Kevin Hart freaks out over snake on The Today Show - Karl Stefanovic

Hollywood funny man Kevin Hart and Ice Cube are laughing once again with their new action comedy movie also in the studio this morning Legends Ice Cube and Kevin Hart welcome to Australia big welcome, big welcome, big welcome, you're excited to be back I'm it's a pleasure to have you here it's a pleasure to be here you played in front of 13,000 people 26,000 people sent me just two

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s incredible incredible man the people of Sydney are incredible now I'm a fan of yours, right? Be a fan of mine I'm a fan of you I'm going to come back to see them, well it's mutual.

Australia likes to laugh and you guys are certainly delivering, oh thanks man, I think this movie delivers on every level you know? uh, we wanted to go bigger, we wanted to go bigger, bigger and better, I said bigger, yeah, we're going to go better, and the studio allows us to do that, you know, we improved the Andy a little bit, I think it was worth it . Yeah, and you went from cop to security guard, uh, I went from security guards, security guards, which one is now trying to get detected and which one gets the raise, you know, to be honest with you, I think the salary is the same for everyone.

Of them, I think that's just where the ego goes, you get an ego boost as you progress, but my character is a guy who is determined to succeed, he's a strong willed guy and the only thing that stands in my way . This is Ice Cube's character, James, he almost acts as an obstacle, but his approval means a lot to me, so it's about me trying to get it and I think what's surprising in this movie is that the relationship that these two have character grows and you can see Basically, little by little I get this boy to a point where he likes me and almost supports my dream.

Well he said it was 30 seconds and it was a moment of applause, yeah just clap, why can't you ever support me? We're in Australia, support me here, yeah. Hey Cube, um, and look your approval of me would mean a lot to me too, I mean, but I think Kevin, you work, this guy is a true legend. Incredible, you know where you come from, what you have achieved and where you are. you're now and what you continue to do is amazing we're a little nervous working with him uh no no I'm not nervous I was just um I was more amazed by his workload yeah, you know, I think when you meet a A person like Cuban, a guy who has achieved this level of success, you come in with a you know, an appreciation like you know, hey man, I'm happy to say that I've worked with you in my career and I hope that working together we can.

Take us both and put us on a different pedestal, but the guy is incredible at what he does. You can't maintain this level of success for over 25 years in the business without having talent and Cube is definitely scared. from him give me my money I said exactly what you want me to say right exactly what you asked me to say right give me my money you owe me the money what event he missed I missed a little I'm the best Ice Cube in the last year you've done two of the most powerful movies in history. Straight from Compton, fantastic thanks with your son playing yourself, which is amazing and I mean it must be nice to shake it up and do crazy things as well as the powerful, oh yeah, you know, you know, being able to be so versatile in Hollywood It's cool, you know, to do it by walking away, a big transformation and for you to have to have I've been involved in that, is there any chance you see in the future that NWA can get back together and do some things or is that impossible?

I mean you know it's a long shot, it really comes close to Dr Dre, yeah he's the producer of NWA. and uh you know if he's up for it I'm pretty sure we're in yellow you know they're ready behind the scenes uh I'm always up for it so you know I'm really into it and I know you said you saw. on the plane with your son, yes he was a little underage but it's great that he watched it with you completely, now you can explain to him what's going on and instead of him watching it with his friends they don't know what What do they do.

We're talking about it, yes, we're big believers in letting our kids watch the dirty movies of the year, but your son Ice is a fantastic actor. What kind of advice do you give when you're raising a child in an environment like Hollywood? Oh, you know. uh, be yourself, you know Hollywood is a business, it's not a lifestyle, uh, and you just have to be yourself, understand, you know, if you stay humble, good things usually come, you know you let your head explode and you will usually know how to prepare. for a fall, so you know, I have always had fantastic children and you know I am so proud of him that he stepped forward and will be very important in this business very soon, it was one of the best movies of This year surely a lot of people expects Straight Out of Compton to get more Oscar nominations.

Well, the only thing he said is that you definitely have to realize that you just don't change, you don't let this business affect you at all. I asked for water, it was 20 minutes ago, what do I have to do to get water around here? You stay the same no matter what you do, okay, yeah, I think I should have seen more nominations and you know, that's just from the outside perspective and you're in, you know it would have been good, but that's it, it would have been good, you know, and people loved the movie all over the world, it made 200 million dollars worldwide and they loved the movie and as a filmmaker, there's nothing bigger or better Oscar than people's approval, ya You know, we don't do this for the trophies, we do it for the people and, uh, it's great that Straight Out of Compton is the love of millions and it must be nice to move around the world and realize how loved you are globally. but you're really smart, you do things like deliver ice cream in Sydney, yeah that's what you know, if they don't love it you give them ice cream, what was that yesterday like a hundred percent happy maker?

No, you know what I think. What we have done is we have changed the promotion game. You know, when you look at movies that have come out and you look at the way they've been promoted in the past, you know it's a billboard, it's an interview and that's nice. a lot, but I think it's a disservice to come to these places to go to these countries and not interact with the people of the country, so we stay, that's it, we go out, we go out on the streets, man, it's also a service that we don't you interact with the animals of our country Kev we understand we call you Kev here yes I understand you have a deep appreciation for our native Australian creatures so we thought we would introduce you to some of our native creatures yes when we say appreciation let's back up because no I want you to think that there is appreciation, there is a fear of the creatures of Australia, could you hold my hand?

What's going on, guys? about black people, we don't go anywhere unless we know what's going on, people just upload to YouTube. Let us tell you a little secret, oh yeah, there are some things in there, so this is the lovely Jess from Wild Animal Encounters and she has this is Cube. This is Kevin, I'm here, standing away from the very Australian, slightly scaly animals. Do you want to introduce them? Wait before you do that. um Bella, we can't, we can't curse here, okay? So I just need to go back. a little because you don't want this language.

I only have a little gas, yes. Don't touch that with that jacket on right there, tongue. Yes, that's scary. Yeah, you know, when you smell like a rat. You don't get here yeah, that's okay yeah, do we have something bigger there? something bigger yeah we'll see what I have under here yeah thanks if you touch it if you touch it with a

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skin jacket It's all going to be bad oh my god right here hey bro look at that face that's why you wait too close . Okay, great, thank you very much for joining us. We appreciate it.

We must mention the films that have been a great success in the United States. It's already premiering here. Thursday weekend is called Ride Along 2 and it's a lot of fun thanks buddy, thanks Carlos Hi Kevin Kevin come here for a second please run run bro you have the energy. Can you read me the top line? Just read that top line. Now, time is reduced. yes brother I love it