i want to go behind the scenes with american fiction actress and extraordinary one, erika alexander. i'm so excited you are here and show you all the love because there should be many. >> oh, my goodness, thank you . i'm glad to be here, this is a great pleasure and i admire you and love you so much. i appreciate you. >> thank you for saying that and for coming. when i saw the preview for this movie, i cannot tell you, where can i go, when is it coming out ? i bought the ticket, i wanted the whole row, i was so excited. when you look at what the messages, this movie, it uses satire to challenge the way black people and their stories are per trade in mainstream entertainment. why did it resonate so much with you? >> because it is true . i think black people talking about narrative and the identity crisis we have been locked in since we got here, talking about 1619 and after reconstruction, fighting that narrative keeping us in the cheap seats. spectators of our own life, i think your life is more complicated and complex rather than the shallowness. victims of our own success, had to b

i want to go behind the scenes with "american fiction" actress, erika alexander. i'm so excited you are here. let me give you all the love and all the flowers because there should be many. >> thanks for this invitation. i appreciate it. i love you so much. >> i love you, too. thank you for coming. when i saw the preview for this movie, i was immediatelycan i g looking on fandango when is it coming out? i bought the ticket. i wanted the whole row. i was so excited and then when you look at what the message is, this message, this movie, it uses satire to challenge the way that black people and their stories are portrayed in mainstream entertainment. >> yes. >> why did it resonate so much with you? >> because it's true, laura. i think black people talking about narrative and talking about the identity crisis that we've been locked in since we got here, talking about 1619 and after reconstruction we've been fighting that narrative. that's been keeping us in the cheap seats, spectators in our own life. i think our reality is more complicated and complex than the shallo

queen latifah is going to surprise erika alexander, who's in the new incredible, must-see, not miss film, american fiction. and they did living single together. so anyway, she's going to surprise her. i can't wait to see what she asks her. oh, let's start the show.

when you're having fun on set, i'm working with my idols, with leslie uggams and jeffrey wright, erika alexander to hold [ bleep ] together and in this one i'm a bit of a mess you're like, "we've got to deal with cliff." so it's fun to sort of occupy that space and we all had a blast. >> seth: yeah, it's nice actually to get to see you as the sibling who's a mess >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> seth: you've had to do the heavy work >> randall has to hold it together for a long time now cliff is just like, "i'm gonna -- whatever. >> seth: i want to talk to you about a piece of work that, based on what you've said, you've never been asked about on television before. a role that i don't think anybody -- we talk about representation in the breadth of the roles you're offered >> talk to me. >> seth: you got to play sia in a lonely island video. [ laughter ] this was - >> i really did. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] >> it was so much fun. andy came up to me, i shot an episode of "99," and he's like, "hey, man, would you want to come and do this lonely island thing? you get to play sia. i was like, "how does that

we have the amazing jeffrey wright and erika alexander, tracy ross. legendary leslie ogdem.ate. you were on a plane, read the script, you call your agent. >> that's right. i said, how can i be down? every once in awhile, and sometimes you think, the part's not that big. i don't care. what the movie has to say about representation in this media means so much that if i can get in there any kind of way, shape, form or fashion, i'm there. >> let's take a look. did you know dad had affairs? >> for sure. >> how? >> you can just tell. lisa told me she saw him kissing a white pop once? >> why did i have no idea? why am i the last to know? >> because you loved him too much. enemies see each other better than friends. >> what did you give her? >> oxycodone. knocks them right out. >> you give her opioids? >> yeah. you ever see a heroin addict? they take naps standing up. i'm keeping an eye on her. i'm a doctor. >> we just saw there, this is a great cast. jeffrey wright, tracy ross. i mean, these are your siblings. >> yeah. >> if you were a real family -- >> okay. >> -- who would be the