ ALL THE COMIC BOOKS, JUMP AROUND THE COUCH,
PLAY SUPERHERO ON THE COUCH CUSHIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: MOM WAS OKAY WITH THAT?
>> YEAH, YEAH, SHE WAS WEEK THAT.
SHE WAS OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT, YEAH, MARVEL WAS DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE BY FAR.
>> Stephen: BUT AS A KID, MOST PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THE HERO OF
THE STORY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: VERY FEW PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THE VILLAIN OF THE
STORY.
HOW DUFFL DID YOU FEEL WHEN THEY "WE'RE DOING 'BLACK PANTHER'?
I'M READY."
>> RYAN CALL ME UP.
IT WASN'T THE TRADITIONAL AUDITION.
HE GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID, "MIKE, I WANT YOU TO PLAY THE
VILLAIN.
I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU."
"COOL, LET'S DO IT."
IT WAS THAT QUICK.
FOR ME WHAT WE USUALLY DO WITH MY CHARACTER, WE HAVE A
BACKSTORY.
I WRITE JOURNALS, OR DIARIES FOR EVERY CHARACTER I HAVE, FROM THE
EARLIEST MEMORY TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SCRIPT.
FOR ME, THAT GIVES ME CONTEXT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY YOU'RE A BETTER ACTOR THANE AM.
YOU DO WORK.
YOU PUT EFFORT INTO IT.
>> YOU'RE GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO, OKAY?
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE-- THANK YOU.
WHAT'S THE JOURNEY THAT YOU MADE IN YOUR DIRES ABOUT ERIK
KILLMONGER, WHAT YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT WRITING ABOUT HIM?
>> HIM, IT WAS PARTICULAR HE DARK AND IT WAS A VERY SAD
JOURNAL.
NOT HAVING HIS MOM GROWING UP, IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM, FOSTER
CARE, FOSTER HOMES AND WHATNOT.
IT'S A LOT OF DARK STUFF THAT'S PROBABLY NOT RIGHT FOR-- FOR
TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> BUT IT WAS DEEP, MAN, AND IT ALLOWED ME TO GO TO THAT PLACE
RIGHT BEFORE A SCENE.
IT ALLOWED ME TO LOCK IN.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND ABOUT NOT SHARING THE DARK STUFF.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME CONFESSIONS I DON'T THINK ARE
APPROPRIATE TO TELL THE AUDIENCE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> HE'S GOOD.
HE'S GOOD.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: OKAY, SO THE RANGE
OF YOUR WORK, THE RANGE OF YOUR WORK IS AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE
WORK ITSELF.
"THE WIRE," "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" "ALL MY CHILDREN,"
"CREED," "FANTASTIC FOUR" "BLACK PANTHER," AND NOW "FAHRENHEIT
451".
LET'S SAY I'M NOT RIGHT FOR ANY OF THOSE ROLES ANYMORE, IF ALL
OF THAT FELL THROUGH, I UNDERSTAND YOU STILL HAVE A
PRETTY EXCITING BACKUP POSITION.
YOU'VE GOT A SKILL THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND THAT IS
STREET RACING.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE A RACE CAR DRIVER?
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
>> A FEW LIVES AGO, YEAH.
I JUST ENJOY RACING.
AND WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I USED TO GO DOWN TO, YOU KNOW,
THE OLD MOVIE THEATER, AND WE WOULD ALL MEET UP ON SUNDAYS.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE "FAST AND THE FURIOUS."
PICTURE "FAST AND FURIOUS" IN YOUR HEAD AND THAT WAS IT, BUT
BACK IN 2004.
>> Stephen: AND TEENAGERS.
>> AND TEENAGER S.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS NIGHT TIME, DAY TIME?
>> NIGHT TIME.
>> Stephen: SO HOW DID YOU START DOING THIS?
>> I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A RANDOM THING, WORD OF MOUTH.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, WE USED TO CALL IT "AVENUE P.
ONE DAY YOU SHOWED UP WITH YOUR CAR, YOU HAD A COUPLE OF BUDDIES
IN YOUR CAR AND YOU SHOWED UP.
THE FIRST FEW SUNDAYS YOU STAYED AROUND AND WATCHED.
WE HAD FLIP PHONES.
THERE WERE NO SMARTPHONES BACK THEN.
>> Stephen: YOUR SKETCH PAD.
>> SKETCH PAD, AND COLORING PENCILS.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND YOU WOULD WATCH THESE CARS RIP IT UP IN THIS INDUSTRIAL
AREA.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE MURDER ACTING AT THIS POINT, RIGHT "ALL
MY CHILDREN."
>> I HAD STUFF TO LOSE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PLAYING FOR PINK SLIPS?
>> I NEVER PUT MY CAR ON THE LINE.
I PERSONALLY, IF I WOULD HAVE CRASHED OR GOT IN TROUBLE, IF
THE COP SHOWED UP, I WOULD HAVE HAD A LOT TO LOSE AT THAT TIME.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ACTUALLY DRIVING OUT THERE.
>> I WAS, I WAS, MAN.
IT WAS JUST THE RUSH OF, LIKE, GETTING ON THE LINE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TOUGH ON A CAR.
>> YEAH.
THE FIRST TIME I BURNED OUT MY CLUTCH.
I HAD TO CALL MY DAD...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
>> THERE WAS REALLY NO EXPLAINING THAT ONE.
HE-- HE EXPLAINED SOME THINGS TO ME, THOUGH.
( LAUGHTER ) YEAH, YEAH.
ON THE WAY BACK.
YEAH, HE EXPLAINED SOME THINGS TO ME.
BUT HE-- MY DAD KIND OF GOT IT.
MY MOM-- MY MOM WAS ANOTHER STORY.
I GOT IT ONCE IN THE CAR, AND THEN I GOT IT A COUPLE MORE
TIMES WHEN I GOT HOME.
THAT WAS ON THE WAY OUT OF AVENUE P.
>> Stephen: GOOD, GOOD.
>> Stephen: THE NEW MOVIE AS I WAS SAYING IS "FAHRENHEIT 451".
IT'S A BOOK-- PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK OUT THERE OR HEARD
ABOUT THE MOVIE YET.
IT WAS BASED ON A BOOK THAT'S ABOUT THE END OF BOOKS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND SO NOW MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT THE BOOK, DOES THAT ALSO HELP
END THE BOOK BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO READ THE BOOK NOW?
( LAUGHTER ).
>.>> NO, NO, NO.
>> Stephen: WHY NO?
>> BECAUSE RAY BRADBURY WASN'T A LUDDITE.
HE LOVED TECHNOLOGY.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND OUR ADAPTATION IS BASED AROUND THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE
TODAY.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HE JUST THOUGHT-- HE WAS
AGAINST MEDIA.
HE WAS AGAINST, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISING IN THE SENSE OF,
LIKE, DUMB IMAGES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> Stephen: THE CONSTANT BARRAGE.
>> OF NUMBING YOUR SENSES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FREE THINK.
NOT BEING ABLE TO CRITICAL THINK AND PROBLEM SOLVE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GAENLSZ GAEPS.
HE LOVED SMART SHOWS AND TELEVISION THAT MADE YOU THINK.
THAT'S WHERE "451ALIZE" LOO IS IN THE REALM OF THINKING.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE MAIN CHARACTER, MONTAG, WHO IS A
FIREMAN, AND I DON'T THINK I'M GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
YOU LEARN EARLY IN THE BOOK, IN THIS FUTURE, FIREMEN START
FIRES.
>> YEAH, WE START FIRES.
WE BURN BOOKS.
GUY MONNING TO IS THE POSTER BOY FOR BURNING BOOKS AND ART AND
EXPHIEWSK CONTROLLING THE INTERNET, BASICALLY WHAT GOES UP
ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THIS PROJECT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF
WE DON'T START, YOU KNOW, MAKING CONSCIOUS DECISIONS AND ASKING
QUESTIONS AND RESISTING WHAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING FED,
WE'RE ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE DOWN THE WAY OF--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE.
>> Stephen: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
"FAHRENHEIT 451" PREMIERES MAY 19 ON HBO.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MATT WALSH.
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