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in the new movie "southside with you." please welcome tika sumpter and parker sawyers! ? ? ? >> stephen: thanks so much for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you for having us. >> stephen: congratulations on the movie. you guys are playing barack and michelle obama in a movie about their first date back in 1989. and congratulations. i can see that you're expecting. >> yes! ( applause ) >> stephen: is that-- is that for sequel? or is that-- is that malia in it's malia. it's very freeing. >> stephen: congratulations. by the way, you seem fairly far along. >> i am. i'm over seven months. so-- ( applause ) woo. >> stephen: congratulations! >> thank you. >> stephen: the obamas have been in the white house for almost eight years now. why go back and make a story about their first date? what does it tell us about them? >> i mean, it's the origin story. it's a love story. and i think people were each other like they loved each other and they were politicians. and it was like, "what's that about?" and i think-- right? so i think that was exciting. and just who they were before the

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. did you find a lot of people coming in and doing impressions? >> so, parker sawyers who plays a young barack. yeah, a lot of people were doing impressions. his first tape was very 55-year-old barack. i'm bad at it. >> seth: um, no. there you go. [ light laughter ] >> yeah, yeah. there's no blue america. so, yeah, he would do that, and he had the essence of him. once he took that off and allowed it to bubble up and he came in for a screen test, it was just like our chemistry was out of this world, and i said hire him. >> seth: that's great. >> yeah. >> seth: now, what did you do with the voice for michelle? were you watching current tape and trying to find a way to grab her? >> well, yeah. i mean, i hired a dialect coach, and i knew that i wanted to embody the essence of her, so she talks very hard on her words, and she means every single thing, so i wanted you guys to make sure you heard her. you know what i mean? like barack, you know, or folks. you know what i mean? >> seth: sure. >> those things. like, i want you to hear her. if you close your eyes, you're like, oh, my god, t

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in the summer of 1989 and fictionalizes the presidential couple very first day together. parker sawyer and, kia summer hit the red carpet and gave us insights about the challenges that came with getting into character. >> michelle robinson is one who i had to play and origin of this story and it is a love letter, it is a love story, great date movie. at first it is overwhelming but once we're on set, it was smooth. >> i had to be persuasive, charming, intelligent, playful, so it was a goodwill challenge. >> south side review, officially opens up in theaters tomorrow. >>> dwayne the rock johnson has been named hollywood's highest paid actor. action film star, reportedly raked in more than 64 million-dollar in 2016. the rock, of course, well known for his professional wrestling career but his foray in film has seen him in action movies like furious seven and san andreas. >> hollywood shows, leslie jones continues to make headlines after her web site was hacked and leslie is not the only comedian opening up about being bullied. >> insider's michael yo joins us from los angeles, mic

fateful summer day in 1989, and the movie opens today. joining us now, parker sawyers and the writer and director, richard tanny. your performance as barack obama is being called uncan leon point. >> oh, wow. >> that was the "washington post." i agree. you have nailed it. so how much did you study his cadence and pothis body languag >> i heard i resembled him so i started working on his voice as a joke on sets, i would do it at lunch or something. and then i thought, yeah, i would play him in like 10 or 15 years, an then this popped up. >> so how do you balance mimicking him with acting in a role? it is different than what the late night guys do, they're trying to do straight parroty. >> he is not in the public eye, a private moment with michelle. and he is younger and hungrier and more playful. >> what is his voice. give us a couple of sentences. >> something like this. this is the older obama, and everything is considered, and pronounced in sort of a not a southern drawl. >> that's really good. >> richard, how much research did you put into figuring out what they did do on their fi

. >> and we're joined by tika sumpter, who plays michelle. and parker sawyers, the young barack obama. >> you get that. congratulations. you're about to have a little girl. >> i am. i am. i'm excited. >> you say this film was a gift to your daughter. >> yeah, i got to play such a strong, independent, complex woman, who was a prize in the movie. a lot of times in these movies, women are chasing men. barack had to win me over. >> and i did. >> he did. he did. >> and your barack obama is kind of uncanny. i was so interested to read that the director wanted you to bring more of yourself and a little less of barack to the role. >> yeah, it was a -- i started off with a full-on imper impersonation. there's no blue america. there's no red america. and he's like, no, no, no. this is years before. so just a 28-year-old trying to get a girl. >> and so interesting. you come from a family b background in politics. you say barack obama inspired you to get into acting? >> you have to be a little bit nervous thinking, are they going to watch the movie? >> i think we're more excited than anything. we

barack obama goes out with a young michelle robinson. the future president is played by parker sawyers and the future first lady by tee ka summiter. before young barack shows up late, young michelle tells her parents they are not going on a date. >> look at that car. >> he's a summer associate. i told you all about him from harvard law. i mentioned i worked legal aid, at the garden. >> huh. >> yeah, because it doesn't get more romantic than broken plumbing. >> what's this boy's name? >> barack obama. >> barack what? >> dad did learn his name. ? "south side with you ? gets plenty of votes. 92% on rotten tomatoes. the reviewer says w imagination inspired by fact, the film shimmers with warmth. and jake coil at the associated press says it's charming. it's an odyssey through african american life in 1989. >> a decent movie? >> 9s impressive. this summer has been rough for movies. >> your movie sounds good too. >> "hands of stone?" >> yes. 40%. just as it escapes your ear, it's back. >> the ear worm. >>> this morning on "world news now," donald trump shifts back to a tougher stance

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