Name: Nina Dobrev - “Run This Town” and the Cautionary Tale of Rob Ford | The Daily Show
Uploaded: 2020-03-22T18:00:41.000Z
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What's interesting is you just came from South Africa,

where we don't have the coronavirus right now.

-I left the only safe place on the planet. -Yeah, yeah.

-Yeah. -You did. And then I-- Like, I came to America,

and now my friends from back home, they're like,

I don't know how you're awake. You've been in South Africa

shooting a movie. You've been there for how long now?

-Uh, I was there since the-- mid-January, probably. -Right.

-Over a month. -And you seem like-- From your Instagram,

it seems like you've been having the time of your life.

It feels like I haven't been on set at all.

I've just been traveling and playing with animals

and-and it-it's-- I-I love where you're from so much.

I might move there. I might-- We might have to switch places,

-and I'm-I'm gonna become a resident. -Oh, yeah, yeah.

I don't-- And you visit my mom and tell her everything's good

-and then-- Yeah. This is a great deal. -Exactly.

This is a great deal. Um, then you-- then you flew out

You-You've been, like, on a-- Then you started,

-like, following the coronavirus around. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Now you're back in the U.S. -I might be the--

Yeah, I might be the one spreading it, actually,

-so beware. -No, no, no. No, 'cause you're behind it.

-It was there before you. -Cool, cool, cool.

And this is-- this is a fascinating story,

because he was-- he was a figure that was larger than life.

You know, I mean, a lot of people would say, like,

than-than as a problem and as a politician.

and-and why you chose to be a part of this film.

and, uh, the film is about politician Rob Ford,

I thought it was an important story to tell

mainly because, in a way, he was like a precursor,

he was, like, foreshadowing what was about to happen

below America's hat. Is that what it's called?

You-you think he was a foreshadow to Trump?

Everyone thought he was entertaining and hilarious

and weird and they didn't take him seriously.

-And yet he did all these things. -Mm-hmm.

I just feel like we sh-- it was like a warning

especially now going into the next election.

It-it really is interesting, because he was larger than life.

-He was funny. He knew how to spin the news. -Mm-hmm.

who's one of the people affected by Rob Ford,

-um, a character who's based on a real-life person. -Mm.

Because Rob Ford had women who worked in his campaign

and he was accused of saying horrible things to them,

who is almost forced to work in this environment

When you're-- when you're preparing for this role,

there are so many things that are going through your mind.

How do you inform yourself about how this character

Well, I mean, I-I did my research as much as I could.

-And, yes, she's loosely based on a real person. -Mm-hmm.

But, in general, I mean, so many people are going to school

and studying so hard and then they can't find work

And, in her case, she worked for Rob Ford,

She was between a rock and a hard place, essentially.

She wanted to do what was right, but she needed to make money.

And she had-- She felt like she had to be in this situation

-where she was being harassed in the workplace. -Mm-hmm.

And that conversation, obviously, has been highlighted,

I mean, she stood up for herself and left the situation

and didn't want to take this abuse anymore.

And she was, in a way, a bit of a pioneer

for the movement that happened many years later.

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