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- Hi, I'm Khris Davis and you can catch me

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in "Big George Foreman",
the miraculous story

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of the once and future
heavyweight champion of the world.

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And this is "The Roots."

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That's so random.

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Question one.

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"You" I, me, "played George Foreman

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in the upcoming film
for Big George Foreman.

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What was prepping for this role like

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and what did you love?"

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Prepping for this role
was incredibly intense.

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It's nothing that I could
explain in a matter of minutes.

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I mean, it was boxing training,

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there was script analysis,
there was meeting Mr. Foreman

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and then we go back to
the boxing training.

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And then it was learning
to foreman's nuances,

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his nuances in the ring
and out of the ring

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and then learning his dialect.

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It was a lot that went into this.

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"What makes the foreman biopic different

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from some of the other recent ones,

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'Elvis', 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?"

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It covers a span of several decades.

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Most biopics exist in one timeline,

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but we're going from very
young, all the way up to 45.

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"You also played Tracy in "Atlanta."

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What was it like filming that show,

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and do you think we'll ever get

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to return to those characters?"

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Filming that show was a lot of fun.

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It was so random because
we had an opportunity

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to kind of freestyle sometimes.

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I mean, of course there was a script,

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so you had that skeleton, but
we got a chance to feel it out

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and really just vibe with each other

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and build with each other
and what worked, worked.

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So that's a dream experience.

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Not every experience
is gonna be like that.

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So I didn't take it for granted.

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I think that these characters
will live as they are.

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"What song can you not help

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but sing out loud when it comes on.

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And can you sing it?"

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♪ Ooh yeah ♪

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You know, so it's like,

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♪ Baby, why don't you just
stand up for little while? ♪

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So, there you go.

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I can sing better than that.

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I can sing better than
that, don't judge me.

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"What black actor or actress's
work do you immediately watch

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as soon as it's released?"

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I'm a fan of everybody, like I said before

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and I oftentimes say, I'm
I'm so soft on actors.

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I love everybody's work.

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I really think that if you're showing up,

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no matter what level you're on

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and you're doing something,
word, I watch everybody's stuff.

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"What genre do you want to explore

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that you think would be
a challenge for you?"

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I think romance would
be a challenge for me.

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Be later, why did you leave?

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I was standing here, waiting for you.

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I wrote you letters, you never called.

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You told me you didn't love me.

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I didn't mean it.

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That was a weird.

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(Khris laughs)

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There was a weird
"Notebook"-ish thing in my head.

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Don't mind me, but see,
you see what I'm saying?

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I gotta take it seriously.

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"One thing you can admit you suck at?

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One thing, one thing.

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Don't judge me here.

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I do try, but I'm not really good at math.

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I wish I was better at
it because then I would

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be an actual physicist.

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(upbeat music)