From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

We'd love moments where someone could see us and consider us anew.

And that's what I wanted. That's what I was working towards.

And now it's not just me screaming to the mountaintops.

Hey, reconsider us.

Now it's self-evident.

Sean Levy made film studios very happy

directing big family-friendly comedies,

including all three Night at the Museum movies.

But to make Sean Levy happy,

he realized he was going to have to try something new.

Now he's coming off a banner year as a producer,

including a Best Picture nomination for arrival,

and last summer's breakout Netflix hit, Stranger Things, which landed a whopping 18 Emmy nominations.

For Labor Day weekend, we're revisiting our conversation with Levy.

He tells us how he said about reinventing himself and how his early experience as a cheesy actor has helped him as a

director. But first on the news banter, is it okay to cast a white actor to play a character

who was Asian in the source material? Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my buddy in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So this past week, Ed Skrine, he played one of the villains in Deadpool.

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