-Welcome. Welcome back to the show.
This is your first time in the studio.
-First time in the studio, yeah. I was in Zoom last time.
-Yeah, but a lot of great things have happened to you
since our interview. -Yeah, lots happened.
-You won an Oscar. -I did win an Oscar, yeah.
-Congratulations. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Thank you.
-You were fantastic in that.
You're great in everything, man,
but also got to host "Saturday Night Live."
-I did host "Saturday Night Live."
I loved it. -Dude, how --
you were telling me that you were obsessed
with Kenan Thompson. -Yeah, I wrote a play
when I was 9 years old, and I won a competition.
It got performed at [speaks indistinctly]
And it was based on "Kenan & Kel."
And it -- -And there you were,
you got to meet and work with Kenan.
-Kenan, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It was amazing, it was amazing.
-He's the best, too. -Yeah.
-Have you ever met him before?
-I saw him on the street.
Like, it was Halloween. It was Halloween.
I saw him on the street, and he was in the line.
I go, "That's my boy, that's Kenan."
And "Oh, you should go up to him."
And I was dressed as Batman, so...
[ Laughter ]
"Hey. Hey, Kenan."
[ Laughter ] "How you doing?"
-He goes, "Oh, I remember meeting you.
Yeah, you're Batman, yeah."
Did you guys get to do any sketches?
-No, yeah, but we did -- I think a couple.
I think a couple, but then the first time I met him,
I was like -- there was a sketch that was like --
they were just trying out, and, like, I was scatting.
Like, doing, like, a jazz skit -- sketch.
And it was like -- So the first time I met him,
I was scatting. [ Scats ]
-Yeah. -He was just like, "What?"
I was like, "Yeah." -I love that you're Batman
and then Scatman. -Then Scatman.
[ Laughter ]
-I got to ask you about this.
Everyone's probably asking you about this.
Probably tired of answering, but you're not going to return
in the "Black Panther," in the sequel.
-No. No. -No. That's sad for us,
'cause we like you. Was that a tough decision?
-It was, it was, it was.
Schedule conflicts with "Nope,"
and I couldn't make it work, couldn't make dates work,
but the film's gonna be amazing.
-Yeah. -It's gonna be amazing.
-It's gonna be good. Oh, so you were shooting "Nope,"
and you were like, "Can't." -It just clashed.
-You're too -- You're wanted. Too many people want you.
-I know. -[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-It's not a problem, is it? -It's not a problem at all.
[ Both speaking at once ]
-Yeah. But what -- can we see you come back
in the Marvel Universe? -I mean, yeah.
-Yeah. -He's around, isn't he?
-Right. -He went to -- I don't know.
He went to Uganda for a trip.
Instead of Wakanda, yeah. -He went to Uganda?
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-We'll see him pop up somewhere.
Yeah, you've been doing, also, a lot of work
behind the scenes with your company 59% Productions,
which I think I understand the reference on this.
59%. -It's the win rate
of "Moneyball." -"Moneyball."
-The Oakland A's team.
I'm obsessed about the book and the film,
and I read the script and I read the book, everything.
And it's the win rate, and it's the win rate
of all my favorite managers, my football managers,
that I love back in the day. -59%.
-59%. So that's championship winning looks like -- 59%.
-Exactly. I love that.
Well, didn't you just finish your first film
that you -- -That I wrote.
-That you wrote? -Yeah, yeah. I co-wrote a film
called "The Kitchen." I've been writing that for 10 years.
10 long years. -It's based on "Kenan & Kel."
[ Laughter ]
-Kenan's got a cameo. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-No, it's set in a dystopian future of London.
It's about the working class. It's about the working class.
-How cool is that? You get to make your dream a reality.
-Yeah, I'm so blessed.
I'm like -- I was on set, I was just so happy.
I was on set every day, just making --
I love making stuff, so. -Yeah.
Let's talk about "Nope,"
whatever we can talk about "Nope,"
'cause I know it's Jordan Peele, who we love.
We had Jordan on when he was funny Jordan.
[ Laughter ] -He's not funny, he's sad.
-He's sad now, yeah. -He's sad. He's rich, though.
-He's rich. [ Laughter ]
-But he's sad. That's how it works.
-You get rich, you get sad. Exactly right, man.
But so I don't want to give too much away,
and I know you just had the premiere,
so some people are already talking about it.
I'm not looking online at anything.
-Yeah. -'Cause I just cannot wait, man.
-When are you watching it? -I'll watch it this weekend.
-Watch it this weekend. -Should IMAX it, right?
-Yeah, IMAX. Definitely IMAX.
-If you can. -It's amazing on IMAX.
-Yeah, if you can see it in the IMAX,
do it in the IMAX. But can we say about it?
Who's Keke Palmer playing?
-Keke Palmer plays -- I can say that --
she plays my sister. -Okay.
-She plays my sister in the film.
-Brother and sister. -Brother and sister,
and we own a ranch. -Okay.
-And -- -A ranch?
-Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
-What happened?
What happened? -Dip it in ranch.
-[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-Dip it in ranch. Ranch is a big deal over here.
-Okay. Yeah, no, I get that.
Late at night, I always order wings.
Like, I'll go out and order those wings,
and they're like, "Ranch or blue cheese?"
-And you go, "Ranch, hello." -Ranch.
-Dip it. -I be like, "Ranch!"
-You're like, "Dip it." [ Laughter ]
"Ranch!" -"Ranch, please, now!"
-Yeah.
So you guys own a ranch. [ Laughter ]
That's just so weird. We're talking about it.
Sorry, so you own a --
And then something happens,
and we don't really know what's happened.
-Something happens to their father,
and then it leads to them having to discover a new reality.
-Can we say why is it called "Nope"?
-'Cause Jordan and I -- Jordan was speaking to me
about the film, and then, for whatever reason,
he was developing, and I was like,
"What's it called?" I had never asked him what it was called.
He said, "Nope." -And I laughed for 30 seconds.
Like, that was so funny.
'Cause he said that's the reaction
that Black people will have when they watch it.
Like, they're like, "Nope."
[ Laughter ]
"Nope."
I was like, "Yeah." -"Nope."
-I was like, "Yeah."
-[ Laughs ] That's funny.
-Yeah, yeah.
-See, Jordan Peele still is funny, man, yeah.
-Yes, he is. -He's funny as hell.
That's really good, yeah.
Look at it and go, "Nope. Not for me. I'm out."
Alright, well, I want to show everyone a clip.
This is not giving too much away, right?
But this is a clip of Daniel Kaluuya in "Nope."
Take a look at this.
-What did you see?
Hmm?
-It was big.
-How big? -Big.
-What'd it look like? -I don't know.
-[ Sighs ]
-It was fast.
Too fast.
Too quiet to be a plane.
-OJ, are you saying
what I think you're saying?
-Ooh, yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Daniel Kaluuya!
"Nope" is in theaters and IMAX this Friday.