>> FINALLY WE'RE HERE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU
ON.
FINALLY WE'RE HERE.
I THOUGHT MAYBE I WOULD RUN INTO
YOU LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE YOU WERE
AT THE MET BALL AS WELL.
>> I WAS.
I WAS.
>> Stephen: LET'S SEE--
>> IT WAS A GOOD TIME
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> A LITTLE SNUG, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYING?
>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU
WEARING?
>> OFF WHITE.
>> Stephen: TWO THINGS I
REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS?
>> WHAT DID YOU LIKE?
>> Stephen: THIS SUIT COMES
WITH A SEAT BELT RIGHT THERE.
>> HOLD ON.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE TOTALLY--
YOU'RE TOTALLY READY.
JUST TRAY TABLE IN UPRIGHT,
LOCKED POSITION, YOU'RE READY TO
TAKE OFF RIGHT THERE.
>> READY TO GO, READY TO GO.
>> Stephen: AND THIS RIGHT
HERE.
I LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL ORANGE
ARM ACUTE RAMENT RIGHT THERE.
CAN WE FIND YOU IN A SNOWSTORM.
>> YOU CAN.
LOST AT SEA.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A
FLOINATION DEVICE RIGHT THERE?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE.
>> Stephen: I'M SITTING NEXT
TO YOU ON THE PLANE.
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME.
>> I HAD A BLAST.
>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU
SITTING WITH?
BECAUSE THE THEME WAS THE
CATHOLIC IMAGINATION, IT WAS
LIKE LONG MONASTIC TABLE.
>> I HAD JONAH HILL SITTING
DPROOS ME.
HE'S A GOOD BUDDY OF MINE SO WE
HAD EYE BLAST.
LAUGHED ALL NIGHT.
CHADWICK BOSMAN.
AND WE HAD TIFFANY HADDISH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A FUN
TABLE.
THAT'S A REALLY FUN TABLE.
>> A LOT OF JOKE S.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
NOW, LISTEN, PEOPLE ALREADY
KNOW, LOVE, AND RESPECT YOU AS
AN ACTOR.
BUT NOW THIS "BLACK PANTHER"
MOVIE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
MOVIES OF ALL TIME PURPOSE YOU A
COMIC BOOK FAN-- YOU PLAY ERIK
KILLMONGER, AS THE PEOPLE KNOW--
WERE YOU A COMIC BOOK FAN
ALREADY?
>> YEAH, GROWING UP MARVEL HAD A
BIG IMPACT INTACT ON MY
CHILDHOOD.
I USED TO READ ALL THE COMIC
BOOKS, JUMP AROUND THE COUCH,
PLAY SUPERHERO ON THE COUCH
CUSHIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: MOM WAS OKAY WITH
THAT?
>> YEAH, YEAH, SHE WAS WEEK
THAT.
SHE WAS OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT, YEAH, MARVEL WAS DEFINITELY
MY FAVORITE BY FAR.
>> Stephen: BUT AS A KID, MOST
PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THE HERO OF
THE STORY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: VERY FEW PEOPLE
WANT TO PLAY THE VILLAIN OF THE
STORY.
HOW DUFFL DID YOU FEEL WHEN THEY
"WE'RE DOING 'BLACK PANTHER'?
I'M READY."
>> RYAN CALL ME UP.
IT WASN'T THE TRADITIONAL
AUDITION.
HE GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID,
"MIKE, I WANT YOU TO PLAY THE
VILLAIN.
I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR
YOU."
"COOL, LET'S DO IT."
IT WAS THAT QUICK.
FOR ME WHAT WE USUALLY DO WITH
MY CHARACTER, WE HAVE A
BACKSTORY.
I WRITE JOURNALS, OR DIARIES FOR
EVERY CHARACTER I HAVE, FROM THE
EARLIEST MEMORY TO THE FIRST
PAGE OF THE SCRIPT.
FOR ME, THAT GIVES ME CONTEXT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
A BETTER ACTOR THANE AM.
YOU DO WORK.
YOU PUT EFFORT INTO IT.
>> YOU'RE GREAT AT WHAT YOU DO,
OKAY?
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE--
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S THE JOURNEY THAT YOU MADE
IN YOUR DIRES ABOUT ERIK
KILLMONGER, WHAT YOU DISCOVERED
ABOUT WRITING ABOUT HIM?
>> HIM, IT WAS PARTICULAR HE
DARK AND IT WAS A VERY SAD
JOURNAL.
NOT HAVING HIS MOM GROWING UP,
IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM, FOSTER
CARE, FOSTER HOMES AND WHATNOT.
IT'S A LOT OF DARK STUFF THAT'S
PROBABLY NOT RIGHT FOR-- FOR
TELEVISION.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> BUT IT WAS DEEP, MAN, AND IT
ALLOWED ME TO GO TO THAT PLACE
RIGHT BEFORE A SCENE.
IT ALLOWED ME TO LOCK IN.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND ABOUT
NOT SHARING THE DARK STUFF.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME
CONFESSIONS I DON'T THINK ARE
APPROPRIATE TO TELL THE
AUDIENCE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> HE'S GOOD.
HE'S GOOD.
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO THE RANGE
OF YOUR WORK, THE RANGE OF YOUR
WORK IS AS IMPRESSIVE AS THE
WORK ITSELF.
"THE WIRE," "FRIDAY NIGHT
LIGHTS" "ALL MY CHILDREN,"
"CREED," "FANTASTIC FOUR" "BLACK
PANTHER," AND NOW "FAHRENHEIT
451".
LET'S SAY I'M NOT RIGHT FOR ANY
OF THOSE ROLES ANYMORE, IF ALL
OF THAT FELL THROUGH, I
UNDERSTAND YOU STILL HAVE A
PRETTY EXCITING BACKUP POSITION.
YOU'VE GOT A SKILL THAT I DID
NOT KNOW ABOUT, AND THAT IS
STREET RACING.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'RE A RACE
CAR DRIVER?
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
>> A FEW LIVES AGO, YEAH.
I JUST ENJOY RACING.
AND WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I
USED TO GO DOWN TO, YOU KNOW,
THE OLD MOVIE THEATER, AND WE
WOULD ALL MEET UP ON SUNDAYS.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEFINITELY LIKE
"FAST AND THE FURIOUS."
PICTURE "FAST AND FURIOUS" IN
YOUR HEAD AND THAT WAS IT, BUT
BACK IN 2004.
>> Stephen: AND TEENAGERS.
>> AND TEENAGER S.
>> Stephen: THIS WAS NIGHT
TIME, DAY TIME?
>> NIGHT TIME.
>> Stephen: SO HOW DID YOU
START DOING THIS?
>> I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A RANDOM
THING, WORD OF MOUTH.
YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS PLACE, WE
USED TO CALL IT "AVENUE P.
ONE DAY YOU SHOWED UP WITH YOUR
CAR, YOU HAD A COUPLE OF BUDDIES
IN YOUR CAR AND YOU SHOWED UP.
THE FIRST FEW SUNDAYS YOU STAYED
AROUND AND WATCHED.
WE HAD FLIP PHONES.
THERE WERE NO SMARTPHONES BACK
THEN.
>> Stephen: YOUR SKETCH PAD.
>> SKETCH PAD, AND COLORING
PENCILS.
YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND YOU WOULD WATCH THESE CARS
RIP IT UP IN THIS INDUSTRIAL
AREA.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE MURDER
ACTING AT THIS POINT, RIGHT "ALL
MY CHILDREN."
>> I HAD STUFF TO LOSE.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU PLAYING
FOR PINK SLIPS?
>> I NEVER PUT MY CAR ON THE
LINE.
I PERSONALLY, IF I WOULD HAVE
CRASHED OR GOT IN TROUBLE, IF
THE COP SHOWED UP, I WOULD HAVE
HAD A LOT TO LOSE AT THAT TIME.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ACTUALLY
DRIVING OUT THERE.
>> I WAS, I WAS, MAN.
IT WAS JUST THE RUSH OF, LIKE,
GETTING ON THE LINE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TOUGH ON A
CAR.
>> YEAH.
THE FIRST TIME I BURNED OUT MY
CLUTCH.
I HAD TO CALL MY DAD...
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN
THAT?
>> THERE WAS REALLY NO
EXPLAINING THAT ONE.
HE-- HE EXPLAINED SOME THINGS TO
ME, THOUGH.
( LAUGHTER )
YEAH, YEAH.
ON THE WAY BACK.
YEAH, HE EXPLAINED SOME THINGS
TO ME.
BUT HE-- MY DAD KIND OF GOT IT.
MY MOM-- MY MOM WAS ANOTHER
STORY.
I GOT IT ONCE IN THE CAR, AND
THEN I GOT IT A COUPLE MORE
TIMES WHEN I GOT HOME.
THAT WAS ON THE WAY OUT OF
AVENUE P.
>> Stephen: GOOD, GOOD.
>> Stephen: THE NEW MOVIE AS I
WAS SAYING IS "FAHRENHEIT 451".
IT'S A BOOK-- PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T
READ THE BOOK OUT THERE OR HEARD
ABOUT THE MOVIE YET.
IT WAS BASED ON A BOOK THAT'S
ABOUT THE END OF BOOKS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND SO NOW MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT
THE BOOK, DOES THAT ALSO HELP
END THE BOOK BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE TO READ THE BOOK NOW?
( LAUGHTER ).
>.>> NO, NO, NO.
>> Stephen: WHY NO?
>> BECAUSE RAY BRADBURY WASN'T A
LUDDITE.
HE LOVED TECHNOLOGY.
WITHOUT A DOUBT.
AND OUR ADAPTATION IS BASED
AROUND THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE
TODAY.
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT HE JUST THOUGHT-- HE WAS
AGAINST MEDIA.
HE WAS AGAINST, YOU KNOW,
ADVERTISING IN THE SENSE OF,
LIKE, DUMB IMAGES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> Stephen: THE CONSTANT
BARRAGE.
>> OF NUMBING YOUR SENSES AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO FREE THINK.
NOT BEING ABLE TO CRITICAL THINK
AND PROBLEM SOLVE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAS GAENLSZ
GAEPS.
HE LOVED SMART SHOWS AND
TELEVISION THAT MADE YOU THINK.
THAT'S WHERE "451ALIZE" LOO IS
IN THE REALM OF THINKING.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE MAIN
CHARACTER, MONTAG, WHO IS A
FIREMAN, AND I DON'T THINK I'M
GIVING ANYTHING AWAY.
YOU LEARN EARLY IN THE BOOK, IN
THIS FUTURE, FIREMEN START
FIRES.
>> YEAH, WE START FIRES.
WE BURN BOOKS.
GUY MONNING TO IS THE POSTER BOY
FOR BURNING BOOKS AND ART AND
EXPHIEWSK CONTROLLING THE
INTERNET, BASICALLY WHAT GOES UP
ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT
WE'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THIS
PROJECT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GET
INVOLVED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF
WE DON'T START, YOU KNOW, MAKING
CONSCIOUS DECISIONS AND ASKING
QUESTIONS AND RESISTING WHAT
WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING FED,
WE'RE ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE DOWN
THE WAY OF--
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE.
>> Stephen: I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
"FAHRENHEIT 451" PREMIERES MAY
19 ON HBO.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
MATT WALSH.
♪ ♪ ♪
( APPLAUSE )
