>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW."
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "GET OUT,"
"BLACK PANTHER," AND "WIDOWS."
HIS NEW FILM IS "QUEEN AND SLIM."
>> WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO RESPOND TO ME?
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MUCH TIME HAD PASSED.
>> I SENT YOU A VERY WELL-CRAFTED EMAIL.
I SPELL CHECKED IT AND EVERYTHING.
AND TODAY OUT OF THE BLUE, YOU HIT ME UP ASKING IFIMENTED TO
GRAB DINNER.
WHAT CHANGED?
>> NORMALLY, I WOULD GO HOME IT HAVE A GLASS OF WINE BY MYSELF
BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE BEING ALONE.
NOT TONIGHT.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR FAMILY YOU CAN CALL?
>> NO.
>> SO YOU TURNED TO TINDER.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT MADE YOU PICK ME?
>> I LIKED YOUR PICTURE.
>> REALLY?
>> YOU HAD THIS SAD LOOK ON YOUR FACE.
I FELT SORRY FOR YOU.
>> DAMN.
( LAUGHTER )
DANIEL KALUUYA!
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.
HELLO EVERYONE?
EVERYONE ALL RIGHT?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: CHECKING IN WITH THE AUDIENCE.
>> CHECKING IN, WE'RE IN THE SAME ROOM, IT'S COLD.
I SEE A COUPLE OF SCARVES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Stephen: YOU CAN ALMOST SEE YOUR BREATH AT THIS POINT.
>> THAT WAS SPIT.
>> Stephen: I GOT THAT.
DON'T WORRY.
NOW, THE NEW FILM IS "QUEEN AND SLIM."
IT HASN'T COME OUT YET, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IT.
I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
THERE IS OSCAR BUZZ ALREADY.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> IT'S ABOUT THIS TWO PEOPLE THAT GO ON A TINDER DATE, AND
BASICALLY, HE WANTS TO GET LAID, SHE DOESN'T.
HE GOES TO DROP HER HOME, DRIVING HER BACK, TURNS THE LANE
WITHOUT A SIGNAL, GETS PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE.
IT ESCALATES, IT ESCALATES, IT ESCALATES.
GOES UP ON THE OF HAND.
THE OFFICER'S GUN GOES, LIKE, ON THE FLOOR.
THE GUY, IN SELF-DEFENSE, SHOOTS THE OFFICER.
THE OFFICER DIES.
AND THEY HAVE TO GO ON THE RUN BUT THEY HATE EACH OTHER.
( LAUGHTER )
THEY DIDN'T HIT IT OFF.
>> THEY DIDN'T HIT IT OFF.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE EACH OTHER ON THE DATE.
>> Stephen: HE WAS JUST TAKING HER HOME--
>> WELL, HE WAS TRYING TO GET LAID.
HE WAS TRYING TO GET LUCKY.
BUT HE WAS JUST TAKING HER HOME, YEAH.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH...
>> WHAT ARE YOU PERPLEXED ABOUT?
WHAT'S THE -- >> Stephen: I'M WORRIED FOR
THEM.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YAY.
>> Stephen: I'M HEAVILY INVESTED ALREADY, AND I'M REALLY
WORRIED FOR THEM.
>> YEAH, YEAH, I MEAN, SPENDING SOME TIME WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T
LIKE IT REALLY TOUGH.
BUT RACISM IS CRAZY.
>> Stephen: ONE OF THEM KILLED SOMEONE WHICH IS EVEN HARDER IN
THE MOMENT.
SHUTS DOWNTOWN CONVERSATION.
>> JUST THE CHEMISTRY, JUST THE CHEMISTRY, JUST THE VIBES, JUST
CONNECTION, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DOES HE EVER GET LAID?
>> YOU HAVE TO WATCH "QUEEN AND SLIM" TO-- NO.
( APPLAUSE )
SLIM, IS JUST A NORMAL GUY LIVING IN OHIO.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND DID YOU-- WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF OHIO
BEFORE YOU PLAYED THIS PART?
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT FROM HERE.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: AND OHIO IS ONE OF THE MOST AMERICAN PLACES YOU CAN
GO TO.
IT'S SORT OF NEUTRAL AMERICAN, OHIO.
WAS THAT AN ACCENT-- >> I KIND OF-- SLIM WORKS AT
COSCO, AND I FOUND THE COSCOS HE WAS AT.
>> Stephen: JUST COSCO.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> Stephen: THERE'S NO PLURAL.
IT'S NOT POSSESSIVE.
IT'S JUST COSCO.
IT'S NOT COSCOS.
THERE'S NO "S."
AM I RIGHT?
IT'S JUST COSCO.
>> I FOUND THE COSCOS HE WAS AT, AND BASICALLY,IFIC LIKE LOOK,
COSCOS!
I DON'T KNOW.
NOW I HAVE TO SAY COSCOS.
I WAS AT THE COSCO, AND--
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YES.
>> ENGLISH IS AN INTERESTING THING.
COSCO IS A MADE-UP WORD, A BRAND.
>> Stephen: IT IS.
>> SO I DECIDE THE BRAND IS COSCOS.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
YOU WENT-- YOU WENT TO SAM'S CLUB, AND WHAT HAPPENED.
>> YEAH, I WENT TO TESCO.
AND I WENT THERE, AND THEN I JUST KIND OF HUNG OUT.
AND I JUST KIND OF SPOKE TO THE STAFF.
AND THEY JUST SHOWED ME A COUPLE OF 'HOODS AND AREAS THAT SLIM
WOULD BE FROM, AND I KIND OF, YEAH, JUST SPOKE TO THEM.
AND I FOUND OUT IF YOU WORK AT COSCO ON A SUNDAY YOU EARN $38
AN HOUR.
SO I WAS LIKE, OH, HE THINKS HE'S A CATCH.
SO HE'S GOING TO THIS DATE THINKING I'M A GREAT CATCH.
OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, PICK ME ON TINDER.
I'M A COSCO GUY.
I'M A SUNDAY COSCO GUY.
AND SO IT REALLY HELPED ME HANDLE-- UNDERSTAND THE
MENTALITY WITHIN THE SCENE.
>> Stephen: YOU DID A MASTER CLASS IN ACTING.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: FOR STUDENTS RECENTLY.
WHAT IS THE MASTER CLASS?
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ADVICE YOU GIVE TO STUDENTS?
>> I SAY, IN -- >> Stephen: I'M A STUDENT.
TALK TO MOW.
>> OKAY, COOL.
STEPHEN, LISTEN TO ME.
LEAVE THE AUDITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE YOU WILL TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF A JOB.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
LIKE, YOU'VE DONE THE AUDITION AND--
>> YOU'VE DONE THE AUDITION AND YOU SAY SOME STUFF, HEY, YOU'RE
TRYING TO BE NICE, AND SOMEONE TOLD ME, GET YOUR STUFF AND
LEAVE, LIKE, JUST RUN.
I REMEMBER ONE TIME I RAN, AND I STILL HAD ANOTHER SCENE.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE-- I WAS LIKE NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M OUT.
>> Stephen: LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE.
DID YOU GET THE PART?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TALKED YOURSELF OUT OF AN AUDITION?
HAVE YOU STAYED TO GO AND TALKED YOUR WAY OUT OF ONE.
>> I ACTED MY WAY OUT OF ONE.
THEY ASKED ME TO DO SCOTTISH.
THEY SAID, "DAG, ON YOUR C.V. IT SAYS YOU CAN DO SCOTTISH."
"YEAH, I CAN DO SCOTTISH."
"CAN YOU DO IT NOW?" "YEAH, I CAN DO IT."
I STARTED GOING UP THE COUNTRY.
I THINK I LANDED IN LIVERPOOL.
BUT I DID EVERY REGIONAL ACCENT APART FROM SCOTTISH.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASK A BLACK GUY TO DO A SCOTTISH
ACCEPT.
BLOOP.
STUPID.
>> Stephen: STANLEY, THANKS SO MUCH.
"QUEEN AND SLIM" IS IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 27.
DANIEL KALUUYA, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK