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The Cast of 'All-American' Talks 100 Episodes And The Journey of The Show | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Apr 2, 2024
🔥 Dive into "The Untold Story of All-American's Cast: Secrets Revealed 🎬 | SWAY'S UNIVERSE" for an exclusive peek behind the curtains with Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou, and Bre-Z! Uncover the deep connections, on-set secrets, and personal journeys that shaped the beloved series. From overcoming personal challenges to forming unbreakable bonds, this interview sheds light on the cast's incredible six-year journey. Don't miss out on the raw, heartfelt stories and laughter shared on Sway In The Morning. Subscribe now for more exclusive interviews with your favorite stars! #AllAmerican #MichaelEvansBehling #GretaOnieogou #BreZ #SwaysUniverse
In this groundbreaking interview, the All-American cast opens up like never before, revealing their real-life inspirations, challenges, and the milestones that marked their time on the show. Hear Michael Evans Behling discuss his athletic background and how it resonates with his character, while Greta Onieogou shares her unique multicultural heritage and its impact on her role. Bre-Z brings it home with powerful insights on personal growth and the importance of staying true to oneself amidst Hollywood's hustle.
For those who've followed the highs and lows of the All-American story, this interview is a treasure trove of anecdotes, laughs, and unexpected revelations. From on-set injuries to the evolution of their characters, the cast delves into the essence of what makes All-American a show that continues to captivate and inspire.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Cast of All-American Interview
5:12 - Celebrating 100 Episodes
7:20 - Evolution as Actors
11:16 - Cast's Life Beyond Acting
19:05 - Michael Evans Behling’s On-Set Injury
21:30 - This Season's Unique Aspects
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sway the morning sha 45 he the be and
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Tracy G big round of applause for what's
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about to take place next he the be I'm
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excited as well first and formost man
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there's a show called allamerican that
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I've been watching since its Inception
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since it first came on for a couple of
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reasons right number one is Nostalgia
0:18
for me takes you back to high school and
0:20
makes you remember some of those
0:21
formative years and when you had a lot
0:23
of scenarios and experiences that help
0:25
and shape and mold you into the person
0:27
you are today facts right real scenarios
0:30
though like people didn't realize when
0:32
we were in high school you might come
0:33
from a home with a single parent you
0:35
know you might come from a home where
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you didn't eat that morning you know and
0:39
as a result of that when you got to high
0:41
school it might affect your behavior
0:43
right and how you impacted others this
0:45
is one of those series that covered the
0:47
full spectrum of the high school
0:48
experience but not just the struggle but
0:50
the victories as well dynamics that go
0:53
on between parents and children and
0:55
their kids dynamics that going between
0:57
teachers and students you know uh and we
1:00
got a lot of friends who work for this
1:02
particular show called allame which I
1:06
particularly love I've been watching
1:08
since season 1 and we got three of the
1:10
cast members here with us today one is
1:12
already a citizen one is already family
1:16
we might as well introduce her first
1:18
give it up for the one and only
1:20
Bree what up y cool
1:24
cool poop is in the building what's up
1:27
man happy to be back man miss you for
1:29
real miss you it's good to have you here
1:31
last time we saw each other we was at
1:33
Campbell Hall football game oh my nephew
1:38
Isaiah was the star quarterback right
1:41
okay and everybody was there and they
1:44
had I feel like they had cardboard heads
1:48
of CP like they were
1:51
ho what had your cardboard head they
1:54
were and my niece Talia they didn't know
1:56
we knew each other right and so they
1:59
were like Uncle Jay do you know coup I
2:02
was like C who whole time we just happy
2:05
to see each other we just well who's Co
2:07
they was like that's Coop that's Breeze
2:09
oh co got it and so I became the coolest
2:12
uncle on the to this day yeah I'm the
2:15
coolest uncle on the planet I love that
2:16
cuz I knew you and then you embraced
2:18
them so I want to say thank you for that
2:20
anytime took pictures the whole nine
2:22
right dope also we got uh two very
2:25
special actors here that um I really
2:27
enjoy their story lines as well I get
2:29
mad M at him sometimes I root for him
2:32
sometimes so the first one she plays Lea
2:35
um on the show all Amica she goes by the
2:37
name of Greta on U perfect pronunciation
2:41
excellent I'm not going to say your last
2:43
name again though that was it see I
2:47
could see the fear as you said it but
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you did a great job I conquered my fear
2:51
I jumped in your head first you
2:52
appreciate to do it right my Nigerian
2:55
sister that's me okay now you got an
2:57
interesting story too you you're Niger
3:00
right but you were born in Russia yeah
3:02
I'm half Russian so my mother is Russian
3:04
my dad is Nigerian they met in Russia in
3:07
school where I was born and then we
3:09
moved to Canada when I was 5 years old
3:11
wow Toronto damn that's if that ain't
3:14
Gumble he said gumbo yeah I'm thinking
3:17
about that passport stamps
3:20
stamp well you you know her as Leia Lea
3:23
Leia on the show and um and then the
3:26
other person we have right here man this
3:28
guy is a leading man if you asked me um
3:31
he plays Jordan on the show he he and I
3:33
got a lot in common as you can see
3:34
Heather is in great shape we both are so
3:37
that's the you starting with that yeah
3:38
that first right right right you are in
3:41
great shape thank you brother you're in
3:42
great shape I appreciate that man you
3:44
hear that Heather you want me to take my
3:45
jacket what's the other thing cuz I'm
3:47
I'm all right we're both former track
3:48
stars wow I got to know what did you run
3:51
what was your event I'mma share that
3:52
with you man please welcome Michael
3:53
Evans Bing is with us right now happy
3:57
to Jordan oh I ran the 400 m hurdles
4:02
oh what did you run 400 me hurdles you
4:05
ran the hurdles come on 110 300 and high
4:07
school and 400 in college oh those tall
4:10
guys right yeah yeah what was your PR in
4:12
the 400 me in the 400 meter hurdles it
4:14
was about a
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49 oh
4:19
[ __ ] that yeah right a little faster
4:23
than me just a little bit I was like I
4:25
ran track too yeah what' you run I did
4:26
the high jump how how high did you jump
4:28
there's uh I clear the I mean I haven't
4:31
done it in a while but the last I
4:32
cleared the bar was at like 53 that's
4:35
impressive for someone your for somebody
4:37
for somebody who
4:39
was wow no yeah yeah wow you jumped over
4:41
yourself and then some yep yeah what
4:44
well so hold up this is season six right
4:46
for All America and y'all never had this
4:48
conversation yeah that's actually
4:50
talking no I did not know that you R
4:52
track at all no wow so you know what
4:55
else we have I actually don't talk about
4:57
it you don't you don't I don't talk
4:59
about my athletic ISM at all you don't
5:01
talk about your past there's so much we
5:02
don't
5:03
know damn maybe we'll Discover it today
5:06
who knows so let's start with your past
5:09
bre what no no but uh congratulations so
5:13
you guys have approached 100 episodes
5:15
right that's a milestone in this
5:17
business right what does that mean for
5:18
you have you been a part of a project
5:20
Mike that that that's gone this long no
5:22
sir no sir this is my first project if
5:24
you will congrats yeah thank you thank
5:26
you very much uh so to be able to be a
5:28
part of a project I feel like we've been
5:29
saying this this question all morning
5:31
long we just came from press but to to
5:32
to be a part of a show that's been going
5:35
on for six years first of all and then
5:37
100 episodes it seems like uh fake to
5:41
degree because it's just so un it's so
5:44
uncommon nowadays but to be able to do
5:45
that I mean you got to give appreciation
5:47
to all the people who have tuned in all
5:48
the people who have tuned in believed in
5:50
us the producers up top who believed in
5:52
us the wonderful cast that I've been
5:53
able to be fortunate to to play
5:55
alongside over the last six years has
5:57
been amazing six years man um I would
6:00
imagine too you got to love it to do it
6:02
for six years you know how do you
6:03
sustain your stamina so what is it about
6:05
this project Greta that attracted you
6:08
but what is it about it that sustains
6:09
you oh wow um attracted me well first of
6:13
all the job okay you just needed a check
6:16
first and foremost listen um no but
6:19
really I remember when I got the script
6:21
there was so much on the page that I
6:23
could relate to I originally auditioned
6:25
for Olivia who's a mix race character
6:28
and like you don't see that very of so
6:30
like as I said white mom black dad like
6:33
immediately for me I was like I don't
6:34
get to see myself presented in this way
6:37
um on like shows like this so that was
6:40
really exciting and then I grew up on
6:41
shows like the OC and Friday Night
6:43
Lights and it was just it reminded me so
6:45
much of those Classics so I think it
6:47
just has all the makings of those things
6:49
and then I mean I just love working on
6:52
it cuz not to keep harping on what you
6:54
said but like we have an amazing cast
6:56
and crew we get to shoot in La we get to
6:59
shoot on iconic lot we shoot at Warner
7:01
Brothers so there's just I mean we've
7:03
been so fortunate with so many aspects
7:05
of the show and um just happy that we've
7:08
been able to do it this long because six
7:09
years doesn't six seasons doesn't always
7:11
mean 100 episodes anymore so it's pretty
7:14
amazing that we've gotten to do that
7:16
it's just getting more and more rare to
7:18
be able to reach that number so it's a
7:20
huge Stone congrats please what what
7:22
what have you discovered because we we
7:24
knew you first as as a MC you know and
7:28
and and then you and I coold start on
7:30
the award-winning the
7:32
Empire he's taught to every story just
7:35
so y'all know welcome welcome
7:40
to you know what though sway is is a
7:43
legendary you are definitely a staple in
7:45
the culture so it it makes sense for you
7:46
to be tied to a number of stories thank
7:49
you Breeze thank you Breeze talk to
7:51
Heather I'm a Tex her later but I have
7:54
to wonder um because I like Heather like
7:58
you like me We started as MC's too we
8:01
started as rappers right and then uh
8:03
when given the opportunity to expand
8:06
initially I was nervous about doing any
8:08
type of
8:09
commercials TV any of that and when we
8:12
were coming up that was almost was you
8:14
couldn't it was like a sellout you
8:16
commercial you shouldn't be doing that
8:19
what are you doing he was trading oh
8:21
100% yeah 100% did you go through any of
8:25
that
8:27
um I guess maybe to to a certain extent
8:30
I mean when I first got the job for
8:32
Empire and like Greta said like what was
8:34
on that page I knew I was the best to
8:36
represent that okay I felt the same way
8:37
about all American you know what I mean
8:39
so it it I had the same feeling going
8:42
into both um but initially I was like
8:45
what am I doing I don't know this part
8:48
you know and in that first day on Empire
8:50
was like Chris Rock Taran Tower taji P
8:52
these are people like whoa season yeah I
8:56
said delete Daniel I'm like what do you
8:57
want me to do because and and I think
8:59
that was like the first maybe sign of
9:02
insecurity I had like what what am I
9:04
going to do alongside these people you
9:06
know what I mean but he was like oh just
9:07
do you we'll figure out the rest I was
9:08
like gota be careful you tell me that
9:11
and so but you did do you you know yeah
9:14
I mean yeah that was the best thing I
9:15
could do you know I can't be nobody
9:18
better than myself you know but the more
9:20
I got into it the more I learned and the
9:21
more I studied I begin to not look at
9:23
these people as you know not only just
9:25
my peers but teachers you know I begin
9:28
to watch and learn all them that that
9:30
particular show had so many legendary
9:33
people on to Felicia Rashad right
9:36
different artists and stuff like Tay
9:37
digs which you know him again yeah um so
9:41
it was just like watch and learn I love
9:45
that because I I think each experience
9:47
you have um even when you're portraying
9:49
characters you know or or um fictional
9:52
scenarios you for what it is you do as
9:56
thespians you got to really dig deep
9:58
right you got to tap into experiences
10:00
outside sources things you may have seen
10:02
or learned but in the process even
10:04
though you playing these characters
10:05
something about you individually I would
10:07
imagine evolves you know and and I'm
10:10
curious to playing the role of Jordan
10:12
Michael how has Jordan evolved you as
10:16
Michael um it's a good question uh
10:20
similar to what Greta and breezy just
10:22
said when I first got the script M this
10:24
was a kid in the early first season who
10:26
was struggling with identity issues who
10:28
was struggling which box to check white
10:30
or black you know growing up with Tay
10:31
digs or with Excuse me with Billy and
10:33
Laura and you know Spencer James comes
10:35
into the house and and Billy
10:36
automatically connects deeper with him
10:39
and all of his insecurities rush to the
10:41
top I grew up adopted in a white family
10:44
and so I was growing up in a
10:45
predominantly white area so to be able
10:47
to go through Jordan's Journey and kind
10:49
of uh I guess live what he lived and
10:52
live his truth about you know where do I
10:54
fit in I was able to then as a young
10:57
adult as a 21-year-old kid come into
10:58
this City and kind of also figure out
11:02
where am I in this in this big ocean of
11:05
a city um so to be able to do that and
11:07
to be able to just go on this journey
11:09
with Jordan I think also helped me kind
11:12
of realize who I am as a person and find
11:14
my own confidence Within Myself yeah
11:16
that's dope that's dope right yeah
11:18
because I'm listening to you guys talk
11:19
and I can't help but to add in a little
11:21
bit what sway was saying um I just feel
11:24
like very long careers for each of you
11:27
and and you know God bless you for for
11:30
for the work that you're putting in and
11:31
when sway mentioned how he and I started
11:33
out this is 30 years for each of us in
11:37
this industry and it's hard right
11:39
because like you said Greta trying to
11:41
get the next job not knowing trying to
11:43
figure it out trying to make it work we
11:45
survive the strike you know and and then
11:47
wondering what life would look like
11:49
after that um this particular show we've
11:51
been doing now for 13 years at times we
11:54
have to call each other and pull each
11:56
other and say what's the goal you know
11:58
let let's stay grounded let's keep
12:00
pulling each other together let's keep
12:02
lifting each other up what are you doing
12:04
outside of this show to to stay sway
12:07
what am I doing outside the show to stay
12:09
Heather BHB you know can I ask that of
12:12
each of you because you can get caught
12:14
up you know and say well the money's
12:16
coming in everything's great
12:17
everything's good and not be inspired
12:20
anymore not be that little girl or
12:21
little guy who can connect the stories
12:23
and you just mailing it in sometimes you
12:25
know what I mean like what are you doing
12:27
outside of work for you to stay inspired
12:30
I'll start with you um I personally did
12:33
get caught up in you know just the
12:36
consistency cuz it's it's it's very hard
12:39
to not get caught up especially on
12:41
episodic television like this is you
12:43
know we have contracts and we actually
12:44
know like listen I'm going to make this
12:46
amount I'm going work this long you know
12:48
the strike was definitely a blow and I'm
12:50
sure an exceptional thing but um other
12:52
than that it is easy to get caught up
12:54
for me personally I have now taken the
12:56
time to really just take care of myself
12:58
you get what I'm saying I just stepped
13:00
away from I personally stepped away from
13:03
all of the nonsense anything industry
13:05
involved like I'm I'm good I'm I am
13:07
there to do my job but once I leave that
13:10
job I'm everything I do caters to Breezy
13:13
because I forgot about that for a long
13:15
time and I began to get caught up in
13:16
this hamster wheel of an industry and I
13:18
was running and rolling and nothing was
13:21
making sense you get what I'm saying so
13:23
I looked in the mirror one day and I
13:24
said I don't like this and from that day
13:27
forward I said you know what everything
13:29
has to be beneficial to me so now I'm
13:31
choosing to you know just live on
13:33
purpose you know what I mean so that
13:35
that's it for me and that this is It's
13:37
personally tailored to me you know what
13:38
I mean but um yeah I'm finding I'm
13:41
finding things that that I like to do
13:43
and I'm finding my my true self after
13:46
all of this because you know um both of
13:49
you that you know this stuff happened
13:50
for me and my life has been going ever
13:52
since and we almost 10 years in you get
13:54
what I'm saying so I I didn't have back
13:56
yo I couldn't was p oh it's crazy yeah
14:00
but I didn't I had no time yeah to
14:03
really be like yo Breeze this how you
14:04
going to play this how we going to carry
14:05
this what you going to do no it was like
14:07
oh I'mma do this oh they said I should
14:08
do that oh I'mma do this I'mma do that
14:09
you know what I mean so I was like I was
14:11
all over the place I didn't have that
14:12
luxury of you know having that proper
14:14
team around you and and the right
14:16
guidance and you know given my past it's
14:20
for Michael um you know I didn't I also
14:22
didn't come up with that my you know in
14:24
my household you know so it was like
14:26
sink or swim you know what I mean so
14:28
I've been swimming for 10 years you for
14:31
sharing that now I just you know I got
14:33
my my head above water and I'm breathing
14:35
and I'm just trying to you know just
14:36
figure out what works for me yeah I like
14:40
that wow that's gonna be hard to follow
14:42
Breezy that's personal I'm sorry it
14:45
should be though it should be personal
14:47
no that's amazing um I recently started
14:51
uh my for into the world of producing
14:53
which has been very exciting yeah that's
14:56
dope yes so I'm executive producing
14:59
my first short film who Michael is in
15:02
which is very exciting and we're
15:04
prepping to submit to festivals and
15:07
that's been like a whole new world for
15:09
me to be behind the camera and be a part
15:11
of something creative from its
15:12
conception all the way through to like
15:14
casting and editing and finding a DP and
15:18
you know like when you're on a short too
15:20
you're doing everything you're like how
15:21
much juice boxes do we need a crafty
15:23
it's like every single detail you're
15:24
part of every single detail so um but
15:27
it's been really exciting and I love it
15:29
and it's you know I grew up in an
15:30
immigrant family so like diversifying
15:33
income and like you know that's built
15:35
into me so I think um you know it's been
15:38
exciting to add another thing onto my
15:41
resume and hopefully you know be a part
15:43
of helping other creatives create their
15:46
projects and sometimes that's going to
15:48
mean being a part of it which I love but
15:50
I also love the idea of just helping
15:52
people get stuff made and you know being
15:54
behind the scenes is really fun awesome
15:56
she play a boss on on the show now she
16:02
Michael you want jump on that
16:04
yeah similar to Breezy I kind of at at a
16:07
young age with the show excuse me early
16:10
Seasons got caught up for sure got
16:12
caught up in in the money got caught up
16:13
in in kind of all of it and and thought
16:15
this is all that it's going to be this
16:18
is the best it's going to get right
16:19
coming from a kid in a small town to to
16:21
to Los Angeles and I'm I'm on the show
16:24
um and then I didn't take care of myself
16:27
I found myself in a really really dark
16:29
deep rut and and and didn't want to do
16:32
anything didn't want to you know go to
16:33
work didn't want to do all the things
16:34
that I I once loved and um you know I
16:38
had the fight to come out of that that
16:39
hole and um kind of re similar to Breezy
16:42
it's it's so similar crazy hey twin Twi
16:47
um kind of just like re rebuild myself
16:49
to a degree you know what I'm saying and
16:51
and now I found myself in the past
16:53
couple years past few years like you
16:55
know dipping into fashion and and
16:56
dipping into you know trying to lean to
16:58
the social media World a little bit more
17:00
and and have fun with that and use what
17:02
I have to my advantage um but it it's
17:05
been a journey it's been a journey for
17:07
sure you know and it it's tough and and
17:10
uh you know I got to give a lot of
17:11
credit to to my friends who are sitting
17:13
beside me here and and others who are
17:15
also on the show that aren't sitting
17:17
beside me but who have you know been
17:18
there to pull me out of that darkness
17:20
and also my mom and my dad and my
17:21
brother and my sisters sisters and
17:23
brothers excuse me who have who have
17:25
been there and and my team as well who
17:27
have just believed in me
17:29
through all of the negativity that I may
17:31
have put them through um and and all all
17:34
the har things that that were definitely
17:36
said and and had just occurred but
17:38
caught up for sure but now we're in a
17:40
place where it's like what caught up man
17:41
what does that mean I'm not going to
17:42
dulge too deep into it this isn't the
17:44
platform to talk about it unfortunately
17:46
but um you know just caught up in in the
17:49
fast-paced life that is La yeah and that
17:51
is Hollywood if you will um but uh I'm
17:55
just glad and I feel fortunate to be on
17:57
the other side of that catch my drift
17:59
absolutely and um to to be where I am
18:02
now I feel safe I feel secure I feel
18:03
happy and um and again I I I Feel Love
18:07
and that was something I found very very
18:10
proud of thank you appreciate it
18:12
appreciate it I'm really happy for you
18:14
yes and you're still cute I'm genuinely
18:16
happy for you and you're still cute and
18:18
you're still cute there always
18:22
that sway want to be I told you has to
18:25
be a part of all the stories everybody
18:28
so I can learn from the stories though
18:31
so you even though we've been in this
18:33
probably long I would assume longer than
18:35
y'all yeah we can still learn from your
18:37
experiences you know and and one thing
18:40
you do I think better than our
18:42
generation was able to do is to be able
18:44
to
18:45
identify like these moments and these
18:47
times that you guys are talking about
18:49
you're able to identify that it was
18:51
actually happening and then uh you could
18:53
confront it you know and then find a way
18:55
to the to another side um don't say
18:59
other side as much because I think it's
19:02
yeah more sides than one to get to
19:04
another side right what happened in your
19:07
arm
19:07
though you divos that segue I can that's
19:11
a violent segue but I love it uh yeah so
19:14
weing out that dark out we were yeah
19:16
come on we were shooting at uh at work
19:18
actually last Thursday and uh doing some
19:20
football scenes I was doing a stunt so
19:22
this [ __ ] is real you see this is real
19:25
this is real Greta was really worried
19:27
that boy
19:29
I really was really wored I feel like I
19:30
I left I wrapped you stay back I wrapped
19:33
before you stay back and what a you know
19:35
when I gave you a show you really did I
19:37
gave you a show and a fright yeah aight
19:40
yeah uh we we we had a stunt I can't
19:42
talk about it too much cuz again it's a
19:43
pretty crucial part of the story but we
19:44
had a stunt and uh I I I happened to
19:47
fall on my stomach after the said stunt
19:49
with my arms extended and as soon as I
19:51
landed I just felt the pop shoulder
19:53
dislocated popped right out they cut the
19:55
pads off and then uh your shoulder's
19:58
here you know normally but it was here
20:00
it was hanging it was it was dangling oh
20:03
my God dangling clanging and then they
20:05
popped it back in in the back of the
20:07
ambulance after about 30 minutes of
20:09
trying in the locker room where I
20:12
was serious pain oh my go the worst pain
20:15
I've ever had which I've I've broken my
20:16
foot twice running track and I I broke
20:19
my foot in warm-ups ran the prelim race
20:21
won that race with a broken foot with a
20:23
broken foot and then ran in finals do
20:26
you have a story like that no
20:30
she came she came broke was like oh this
20:34
my moment this is it so this was worse
20:38
than than any time I've broken my foot
20:39
absolutely for the for the for the work
20:42
though for the job man For the Love of
20:44
the Game I've definitely hurt myself
20:45
many of times doing stunts really did
20:47
you fall off a horse did I make that up
20:49
I made that up fall off a horse Breeze
20:52
you during the before you were when you
20:55
were training for that film yeah yeah I
20:57
did fall off a horse I think I also was
20:59
running with like a Uzi shooting a film
21:01
in Atlanta and I slid and the clip on
21:03
the uzi got stuck in my back sorry what
21:07
in your back in my back like uh it was
21:09
like a like a like a machine like a
21:12
automatic but the the the trigger was on
21:15
the side you know what I'm talking about
21:16
so it kind of sticks out like a like a
21:18
point and I was running put the gun
21:20
behind me and then I slid on the mat
21:21
that I was supposed to land on but the
21:23
gun was behind me which it should have
21:25
been and it it went in my back lodged in
21:27
there yeah D Man acting is
21:31
dangerous so so to get this when you
21:33
watch all America one of my favorite
21:35
thing is the football games and the
21:37
practice in the competition you know
21:40
like Michael and I were athletes so you
21:43
know we I know you were I love it he was
21:46
I was an athlete you know I played
21:48
football anybody who can run the 400
21:49
meter hurdles and still stand come on
21:51
you don't know that's the most painful
21:55
race the worst race ever it's one time
21:57
around the track over hurdles 10 hurdles
21:59
10 hurdles yeah shout out to Ed Moses
22:02
had a Sprint yeah impressed but so you
22:06
guys are doing on the field I think
22:08
that's what part of what makes this so
22:10
great and fun to watch is when you're
22:12
watching this it's so realistic so I
22:14
didn't realize you're doing your own
22:15
stunts though yeah I think me and Daniel
22:18
both uh love to do our own I I
22:20
definitely do because I grew up playing
22:21
football so be able to go to work and
22:22
play football and be a professional
22:24
athlete is really fun yeah um I'm very
22:26
impressed with Daniel though Daniel
22:28
coming from the UK he plays Spencer
22:30
obviously and and he had to learn
22:32
football on the spot right so he and I
22:34
were out every single weekend tossing
22:36
the rock around getting extra reps in
22:38
because he just wanted to be able to
22:39
catch the ball naturally organically
22:41
okay um so he's a very he's I'm very
22:43
impressed by him but yes no we are
22:44
actually out there doing the doing the
22:46
damn thing doing the damn thing man hey
22:48
get him a round of applause Michael
22:50
Greta Breeze is here um Greta what about
22:54
this season what is it about this season
22:57
bring them home Greta bring them home
22:58
what about this season what is it about
23:00
this season what isn't it about this
23:03
season you know what I mean all right
23:04
okay um we've got lots more football
23:06
this season lot a lot a lot of football
23:09
um intense football as you can tell
23:10
based on the this dude got a broken
23:13
show I love his arm fell
23:16
off literally um no I think this season
23:19
two it's um you're really seeing the
23:21
transition from them being young
23:23
teenagers where we met them in season
23:25
one to like the transition into
23:27
adulthood and what that's like and
23:29
um how everything in your life is
23:31
changing you're you're finding forging
23:33
new careers you're um going into like
23:36
the next level of your sport you're um
23:39
pursuing your dreams you're recovering
23:41
from a very intense injury patients like
23:44
there's so many things that all of them
23:46
are going through and it's beautiful to
23:48
see how they all come together and they
23:49
still stay together and how they support
23:51
one another through all of those changes
23:53
I'm curious to what kind of response you
23:55
get from your fans that are in high
23:57
school and that watch this show and can
23:59
identify with a lot of these story lines
24:02
what kind of responses have you have you
24:04
received they vary I mean they vary just
24:08
from like Yelps and screams to like very
24:11
you know you know it's always wonderful
24:14
when people come up and they cite a
24:16
specific storyline like with my
24:17
character when they talk about her
24:19
mental health journey and how that
24:21
helped them or how it helped them to
24:23
help a friend who was going through
24:24
something like that uh or identify the
24:26
signs in a friend and and know maybe if
24:28
that person didn't reach out how to
24:30
reach out to them um so that's always
24:33
really meaningful to me I'm feel really
24:36
lucky that I get to be a part of putting
24:38
that story line out there because
24:39
especially for young people it's so
24:40
important to talk about mental health
24:42
and make it less and less taboo which I
24:44
think like this generation is so amazing
24:46
at doing um but yeah just feel very
24:49
fortunate that I'm able to sort of put
24:51
that out in the world that's dope right
24:53
we didn't get to talk about that you had
24:55
to suck it up that was suck to deal with
24:57
it cry
24:58
keep going I actually thought about that
25:00
like back when I was in high school and
25:01
stuff these things were not a topic
25:04
Depression was not a topic like there
25:06
was no opioid epidemic like there was
25:08
none it was like oh you smoked weed and
25:10
you you snuck and drunk a smearing off
25:11
yeah right smear off yeah you get what
25:14
I'm saying but now like like she said
25:17
it's like everything is normalized and
25:18
this the generations under me obviously
25:21
are just very great at being open it's
25:24
out there now you know and I think
25:25
that's why our show has excelled so much
25:27
because we're not afraid to touch those
25:28
stories and you're not ostracizing those
25:30
characters you know it's not that oh you
25:32
have this thing like it's let us help
25:35
you how can how can we help you through
25:37
this what are the different tools you
25:38
can use and that's so beautiful compared
25:41
to yeah even the shows that we grew up
25:42
on if you had a story line like that it
25:44
was for me because because there's quite
25:46
of an age difference I didn't grow up um
25:49
actually seeing any representation of
25:50
myself at all so it's honestly
25:53
mindblowing to me how the work that I do
25:57
has honestly giving so many people
25:59
Something to Believe In because I didn't
26:01
see that you know that's powerful you
26:03
know we we kind of watch TV too excape
26:06
we watch Martin to laugh because he was
26:08
hilarious or that comedy gy or you know
26:11
the the older Nickelodeon days like
26:13
things like that but now it's like no
26:14
these kids actually need some guidance
26:16
and and there if it's not happening in
26:18
the household it absolutely has to
26:19
happen in the entertainment space you
26:21
know what I mean so we have a a
26:23
unbelievable Duty you know to to guide
26:26
properly you know what I mean so it when
26:29
I think about it it's just like damn so
26:31
the stories that I get and it's not just
26:33
from young black girls but it's from you
26:36
know older white men and older white
26:38
women who have had to come out and been
26:40
been in marriages 20 years and realize
26:42
listen this is not what I want I'm
26:44
actually in love with my best friend
26:46
yeah right I'm like well do it go do it
26:49
go do it you know what I'm saying but
26:51
you know you have to see it you have
26:53
some people have to see it like okay how
26:55
does that play out you know what I'm
26:57
saying and and and depending on how it
26:59
works out they're more inclined to
27:00
either take that step to something
27:02
better for themselves or they they'll
27:04
stay in a shell you know what I mean so
27:05
I'm happy that we get to tell those type
27:07
of stories because they range so crazy
27:11
you know what I mean like there is
27:12
something on this show for everybody
27:13
everybody you know what I'm saying and
27:15
and I have seen I have been like chased
27:19
by a eight-year-old from Jerusalem and
27:21
I'm like how did you even know who I am
27:24
or what I was saying and he didn't
27:26
really you know but he just pointed and
27:29
Mom Mom Mom I was in nean Marcus yeah
27:31
you know what I'm saying this little kid
27:32
was crying and I was just like wow the
27:34
reach is crazy crazy yeah man I've also
27:37
been in first class I had 80-year-old
27:38
white women wanting to hug me and kiss
27:40
me and I'm like I also last summer when
27:43
we were all in Miami and that must have
27:45
been like 60-year-old dad white dad when
27:48
we went to dinner uhhuh oh yeah and we
27:50
had that family his whole family had to
27:52
come up and be like I'm so he could and
27:54
he only wanted to talk to Breezy yeah to
28:00
I'm so Sor like a strange way he was so
28:03
excited yeah he was but you know the the
28:05
demographic in the reach is I've never
28:08
seen nothing like it I've never seen
28:09
nothing like it so it's definitely I
28:11
mean to know that we have reached 100
28:14
episodes and we're only going to do more
28:16
um but we have six years worth of work
28:18
that people can go back to and reference
28:21
if in need you know yeah please keep
28:24
telling the truth like you guys I think
28:26
well some of it's a lie no but I mean
28:28
just like your personal like these
28:30
stories that you guys have shared with
28:31
us because the generations that we speak
28:34
of that are watching it may easily be
28:37
them in three years sitting here being
28:39
interviewed and we're just vessels
28:41
honestly our writers we got to give
28:43
credit to them because they are very
28:45
adamant our showrunner and caty Carol
28:48
Carol um is very adamant on telling
28:50
these stories and she's African as well
28:52
Nigerian Nigerian my Nigerian sister
28:55
shout out to her
28:57
um but your personal stories are
28:59
important as well so they know the
29:00
lookout for getting caught up too fast
29:03
or you know what I've been doing this
29:05
let me be curious and now produce a film
29:07
or direct a film all of the things that
29:09
y'all are sharing make so much sense for
29:11
the person cuz in three years a 13 year
29:14
old could be a 16y old being interviewed
29:17
by us and saying I saw this conversation
29:19
gr made me do it I love that I'm proud
29:21
of you my first film wow really wow
29:24
proud of you see that that's that's what
29:25
happens here dreams kids
29:29
and salute to Netflix too because they
29:31
don't have you know a lot of these
29:32
platforms you need the support you need
29:34
the distribution right you need the
29:36
Outreach and I think that's uh
29:38
indicative of that diverse demographic
29:41
that you have it ain't like when we on
29:43
Fox on the Empire or you know CBS or
29:46
something NBC they got those Target
29:48
demographics and the whole nine with
29:50
Netflix everybody could come to the
29:52
table so many people don't watch live TV
29:54
anymore you know yeah everyone's
29:57
streaming everybody streaming Greta is a
29:59
absolute honor to meet you Michael is an
30:02
absolute honor to meet you thank so
30:05
much good to see back home okay make
30:08
sure y'all watch season 6 of All
30:11
American premieres today so make sure
30:14
y'all watch it today yes all right hold
30:17
up hold up before we go okay before we
30:20
go Breeze every time you come up here
30:23
you know I'm saying I mean I know you
30:25
acting you got your thespian on you know
30:27
I mean I know that's what's up and
30:29
everything but you know how we met you
30:31
know this ain't the set of all american
30:34
dog this ain't the set
30:36
of movie movie Michael I'm not sure if
30:40
you know where you are you know where
30:42
you are not sure yet sir you in the
30:43
Valley of the hyenas come on
30:46
man yo throw that beat on John what we
30:49
got o oh oh come on oh yeah crit mic on
30:54
the back up on the I go hey ah look hey
30:59
what they said Hold Up Breeze ain't
31:01
popping I've been in it for a minute
31:03
ain't no need for name dropping since
31:04
they loaded me I let off I flipped the
31:06
script on [ __ ] did my thing and watch
31:07
them go off exactly where I show off I
31:10
was that young and that played the back
31:11
so analytical studies you dummies and
31:13
form the plot instead of spinning you
31:14
never mind I ain't smoke I ain't brag I
31:16
ain't boast I was 10 toes down and make
31:18
no room for the approach you a joke
31:20
these bars ain't for you [ __ ] that be
31:21
leaning poers are [ __ ] heathens this
31:23
for youngest that be dreaming with
31:24
bigger pictures simply can't find their
31:26
way with a scripture you feing I stop
31:27
that itch and get a dose of this
31:29
prescription cuz it's Curry from the
31:30
half this [ __ ] ain't add up I did the
31:32
math ain't nothing plastic about it I'm
31:33
in my bag What a Feeling when it come to
31:35
this rap [ __ ] I get on some clap [ __ ]
31:37
owe me that pop [ __ ] I run up and smack
31:39
[ __ ] no doubt about it this is God's
31:41
glory ain't no Cloud around and see me
31:42
shining [ __ ] ain't no Cloud around it
31:44
it's a lot ho [ __ ] I thought I knew
31:46
but I don't know these [ __ ] acting
31:47
like my lady I don't know the difference
31:49
what the hell is y'all on y'all [ __ ]
31:50
switching up clothes y'all [ __ ]
31:52
swallow dick switch up y rolles y [ __ ]
31:54
acting like hoes you see that was my
31:55
role if I would have took it differences
31:57
I'm still saying what I'm saying if you
31:59
is a never looking so [ __ ] out of here I
32:01
ain't have a daddy neither so with that
32:03
said I always had a [ __ ] reason but
32:05
I'm the best at it you know I'm being
32:06
myself or I lean on you I lean on myself
32:09
and I've been staring in the mirror I'm
32:11
seeing myself and it's just me and
32:12
nobody else look I know I'm a Target I
32:15
know they hear my voice and get bothered
32:16
and I know they put a leash on their
32:18
daughters or they wifey or whatever so
32:20
know this ain't about the cheddar but
32:22
they know I do it better I'm Shak or
32:24
whatever so dear Mama you forgiven in
32:26
the family too I hope my daughter never
32:28
fit in my shoes cuz I would never let
32:30
them touch her and I always pay
32:32
attention no in the rest I'll never
32:34
mention she know what's up but she won't
32:36
have my scars but she go back and play
32:37
it hit and [ __ ] through all these bars
32:39
I'mma tell her this my therapy mama so
32:41
you know it was no scare me Mama this
32:43
was God giving Clarity mama I don't have
32:45
you now but I love you still so don't
32:47
ever let them tell you
32:49
[Music]
32:51
I don't never let y
32:54
real
32:56
Bree cool
32:58
never let tell you what look I don't
33:00
never want to talk about levels I want
33:02
to talk about this [ __ ] doing it better
33:04
can't even lie sway I'm Ned each other
33:06
but since they put me in position I'm
33:08
putting my bet on me yeah before I got
33:11
his [ __ ] was hard that's on guard people
33:13
used to [ __ ] me nothing from the
33:14
start uh I knew that I could go off and
33:16
show off but I stood in front the
33:17
building kick the door off come on are
33:20
you
33:23
kidding we got a hyena up in
33:26
here that amazing hyena that was amazing
33:33
better hide them hide your daughters
33:34
your sisters whatever come on dear Mama
33:38
I heard these bars wow Breeze is on your
33:41
neck wow Bree is on your neck wow I knew
33:44
it's in her come on man wow come on I
33:47
love it that's and that's how we
33:49
conclude it make sure you watch all
33:50
American season 6 tonight
33:56
wow
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