Name: Anthony Mackie - "Altered Carbon" and Creating Homes in New Orleans | The Daily Show
Uploaded: 2020-03-10T01:02:21.000Z
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Past simple

-Welcome back to the show. -Thank you, sir.

To-infinitive

-It's great to be here. -Congratulations on this,

Um, this is an interesting show, Altered Carbon,

who can basically shape-shift and go into other bodies.

It's almost like they're traveling through souls

But now you're playing someone who's being someone

Basically, the story line, if you didn't see season one,

You're able to put your soul and your memory

-Right. -Or if you want a security guard who's...

I'm a gadget wizard, kung fu, karate killer

you're gonna say, "That dude got magnetic, killer style."

So, when you are playing a character like this--

are you trying to think of yourself as the Asian person

who was a white person and who's now a black person?

was a previous white person who was an Asian person?

You know what, this is a very good question, by the way.

Um, no. So, when you watched-- when I watched the first season,

I saw what Will and, uh, Joel were doing.

of energy of charisma with this character.

-So I had to take that into the second season. -Right.

But, in the same way, I had to put my own funk on it.

-Right. -You know? 'Cause they could have their style,

you know, that subtlety, that aggression,

but this is a love story. This is Romeo and Juliet.

-So I had to bring that. -People have said that about the show.

-Yes. -People-people said-- I-I read some of the reviews

They-they said, "Anthony Mackie, we know him as the badass.

-We know him as the kung fu master guy." -Very angry. Yes.

Yes, fighting. And the action sequences are amazing.

But what people enjoyed seeing was the softer side of you,

-the romantic. -I am a heartless romantic.

-I am. I am. -Wait, did you say "heartless"?

-Oh! -I gave myself the best Valentine's Day I've ever had.

-You-you-- That sounds, uh, interesting. -Hey, hey.

You-you know what? I feel like you are that person though.

'Cause I-I remember the-the last time I hung out with you

in person, it was after a Justin Timberlake concert.

Justin Timberlake. It was a good time. It was a good time.

And this is one of the more-- the more interesting

And-and I see Anthony there, and I'm like,

"Oh, man. Nice to see you. How are things going?

How's everything going?" And then he's like, "It's great.

Uh, I'm-I'm-- I just finished building a house!"

And then I was like, "I'm sorry?" 'Cause it's loud.

You don't think a person said, "I built a house."

So I was like, "I'm-I'm sorry, what did you say?"

And he's like, "I built a house! The wood and the doors

and the..." And I was like, "Is this a metaphor

-for Hollywood and your career?" -(laughing)

-Ex-Explain. -There's-there's something amazing--

-Like, so I'm from New Orleans, and... -(whooping)

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