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00:00My best friend's husband was killed by the people that are sworn to protect and serve.
00:05I don't know how close you and Rodney are. I'm sorry to stop you.
00:11How am I supposed to move on?
00:13I'm not just your friend. I'm your lawyer and they're gonna pay.
00:22My name is Oakley Jones. I'm with AdSense. Thank you for taking this call. I really appreciate y'all.
00:27All right. You said you're with AdSense? Yes. Yes. Thank you. You know, a couple of my cousins then.
00:35So Megan, I wanted to start with you. Fela was a very dynamic role. What was the most
00:40compelling part of playing a character whose true nature wasn't fully understood at first?
00:46I mean, the compelling part of her is just the fact that she actually is humanized. You know,
00:52the fact that, now mind you, there's other parts of it that's just like, you're not really human.
00:55You're actually maybe potentially crazy. I just love the fact that there was a moment in there
01:02where she didn't have to be, you know, Miss Perfect newscaster. That, you know, she actually
01:06has this very unfortunate opportunity of being able to experience grief and mourn and having to
01:12play that out, you know, on the screen. For me as an actor, I found it to be really exciting because
01:18it helped me to expand my own caliber. So I think it was interesting. It gave me a chance to play
01:24with some levels and I don't know, I think it was fun. Now Kat, this film explores the impact of
01:30police violence, but also delve into corruption. From your character's perspective, what do you
01:35think this movie is saying about the justice system? So many things, so many layers to it.
01:47I mean, the great thing about this film is it explores every point of view, right? So a lot of
01:53us feel like we're dealing with an unfair justice system. We feel like there are a lot of, whether
02:01it's a police officer or leadership, that people are not being held accountable, that we're not
02:07being protected, that our voices aren't loud enough, that we, you know, that we need to,
02:12you know, be louder even, you know, and we got to show them, you know, that our voices have power,
02:19our money has power, our presence has power. There's so many different elements to this film
02:25that actually get talked about. There's also the discussion around sensationalized media,
02:32where things can appear a certain way based on how they're presented versus how they actually are.
02:37So I think that this kind of conversation is explored throughout the film, but there's so
02:45many different points of view about how this film and the subject matter gets handled personally
02:52and through the media. So I think we cover it. Yeah, y'all did, y'all did. Megan, what was it like
02:58working with Tyler Perry for the first time? Honestly, it was great. You know, he truly is
03:04everything that I aspire to be. You know, the fact that, you know, he also is an actor, he's a writer,
03:10executive producer, director, and all the work that he does just for the Black community and
03:16even for people just around the world. I mean, the man is just so generous, you know, it's not
03:20just about what he's doing on a professional level, but he's also just like the biggest
03:24humanitarian for things that he's doing for others, you know. I just thought it was really
03:29amazing to be within, you know, his hemisphere, to be honest with you, because it's like, you're
03:34sitting here and you're looking at what you aspire to be, and then you're also looking at someone
03:37who's also your friend. It's like, oh, he's my friend too. Like, he's, it was awesome, and I felt
03:42very, very empowered in the choices that I made for Fela, and it happened to be the things that
03:49he actually entrusted upon me and liked as well. So it was great. Well, Kat and Megan, thank you so
03:54much. I really appreciate you two, and it was a phenomenal film. Thank y'all. Thank you so much.