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- [Interviewer] This movie Black Panther
made 700 million dollars
here in the States.
What did you think seeing that
cultural impact happening?
- One of my biggest highlights
is just seeing the kids
react to it, you know,
seeing themselves on-screen,
looking up to you, you know,
dressing up as, you know, Black Panther
or Killmonger or Dora Milaje.
It is a sense of pride, you know.
So, to see this movie effect,
you know, the community
and the culture the way it
did, it's truly incredible.
- [Interviewer] Your
character in Black Panther,
he's a villain but there's
a lot of gray area,
he's very complex.
Do you find it necessary
to relate to the characters that you play?
- Killmonger, you know,
Eric has a point of view
and a perspective of his upbringing.
He's a product of his environment.
That conversation between him and T'Challa
I think is extremely important.
One that has never really been had before.
Just bury me in the
ocean with my ancestors
that jumped from the ships,
'cause they knew death
was better than bondage.
Growing up in systemic oppression
versus growing up with,
a culture, an environment,
a tribe around you
that's growing you up, grooming you
for positivity in an impactful way.
And you can see what happens if you don't
have those things early on in your life.
So, for me, I think Eric's conversation
is definitely valid and
makes strong points.
He's extremely passionate about it.
You have to understand that
it's also a Marvel film also.
And has a lot of deftly,
there's a lot of finesse
that you have to bring
fantasy and reality into it.
And also being able to
portray, you know, real life.
I think Eric was kinda
like a 360 version of that.
- [Reporter] Viktor
Drago, son of Ivan Drago
who infamously killed Apollo Creed
appeared today to issue a
challenge to Adonis Creed.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk
a little bit about Creed II,
where is Adonis, psychologically,
going into this film
compared to where he was at the
beginning of the first film?
- The second film is always the toughest,
to make it bigger, you know,
but still stay true to character, tone,
in the relationships that
we formed in the first film.
You know Rocky and Adonis' relationship is
only gonna grow and become stronger.
With any relationship
you have ups and downs.
So, you know, it's always gonna be
some conflict here and there.
I aint got a choice.
- That's the same thing your father said.
And he died right here in my hands.
- I think family is something
extremely important to him,
something that he never really had,
something that he was
always searching for.
So, Adonis starts to build
his own tribe a little bit.
And how I sacrifice in
order to help support her,
in the same breath,
she's supportin' me in my journey as well.
So, just to show what
that relationship is like
for young Millennials nowadays.
And what real love is like.
I think is something that
needs to be seen on-screen.
And we wanted to elevate that.
- I have two words to
leave with you tonight,
ladies and gentleman: inclusion rider.
- [Interviewer] Let's talk a
little bit about your company,
Outlier Society.
It was the first to adopt
the inclusion rider.
- [Michael] Yes.
- [Interviewer] After Frances McDormand
dropped that on the Oscars.
Are you finding that that's
difficult to implement?
Is it easier to implement
than you would think?
- It's second nature to me.
I was like, oh there's an inclusion rider.
There's something formal
that I could actually
implement to make sure this happens.
Oh yeah, no-brainer, 'cause
I was gonna do that anyway.
So, the fact that there is structure,
that there is something
there that I can actually,
kinda ensure that that's gonna happen
especially on any production
that Outlier Society does;
that is gonna ensure that's gonna happen
then, you know, sign me up.
- [Interviewer] You're
reaching a place where you can
try to make that happen
on these bigger blockbusters
that you might be a part of.
- There's really smart studios, you know,
there's some smart
executives, very progressive
that feel the exact same way.
So, it's not a lot of
resistance, you know.
I think it's just catching up everybody
with the times, you know.
And that gettin' everybody on
board that this is evolution,
this is the right thing to do.
