Let's talk about the day that nominations came out
and Black Panther with its $1.3 billion
grossing around the world--
which has changed everything you know.
People said people wouldn't watch films in different parts
of the world.
And then you see people in all over the world
who are lined up for that film.
How were you feeling then, first of all?
And then we'll get to the--
Feeling when--
We people were lined up.
You saw what was happening. - It was insane.
People were dressing up.
They thought they were from Wakanda themselves.
Everybody thought they were from Wakanda.
Yeah.
I mean, I think it was crazy to see like all the means
and the videos, the home videos from the fans at home,
and just everybody, like you know,
with their permanent marker Killmonger beards
and the wigs and stuff like that.
I felt inspired.
I feel like I was really a part of something special
that was a lot bigger than me.
You know, it was like bigger than the movie itself.
It was giving-- it was giving kids and generations
a chance to dream again.
You know, dream--
Not even, again, just to see yourself in a way
that you'd never even imagine.
Exactly, exactly it.
So for me, the whole Black Panther movement before,
you know, before the box office numbers and all
that good stuff was just anxiety, nervous, proud--
when will when will it end?
When is it going to stop?
When you're doing it, do you know that this
is going to be as big as it is?
Do you feel some something energetically, like this
is different than other stuff?
We felt like we had all the pieces
needed to do something special.
And if we did our job every day, and we didn't take it for
granted that we could do something special.
But there's no way that we could have assumed that it was going
to do what it's done so far.
You weren't thinking about the billion.
No. - No, not at all.
We were just making sure that we took care of the opportunity.
You know, that if--
we thought about, if this doesn't work,
when will there be another one.
If we don't do this right--
we can't we can't mess this up.
I think that was kind of the thing
that that really drove me personally.
And I know some of the other actors as well, kind of
thought about a lot.
It's like we can't mess this up.
So this is the first time you're in a film that's
nominated for Best Picture.
Yes ma'am.
Does that feel different?
Does the actual acknowledgment from the Academy--
what does that mean?
I think, of course, you know, if you're an actor, if you're
in our industry, you know, obviously
being able to get nominated for an Oscar
is on the list of things that you want.
You know, it would be amazing to grab that.
I think with this movie, in particular,
with the cast that we have and the impact
that it's made, culturally, that it's already won.
That's what I think, too.
It won for--
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I think that's it.
The kids, the box office, what it's doing to the industry
as far as the way people think about films moving forward,
especially people of color.
It won then.
So now this is like the icing on the cake.
You know, now, it's everybody else's--
everybody else is putting the pressure on us of how it feels.
And we're really happy and excited that we've
come this far. - Yeah.
You know, the acknowledgment of course would be cool.
But you know I think we've already won.
OK. So you're going, obviously.
Mm-hm
You already know what you're wearing.
Figuring it out.
Who you taking as a date?
I don't know yet.
Feels like a perfect moment.
Ma, you want to go with me?
I haven't even talked about it.
Ma you want to go?
Done.
There it is. - Done.
That's my date. Yeah.
That's cool.
I would think--
I would just think that it would be pretty hard for you
to date about now, being you at this point.
Why do we always got to get here?
We gotta.
- Oh, man. - We gotta.
It is hard.
We gotta get here otherwise people
will say I did not do my job.
But how do you find someone who can
step into this ride with you at this particular time?
That's a great question.
I don't know how.
I don't, I don't. I'm--
You need a nice church girl.
I need a good church girl.
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I don't, I don't know what I need, honestly.
You know it's um--
Aunt Ramona, what do we need? What do we need?
What am I looking for?
I don't, I don't know.
I think for me it's um--
Hopefully, she'll reveal herself when I'm ready for that.
Yes.
That's what will happen.