Thuso Mbedu - “The Woman King” & Social Impact with Paramount+

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Thuso Mbedu opens up about what it was like to work with Viola Davis in “The Woman King,” why she decided to pursue acting from a social impact standpoint, and what she hopes to achieve with her new production deal with Paramount+.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	BOW!
0:04.0	Two-Some Baby, welcome to the Daily Show.
0:07.0	I'm excited to be here.
0:09.0	I'm excited to have you here.
0:10.0	This is so amazing.
0:11.0	South African, South African, huh?
0:12.0	Look at this.
0:13.0	Look at this.
0:14.0	Look at this.
0:15.0	And not just the South African, the South African,
0:18.0	who is absolutely crushing it in everything that you do.
0:22.0	Congratulations.
0:23.0	Thank you.
0:24.0	Congratulations on the woman king.
0:25.0	I mean, everyone critics, 90-something, 93% on rockin' tomatoes.
0:29.0	Everybody talks about it, raised about it.
0:31.0	It's not an easy film to watch, again.
0:33.0	And it feels like you have this neck for not just acting,
0:36.0	but portraying a person, a moment, and a feeling in time
0:40.0	that makes people feel, what, like, what,
0:43.0	do you do that on purpose, not the acting part,
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