>> James: LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT,
SHE IS A TREMENDOUS OSCAR AND FOUR-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING
ACTOR AND DIRECTOR YOU KNOW FROM WATCHMEN, IF BEALE STREET COULD
TALK AND AMERICAN CRIME, PLEASE WELCOME THE MAJESTIC REGINA KING
IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> IT IS SO GOOD TO BE SEEN IN PERSON.
>> CUZ I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PRESS FROM HOME.
I'VE SEEN LOTS OF YOU, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> IT FEELS SPECIAL, IT'S LIKE DATE NIGHT FOR ME AND MY MAKEUP
ARTIST.
>> James: OH REALLY?
>> YES, WE HAVE BEEN AT-HOME ALL THE TIME.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE TAKING COVID TESTS EVERY OTHER DAY, WHICH IS,
YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING USED TO THE NEW NORM, BUT WE ARE OUT.
>> James: WE'RE OUT.
>> WE HAVE SOME SNACKS.
SOCIALLY DISTANCED IN THE GREEN ROOM, AND-- A LITTLE CHIPPY
CHIP.
>> James: I'M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.
IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY FOR A MOMENT.
AN INCREDIBLE DAY.
I WAS FOLLOWING YOU, TWEETING AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
WHAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT.
>> OH MY GOSH, HANDS DOWN AMANDA GORMAN.
>> James: YES, SHE'S AMAZING.
SHE IS AMAZING.
>> SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND THE FACT THAT I GET TO BE ON THE
SAME EP CODE-- EPISODE OF JAMES CORDEN THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE
ON IS REALLY EXTRA SPECIAL AND SHE IS BORN AND BREAD IN L.A.
LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW.
I JUST, SO POISED AND THE WAY SHE CAPTURES HOW WE ALL FEEL AND
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, HOW WE, HOW DEMOCRACY SHOULD ACTUALLY
LOOK.
SHE JUST DID IT SO GRACEFULLY AND BEAUTIFULLY AND I'M JUST,
SHE IS A BORN LEADER.
>> James: YES, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT IT IS.
NOW WE SHOULD WISH YOU, BECAUSE LAST FRIDAY YOU HAD A BIG
BIRTHDAY AND WE WANT TO WISH YOU A BELATED BIRTHDAY FOR THAT.
NOW YOU D-- NO ONE CAN CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW.
HOW DID YOU MARK THIS MILESTONE.
>> OH JAMES, I WORKED, I WORKED, I ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, RELEASED A
FILM ON AMAZON, ON MY BIRTHDAY.
AND SO THAT, WHILE THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT, IT DID REQUIRE
ME TO BE WORKING ON THAT DAY.
SO WHILE I GOT A GIFT, I WAS ABLE TO GIVE A GIFT IN A LOT OF
WAYS AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE, WITH THE WORLD.
BUT I WORKED.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRIL YABT FILM.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI IT IS SUCH AN ACHIEVEMENT.
IT IS BRILLIANT.
AND BEAUTIFULLY DIRECTED.
FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHAT THE FILM IS
ABOUT.
>> THE FILM IS ABOUT THE NIGHT THAT CATIOUS CLAY, WHO WE LATER
KNOW AS MOHAMMED ALI WINS THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD.
HE WAS 22IERS OLD, NO ONE WAS EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN, THERE
WAS NO PARTY PLANNED FOR HIM, HE SPENDS THAT NIGHT WITH MALL
COME-- MALCOLM X, JAMES COOK AND-- WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND SO KIM POWERS, AMAZING WRITER, HE WROTE A STORY THAT
ABOUT THAT NIGHT, IMAGINING WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN
BETWEEN FOUR MEN WITH SUCH STRONG CONVICTIONS AND VERY
POWERFUL, VERY YOUNG, WHAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS MAY HAVE LOOKED
LIKE.
>> James: IT IS SO BRILLIANTLY DONE.
WHEN DID YOU, I KNOW YOU DIRECTED LOTS OF TV BEFORE BUT
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO START DIRECTING?
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW HOW THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE BUT YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE THAT THAT IS PART
OF YOUR FUTURE, THESE THINGS ARE AROUND YOU AND YOU ARE TAKING IN
ALL OF THESE SKILLS ALONG THE WAY, THIS IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE
BERNIE IS LOOKING AT ME RIGHT NOW.
>> James: HE'S NOT ONLY LOOKING AT YOU, HE'S JUDGING
YOU.
HE'S LOOKING DOWN ON ALL OF US.
>> I'M EXHAUSTED TOO, BERNIE, YES.
I FEEL LIKE JUST ALONG THE WAY AND AFTER THERE WERE SO MANY
THINGS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE THAT I WAS PICKING UP THAT WERE
POINTING IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND IN SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW IN MY LATE 30S I REALIZED THAT YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS ON A DEEPER LEVEL.
LIKE I LOVE ACTING, I WILL NOT STOP ACTING BUT IT IS SO
GALVANIZING BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE, THE PRODUCTION
DESIGNER, THE PROP MASTER, THE WARDROBE DESIGNER ON A MUCH
DEEPER LEVEL.
AND I'M A BIT OF A CONTROL ENTHUSIAST SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE CONTROL OF THE STORYTELLING AS A DIRECTOR.
ESPECIALLY IN FILM.
SO YEAH, AROUND LATE 30S DID I START TO SAY IT OUT LOUD AND
REALIZE THAT I'M PICKING UP SO MANY THINGS ALONG THE WAY THAT
ARE TELLING ME, YOU CAN HAVE A MUCH DEEPER EXPERIENCE IN THE
STORY TELLING PROCESS.
>> James: I THINK IT IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST-SEE, YOU SHOULD BE
REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: AN ALL OF THE REVIEWS ARE SO GLOWING AND IT'S
SO RICHLY DESERVED.