HE'S THE INCREDIBLY TALENTED STAR OF MOVIES LIKE SELMA,

NIGHTING GALE AND A UNITED KINGDOM, WELCOME THE CHARMING,

THE MAGNIFICENT DAVID OYELOWO.

HEY!

♪ THERE HE IS.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> James: HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND.

>> I'M VERY WELL.

>> James: YOU LOOK SO WELL.

>> I AM WELL, I AM WELL.

>> James: YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE LOOK YOU HAVE GONE FOR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: WHAT A TRIUMPH.

>> I KNOW I WAS SEEING YOU.

>> James: WELL, AND WHAT A WEEKEND.

WHAT A WEEKEND.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> James: TO BE IN ITS STUDIO.

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS, HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE.

>> WELL, I HAD HAD TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE NEWS CAME WHERE I WAS

GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO CHECK.

SO I DIDN'T SLEEP VERY WELL THOSE FIRST FEW NIGHTS AND I

CHECKED EARLY ON THE MORNING ON SATURDAY, STILL NO NEWS AND

WITHIN ABOUT 45 MINUTES I CHECKED AGAIN AND LOW AND

BEHOLD, THERE WE ARE.

>> James: IT WAS JUST SO SHALL.

>> RESULTS, AS THEY SAY.

>> James: ABSOLUTELY.

NOW YOU BECAME AN AMERICAN.

>> I DID.

>> James: AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, BACK IN 2016.

WHAT WAS IT THAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A CITIZEN?

>> WELL, I DID THIS FILM SELMA WHICH IS ALL ABOUT VOTING

RIGHTS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE) AND IT JUST FELT VERY

HYPOCRITICAL TO LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, DO THAT IF I FILM AND

NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

SO MY WIFE UNDERSTOOD WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THAT DONE.

>> James: WHAT DO BRITISH PEOPLE SAY TO YOU WHEN YOU TELL

THEM THAT YOU ARE NOW AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

>> WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

>> James: YEAH.

>> BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE, THE COMPLETE REVERSE WITH AMERICANS.

>> THAT IS SO AMAZING THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN, THIS, TO BE

AMERICAN IT IS JUST LIKE I CAN'T TELL YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

BRITS AND AMERICANS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

>> James: NOW YOU POSTED A VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM.

>> OH NO, WHICH ONE.

>> James: NOT ONLY MY IDENTIFIES, I THINK MANY

PEOPLE'S EYES I THINK THIS IS A VIDEO THAT MAY HAVE PUSHED BIDEN

OVER THE TOP.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK.

>> YES!

>> James: I MEAN DNS.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME, JOE, YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> James: CAN I BE HONEST, IF I LOOKED LUKE THAT I WOULD NEVER

WEAR A SHIRT.

I WOULD NEVER BE CLOTHED FROM THE WAIST UP.

I WOULD COME UP WITH SO MANY AH, I WAS JUST IN A TERRIBLE.

>> OH NO.

>> James: I WAS FUSHING AND THE LINE CAUGHT MY SHIRT.

AND I DIDN'T HAVE ONE AT HAND.

BUT I WILL BE HERE LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

I MEAN YOU ARE IN SUCH INCREDIBLE SHAPE.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I WILL TAKE IT.

I TALK IT MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF MY KIDS BY THE WAY.

>> James: WHY.

NICE USE OF CHAGRIN, BY THE WAY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> James: A LOVELY USAGE.

>> THANK YOU, YOU WOULD APPRECIATE IT I KNEW YOU WOULD.

>> James: IT IS NOT LOST ON ME.

>> NO-- .

>> James: WHY ARE THEY NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT?

>> WELL, AS MOST PARENTS KNOW, ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE DOING

HOMESCHOOLING, THEY ARE AT HOME DOING THESE ZOOM CLASSES AND MY

KIDS, HAVE I THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER.

MEW ELDEST TWO PARTICULARLY ARE VERY INTO BAGS KET BALL,

FOOTBALL, TRACK, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT

OVER THE LAST FEW MOPTS AND SO THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME SORT OF

TEENAGE RIPPED SHAPE AS THEY USED TO BE.

AND THEIR DAD IS.

AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL.

>> James: BUT THE-- IS THIS FOR A PARTICULAR PROSWRECT?

>> YEAH, I IN-- .

>> James: THAT IS NOT EASY WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

>> NO, NO, NO.

I AM GOING TO BE PLAYING-- SUGAR RAY ROBINSON THE BOXER IN A FULL

AM SOMETIME, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

SO I HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS

ACTUALLY BECAUSE HE WAS A MASTER.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT OVERNIGHT.

BUT YEAH, I ALSO, THAT WAS BRITISH COLUMBIA, I WAS DOING A

FILM OUT THERE.

AND THAT GUY NEED TO BE IN SHAPE AS WELL.

SO I HAVE LOTS OF EXCUSES.

>> James: SO HOW IS YOUR BOXING.

>> IF IS PRETTY GOOD, I WON'T DEMONSTRATE ON YOU.

>> James: YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE OF COVID.

OTHERWISE-- OTHERWISE I WILL PUT YOU ON YOUR BACK, MAN.

(LAUGHTER).

>> James: NOW YOU RECENTLY CELEBRATED YOUR 22nd WEDDING

ANNIVERSARY WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT.

I HAVE MET YOUR WIFE.

SHE'S ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL.

HOW DID YOU TWO MEET?

>> WE MET AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATER.

>> James: REALLY.

>> YEAH, IN THE U.K. WHEN WE WERE 17 AND 18.

AND DOING THE THREE PENNY OPERA.

WE WET DURING A MUSICAL.

>> James: WOW, WAS IT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

>> FOR HER, YEAH, YEAH, OF COURSE.

>> James: I WALKED IN, PULLED THE SKIPPING ROPE OUT.

PUTTY IN MY HANDS.

>> NO, SHE IS GOING TO WATCH THIS, AND SAY YOU LIED ON

TELEVISION.

NO, ACTUALLY IF IT WAS SO FNEE, SHE WAS A MESS WHEN SHE WAS A

TEENAGER.

JUST SCRAG ELY HAIR, TERRIBLE POSTURE.

AND THEN SHE SANG, SHE HAS THE MOST AMAZING SINGING VOICE.

AND I REMEMBER SEEING HER SING FOR THE FIRST TIME, OH MY

GOONSD, I COULD HELP WITH THE POSTURE AND THE HAIR CAN BE

DEALT WITH BUT THAT VOICE.

AND SHE IS STUNNING, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JRS THAT IS AN

INCREDIBLE AGE TO MEET.

BUT ALSO THE SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE HAD, SO WHAT IS THE TRICK

TO THE 22 HAPPY YEARS.

>> OH GOSH, WE MADE THIS NAIVE PROMISE TO EACH OTHER.

AND I SAY NAIVE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A TRICKY TO MAINTAIN IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT OUR PROFESSION.

WITH HE WERE BOTH ACTORS, BOTH AS PUREEING ACTORS AND THOUGHT

WOW, THERE IS A LOT OF SNRORS THAT PROFESSION.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO.

IT SEEM JUST SEEMED PRACTICAL TO SPEND LESS TIME APART.

WE VOWED WE WOULD NEVER BE APART FOR MORE THAN TWO WEEKS EVER.

AND WE HAVE MANAGED ST FOR-- 2 FOR 22 YEARS NO MAT ARE WHERE WE

ARE IN THE WORLD, WE WILL FIND EACH OTHER.

I WAS DOING A FULL AM IN SOUTH AFRICA.

MY FAMILY WAS IN L.A WE MET IN NEW YORK ON THE

13th DAY.

THERE WAS WIRCH TIME SHE WAS DOING ALICE IN WONDERLAND FOR

TIM BURTON AND THE SHOOTING DAY CHANGED AND WE MISSED IT.

IT WAS 14 DAYS AND 11 HOURS AND WE WERE SO KRAWSHED BECAUSE

THAT-- CRUSHED WE SAID THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> James: I THOUGHT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY 14 DAYS, 11 HOURS.

>> NO, WE BROKE THE PROMISE.

>> James: NOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR

BRILLIANT NEW MOVIE COME AWAY.

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM WHAT IT IS ABOUT AND

WHO YOU PLAY.

>> IT IS BRILLIANT, YOU HAVE ALEX FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND

AND MYSELF AND ANGELINA JOELIE PLAY THEIR PARENTS AND OUR

FAMILY SUFFERS A TRAGEDY.

AND YOU SEE HOW OUR KIDS COPE WITH THIS TRAGEDY THROUGH THEIR

IMAGINATION, YOU SEE THE ORIGIN STORY OF BOTH NEVERLAND AND

WONDERLAND AND THEY USE THAT TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES LEGAL.

>> James: YOU AND ANGELINA JOELIE WERE FRIENDS BEFORE THIS.

>> YEAH.

>> James: HOW DOES THAT FRIENDSHIP HAPPEN?

HOW DID YOU PLEAT?

>> WE MET AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY, A VERY SWANKY BIRTHDAY PARTY.

WE JUST GOT TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS AND THE CHALLENGES OF

RAISING KIDS ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD AND ENDED UP HAVING

THESE PLAY DATES, SHE HAS SIX, I HAVE FOUR.

THESE VERY RAUCOUS TEN STRONG, TEN CHILDREN STRONG PLAY DATES

AND THEN SHE ALSO SAID TO ME THAT NO ONE EVER OFFERS HER

INDEPENDENT FILMS AND NO ONE, SHE NEVER GETS TO PLAY A MOTHER

EVEN THOUGH SHE IS FAMOUSLY A MOTHER.

SO THE SCRIPT CAME THAT WAY AND I OFFERED HER A TWO FER.

AND WITHIN FOUR DAYS OF SENDING HER THE SCRIPT SHE SIGNED ON.

>> James: I DON'T KNOW IF I AM COOL OFF NO DO THAT WITH

ANGELINA JOELIE.

I DON'T NO KNOW IF I AM.

I MET HER ONCE.

>> WHAT HAPPENED.

>> James: SHE WAS REALLY LOVELY, OH, HELLO YOU AND I WENT

DSH DSH AND SHE WENT, ME AND MY KIDS LOVE WATCHING YOUR SHOW.

AND I WENT, I LIKE WATCHING YOUR SHOW.

>> AND HAVE YOU DONE YOUR BIT AND I WANT NO, HAVE YOU DONE

YOUR BIT.

AND THEN SHE REALIZED THAT I WAS JUST SAYING EVERYTHING SHE WAS

SAYING BACK TO HER.

AND SHE WENT WELL, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> AND I WENT NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> AND THAT WHAT THAT.

>> AND I'M NOT IN A FILM WITH ANGELINA JOELIE.

>> THAT IS THE RESULT OF BEING THAT WAY.

>> I SHOULD HAVE VUS SAID YOU SHOULD PLAY MORE MUMS WITH NANCE

IS WHAT I DID.

AND HERE WE ARE.

>> James: THE FILM IS GREAT AND ARE YOU SO GREAT.

AND WE LOVE THAT YOU ARE HERE, WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME