The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Nia Long - "You People" & "Missing"

Episode Date: February 23, 2023

Actress Nia Long discusses working with the legendary Eddie Murphy in "You People," having to shoot her own coverage for "Missing," and why she believes terms like "Black movies" and "Black famous" are holding people back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I mean, you kind of, with Big Mama's house, right? Right. He was there. He was there. He was there. He was their. Right. Right. Right. their. their. Right. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right single shot. Wow. Yeah, no prosthetic makeup in this one. So he was there and he was wonderful. And I was so excited to finally be old enough to play his wife. For years, it was like, oh no, you're too young. Right. Right. And now the men always get the younger women. So there you go.

There you go. So and then your other movie Missing. Yes. That's kind of like you like the black woman Liam Neeson and taken right? Well that would be Storm Reed because she's on a mission to find me right. And you know what's great about the film is everything is shot through some sort of technical device. Right. So it's either an iPhone, a ring cam, you know, a secret phone that's like planted on set somewhere. So every every rule that I've learned about, you know, film and television, I had to throw out the window because there were no overs, there were no, it was just shoot and don't ask questions. Because if you ask questions, you will be more confused.

So I just had to trust the process. Yeah, I would have been like with the camera, I was like, hey, get that from under my chin. Oh, no. Listen. I had months on ladders. Oh yeah shoot me from up there. Can I tell you? There's a moment in the film that actually applies to exactly what you're saying where I had to like shoot my own coverage in on the cell phone and I'm like going like this I'm like no don't roll it yet. Nope no no okay there we go stop. A woman knows her light in her angles

after a certain amount of time. Yes. Yeah. Well, this is a, I think it's great to see, you know, a black woman in this type of role. You know, it's like taking over like a drama thing. So like maybe you can like take over like the John Wick movies, you know. Yeah. It could be like John Wick is like, they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they take over like the John Wick movies. You know? Yeah, it could be like John Wick, it's like, they kill her edges.

And now she wants revenge. Yes. No more lace front. That's right. As long as I can wear this coat, I'll play whatever character. I mean my little. It is fancy. You are fancy.

You are very fancy, Neil Long. Well, you know what happened is I went to Dubai right before I came here to see Beyonce and she was incredible. I was like literally crying. Wow. I was crying in the audience. I'm like a true fan and that was my first Beyonce concert. So to see it in Dubai was like one of those moments that I will remember for the rest of my life.

So everything in Dubai is blingy. And I'm kind of not blingy, but everything I packed was blingy. But everything I packed, this is just blingy. You're blingy. Kind of. Okay, then we go. But everything I packed was blingy so I'm sorry Wanda but it's just blingy. You blingy. You're blinging. Okay I got to I got to ask you something real quick. I have to ask you something because I know how

how it goes. So recently I'm gonna read it that there was a headline right where you said I quote black movies and black famous only hold us back. Yes. You want to clear that shit up? Because you know, that's not written correctly. You know how it goes, because you know, they take one headline and turn to something. Yeah, yeah, so read that again? Let me say that again. How much time we got?

Turns like black movies and black famous only hold us back. Okay, so what I mean by, you know what I mean, I know but go ahead. But but so for them. For the white people in the audience. What I mean by that is if we continue to practice this idea of separatism we continue to to the idea of separatism, we continue to to divide. And I will always and forever hold my fist up because I understand the experience. But I also believe that the more we understand about one another and the more accepting we are of one another, this thing called art should be representative of all of us.

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