so, james earl jones -- you got james earl jones to do darth vader's voice. call me darth vader.uaranteed that he would do it? uh, i wasn't sure. i mean, we -- we approached him, obviously, and he was kind enough to agree. but james earl jones is the voice of darth vader. he is, yeah. for sure. and we went to new york, it was about a year ago now, and we did, like, an initial adr session. and, so, there's the screen with the film on it. the actor faces the screen. and you sit behind them. and i was having, like, this freak-out fanboy moment. 'cause, like, this hadn't happened in like years and years that james had done the voice for darth vader. right. but everyone else was so professional. and so you're like, "okay, it's just me. it's just me." and then he does, like, one of these first lines, and it ended up involving the word where he said, [ deep voice ] "the power." [ normal voice ] and we all looked at each other like... [ laughter ] and we were, like, going... and then he would turn 'round, and we'd go... [ laughter ] that -- that was great, james, if you could just do it

they just go down, it's a great james earl jones -- >> darth vader. >> darth vader's voice. was it always guaranteed he would do it? >> i wasn't sure. we approached him, he was kind enough to agree. but james earl jones is the voice of darth vader. >> reporter: for sure, yeah. >> we went to new york, did an initial adr session. there's the screen with the film on it. the actor faces the screen. you sit behind them. and i was having like this freak-out fa did hadn't happened in like years and years that james had done the voice for dartss vader. but everyone else was so professional. you're like, okay, it's just me. then he does one of these first lines and it ended up involving the word where he said, "the power." we all looked at each other like -- [ laughter ] we were like going -- then he would turn round. we'd go -- [ laughter ] that was great, james, just do it one more time. say "this is cnn" or did you leave that out? that would be great if darth vader turned to the camera and said, "this is cnn." maybe the next one. there won't an sequel to this movie, will there? >>

hasn't been in a "star wars" in ages and james earl jones returned for the voice of vader.. had a rocky production. did reshoots, people were concerned. getting very good reviews. >> my favorite, cutaway of santa looking at -- as you're talking. santa, excellent. >> santa and i are on a double date. >> no, you're not. santa does not do that. ♪ it's a brand new world >> holidays are getting real jolly. >> this is what happens with santa claus. >> now you know. >> the wine's kicked in. >> and ruining christmas for everybody! [ laughter ] >> we've got a sci-fi movie, "passenger." >> yes j. la and chris pratt traveling to a far-away flan it, wake up 90 years too early and trapped in this -- this ship and don't know what to do with each other so naturally start dating pup would do if you were chris pratt and jennifer lawrence and find out there are problems with the ship and have to save all the passengers. it opens next wednesday. it's kind of got bad reviews. the only thing a little shocking. i still think worth seeing because they're both incredibly huge movie stars you want

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i had seen the play in the '80s with james earl jones, courtney vance. called scott and said i want to do the play. you want to do the play? i said, yeah. let's do the play. he said, okay. give me a couple of days. raise the money and -- we, i think we were one of the most nominated dramas in the history of the tonys, won all the great awards. and so then i knew -- i already knew it was a great play. then i knew, okay, i can play the part. >> it's been said that august wilson, when it was -- he was approached and said maybe this would be a great movie, one day he had one requirement, and he said i would like an african-american to direct it. after directing it, and starring in it, do you know why he said that? >> culture. i've said this before, scorsese could have directed schindler's list. spielberg would have done a great job, probably, on good fellows. so easy to just say race. it is actually culture. both white, i think. it is about the cultural differences. i know what hair -- a woman's hair smells like when it is being hot combed or what do you cal

i had not read the play but i had seen the play in the '80s with james earl jones but i saw it more ofdo the play. let's do the play. he said yout we did it and had great success with you. >> that play was 2010. i remember i was living in philadelphia at the time and i am a part of all these women groups. there were bus loads of folks. i remember church groups, my church, we were coming to new york city and some people were coming two and three times. >> good! >> they were putting it all over facebook. it was powerful to watch and so many people got different things out of it for different reasons. did you feel that when you were on stage? did you say, let's do this, take it to the screen? >> people ask me what do i want people to get from this film. i said it depends upon what you bring to it. that's the brilliance of august wilson. it's about gaerthfathers, sons, relationships, deception. we had a screening in l.a. a week or so ago and we had a q&a with the audience. a guy said i didn't know august wilson was polish. i said what? he said that's family. >> you got the band back togeth

i had not read the ay had seen the play with james earl jones and cory vance, and i saw it more through to do the play, i said okay. and let me raise the money, and give me a couple of days and we were one of the most nominated dramas in the history of the tony's, and won the great ards and sohei ewhai alrdythwaa ea play and tn kn, ayi lay the part. >> it has been said that august wilson when it was, he was approach and said that maybe it is a great movie one day, he had one requirement, and he said that i would like an african-american to direct it. >> yes. >> and after directing it and starring in it, do you know why he said that? >> culture. i have said it before. scorcese could have directed schindler's list, and spielberg would have done a good job on "goodfellas" and it is so easy to say race, but it is culture. but it is about the cultural difference. i know what a woman's hair sm l smells like when it is hot combed or with the hot comb or the hot iron on a sunday morning. there are cultural differences, and you have to understand those really know those cultural differences to a