>>> REMEMBER EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN WE TEASED YOU AND TOLD YOU
WE WOULD HAVE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MEN THAT GOD EVER
CREATED ON SHOW? >> KATH, YOU TALKED AND TALKED
ABOUT THIS. >> YES.
>> I WAS WITH YOU. GUESS WHAT?
>> ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP WITH THIS MAN!
>> HE IS HERE. REMI ADALEKE.
AN INCREDIBLE STORY HOW HE MADE IT FROM THE ROUGH STREETS TO
HOLLYWOOD. >> A NEW BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE
"TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT." >> LOOK AT REMI.
>> LOOK AT YOU, REM. >> I REMEMBER VERY, VERY WELL
THE DAY YOU CALLED ME. YOU WERE GOING TO ISRAEL, AND WE
HAD SORT OF A RELATIONSHIP ABOUT GOING TO ISRAEL, AND REMI SAID,
YOU WANT TO SAY WHAT YOU SAID? >> I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. >> YOU HAD GOTTEN THE CALL FROM
MICHAEL BAY AND -- CAN I LEAVE ISRAEL A LITTLE FAST AND GO
AND -- DO A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THE MOVIE?
>> YEAH, YEAH. >> FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TURNED
INTO HOW MANY DAYS? >> LIKE THREE, FOUR MONTHS.
YEAH. >> LONGER THAN THAT, REM.
THAT WAS IN JUNE, AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO --
>> WE WRAPPED IN DECEMBER. >> REMI, YOU GET A CALL
RANDOMLY. YOU'RE NOT AN ACTOR.
HAVEN'T TAKEN ACTING CLASSES. HOW DID THE CALL COME TO BE IN
THIS MOVIE? >> ACTUALLY, THREE YEARS PRIOR A
LADY BY THE NAME OF KATHERINE HUMPHRIES CAST ME FOR A DAY OF
FILMING IN "THE LAST SHIP". I DID THAT.
THEN WHEN MICHAEL BAY WAS GETTING READY TO START
"TRANSFORMERS" SHE REMEMBERED ME.
MIKING BAY WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY WITH MY LOOK AND SKILL
SET, PICKED UP THE PHONE, GAVE ME A CALL AND WENT THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND WAS ON THE SET. >> HE LOVES TO PUT REAL NAVY
S.E.A.L.S IN HIS MOVIES BECAUSE OF THE AUTHENTICITY.
>> SO COOL ABOUT THIS, TALKED ABOUT HOW HE'S NOW IN HOLLYWOOD.
HIS BACK STORY. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AS A KID IS
SOMETHING -- >> GOING TO BE A MOVIE ONE DAY
ABOUT REMI'S LIFE. HOPEFULLY MICHAEL BAY WILL
DIRECT IT. HE STARTED OUT IN NIGERIA.
>> YEP. BORN IN WEST AFRICAN, LIVED
NIGERIA. MY DAD DIEDS, AND MY MOM MOVED
UP TO THE UNITED STATES AND I GREW UP IN THE BRONX.
>> AND GOT IN TROUBLE. >> POVERTY.
>> YEP. GOT INVOLVED IN QUITE NEFARIOUS
ACTIVITIES BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER, BOUGHT HUGE WAKE-UP
CALL FOR ME AND ULTIMATELY LED PLEA INTO UT MILITARY.
I CAME TO THE REALIZATION, IF I DON'T LEAVE I'LL END UP DEAD OR
IN PRISON. MILITARY PLAYED A HUGE ROLE --
>> I LOVE HOW YOU CAN'T SWIM BUT WANTED TO BE A NAVY S.E.A.L.
SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. THE LORD HAD A BIG IMPACT, ONCE
YOU GOT RIGHT WITH HIM. >> ABSOLUTELY.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT WAS GOD WHO GUIDED ME IN THE MILITARY KNEW
WHAT HE NEEDED TO USE TO BRING ME TO THE PLACE I NEEDED TO BE
AND HUMBLING ME SO I CAN GO FORWARD IN LIFE AND DO GREAT
THINGS. >> CAN YOU -- I JUST CAN'T WAIT
TO SEE WHAT YOU'LL DO NEXT. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
STORIES WE'LL WATCH FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
>> I HOPE HE WRITES HIS LIFE STORY, WHICH HAS REALLY BEGUN
AND MADE INTO A FILM. ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEW JOCKEY
ADS. LET'S JUST TAKE A LITTLE LOOK.
>> SHOW US WHAT'S UNDERNEATH. >> OH IS THAT YOU?
>> MY MOTHER HAD TO WORK TWO JOBS AND HAVE A FATHER TEACH ME.
>> NO. WE DON'T DON'T WANT TO TALK.
WE JUST WANT TO LOOK. >> THANK YOU, WE'RE FINE.
WE'RE JUST WATCHING. >> -- I CAME TO THE REALIZATION
IF I DON'T LEAVE I'M GOING TO GO TO PRISON.
THAT'S WHAT I DID. I JOINED THE NAVY S.E.A.L.S.
I FOUND SOMETHING THAT -- >> I'M GOING OUT TO BUY SOME
UNDERWEAR. [ LAUGHTER ]
I -- I WASN'T PLANNING ON IT, BUT I'M GOING TO BUY 25 PAIRS OF
TURQUOISE UNDERWEAR. >> GOT A GOOD JOCKEY.
>> REMI, THANK YOU. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND TWO
KIDS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
WE LOVE YOU, REM. WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU, HONEY.