>> SHE NAILED IT. >> I’LL HAVE TO SHOW MY DHADSKID
THAT ONE.
THAT ONE. >> LOOK WHO IS HERE WITH US,
CYNTHIA ERIVO.
CYNTHIA ERIVO. >> NOW SHE’S STARRING IN THE
FIRST FEATURE FILM ABOUT THE
EXTRAORDINARILY OF HARRIET
TUBMAN, WHO ESCAPED SLAVERY AND
WENT ON TO LEAD HUNDREDS AND
THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TO FREEDOM.
>> I’M IN A STRANGE LAND.
IF I’M FREE, THEY SHOULD BE,
TOO.
TOO. I’M GOING TO GO GET THEM ONE BY
ONE, STARTING WITH MY HUSBAND.
I NEED A SUIT FOR HIM AND A
DRESS FOR ME SO CAN I LOOK LIKE
A FREE LADY.
MARIE, WILL YOU HELP ME?
>> PHENOMENAL FILM.
CYNTHIA, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU ALWAYS LOOK
AMAZING.
AMAZING. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT
COLORS AND ALL YOU HAVE GOING
ON.
ON. CAN WE CONGRATULATE YOU FIRST?
TWO GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS.
HOW DID IT FEEL WHEN YOU FOUND
OUT YOU WERE NOMINATED?
>> IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
I THINK I CALLED MY MOM FIRST.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING.
I DIDN’T EXPECT THAT.
>> REALLY?
>> REALLY? >> I DIDN’T, NO.
LIKE TO HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS?
IT’S BEEN INCREDIBLE.
>> THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH
CONVERSATION MR. SPEAKER ABOUT
CONVERSATION ALREADY ABOUT THIS
MOVIE, OSCAR BUZZ.
IF YOU WERE TO WIN, YOU WOULD
BECOME THE YOUNGEST EVER TO WIN
AN EMMY, TONY, OSCAR AND A
GRAMMY.
GRAMMY. >> I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED
SO QUICKLY, AT THIS POINT EVEN
TALKING ABOUT IT IS SUPER
STRANGE.
STRANGE. IT’S KIND OF AMAZING.
>> AND THE EMMY WAS FROM YOUR
PERFORMANCE IN 2014 ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW.
"TODAY" SHOW. >> YES.
>> YES. >> HOW HAVE YOU FELT SINCE THEN?
YOUR CAREER IS AMAZING.
>> IT’S BEEN GOING AND GOING.
I’VE HAD THE MOST AMAZING RIDE
AND BEEN ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE
MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS, IT
REALLY IS WONDERFUL.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT "HARRIET
TUBMAN."
TUBMAN." I MENTIONED IT WAS A LONG TIME
COMING, YEARS IN THE MAKING, IF
NOT DECADES.
NOT DECADES. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FINALLY TO SEE
IT ON THE BIG SCREEN?
NOW IT’S OUT THERE, YOU KNOW?
>> IT WAS A HUGE RELIEF.
I WORKED REALLY HARD, CASEY
WORKED REALLY HARD AND DEBORAH
WORKED REALLY HARD.
I SO WANTED IT TO GO WELL FOR
THEM AND ME AS WELL BUT THEY HAD
PUT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO
IT THAT I WAS ITCHING FOR PEOPLE
TO SEE IT.
>> AND THIS ROLE REQUIRED A LOT
OF RESEARCH, AS I UNDERSTAND.
YOU HIRED A DIALECT COACH.
IT’S SUCH A POWERFUL FIGURE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, HARRIET TUBMAN
IS, HELPING FREE HUNDREDS OF
SLAVES BEFORE THE AMERICAN CIVIL
WAR.
WAR. WHAT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING
THING YOU LEARNED ABOUT HER
STORY?
STORY? >> I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING
THING I LEARNED ABOUT HER WAS SO
MUCH HER FAITH PLAYED A PART IN
HER JOURNEY, HER ACTUAL PHYSICAL
JOURNEY TO FREEDOM AND HER BACK
AND FORTH, THAT SHE WAS SO CLOSE
TO GOD AND HER FAITH WAS ASTOUND
ASTOUNDING
ASTOUNDING ASTOUNDING.
ASTOUNDING. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE RIDING A
HORSE IN A CORSET?
>> THE THING I WANTED TO DO, I
TRAINED TO RIDE A HORSE BUT I
TRAINED WITH A CORSET TO MAKE
SURE I WAS USED TO IT WHEN WE
WERE ON SET.
>> COULD YOU BREATHE?
>> BY THIS POINT I COULD
BREATHE.
BREATHE. >> IT’S LIKE BEING NINE MONTHS
PREGNANT, I WOULD IMAGINE.
>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE JUST GOT
A FIRST LOOK AT YOU AS ARETHA
FRANKLIN.
FRANKLIN. THAT IS HUGE.
HOW GREAT IS THAT?
>> IT’S PRETTY AWESOME.
>> WHEN IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?