Daniel Kaluuya Hung Out At Costco To Perfect His Ohio Accent

Stephen: HEY EVERYONE! WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW". LADIES AND GENTLEMET, MEET MY NEXT GUEST FROM "GET OUT", "BLACK PANTHER" AND "WIDOWS". HER NEW FILM IS "QUEEN AND THIN". WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO RESPOND TO ME? I DIDN'T REALIZE IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME. I SENT YOU A VERY WELL CRAFTED EMAIL. I CHECKED SPELLING AND EVERYTHING. AND TODAY OF HOPE, YOU HIT ME BY ASKING IFIMENTED TO TAKE DINNER. WHAT HAS CHANGED? NORMALLY I WOULD GO HOME AND HAVE A GLASS OF WINE ALONE BUT I DIDN'T LIKE TO BE ALONE. NOT TONIGHT.

DON'T YOU HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES YOU CAN CALL? NO. SO YOU TURNED TO TINDER. YES. WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE ME? I LIKED YOUR PICTURE. REALLY? YOU HAD THIS SAD LOOK ON YOUR FACE. I FELT sorry for you. DAMN. (LAUGHTER) Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, DANIEL KALUUYA! (Applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ Stephen: WELCOME BACK. WHAT A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU TOO. HELLO EVERYONE? ALL ALRIGHT? (Applause). Stephen: REGISTER WITH THE PUBLIC. CHECK IN, WE ARE IN THE SAME ROOM, IT'S COLD. I SEE A COUPLE OF SCARVES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? Stephen: YOU CAN ALMOST SEE YOUR BREATH AT THIS POINT.

THAT WAS SPIT OUT. Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THAT. DON'T WORRY. NOW, THE NEW MOVIE IS "QUEEN AND THIN". IT'S NOT OUT YET, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT THAT. HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET. THERE IS ALREADY OSCAR BUZZ. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? IT'S ABOUT THESE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TINDER DATE, AND BASICALLY, HE WANTS TO HAVE A CHICKEN, SHE DOESN'T. HE GOES TO DROP HER HOME, DRIVES HER BACK, TURNS INTO THE LANE WITHOUT A SIGNAL, IS STOPPED BY THE POLICE. SCALE, SCALE, SCALE. GO UP IN THE HAND. The officer's gun falls to the ground.

THE GUY, IN SELF-DEFENSE, SHOOTS THE OFFICER. THE OFFICER DIES. AND THEY HAVE TO RUN BUT THEY HATE EACH OTHER. (LAUGHTER) Stephen: OH, THEY HATE... THEY DIDN'T GET ON GREAT. THEY DID NOT ARRIVE. THEY DON'T LIKE THEM ON THE DATE. Stephen: I WAS JUST TAKING HER HOME-- WELL, I WAS TRYING TO PUT A CHICKEN. I WAS TRYING TO GET LUCKY. BUT I WAS JUST TAKING HER HOME, YEAH. Stephen: Uh-huh... Why are you perplexed? WHAT IS THE - Stephen: I'M WORRIED ABOUT THEM. YES, YES, YES, YES. Stephen: I AM ALREADY VERY INVESTED AND I AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEM.

YES, YES, I MEAN, SPENDING SOME TIME WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T LIKE IS VERY DIFFICULT. BUT RACISM IS INSANITY. Stephen: ONE OF THEM KILLED SOMEONE WHICH IS EVEN HARDER AT THE MOMENT. CLOSE THE CONVERSATION IN THE CENTER. ONLY THE CHEMISTRY, ONLY THE CHEMISTRY, ONLY THE VIBES, ONLY CONNECTION, YES. Stephen: Does he ever go to bed? YOU HAVE TO WATCH "QUEEN AND SLIM" TO-- NO. (APPLAUSE) Stephen: YOUR CHARACTER, THIN, IS JUST A NORMAL GUY WHO LIVES IN OHIO. YES. Stephen: WHAT ABOUT YOU... WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF OHIO BEFORE PLAYING THIS PART? BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT FROM HERE.

NO. Stephen: AND OHIO IS ONE OF THE MOST AMERICAN PLACES YOU CAN GO. It's kind of a neutral American, Ohio. THAT WAS AN ACCENT-- I LIKE-- SLIM WORKS AT COSCO, AND I FOUND THE COSCOS HE WAS AT. Esteban: ONLY COSCO. ( LAUGHTER ). WHAT IS THAT? Stephen: THERE IS NO PLURAL. IT IS NOT POSSESSIVE. IT'S JUST COSCO. THEY ARE NOT COSCOS. THERE IS NO "S". I AM RIGHT? IT'S JUST COSCO. I FOUND THE COSCOS IT WAS IN, AND BASICALLY, LOOK FUCKING, COSCOS! I DON'T KNOW. NOW I HAVE TO SAY COSCOS. I WAS at COSCO and... (APPLAUSE) THANK YOU.

Esteban: YES. ENGLISH IS SOMETHING INTERESTING. COSCO IS AN INVENTED WORD, A BRAND. Esteban: IT IS. SO I DECIDE THE BRAND IS COSCOS. WHAT ABOUT THAT? YOU WENT... YOU WENT TO SAM'S CLUB, AND WHAT HAPPENED. YES, I WENT TO TESCO. AND I WENT THERE, AND THEN I JUST PASSED OVER. AND JUST AS I SPOKE TO THE STAFF. AND THEY JUST SHOWED ME A COUPLE OF HOODS AND AREAS WHICH WOULD BE THIN, AND I, YEAH, JUST TALKED TO THEM. AND I FOUND OUT THAT IF YOU WORK AT COSCO ON A SUNDAY YOU EARN $38 AN HOUR. Then I thought: Oh, he thinks he's a catch.

So he goes into this date thinking I'm a great catch. OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO CHOOSE ME ON TINDER. I'M A COSCO GUY. I'M A SUNDAY COSCO GUY. AND IT REALLY HELPED ME HANDLE... UNDERSTAND THE MENTALITY WITHIN THE SCENE. Stephen: YOU DID A MASTER CLASS IN ACTING. YES. Stephen: FOR RECENT STUDENTS. WHAT IS THE MASTER CLASS? WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ADVICE YOU GIVE TO STUDENTS? I SAY, IN -- Stephen: I'M A STUDENT. SPEAK TO CUT. Okay, great. STEPHEN, LISTEN TO ME. LEAVE THE AUDITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE YOU WILL TALK TO GET OUT OF WORK.

Esteban: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE, YOU'VE MADE THE AUDITION AND-- YOU'VE MADE THE AUDITION AND YOU SAID SOME THINGS, HEY, YOU'RE TRYING TO BE NICE, AND SOMEONE TOLD ME, TAKE YOUR THINGS AND GO, LIKE, JUST RUN. I REMEMBER ONE TIME I RUN AND STILL HAD ANOTHER SCENE. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE... I THOUGHT NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M OUT. Stephen: LEAVE THEM WANTING MORE. Did you receive the part? NO. Stephen: HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT TAKING AN AUDITION? HAVE YOU STAYED TO GO AND TALKED YOURSELF OUT OF ONE? I ACT MY OUT OF ONE. THEY ASK ME TO MAKE SCOTTISH.

They said, "DAG, ON YOUR C.V. IT SAYS YOU CAN MAKE SCOTTISH." "YES, I CAN MAKE SCOTTISH." "YOU CAN DO IT NOW?" "YES I CAN DO IT". I STARTED CLIMBING AROUND THE COUNTRY. I THINK I LANDED IN LIVERPOOL. BUT IT HAD ALL THE REGIONAL ACCENTS OTHER THAN SCOTTISH. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ASK A BLACK MAN TO MAKE A SCOTTISH ACCEPT. BLOOP. IDIOT. Stephen: STANLEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. “QUEEN AND SLIM” IS IN THEATERS ON NOVEMBER 27. DANIEL KALUUYA, EVERYONE! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK