everyone, please welcome lakeith stanfield!ack welcome back oh my god, that's a movie star right there, bud >> thank you >> jimmy: welcome back to the show you look great it's always good to see you. last time you were here we were talking about "judas and the black messiah," and you got an oscar nomination for that film, so congratulations [ cheers and applause i saw you. >> thank you >> jimmy: well deserved. >> thank you >> jimmy: it's been -- it's been many years, but is it true that - i heard that when you started getting into acting -- you tell me if this is true -- you googled "actor" or "acting"? >> yeah, i googled "ways to be an actor." >> jimmy: yeah [ light laughter ] >> and everything that filled out for like, pages and pages and pages of results, i just filled out everything, everything i could find. some things were scams, some things were real but i just waned to -- it was a lot of averages. >> jimmy: yeah and so that -- but that -- it got you where you were, i guess, where you are now >> one thing led to another.

lakeith stanfield and james mcavoy. they star in "the book of clarence." yeah, yeah. clarence is a guy who perhaps lives around the corner, down the street, from jesus. [ laughter ] so he's watching all the miracles and the things that are taking place at the time an feels inspired to make something of himself to have a better life, to bring his family into a better state of living. so he tries to find a way to do that. this is the story of his journey. >> let's take a look. >> jesus is not his real name. his name is judas. he told everyone to overthrow roe. >> no. i'd never overthrow. judas is not the messiah. he's already working for us. >> all right. y'all, really went out there. [ laughter ] >> i'm in it. >> i'm telling you. james, i hear that wardrobe, there was a particular suit that you are very excited, you were excited to wear. >> you saw me in a latoga i guess which is what i was meant to wear. i show up on the first day and our incredible designer said, this is what you're going to wear. i'm like, no, no, no. i need roman armor. she said, we thi

. >> seth: yeah, and so lakeith stanfield, he's noticed how much attention jesus is getting and basicallynother messiah. >> yeah, he looks at jesus as a guy who's on the make. he doesn't believe, he has no faith, and he doesn't believe in god. he's like this guy is doing great with a scheme. so i'm going to -- i want to be like that in five years. i want to be like that now so he's like, "i'm going to just do what jesus is doing." so all the stuff that happens to jesus happens to him lakeith is brilliant in this film he's an amazing actor and he's so good. >> seth: he's a really wonderful actor, and it is such a fun idea for a film and you, is it true that you did consider life in the clergy before you found your way into this >> yeah, look, i really wanted to travel and i did consider becoming a missionary, and then, i also realized that i would have to be celibate if i became a priest and i was just starting to get luck with the opposite sex and i thought, i can't do that so i decided to join the navy instead, and then, i didn't join the navy and i became an actor and -- and that's my l

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