00:00I gotta admit to you, I did not read the memo clearly.
00:03I sort of browsed it, I looked at it, I was like, okay, time, place.
00:06I'm like, I got a suit, had everything worked out.
00:08Yesterday I looked at the memo and I went, royal attire.
00:11Uh-oh.
00:12Uh-oh.
00:13So I sort of, yeah, last minute I just sort of, you know, I found a daishiki.
00:17You know, don't ask me how.
00:18My biggest fear is that someone else is going to be wearing this daishiki, though.
00:21Oh my goodness, we're just so happy to be here amongst all of this incredible black
00:27excellence.
00:28You know, we had to fit the Black Panther theme, so we were styled by the lovely Zarina
00:33Akers.
00:34I can't use the restroom till I'm out of the bathroom.
00:36You don't really need to.
00:37You don't need to.
00:38You are the costume designer, the genius, the brilliance behind this movie.
00:43Don't sleep on this woman right here, okay?
00:45Okay.
00:46All of your favorites, she has done them.
00:47Tell me about what you're wearing this evening.
00:49Oh, this is Palesa Matabong.
00:50She's a South African designer.
00:52I found her when I was just in Africa.
00:54I mean, where else but in Africa can you take a dress off the rack?
00:58A full figure girl and it fit like that.
01:00Everyone's planning their outfits as well for February 16th, like all over social media.
01:05I don't know if you've seen the memes.
01:06I haven't seen it.
01:07Are you going to get your friends together, like maybe wear a hoodie and pretend you're
01:10not in the movie and go like to see the outfits and check it out in the theaters?
01:13Pretend?
01:14I got a Black Panther T-shirt.
01:15Oh, you want to be seen?
01:16Oh, I got a T-shirt.
01:17You're like, that's me.
01:18No, it's pride.
01:19Let me tell you something.
01:20I had the actual character, the actual action figure.
01:24And I had them prior to me even booking the movie, so I took the action figure with me.
01:27I keep it in my duffel bag.
01:29May I give this to you and you come a little closer to me?
01:31I just have to look at you first.
01:32No, I have to look at you.
01:33You're stunning.
01:34We will look at each other.
01:35We will look at each other.
01:36I love this.
01:37You look beautiful.
01:38You look beautiful.
01:39What do you think of all the strong female characters in this film?
01:41The bald heads.
01:42Yes.
01:43The warriors and the women taking charge.
01:45How do you feel about that?
01:46We're just so excited to watch.
01:48We feel like finally some representation.
01:51It's beautiful.
01:52I mean, it's just really dope to see women doing all sorts of different things in one movie
01:56and holding their own space and having their own power and having their own
02:01agency and intention and ambition.
02:08All those things.
02:09I love the fact that I am allowed to play a strong woman.
02:12You know, you can work on your skills and then improve your, how do you call it, self-confidence.
02:18And we all have it in us.
02:19We just need to practice it and then let it out.
02:23Live it.
02:24It's just like a celebration, man.
02:26Especially doing with these people, like with Ryan and this cast.
02:31When Ryan told me about it, I mean, I love Ryan Kugler.
02:33And when I heard he was at the helm of this, that was definitely a plus.
02:38You just do what every filmmaker does.
02:39You try to get the best people you can find.
02:41You know, the people you think are right for the job.
02:43And, you know, we put the pieces together as best we could.
02:46And we went and tried to go make something good, you know?
02:49I'm so pleased to be a part of something, of a film that has this much anticipation and excitement behind it.
02:57I mean, I think more excitement than just about any film I've ever been a part of combined.
03:03So, and it's because it's just such a cultural landmark.
03:07Yes.
03:08You know, to have a black superhero, you know, front and center.
03:11It's exciting to finally see a character like this come full-fledged, full circle, get its own dedicated movie.
03:18It's just amazing to see all the responses of people like online, walking around in this environment tonight.
03:30You know, this is a big Hollywood premiere for a black superhero.
03:35You can't be it if you don't see it.
03:37So, I'm excited for kids to see, you know, heroes.
03:41It's just like such an honor to be amongst this and to be a part of this film and to be a part of this moment.
03:45You know, we out here, man.
03:48We out here, man.
03:51We out here.
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