ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with You People director Kenya Barris and star Nia Long about the upcoming Netflix movie.
director Kenya Barris and star Nia Long about the upcoming Netflix movie. The duo discussed Barris’ directing style and the music used in the movie.“A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations, and generational differences in this comedy from Kenya Barris,” reads the movie’s logline.
Tyler Treese: Kenya, this movie has a fantastic soundtrack throughout. I love that you got Nipsey Hussle’s “Last Time That I Checc’d” on it. Can you speak to paying tribute in that small way? Because it feels even more special when you see the great performance that Lauren London givesWe wanted to write a love letter to L.A., all parts of L.A. I think Nip is part of L.A.’s DNA — in L.A.’s fabric.
Nia, I wanted to ask you about working with Eddie Murphy since you really do feel like a married couple in the movie. There’s this great dynamic where even when you’re bickering, you can tell that there’s love at the core of it. So how is working off of him?Oh, man. Well, I met Eddie in the 90s and I’ve always wanted to work with him. I think when you’re black in Hollywood, you become friends with everyone at one point or another.
The dialogue is so funny throughout in this movie. Can you speak to the collaborative process of writing with Jonah [Hill]? It really feels authentic and there’s so many references that could feel corny otherwise, but you nail the delivery and it all works.I think a lot of that goes to … we hopefully did a great job on the script enough to get people to sort of sell it and get people involved. But I really do feel like the collaboration honestly came a lot with the actors.
Not true to to Duchovny or Nia or Eddie, but true to who the characters were. Especially for me being a first time director, I tried to be as open as I could and it actually, I will tell any other director that this is … it made the script better, because those actors have to take those words and have to bring them to life and have to filter them through their vehicle, which is their voice and their bodies.
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