GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK, MY FRIENDS.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN ACTRESS AND PLAYWRIGHT YOU KNOW
FROM "THE WALKING DEAD," "BLACK PANTHER," AND "AVENGERS:
INFINITY WAR." SHE NOW STARS IN "BLACK PANTHER:
WAKANDA FOREVER." >> GET OUT OF MY DOOR!
GET OUT! HEY, I'M WARNING YOU DO NOT TAKE
ANOTHER STEP TOWARD ME! >> SEE HOW THEY TEACH THE
CHILDREN TO TREAT THEIR GUESTS? >> OOH!
>> YOU BROUGHT A SPEAR IN HERE! YOU BROUGHT A SPEAR IN HERE.
>> I LIKE THAT. >> HEY, HEY, HEY, PUT IT DOWN.
YOU'LL HURT YOURSELF. COME ON.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT, PRINCESS. SMALL, SMALL GIRL.
#-R I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU TWO OPTIONS.
YOU CAN COME TO WAKANDA, CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," DANAI
GURIRA!
♪ IF I COULD, I'D CATCH A FALLING STAR
♪ TO SHINE ON YOU ♪
>> THANK YOU! >> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO! >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. >> AWESOME TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: SO "WAKANDA FOREVER" CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER,
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRY THERE WOULDN'T BE ANOTHER.
THERE WOULD BE SOME QUESTION HOW YOU WOULD DEAL WITH THE
PRODUCTION OF THE STORY WITH CHADWICK BOSEMAN'S DEATH.
I'M NOT THE FIRST TO SAY IT'S A VERY TENDER, VERY THOUGHTFUL,
REALLY MOVING WAY THAT HIS DEATH IS DEALT WITH THROUGH THE DEATH
OF THE CHARACTER. AND I'M-- I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU--
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MOVIE THAT MEANT SO MUCH TO SO MANY
PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN SUCH A COMMERCIAL AND CRITICAL SUCCESS
AT THIS POINT. >> YEAH, THANK YOU.
I MEAN, I'M REALLY THANKFUL, ACTUALLY, JUST FOR THE FACT THAT
WE CAME BACK REALLY HAVING TO GO THROUGH A GRIEVING PROCESS
OURSELVES. WE HADN'T DONE THAT TOGETHER.
WE HADN'T BEEN AROUND EACH OTHER.
IT WAS DURING COVID. AND IT WAS VERY MUCH A TIME
WHERE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS FILM WAS TO HONOR HIM AND TO
HONOR HIS LEGACY AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE POURED INTO
CREATING IT WITH RYAN AND BRINGING RYAN ON.
SO IT WAS REALLY ABOUT HIS LEGACY BEING RESPECTED AND
HONORED. SO TO PUT IT OUT IN THE WORLD
AND POUR EVERYTHING WE HAD INTO IT THAT WAY, AND THEN TO RECEIVE
THE RESPONSE IT'S HAD-- WHICH I'VE SEEN ACROSS THE GLOBE,
REALLY. I WAS JUST IN ZIMBABWE AND HEAR
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT THERE AS WELL, THE STORY ABOUT HIM
SPECIFICALLY. THAT MEANS EVERYTHING.
THAT WAS THE ENTIRE REASON WE DID IT.
>> Stephen: CAPITOL HILL, WELL,R CHARACTER, SHE'S A BIG PART OF
THIS FILM. AND I THINK, WITHOUT GIVING
ANYTHING AWAY TO PEOPLE, THE MOMENTS OF HER ACCUSATIONS AND
REALIZES AND PERSONAL FAILURE ARE SOME OF THE MOST MOVING
PARTS OF THE MOVIE FOR ME. WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE
REACTIONS YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE OUT IN THE WORLD TO
OKOYE'S STORY IN THIS? >> YEAH, I MEAN IT'S BEEN VERY--
IT'S BEEN REALLY AMAZING, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THE THING I
DIDN'T EXPECT IS THE WOMEN WHO COME TO ME, BLACK WOMEN WHO COME
TO ME AND TALK ABOUT THE ASPECT OF HOW WE ARE IN A STRONG BLACK
WOMAN TROPE OF STORTS. STRONG BLACK WOMAN.
SHE'S STRONG, SHE'S STRONG. AND OKOYE IS KIND OF A VERY
PALPABLE REPRESENTATION OF THAT. BUT TO ACTUALLY SEE HER FAIL, A
LOT OF WOMEN CAME TO ME AND TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY
APPRECIATED SEEING HER VULNERABILITY AND SHOWING WE
SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CARRY THE WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS.
AND HOW DO WE PROCESS OUR OWN GRIEF?
DO WE EVER GET TO. THE IDEA OF HER ACTUALLY GOING
THROUGH THIS FAILING-- TRUST ME, WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE SCRIPT, I
WAS LIKE-- WHEN RYAN SAT ME DOWN AND TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENS, I'M
FIRED AND ALL THE WEST. I WAS LIKE WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
LET'S DISCUSS THIS. BUT THEN I REALIZED HOW POWERFUL
IT WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY ALLOW A CHARACTER LIKE HER TO GO THROUGH
FAILING AND COMPLICATIONS THAT CAUSE HER TO NOT BE ABLE TO JUST
STAND STRONG AND HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH HER BROKENNESS, TOO.
>> Stephen: WELL, OKOYE'S DEFINITELY NOT FIRED, BECAUSE
THERE ARE RUMORS OUT THERE OF A "BLACK PANTHER" SPIN-OFF, A
SERIES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER, OKOYE.
AND MARVEL KEEPS IT KIND OF TIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THESE RUMORS. YOU KNOW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS,
RIGHT? CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING MORE
ABOUT THAT? CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THERE WILL
BE AN OKOYE SPIN-OFF. WHAT CAN YOU SAY, DANIA GURIRA?
>> STEPHEN! ME>> Stephen: COME ON!
COME ON! >> I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I CAN
GENTLY ALLUDE TO THIS POSSIBILITY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU GENTLY ALLUDING IS THE MARVEL VERSION
OF A FULL MONTY. I CAN'T BELIEVE-- I CAN'T
BELIEVE I GOT ANYTHING OUT OF YOU.
WELL, OKAY, SO WALKING-- OKAY, SO THERE'S A SPIN-OFF.
HERE'S--
>> GENTLY. >> Stephen: THAT'S DEFINITELY
HAPPENING. TAKE IT TO THE BANK.
>> GENTLE. >> Stephen: "WALKING DEAD"
FANS ARE EXCITED TO SEE YOU POST THIS PHOTO ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER
FROM "WALKING DEAD" COMING OUT NEXT YEAR.
ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US? >> THAT I CAN STRONGLY ALLUDE
TO. I CAN STRONGLY ALLUDE TO THAT.
>> Stephen: THE PHOTO IS A STRONG ALLUSION RIGHT THERE.
>> PRETTY STRONG. WE'RE IN PREPRODUCTION RIGHT
NOW. WE ARE WELL UNDER WAY.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING JOURNEY.
WHAT TO EXPECT. NOW I GO BACK TO GENTLE IN THE
SENSE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE WHAT WE CALLED "AN EPIC LOVE
STORY," AND THESE TWO CHARACTERS WHO SEPARATED, AS WE KNOW-- OR
DON'T. THEY WERE SEPARATED, AND SO
WE'RE BRINGING THEM BACK TOGETHER BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOME.
WE HAVE LOST RICK GRIMES. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS, WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM. SHE NEVER DOUBTED HE MIGHT STILL
BE ALIVE. WE'LL SEE.
A LOT OF PIECES OF THE PUZZLE ARE GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT WE'LL BE BACK
WITH MORE DANIA GURIRA, EVERYBODY.
STICK AROUND.