00:00Their chemistry was just instant.
00:02I think the pairing was just a match made in heaven.
00:04You know we getting a wife.
00:05A white person in a jungle.
00:07I am right here.
00:08If you guys ever want to have a girl's night.
00:10A little Prosecco and Powell.
00:11One of them days is the buddy comedy film You Need to See,
00:14as it comes out victorious in its first weekend at the box office.
00:18You been that girl.
00:19Been that girl.
00:21The film stars Keke Palmer and SZA,
00:23who play best friends and roommates in West Los Angeles,
00:26barely getting by and dreaming of financial stability.
00:29However, when it's time to pay rent,
00:31things take a turn, forcing them on a desperate path
00:33to recoup the money before they're evicted.
00:35We don't get the rent money by six.
00:37We're going to be on a card with Fabian.
00:38Director Lawrence Lamont and producer Issa Rae
00:40sat down with The Hollywood Reporter
00:42to dish all about Keke and SZA's comedic chemistry,
00:45taking inspiration from classic films set in LA, such as Friday.
00:49Well, that was a huge point for me to make sure that the roots
00:56of Black cinema in LA, you know, shine.
00:59So not just Friday, it was, you know, Boys in the Hood,
01:03Poetic Justice, a lot of John Singleton's work, The Hughes Brothers.
01:08I think that was very important to keep the essence of LA,
01:10but also making sure the world is broad as well.
01:12And it's no question that Keke and SZA were magic on screen,
01:16as the two have been paired before on SNL back in 2022.
01:19Everyone who witnessed their hilarious chemistry
01:21knew that that wouldn't be the last time audiences
01:24saw the duo back together again.
01:26Keke was a dream get, and she's been with the project,
01:29you know, since it, but for about like six years now,
01:32this has been a long development process.
01:34And she's just the ideal, like hilarious every woman in some way.
01:41And then SZA came about because our studio exec,
01:45you know, he was, he was just like, SOS had come out.
01:48And he was like, I, my daughter loves SZA.
01:51Do you think we could get her?
01:52And we were like, what?
01:53I don't know if she would ever do something like this.
01:55She's more of an, she's an artist, but we can try.
01:58And she was down and she came and did chemistry reads.
02:01She was working with Keke at her house.
02:03And their chemistry was just instant.
02:05And it was, I think the chemistry reads happened right after they did their SNL appearance.
02:11Oh yeah, it was.
02:12We did a rehearsal with them like earlier in the year and it was just instant.
02:16SZA also makes her feature film acting debut in One of Them Days.
02:19And according to Lamont, they made sure she stayed true to herself
02:22while portraying her character, Alyssa.
02:24She's such an artist, you know, and I can see like the perfectionism in her.
02:29So she wanted to make sure that she was just always on point.
02:33We made sure she had somebody running lines with her all the time.
02:36And again, she literally is Alyssa.
02:39So it's like leaning into who she is was so like automatic,
02:44you know, for her portraying this character.
02:46One of Them Days is out in theaters everywhere.
02:48This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
02:50Oh my God, bitch, I thought I killed you.
02:52I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
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