Regina Hall

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, Girls Trip the movie brought in a staggering $140 million at the box office. It was a star-making moment for Regina Hall, two decades in the making. She has played memorable roles in The Best Man, Scary Movie, Think Like A Man, and last year's Nine Perfect Strangers. Now she is starring in an acclaimed new movie Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. in the same year she co-hosted those unforgettable Academy Awards. In this week's "Sunday Sitdown," Willie Geist sits down with the actress to talk about her latest role and the path that got her here.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
0:06.2	My thanks as always for clicking and listening along.
0:09.2	I'm really excited to bring you my conversation today with the really smart and really funny
0:15.1	Regina Hall.
0:17.0	You know her, you lover maybe from Girl's Trip, the movie that made over $100 million
0:23.1	in 2017.
0:24.1	She says it's the movie that changed her life.
0:26.8	But has that a long career before that 20 years or so?
0:30.0	She was in the best man movies.
0:31.6	That was her real breakout.
0:33.2	She was in the scary movie, the parody of those screen movies and that whole franchise,
0:38.7	huge hits as well.
0:39.9	She's done a lot of good dramatic work.
0:42.0	Recently, nine perfect strangers you may have seen Black Monday as another one.
0:46.2	She really can do it all.
0:47.7	And if you didn't follow her career that closely, perhaps you saw her hosting the Oscars this
0:52.1	year.
0:53.1	Yes, those Oscars.
0:54.2	She co-hosted with Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
0:57.9	And yes, we do get into the whole Will Smith Chris Rock deal.
1:01.9	What she was doing at the time, how she reacted when it happened and some behind the scenes
1:07.8	color about a prayer circle with her Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
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