>> HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO MAKE THIS INVESTIGATION? >> I'VE ESTABLISHED CONTACT AND CREATED SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE KLANSMEN OVER THE PHONE. I'LL CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE BUT I'LL NEED ANOTHER OFFICER, SURPRISE-SURPRISE, A WHITE OFFICER, TO PLAY ME WHEN THEY MEET FACE-TO-FACE. >> THAT'S MY POINT EXACTLY. >> BLACK RON STALLWORTH OVER THE PHONE. WHITE RON STALLWORTH FACE-TO-FACE. IT BECOMES A COMBINED RON STALLWORTH. >> CAN YOU DO THAT? >> I BELIEVE WE CAN. WITH THE RIGHT WHITE MAN, WE CAN DO ANYTHING. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: "BLACKKKLANSMAN" OPENS FRIDAY. PLEASE WELCOME JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪ >> Jimmy: I HAVE TO SAY I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED YOU DON'T HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL AFRO. >> OH, YEAH, YEAH. >> Jimmy: THAT'S THE MOST PERFECTLY SHAPED AFRO I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN. >> SHOUT-OUT TO LAWANDA, THEY DID A GOOD JOB. EVERYBODY DID A GOOD JOB. >> Jimmy: JOHN, JOHN DAVID? >> I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT NOW, IT'S JOHN DAVID. MOM HATES IT WHEN PEOPLE CALL ME JOHN. ONE NAME, ONLY ADMMIDDLE NAME. JOHNED, DAVID, NO MIDDLE NAME, WASHINGTON. >> Jimmy: YOU DON'T NEED A MIDDLE NAME. >> EXACTLY. >> Jimmy: IS THERE SPACE BETWEEN THEM OR ALL MASHED UP? >> IT DEPENDS ON THE FEELING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: YOU GO WITH THE FLOW. >> YEAH, YEAH, YES. >> Jimmy: SO DID YOU -- GROWING UP DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAMOUS UNCLES AND AUNTS AROUND ALL THE TIME THAT DIDN'T SEEM WEIRD TO YOU? >> I MEAN, LIKE -- SO MY FAVORITE MOVIE WAS "GLORY" GROWING UP. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] Y'ALL KNOW THE MOVIE "GLORY"? MORGAN FREEMAN, HE'D COME BY THE HOUSE OFTEN. I REMEMBER GETTING SO EXCITED AND BUILD UP THE COURAGE TO ASK HIM FOR AN AUTOGRAPH. MR. FREEMAN, CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH? HE LOOKED AT ME, I CAN'T DO THE VOICE. "NO, YOU CAN'T, WE'RE FAMILY." AND I WAS LIKE, BUT I REALLY WANT YOUR AUTOGRAPH. I NEVER GOT IT BECAUSE HE SAID WE'RE FAMILY. >> Jimmy: YOU DON'T GIVE FAM FAMILY -- >> I WANTED THAT AUTOGRAPH, MAN. >> Jimmy: SHOULD HAVE ASKED HIM TO WRITE YOU A CHECK FOR 10 BUCKS. YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE AUTOGRAPH ON THE CHECK. YOU PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL? >> I WENT TO CAMPBELL HALL IN THE VALLEY. >> Jimmy: THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> THEN MOREHOUSE COLLEGE, NOT KNOWN FOR THEIR ATHLETICS. >> Jimmy: THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR MARCHING BAND, OH, YEAH, MAN, YES. >> Jimmy: THEY HAVE A GREAT MARCHING BAND, DON'T THEY? >> I FEEL BEYONCE'S NEW TOUR IS INSPIRED FROM THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE MARCHING BAND. PEOPLE CAME FOR THE HALFTIME, NOT TO SEE US. >> Jimmy: I WAS IN THE MARCHING BAND IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY THERE'S ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE JEALOUS OF THE MARCHING BAND. [ LAUGHTER ] [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> YEAH YEAH, EXACTLY. >> Jimmy: UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WERE ON THE FOOTBALL SIDE OF THAT. >> YEAH, GETTING BEAT UP, MAN. YEAH, THEY GET ALL THE GLORY. >> Jimmy: YOU COULD HAVE PICKED UP A TUBA. >> I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IT MEANS MORE FANS FOR US. >> Jimmy: THE TEAM WAS NOT GREAT WHEN YOU WERE THERE? >> MAN, YEAH, WE WERE NOT, JIMMY. WE WERE NOT GOOD. >> Jimmy: HOW MANY GAMES DID YOU WIN, WHAT WAS YOUR RECORD? >> WE'D AVERAGE ABOUT THREE WINS A YEAR. >> Jimmy: THOSE WINS ENOUGH REALLY -- YOU MUST HAVE SAVORED THEM. >> ACTUALLY DIDN'T MATTER, I HATE TO SAY. I KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO KILL ME NOW. WE'LL BE IN THE GAMES, WE'LL BE VERY COMPETITIVE. WE'D BE UP AROUND THE THIRD QUARTER, YEAH, HERE IT COMES THAT TRAIN'S NEVER LATE, WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE THIS THING, FIND A WAY TO BLOW IT. MAN, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TONIGHT? OH, GINA GOT A HOUSE PARTY? OH, LET ME GO RUN THIS PLAY REAL QUICK. BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE. >> Jimmy: WHAT POSITION DID YOU PLAY? >> 20 POUNDS AGO I WAS A RUNNING BACK. >> Jimmy: RUNNING BACK, OKAY. YOU WERE GOOD. YOU WOUND UP PLAYING PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. >> I WAS A PROFESSIONAL BENCH SITTER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH. >> Jimmy: WERE YOU FOR THE RAMS? >> THE RAMS BENCH. IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THIS, ACTUALLY. [ LAUGHTER ] THEY PAID ME WELL TO SIT ON THAT BENCH. >> Jimmy: THAT'S NICE. >> I DID IT WITH PRIDE. >> Jimmy: YOU THINK THOSE MARCHING BAND MEMBERS GOT BID TO SIT ON A BENCH? >> THEY DID NOT. >> Jimmy: THEY GOT NOTHING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I DID IT WITH PRIDE. I PLAYED IN GERMANY. I WAS IN DUSSELDORF. AND HAMBURG. >> Jimmy: WOW. >> YEAH, THEN PLAYED FOR THE LATE DENNY GREEN. >> Jimmy: VIKINGS COACH. >> I PLAYED FOR HIM THREE YEARS. >> Jimmy: I MET HIM A COUPLE TIMES, HE WAS TOUGH. >> INTENSE, YEAH. >> WAS GOING TO INTERVIEW HIM. HE SAID, BEFORE WE DO THIS, THERE'S OONS NO FUNNY STUFF, HE SAID. >> I BELIEVE THAT. >> Jimmy: HE SAID, IS THERE GOING TO BE FUNNY STUFF? I SAID YES. HE SAID, LET'S SKIP IT. >> GOOD FOR BOTH Y'ALL. >> Jimmy: I HAD TO BE HONEST AT THAT POINT. >> YEAH, YEAH. HE'S AN HONEST MAN. HE TREATED US FAIR. TREATED US LIKE MEN. >> Jimmy: WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAD, WAS HE EVER YOUR COACH AS A KID? >> YEAH, HE WAS. >> Jimmy: HOW DID THAT GO? >> HE'S A GREAT ACTOR. [ LAUGHTER ] HE'S A FANTASTIC ENTERTAINER. [ APPLAUSE ] SORRY, DAD. NO, MY DAD WAS GREAT. BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT. HE GETS INTO CHARACTER WITH US. >> Jimmy: AS A COACH? >> HE WAS GETTING INTO THOSE LONG-WINDED SPEECHES. YOU KNOW, IN LITTLE LEAGUE, THE HELMET'S BIGGER THAN THE BODY, WE'RE JUST READY TO GO ON THE FIELD. >> Jimmy: LIKE, WHERE ARE THE ORANGE SLICES? >> YEAH, LET'S GO, WE GET IT. >> Jimmy: THIS MOVIE "BLACKKKLANSMAN." FIRST OF ALL, YOUR FIRST LEAD ROLE IN A FILM, YOU WIN THE GRAND PRIZE AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. >> Jimmy: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? YOU WERE THERE, RIGHT? >> YEAH, I WAS THERE. >> Jimmy: WHAT WAS IT LIKE? I HEARD YOU GOT A BIG STANDING OVATION AT THE END. >> YEAH. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. I WAS SO NERVOUS GOING INTO IT. I WATCHED. THERE'S A -- ANYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THE SHOW "ENTOURAGE"? [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] THERE'S AN EPISODE ON "ENTOURAGE" WHERE THEY GO TO CANNES AND GET BOOED. SO I KEPT WATCHING THAT FOR SOME REASON. TRYING TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE WORST. I'D HEARD RUMORS THEY THROW FOOD AT THE SCREEN IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY'LL CURSE, THEY'LL JUST LEAVE. I'M JUST PREPARING FOR THE WORST. BUT WHEN YOU HIT THAT RED CARPET, YOU SEE ALL THE PAPARAZZI, I WAS WITH MY FAMILY, MY MOM AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THE CAST, YOU GET THIS ENERGY. EVERYBODY WAS SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CINEMA, EVERYBODY WAS DRESSED SO WELL. ALL RIGHT, THIS FEELS PRETTY GOOD. SO WE GET IN THERE, SETTLE IN. AND THE MOVIE'S PLAYING. WE GET SOME LAUGHS. GETTING DEAD SILENCE. GETTING SOME EMOTION. AND WHEN THE LIGHTS COME UP THEY JUST START CHEERING, THEY GO CRAZY. THEY STOOD UP ABOUT TEN MINUTES. TEN-MINUTE OVATION. ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF IT, THOUGH. BENICIO IS RIGHT UP THERE. >> Jimmy: BENICIO DEL TORO? AS IF THERE'S ANOTHER. >> I WAS LIKE, YEAH, BENICIO DEL TORO, SITTING RIGHT THERE, CLAPPING AND LOOK ALL BENICIO-LIKE. [ LAUGHTER ] I'M PLAYING IT COOL. OH MY GOOD! IT'S BENICIO! HE'S LIKE SLOW MOTION. "GOOD JOB." >> Jimmy: THAT'S WHAT YOU -- >> SO I WAS LIKE -- [ LAUGHTER ] THEN I JUST PLAYED IT COOL, BUTTONED UP THE JACKET, WENT UP AND WENT TO THE BACK. >> Jimmy: THAT IS EXCITING. AND SPIKE LEE, OF COURSE, PUT THIS FILM TOGETHER. >> HE'S AT THE TOP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE'S AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] I'M SERIOUS. >> Jimmy: IT'S A CRAZY STORY. IT'S A TRUE STORY. >> TRUE STORY. >> Jimmy: MAKES IT EVEN CRAZIER.
