WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.833
- What's up?

2
00:00:00.833 --> 00:00:01.740
It's your girl, Meagan Good,

3
00:00:01.740 --> 00:00:03.300
and I'm here with the AV Club

4
00:00:03.300 --> 00:00:07.085
and you can catch me in "Harlem"
season two and "Shazam."

5
00:00:07.085 --> 00:00:09.752
(upbeat music)

6
00:00:11.377 --> 00:00:13.627
"How much do you relate with
your Harlem character, Camille,

7
00:00:13.627 --> 00:00:16.110
"or is there another character
you connect with most?"

8
00:00:16.110 --> 00:00:19.860
I connect with Camille so
much because I am so awkward

9
00:00:19.860 --> 00:00:23.490
and I guess I'm kind of quirky
and I tell terrible jokes,

10
00:00:23.490 --> 00:00:27.905
but I'm also very
overconfident and love myself

11
00:00:27.905 --> 00:00:29.670
and feel like I can accomplish anything,

12
00:00:29.670 --> 00:00:31.350
but I also second guess myself a lot too,

13
00:00:31.350 --> 00:00:35.790
so there's a lot of Camilleisms
going on in Meagan's head.

14
00:00:35.790 --> 00:00:37.620
I also connect with all the characters

15
00:00:37.620 --> 00:00:39.240
in different ways for different reasons

16
00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:40.837
because of each one of their strengths.

17
00:00:40.837 --> 00:00:43.207
"Did you get to work
with or spend time on set

18
00:00:43.207 --> 00:00:46.200
"with franchise newcomer, Helen Mirren?"

19
00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:47.190
I love Helen Mirren.

20
00:00:47.190 --> 00:00:49.230
She's also a fellow Leo.

21
00:00:49.230 --> 00:00:50.310
She's just badass.

22
00:00:50.310 --> 00:00:52.980
She was in there doing her stunts.

23
00:00:52.980 --> 00:00:56.220
Just fun person to talk
to, talk to about life.

24
00:00:56.220 --> 00:00:57.540
She actually called my dad

25
00:00:57.540 --> 00:01:00.810
'cause my dad feels that
she's a very attractive woman

26
00:01:00.810 --> 00:01:03.450
and so she called and said
hello to him for his birthday.

27
00:01:03.450 --> 00:01:04.283
That was awesome.

28
00:01:04.283 --> 00:01:05.116
"Besides "Shazam,"

29
00:01:05.116 --> 00:01:07.830
"what's your favorite
superhero film of all time?"

30
00:01:07.830 --> 00:01:10.290
My favorite superhero film
of all time is "Blade."

31
00:01:10.290 --> 00:01:12.390
I would love to be the female blade.

32
00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:14.580
That would be a dream come true.

33
00:01:14.580 --> 00:01:17.880
I love vampires, I love
anything in that genre

34
00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:20.610
and Wesley Snipes was
the first black superhero

35
00:01:20.610 --> 00:01:24.307
that I saw besides Eartha
Kitt as Catwoman so.

36
00:01:24.307 --> 00:01:25.657
"'Harlem' is one of the few shows

37
00:01:25.657 --> 00:01:28.567
"that represent Black female
friendships authentically.

38
00:01:28.567 --> 00:01:30.660
"What do you think is
the key to achieve that?"

39
00:01:30.660 --> 00:01:32.580
For us, having that real friendship

40
00:01:32.580 --> 00:01:34.260
and having that real connection,

41
00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:37.020
that real bond allows us to show it

42
00:01:37.020 --> 00:01:38.250
through the characters as well

43
00:01:38.250 --> 00:01:41.351
and I think one of the things
that really works for "Harlem"

44
00:01:41.351 --> 00:01:42.365
is that people can feel

45
00:01:42.365 --> 00:01:43.530
that it's real and they can
feel that we're not acting,

46
00:01:43.530 --> 00:01:47.190
so that's a blessing and then
I think people understand

47
00:01:47.190 --> 00:01:48.750
female friendships in general

48
00:01:48.750 --> 00:01:51.480
and I think that that
translates to everybody

49
00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:53.880
and, yeah, I think that how people grow up

50
00:01:53.880 --> 00:01:56.070
and the things they experience in life

51
00:01:56.070 --> 00:01:58.290
does create a certain authenticity

52
00:01:58.290 --> 00:02:00.480
and authenticity for those relationships,

53
00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.600
but I think for us it's just being true

54
00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:06.867
and being honest about that and
I think that shines through.

55
00:02:06.867 --> 00:02:08.537
(upbeat music)