Jharrel Jerome Talks Most Surprising Reaction From His Performance in 'When They See Us' | Emmys 2019 - video Dailymotion

Jerome won Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his role in Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us.'

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00:00You know, I'm not gonna ask you to to do your dance, but I saw you've been dancing a little bit to calm the nerves

00:05How are you feeling earlier this morning?

00:08You caught me. Oh, I feel great man. That's how I feel. I just uh positive vibes

00:13I'm with my mom. I'm with my team. I'm with um just good energy and whatever happens

00:17It feels good to be here with the men and I was reading an interview that you did with one of our one of my colleagues

00:23Yesterday at the BAFTA T about just how meaningful it is for you to have the exonerated five to have the five guys here today

00:30Have you seen them? Did you arrive with them?

00:32I just I we didn't come together

00:34But I just saw them now gave each other a big hug kind of made everybody turn their heads on the carpet

00:38That's what we do. It's always family and we always um

00:41Make a ruckus when we see each other, you know

00:43One of the other great things about this is to see other actors respond to your work and the way that they have and them to tell me on

00:50This very microphone how much seeing you in this seeing seeing your work in this has meant to them

00:57I just butchered that you know what I mean

00:59Um, but who who has been the most surprising person for you?

01:03Um, you know oprah coming up to me and and um

01:07Extending her wishes was insane and she kind of shouted me out on instagram

01:11Sterling k brown said a really beautiful thing about me the other day and that meant the world to me because i'm just so inspired by him

01:17Um, just I saw don cheeto the other day met him last night was wild

01:22I've met so many celebrities and just famous people. I'm inspired by last night. It's crazy

01:27Yeah, and uh everywhere it's impossible not to see what you're working that and not cry

01:32Well, but what was the last tv show or film you saw that you watched that made you cry?

01:37oh

01:38Oh boy, I don't know. I don't really cry often euphoria made me tear up

01:43Yeah, just the just the realness of it. It was a rough one stranger things

01:47Stranger things almost made me cry. What episode?

01:51Uh, the finale of season three I got deep and what about euphoria because that there's so many great actors on that show, too

01:58What what do you have a favorite scene or episode?

02:01Um, I just love the chemistry between all the actors and I think um

02:04Every actor is able to paint their characters so specifically they may they're so unique all of them the casting is incredible

02:10Um and zendaya sydney sweeney um alji smith

02:13They're incredible and their own lanes in the show and it just comes together. Well, I can see you on that show

02:18Is there is there another show that you'd love to just a guest star on?

02:21Narcos some badass drug dealer in narcos. We'll have fun tonight. Nice to see you

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