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"It's a nice, quite unpredictable trajectory." Regina Hall takes a walk down memory lane as she rewatches scenes from her classic works including 'Scary Movie,' 'Girls Trip,' 'About Last Night,' 'The Best Man Holiday,' 'One Battle After Another,' 'Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul." and more.
Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Talent: Regina Hall
Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Aolbors
Associate Producer: Zayna Allen
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Associate Production Manager: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza
Camera Operator: Osiris Nascimento
Audio Engineer: Gloria Marie
Production Assistant: Hollie Ortiz; Lauren Boucher
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Director: Funmi Sunmonu
Director of Photography: AJ Young
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Talent: Regina Hall
Producer: Emebeit Beyene
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Aolbors
Associate Producer: Zayna Allen
Production Manager: Andressa Pelachi
Associate Production Manager: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Lauren Mendoza
Camera Operator: Osiris Nascimento
Audio Engineer: Gloria Marie
Production Assistant: Hollie Ortiz; Lauren Boucher
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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00:00Mmm, mmm, this movie is good.
00:04Hey, baby, you came back just in time.
00:09She's about to get it on with Shakespeare.
00:11Oh, Brenda.
00:12That was all ad-libbed, and so he just was like,
00:15don't, and the Shakespeare.
00:17Because I was like, I know Brenda's never seen Shakespeare,
00:20let alone read it.
00:22Hi, I'm Regina Hall, and today I'm going to be watching
00:24some scenes from throughout my career.
00:26I'm a little nervous.
00:27It's all, you know, because you're looking back through time.
00:30Oh, no!
00:32Mm, mm.
00:33Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm!
00:35Don't go with me!
00:36No!
00:37Ah!
00:38Ah!
00:39Oh!
00:40Oh, no!
00:41Oh, no!
00:42Oh, no!
00:43Oh, no!
00:44Oh, no!
00:45Mm.
00:46Mm!
00:47Mm!
00:48Mm!
00:49Mm-mm!
00:50Mm-mm!
00:51Mm-mm!
00:52Don't go in here!
00:53No!
00:55Ah!
00:56Oh!
00:57Oh!
00:58Oh!
00:59Oh!
01:00Lord, I'm having all the time.
01:01Not the fried chicken.
01:02Hey, this is some scary shit.
01:04Oh, Brenda.
01:07Oh, Brenda.
01:08When I booked this portion of the movie,
01:11this was really Marlon's cousin who came to visit,
01:14and she went to the movies.
01:15And so then they merged it once I got it,
01:18and then it became one part.
01:20I was really excited because it was the first time
01:23I had ever been away and shot.
01:27Just like to be in a movie was a big deal.
01:28Like, I don't know that people knew Brenda
01:30would be received so well,
01:31because I wasn't even invited to the press junket.
01:35But then after the movie did screen well,
01:37people wanted to know about Brenda,
01:38so that was exciting.
01:39Excuse me?
01:41I think I paid my money like everybody else up in here.
01:45Out of her favor where I am in the-
01:47That ain't no me!
01:48You can see her real hair right there!
01:50Do you mind?
01:51I know you better get out of my face!
01:54I think the biggest treat for me was to work with,
01:56I mean, the weigh-ins, yes,
01:58but even more specifically, Kenan.
02:00I auditioned five times,
02:01so I had auditioned quite a bit.
02:03Maybe it was my third or fourth audition,
02:06I finally got to audition for Kenan.
02:08Even if I didn't get it,
02:09the fact that I got to audition for Kenan,
02:11and I just remember he was like,
02:13Regina, you're funny.
02:14Being able to work with him,
02:15I felt like I learned so much from working with Kenan.
02:20The first thing he told me and Anna
02:22was that there's no vanity in comedy.
02:24Kenan, I will say, he said,
02:26don't bother her, just let her do whatever,
02:28scene to scene.
02:29And so all this kind of out of my face
02:31and candid camera, that was all ad-libbed.
02:33And so he just was like, don't.
02:36And the Shakespeare,
02:37because I was like, I know Brenda's never seen Shakespeare,
02:40let alone read it.
02:42Hey, baby!
02:43You came back just in time!
02:46I did love when we all got to film scenes together,
02:49because I think Shannon and Elizabeth,
02:52I think the one time I laughed was when she said,
02:54oh my God, we hit a boot.
02:56Because I was like, they're so dumb.
02:58Bobby, look at my car, man!
03:00My dad's gonna freak!
03:02I didn't see it, it came out of nowhere.
03:05Oh my God, we hit a boot!
03:06Where's the foot?
03:07Where do you see Brenda now?
03:09I don't know, you know, in the last,
03:12I think the last scary movie that I did,
03:15or the one right before it.
03:16I think Brenda was a teacher,
03:18which you wouldn't,
03:19which she wasn't that great with the kids.
03:22So I don't know, maybe she's somewhere doing,
03:25like maybe she's working in the nonprofit world,
03:29trying to help people.
03:30I don't know.
03:31She's somewhere she shouldn't be, I know that.
03:34That's what I do know.
03:45I don't know.
03:46We gon' fuck them.
03:47You know, honey, if we're trippin',
03:50why you trippin'?
03:52She's with Bethany.
03:53Oh shit.
03:54Oh shit.
03:55Yeah.
03:56Woo!
03:57Ah!
03:58That was the fun part about the movie and the scene is,
04:03you know, we didn't know what we were doing.
04:06That's always the best to me with comedy.
04:08It was very improvised,
04:09but it was actually,
04:10I'm looking at how nice the set looks,
04:13because it was actually a stage.
04:15So they built,
04:16because we really couldn't be in some of the bigger places.
04:19And so they designed all the sets to look like
04:21what those rooms looked like at Essence.
04:23And so a lot of our sets were,
04:25you know, a lot of our pieces were on a set.
04:27So I'm just thinking about how, like,
04:29how it looked like at Essence.
04:31And so a lot of our sets were, you know,
04:33our pieces were on a set.
04:34So I'm just thinking about how, like,
04:36how well they did some of the set design.
04:38Cheers!
04:39Woo!
04:44Oh.
04:45That's a terrible drink.
04:48Now that was actually in the script,
04:50because they had to figure,
04:52they had to figure out, like,
04:53how to put the wax on her mouth and the cut.
04:56But, um,
04:58which just,
04:59because they were trying to, you know,
05:00obviously show how,
05:01how high they really were.
05:03We were all really happy
05:04and proud that, uh,
05:06everyone loved it,
05:07but we were really proud that,
05:08you know, that Essence audience,
05:10that women, you know,
05:11not that we don't love the men,
05:12but we were happy that women
05:14really felt like,
05:16oh, that looks like a girl's trip we really had.
05:18Because I think going through it,
05:20I was like, Malcolm,
05:21you know we curse sometimes
05:22when we talk a little dirty.
05:24And I was like, so please,
05:26we're not on a, like,
05:27on what men think of as a wine trip
05:29with my girlfriend.
05:30So we wanted to make it raunchy,
05:32but honest,
05:33to sell,
05:34to show all the facets
05:35of what it is to be a woman.
05:36What is she doing here?
05:38She's here to take your order.
05:42Rhea?
05:44Oh!
05:45What can I get you?
05:47You can get your mouth
05:48off my husband's dick!
05:51I had met Laya,
05:52I'd done her show,
05:53and I'd met her, you know,
05:54like, high and by,
05:55and I had met Jada.
05:56I'd never, didn't know Tiffany,
05:58so I didn't,
05:59we didn't know each other well.
06:00So when we all sat down,
06:02I mean, I have to say,
06:03just quite naturally,
06:05well, the chemistry was just there.
06:07And we didn't, you know,
06:09we didn't know until we arrived on set
06:11and we did our first rehearsal together.
06:13So yeah, it could have been a bust.
06:14They all made me laugh.
06:16Quiet as cat.
06:17Ryan, we gotta go right now.
06:19The tsunami has hit.
06:21I repeat, the tsunami has hit.
06:24Come on.
06:26Please excuse us.
06:28Pouts on my head.
06:30My date will pay the check.
06:33You may settle up with him.
06:37Everyone was really excited and celebratory.
06:40Just because comedies had not been doing so well
06:43at the time,
06:44that I was trepidatious
06:45because they did a summer release.
06:47And I was like,
06:48shouldn't we be going for fall?
06:49Because I thought of summer
06:50and all the big movies that come out in summer.
06:53I thought it was going to be a very specific audience.
06:56I thought it was going to be really a black audience.
06:58I didn't expect that it would be so expansive
07:02and the audience would be so broad.
07:04But I mean, we were,
07:05everybody was ecstatic.
07:06I mean, you know,
07:07we were all really happy and proud that everyone loved it.
07:11Of all races, all cultures,
07:13felt like they saw themselves
07:15or someone from their friend group in that movie.
07:17Who are you waving those singles at?
07:26Mm-mm.
07:27There ain't no magic in that mini mic.
07:29You see what I'm talking about?
07:30Take a little drink.
07:31Get on the way.
07:32Uh-huh. I have this.
07:33What is she?
07:34Okay?
07:35Joe!
07:36Uh-uh.
07:37Hey, Joe!
07:38What did you just say to them?
07:39Nothing. I just told them you gave me herpes.
07:41Did I have?
07:42I don't have fucking herpes, Joe!
07:44Interestingly enough,
07:46while doing press for Think Like a Man 2,
07:48Will Packer,
07:49there's a portion of the press
07:50where I go in and bother the guys.
07:52And it was just something where Will was like,
07:54Regina, go in there and bother, you know, the guys.
07:56Because we were on a break, the girls.
07:58So I went and bothered them.
07:59And I think the studio head,
08:01at the time, Clint Culpepper saw it.
08:03And he was like,
08:04I think she'd be great for about last night.
08:07Because he didn't necessarily know that I did comedy.
08:10He hadn't seen the scary movies or anything.
08:11You better lose my number.
08:14You lose it.
08:15I'm gonna lose the memory that you ever lived!
08:18Yes!
08:19Yes.
08:20We had never worked together that much.
08:23We had only been in the same movies,
08:25but not worked together.
08:26So we were actually surprised that we had that much chemistry.
08:30And then we just, we just had a ball.
08:32Kevin's hilarious.
08:33And it's just fun to bounce off of each other.
08:35I bounce off of each other.
08:37I bounce off of each other.
08:38I bounce off of each other.
08:40I bounce off of him.
08:41And you know, we wanted a couple that is so toxic,
08:44but you want them to be together still.
08:46We just did whatever we wanted.
08:48And so we had a great time at the bar last night.
08:50Keisha!
08:51Kelly!
08:52Girl!
08:53What?
08:54What?
08:55What?
08:56What?
08:57What?
08:58What?
08:59What?
09:00What?
09:01Everyone already knows I'm a ghetto-ass, dick-sucking, stripping hoe, right?
09:04Yes!
09:05We do!
09:06Shall we?
09:07When I did the first one, I was, I mean, not that I wasn't excited for this one, but I was
09:11like nervous.
09:12It was my first movie.
09:13I didn't know anybody.
09:15I was like, it's Nia Long.
09:16It was like Taye Diggs right after Stella.
09:19It was such a big deal.
09:20I had a honey wagon.
09:21I didn't even have my own trailer.
09:23My friends came and there was nobody on the other side of the honey wagon.
09:28So it was open.
09:29So I was like, you guys look at my trailer.
09:31But I had never been in another trailer.
09:33So the audition came in two parts.
09:35So they auditioned us for the scenes.
09:37And then once they narrowed down who they liked, we had to come back for the dancing.
09:42So what happened was I don't dance.
09:45I can't dance.
09:47And when we were dancing, we had to do the stripper scene.
09:51I had a friend who I was in class with who stripped part time.
09:56And she said, all you have to do is just turn around and just smack your ass.
10:00And I was like, that's it?
10:01Like that's, she's like, that's it.
10:03And so when I get to the audition, I see other girls, they got routines.
10:07And I was like, oh, all I have, she's like, just take a chair.
10:10So they had a chair when I went into audition.
10:12And by this, at this point, there were no, there were no words, just the dance.
10:16And so I turned around and smacked my, I was kind of, this is horrible.
10:21I was looking and I turned around and I had on a dress and then like a boob popped out.
10:26And then I covered, and then I just remember the producer stopped it.
10:29And he said, can you do anything else?
10:31Because I guess like one minute of just turning around.
10:34And I was like, yes.
10:35And then I just picked up my stuff and left.
10:37Because I was like, you know what?
10:39I'm not going to get it.
10:40And like, what's the point?
10:43And so then they called back and they were like, we want to give her the part.
10:46We just were nervous because she, she walked out and danced.
10:49If we get a, if we get someone, if we get a coach in and the coach believes they can train her to do it,
10:54then we'll, then we'll, we would like to hire her.
10:56So that's how it happened.
10:57And then with the second one, I knew everyone.
11:00And so by the time we came back for the second one, we had all become friends.
11:04And I had a lot more to do, you know, and I had, I had a lot more scenes.
11:10And you know, so then by at that point, Candy was a part of the group.
11:13So it was really fun.
11:15Cause the first one was kind of the wonder of like really actually booking a movie.
11:20But the second one, I had the script and I was friends with everyone.
11:23So that one felt like a reunion.
11:24Come on, baby. Say it back to me. Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Hooderville Junction.
11:36Will no longer be so goddamn relevant.
11:38And women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on search for tomorrow.
11:41Because black people will be in the streets.
11:43Looking for a brighter day. The revolution will not be televised.
11:47Dad said if anyone said that to me to trust him with my life.
11:52All right, right now you need to. Cause you're in trouble, Willa.
11:55All right. Now there's an SOS signal out.
11:57I am here to help, but we have to leave here right away.
12:00So first of all, I was already a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.
12:05And, and, and I had seen all of his movies.
12:08I think except one, which I did eventually see.
12:11And that was Heartache.
12:12PTA's work, it always is him, but it is also very, you don't know what it will be, you know?
12:18So it's like, you can go from a Boogie Nights and then have a There Will Be Blood and then a Phantom Thread.
12:25So it's not like I could, I didn't necessarily know how I would ever fit into a PTA world or film.
12:33You know, Licorice Pizza, you don't know what he's going to do next.
12:35Even in Punch Drunk Love, you know?
12:37So I didn't know, you know, I didn't ever expect necessarily.
12:41It's not like you can pitch yourself for a film of his and you don't even know how to get to him almost.
12:46So, so, um, I psychically stalked him, I think.
12:51And it worked, I think.
12:52Um, so when this came, I was incredibly excited and, and nervous, you know, because I didn't know how he worked.
13:01And I didn't, I actually didn't know anyone who had worked with him, but the performances on all of his films are, are, are, they're so authentic.
13:10So I didn't, um, know how he got there.
13:12And ironically in this film, I do know comedy.
13:15I mean, she is very straight, but, you know, I think the biggest thing with Paul is, um, you have to really be present and in the moment.
13:24Um, because I, you don't necessarily know the scope of what you're shooting.
13:31You know what I mean?
13:32And the way he does lighting and setting, and the setting, you can't have any preconceived idea about, oh, what you're going to do.
13:40But on the flip side, you know, Paul's great at talking about things before you shoot and answering questions.
13:47And he's incredibly transparent about, uh, a scene's intention.
13:52So you, I definitely felt prepared.
13:55I just, I just, you know, I just had to be prepared for anything.
13:59This was actually my first day of filming.
14:01I remember, I was like, ooh, this is my first scene and first time working with Paul Thomas Anderson.
14:06So that was exciting.
14:07In terms of having the weight of how the film does, that pressure is not there.
14:14But then of course you do want the film to do well, right?
14:17Because any film you do, you are, you just are inherently attached to its success.
14:24However that's defined, right?
14:26Whether that's critical success, financial success, you know, audience success.
14:31So you feel it, but of course, you know, this is Leo's fault if it don't work out.
14:36Does everybody know that?
14:38This is all on Leo.
14:39And if it does well, it's all of us.
14:43If it does well, it's truly all of us.
14:46It was, it was, it was everyone involved.
14:49But I think when you're making a film like this, I have to say, it has not been a thought of mine.
14:55My thought is that audiences see it and they enjoy it.
14:59And that like people watch and kind of grasp the film's humor, its intention, its wit.
15:06That's kind of it.
15:08Because it's also, the shots in this film are, are so brilliant.
15:13I mean, the way Paul shot it, you know, it's not, it's like, um, the filmmaking is another part of the storytelling.
15:20So I think I just, you just want audiences to see it for that reason.
15:25Again, like I said, if it is a success, I think everyone should remember me and everything I gave to this film.
15:34The big bad wolves who eat up all the little piggies.
15:43Well, guess what?
15:44Those are not little piggies out there.
15:47I am.
15:49Right here.
15:50I am the victim.
15:51Why don't you just leave?
15:59Why would you ask her something like that?
16:02This one, it was great.
16:04It's very special.
16:05Adama, um, our director, Adani, our producer, they're twins.
16:09And I just loved their ambition.
16:12And we had a meeting and in the meeting, uh, they, they sent the script.
16:17And I was like, gosh, this is, this is interesting.
16:21It's going to be really good or really bad.
16:23It didn't feel like there was a middle ground, but they were so smart in the meeting that I thought it was worth the leap.
16:29Being there from the beginning, being a part of, you know, choosing, you know, who was going to play this pastor.
16:37And, um, the first time Sterling and I spoke on the phone, on Zoom or FaceTime, immediately, I was like, oh, this is him.
16:46Like, there's no, there's nobody else.
16:49Like, I hope he says yes.
16:51So we had a great conversation.
16:53And in the movie specifically, you know, she'd love to be more silent, but he's always saying, you know, she's always having to just, it's such a tight rope with him because he's so unpredictable.
17:03And also, I mean, he's, you know, he's a showman.
17:06It was so much fun to work with Sterling, but just, I think, being a part of the production, you know, pre and during and then, and then post.
17:15Now, enough is enough, boy, run.
17:17If you're stuck, boy, love.
17:19Isn't much, boy, no, if you can't run.
17:22So we sang Nuck If You Buck in the Car, which everyone knows, of course, we had never heard the song before, either of us.
17:27But it was really fun to learn it.
17:30I think we got really into it.
17:32We were, we wanted more takes.
17:34We were ready.
17:35We had, we had spent like all week getting ready and we were ready.
17:39But it was, it was really good.
17:40It was a fun, fun movie.
17:42Sad movie, but fun.
17:43Saddest love scene of my career thus far.
17:46Isn't it sad?
17:48He didn't want her.
17:49That's two decades, two and a half decades.
17:59That's crazy.
18:00I'm grateful I'm still here.
18:01I did look at the, the, the scary movie scene and I was like, oh, I would have never thought she'd be in a PTA film.
18:07So it's a nice, quite unpredictable trajectory and it's, and it's, it's great to see drama.
18:17It's, I mean, all the people I've worked with, that, that is, that's pretty amazing to have worked with some incredible people in front of and behind the camera.
18:28I mean, I've, we've had great crews and cast.
18:31So I'm pretty lucky.
18:33I'm a lucky girl.
18:37I'm a lucky stranger.
18:38I'm a lucky man.
18:39Yeah.
18:40And we'll have to be here with the news.
18:42I took you on the camera.
18:43See?
18:45It might be one second on those.
18:46See you at the lights.
18:47See you later.
18:48It might be theάze seeing you later.
18:49See you later.
18:50See you later.
18:51See me later.
18:52Bye-bye.
18:53Bye-bye.
18:54See you later.
18:56See you later.
18:57Have theujjohnademême.
18:59All right?
19:00Bye-bye.
19:02So you're más quiet.
19:03You need to listen again again.
19:05Bad sense to me?
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