PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE ONE AND ONLY JAMIE FOXX. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ >> WOO! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Brie: I WAS TOLD NOT TO SIT UNTIL YOU SIT. >> OH, MAN, BRIE, YOU LOOK AMAZING. >> Brie: THANK YOU, SO DO YOU. HOW DIE LOOK BEHIND THE DESK? >> IMAGINE, OUR TELEVISION MONITOR ALMOST FELL OFF WHEN I CAME OUT THE BACK. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, GIVE IT UP FOR HER. >> Brie: I KNOW YOU ARE SO USED TO SEEING ME IN MY PERMED WIG FOR A WHILE. >> YEAH, THIS IS GREAT. >> Brie: WELCOME TO MY NEW HOME. >> THIS IS, YOU GOT A LOT, MAN, SHE'S AMAZING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AMAZING. >> Brie: THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT YOU. >> I KNOW, BUT -- >> Brie: SO I HEARD THAT YOU'RE RUSHING OFF HERE TO GO SEE, YOUR DAUGHTER. >> MY BABY GIRL IS OVER WITH JIMMY AT THE LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE. SHE'S DOING "GOOD TIMES", MAN, GIVE IT UP FOR HER. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Brie: SO YOU WERE ON IT, YOU WERE ON IT. >> YEAH, I WAS GEORGE JEFFERSON. I HAD TO GET A LITTLE GEORGE ON, KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT IT WAS AMAZING. I MESSED UP. >> Brie: UH-HUH. >> I FLUBBED MY LINE A LITTLE BIT. >> Brie: IS SHE ALLOWING YOU TO COACH HER THIS TIME? >> SHE'S NO, DAD, YOU MESSED UP. DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S AMAZING TO SEE YOUR KID, LIKE, TO GROW UP AND FULFILL THE DREAM AND LIKE, SHE DIDN'T WANT ME TO TELL HER ANYTHING. WHICH, I THOUGHT WAS DOPE, AND YOU KNOW, I GOT SPIES ON THE SET. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FACE TIME AND SAY SHE KILLIN', FINGERS CROSSED, MAN, THAT SHE KNOCKS IT OUT THE PARK. >> Brie: SHE'S DOING GREAT. AND YOUR DAUOTHER DAUGHTER PLAY SPORTS. >> SHE'S 5'7" AND 11 YEARS OLD AND PLAYS BASKETBALL WITH THE BOYS. LAST WEEK SHE HAD 16 POINTS, 12 REBOUNDS. SHE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. >> Brie: DO YOU HELP HER AT ALL? DO YOU COACH? >> I COACH. AND I'M THE WORST COACH IN THE WORLD. I GET SO EXCITED. I'M LITERALLY AT HALF-COURT. COME ON, COME ON. AND THE ONLY REASON THEY DON'T KICK ME OFF THE COURT IS BECAUSE, WELL, I'M JAMIE FOXX. >> Brie: RIGHT, YES. SO DO YOU EVERYBODY GET, DO YOU TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME INSPIRATIONAL MONOLOGUE? >> NO, YOU'RE JUST NERVOUS. YOU WANT HER TO DO GREAT. BUT LITERALLY, THE REFEREES ARE LIKE, LITERALLY, THE REF WALKS UP, I LOVE JANGO, BUT GET OFF THE COURT. MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T LIKE BASKETBALL AT FIRST, BUT THEN, THIS HAS TO DO WITH ME, I THINK. SHE HITS THE BASKET TO TIE THE GAME UP TO GO INTO OVERTIME. AND THE CROWD WENT CRAZY. AND SHE LOOKED AT THAT, AND THEN SHE STARTED COACHING THE TEAM, THE WHOLE NINE, THAT'S WHEN SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME. >> Brie: WOW, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. >> YEAH, YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT. >> Brie: YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING. ONE OF MY OTHER GUESTS TONIGHT IS FROM A SHOW THAT'S MY GUILTY PLEASURE. WHEN I SAY GUILTY PLEASURE, I MEAN I HIDE IN MY CAR AND WATCH IT ON MY iPAD. >> RIGHT. >> Brie: DO YOU HAVE ANY SHOWS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU WATCH? >> I'M ADDICTED TO SPORTS. IT'S CRAZY. LIKE I'M ADDICTED TO LIKE ESPN AND I DON'T KNOW, STEVEN A. SMITH WHO JUST CONSTANTLY BUSTS MY BALLS ABOUT MY DALLAS COWBOYS. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY WATCHING STEVEN A. SMITH ON TELEVISION. I'M TEXTING HIM, AND HE'LL ACTUALLY SAY, FIRST OF ALL, JAMIE FOXX JUST TEXTED ME. HE'S DYING OVER THERE WITH THE DAMN COWBOYS. I CAN'T STAND THEM DAMN COWBOYS. SO I THINK ESPN IS EVERY GUY'S DREAM, I THINK. >> Brie: YEAH, INTERESTING. IT'S NOT MY DREAM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU HAVE ONE. I HEAR PEOPLE WATCH ESPN, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. >> GOT TO FIND YOUR PASSION. >> Brie: THIS WAS A LEADING QUESTION, BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT SAY "THE MASKED SINGER". >> OH, YES. >> Brie: I WAS PRETTY CONVINCED YOU WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR IT BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THE "MASKED SINGER" THE WHOLE TIME. THAT WAS A CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT I HAD STARTED. >> LISTEN, MAN, YOU NEVER KNOW, BUT I TELL YOU, EVERYBODY THINKS I'M ON THE "MASKED SINGER" I'LL BE IN TRAFFIC, COME ON, DOG, I KNOW YOU'RE THE MASKED SINGER. EVEN MY MOM'S LIKE, ARE YOU THE MASK THE SINGER? I GOT 200 DOLLARS ON THIS. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, MAN. >> Brie: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU NEVER KNOW. DO YOU KNOW? >> I ACTUALLY DO KNOW, BUT I'M SWORN TO SECRECY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Brie: UH-HUH, UH-HUH. OH, THIS IS GOOD. >> WOULD YOU EVER DO IT? >> Brie: I DON'T KNOW. COY BE THE MASKED SINGER. >> YOU TURN IT OUT. >> Brie: THIS COULD BE PART OF MY PLOY TO POINT IT AT YOU AND REALLY IT'S ME, I'M MR. FOXX. >> YOU'D BE ON THERE CHANGING THE WORDS TO A HOT SING. I'M BRIE TO DO WHATEVER I WANT ANY OLD TIME. ♪ I'M BRIE TO DO WHAT I WANT ♪ ANY OLD TIME >> EVERYBODY! ♪ I'M BRIE TO DO WHAT I WANT ♪ ANY OLD TIME ♪ I'M BRIE, BRIE FALLING >> Brie: YEAH! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> OKAY, iTUNES, I TUNES, SPOTIFY. >> Brie: I DON'T KNOW, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE MONEY OUT THERE ON JAMIE FOXX BEING MR. FOXX? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HE'S PRETTY CLEAR. >> LOOK, LOOK, I LOVE THAT SHOW, AND I DO THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG SURPRISE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. [ LAUGHTER ] SO JUST STAY TUNED. >> Brie: OH, I CAN'T WAIT, I CAN'T WAIT TO BE RIGHT ABOUT THIS. MORE WITH JAMIE FOXX WHEN WE COME BACK! >>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE INTO DOWN HERE, DO YOU? YOU THINK ALL THE FANCY WORDS GOING TO GET YOU SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE IN ALABAMA? ALL THEY GOING TO DO IS EAT YOU ALIVE AND SPIT YOU OUT, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BLACK MAN THEY DO WHEN THEY STEP OUT OF LINE. YOU COME DOWN HERE WITH THOSE FANCY SUITS TALKING ALL WHITE, THESE PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THAT, THE ONLY SUIT THEY WANT TO SEE IS THE SUIT I GOT ON. >> I CAN SEE HOW -- >> NO, YOU DON'T, NO, YOU DON'T. YOU RICH BOY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS DOWN HERE. WHEN YOU GUILTY FROM THE MOMENT YOU BORN. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Brie: THAT'S JAMIE FOXX AND MICHAEL B. JORDAN IN "JUST MERCY," AS WALTER MCMILLIAN AND BRYAN STEVENSON. SO THIS SFIM ABOUT A SUBJECT MATTER NOT EASE OY TO TALK ABOU. >> I THANK MICHAEL B. JORDAN FOR TAKING IT AND BLACK PANTHER AND THIS STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO'S WRONGLY ACCUSED OF KILLING SOMEONE IN ALABAMA, AND THEY PUT HIM ON DEATH ROW WITHOUT A TRIAL. AND HE'S THERE FOR SIX YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, AN ANGEL WALKS IN, IN THE FORM OF BRIAN STEVENSON PLAYED WONDERFULLY BY MICHAEL B. JORDAN, AND THEY TAKE ON THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, AND THEY DO SOMETHING THAT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN. IT'S THE FIRST OVERTURNED DEATH ROW SENTENCE IN ALABAMA. >> Brie: MM-HM. YEAH! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND SO, YOU KNOW, BRIAN STEVENSON IS ACTUALLY, HE'S A HERO, YOU KNOW, HE'S A HERO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIM, NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK OR HIS ASSOCIATION, THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE. >> HE DOESN'T FATIGUE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES, THE PERCEPTION OF A BLACK MAN AND HOW HE'S ALREADY PERCEIVED TO BE GUILTY OF SOMETHING. I WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY FATHER. MY FATHER WAS A, WAS AN EDUCATOR FOR 25 YEARS. THEY PUT HIM IN JAIL FOR $25 WORTH OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE FOR SEVEN YEARS. THE VERY PEOPLE THAT HE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL HE ENDED UP BEING NEXT TO IN PRISON, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT MAN TAUGHT ME HOW TO PLAY TENNIS, TAUGHT ME HOW TO SWIM, TAUGHT ME HOW TO THROW A FOOTBALL. SO I WAS FAMILIAR WITH HAVING THAT TYPE OF SUNKENNESS IN A SENSE. SO WHEN I PUT THAT SKIN ON OF WALTER McMILLEN, IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO GET TO IT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE BRILLIANCE OF BRYAN STEVESON, AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS, WHEN YOU HEAR THIS MAN SPEAK, WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY, YOU WILL BE MOVED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS FILM IS THAT THEY TESTED THIS FILM IN FRONT OF AN ALL-BLACK AUDIENCE, AND WE TESTED AT A 97. OF COURSE WE HOPED THAT, BUT THEN WHEN THEY TESTED IT IN FRONT OF AN ALL-WHITE AUDIENCE, IT TESTED AT A 98. SO I THINK IT'S A STORY OF HUMANITY AND SOMETHING WE CAN ALL RALLY AROUND, AND I HOPE -- [ APPLAUSE ] I HOPE THAT BRIAN STEVENSON BECOMES A HOUSEHOLD NAME. >> Brie: OOH, WELL, IT'S, YES, I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO HELP DO THAT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PERSON I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, HE'S GOING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE, HE'S RIGHT HERE, BRIAN STEVENSON. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THIS IS SO NICE. THANK YOU. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Brie: WONDERFUL, PLEASE. OH, BRIAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL. SO YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS. YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS ORGANIZATION THAT YOU STARTED, EJI, EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE FOR 30 YEARS NOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HELPED SUCCESSFULLY? >> WE HAVE NOW WON REVERSALS, RELEASE OR RELIEF FOR 140 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] BUT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE FILM AND WHAT YOU BOTH HAVE ALLOWED US TO DO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING TO JAILS, I'VE BEEN GOING TO PRISONS, STANDING NEXT TO THE ACCUSED, THE POOR, THE CONDEMNED. AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THIS FILM, NOW A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR HUMANITY, THEIR DIGNITY. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CARE MORE ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN SIGHING. I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IF PEOPLE SAW WHAT I SAW THEY'D WANT WHAT I WANT. THEY TREAT YOU DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE RICH AND GUILTY THAN IF YOU'RE POOR AND INNOCENT. WE THROW PEOPLE AWAY AND TREAT THEM UNFAIRLY, BUT YOU BOTH ARE SO INCREDIBLE. REPLAYS OF MY FRIEND, EVA AINSLEY, AND SHE HELPS MAKE THE POINT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A LAWYER TO BE A PERSON WHO MAKES JUSTICE, TO CHANGE THE WORLD, AND JAMIE'S PERFORMANCE OF MY CLIENT IS STUNNING. IT'S SUCH A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE, AND I'M JUST SO EXCITED THAT PEOPLE WILL NOW GET TO KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WHO SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE NO ONE CARES, NO ONE SEES THEM, BUT THEY BECOME INVISIBLE, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THROWN AWAY IN THESE SPACES. I HOPE THIS FILM INSPIRES PEOPLE TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT AND CHANGE OUR SYSTEM. >> Brie: YEAH, SO FOR BOTH OF YOU, WHAT DO YOU HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL GET OUT OF IT, OR WHAT THE CALL TO ACTION IS? >> YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S THAT THEY WILL DO MORE. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF INCARCERATION IN THE WORLD. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN JAILS AND PRISONS. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS THAT I HOPE WE CAN CHANGE. I DON'T THINK ADDICTION AND DEPENDENCY MAKES YOU A CRIMINAL. I THINK IT MAKES YOU SOMEONE WITH A HEALTH PROBLEM. WE NEED A HEALTH CARE RESPONSE TO THAT. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY, THAT I HOPE PEOPLE WILL WALK OUT OF THE THEETATER AND NOT ONLY LEAR MORE BUT DO MORE. VOTE, WE CAN GET INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAILS AND PRISONS, BEGIN TO LEARN THINGS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES. MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR PROSECUTORS IS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY ASK QUESTIONS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE JUST. IN MICHAEL McMILLEN'S CASE, AND MIC MICHAEL B. IS BRILLIANT IN THIS FILM. >> AND NOT ONLY THAT, MICHAEL B. IS KIND OF RIPPED. I SAW YOU DOING SOME PULLUPS. >> IT WAS SO FUNNY, HE WAS COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING EXACTLY RIGHT. HE WANTED TO BE AUTHENTIC IN EVERY WAY, AND I KEPT SAYING, I WANT THAT IS C WANT THAT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BODY, YOU CAN KEEP THE -- >> Brie: THANK YOU. >> IT'S AN A MAZING PERFORMANCE. HE GOES LOOK HERE'S THE EVIDENCE, AND THE PROSECUTOR DOESN'T RESPOND TO THAT. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT US IN THESE SYSTEMS ARE ACCOUNTABLE AND DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO ADVANCE JUSTICE. >> Brie: THANK YOU SO MUCH. "JUST MERCY" OPENS ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN SELECT THEATERS AND EVERYWHERE ON JANUARY 10th.
