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Speaker 1: My next guest and so my man in a long time.
Speaker 1: I think last to myself him while it was up
Speaker 1: in uh New York City circle of sisters I was
Speaker 1: hanging out with when you were Carett Robinson and he
Speaker 1: may not remember, but I got one of them elephant memories.
Speaker 1: I remember everybody I meet because his brother was very impressive.
Speaker 1: I've always followed his career. He started such movie projects
Speaker 1: as a moneyball all of course, you know, being Mary Jane,
Speaker 1: that's when you know he was just the bomb on that.
Speaker 1: Of course, everything he does is fantastic TV one's Girlfriends
Speaker 1: get Away to uh Think like a Man too, That
Speaker 1: was my project. Executive produced that project. So I know
Speaker 1: him from Their television appearances include USA Networks Raw Pains,
Speaker 1: ABC's Gradess, Natomy, Lost, Brothers, Sisters, CBS, The Mentalist, c
Speaker 1: c W is the Game Heart of Dixie. But what
Speaker 1: he's on here to talk about today is the movie
Speaker 1: I just saw this weekend, fantastic called Fatal Affair with
Speaker 1: Neil Long on my apps. He plays her husband Marcus.
Speaker 1: Please walking to money making conversation. Long time no see
Speaker 1: Mrs Stephen Bishop, how you dring? Brother? Hey man? Hey,
Speaker 1: foremost I gotta tell you that intro, not the intro
Speaker 1: of me, which was sparkling, thank you very much for that,
Speaker 1: but your intro to the show. That thing is smooth
Speaker 1: out there, and that that's my Stephen A. Smith Man?
Speaker 1: Was it really? Yeah? Man? Wow? I just spread my
Speaker 1: wings out there, man, Stephen, you know I got a
Speaker 1: little I got a little blast out there. Man. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, my life is good. Stephen. Ain't even an
Speaker 1: indoor voice? Yes, absolutely, absolutely absolutely So, how's every they've
Speaker 1: been going versus the last so you have in New York.
Speaker 1: I've been watching your TV and uh, life's been good
Speaker 1: for you. Huh yeah, man, I can't you know, I
Speaker 1: can't really complain a lot. You know, the uh works
Speaker 1: been been really good. Uh, family has been good. Everything's
Speaker 1: been going well up until this pandemic it and you know,
Speaker 1: I put the brakes on a lot. But uh, you know,
Speaker 1: everybody staying healthy and to keep up doing what we
Speaker 1: came to to be digitaling about wearing a mask when
Speaker 1: we go out and continuing the social distince and all that.
Speaker 1: So yeah, man, things, since I saw your last thing,
Speaker 1: you've been really really good and uh, I'm honestly happy
Speaker 1: to be here. So now the movie Fatal Fair, that's that.
Speaker 1: That's your start in along with Nia and oh my
Speaker 1: Epps sore good good people, good actors, good talent around you. Now,
Speaker 1: when was this movie shot? Where where was the shot?
Speaker 1: They win? It was shot in Malibu. Um, we we
Speaker 1: shot the book of it in Malibu. And I had
Speaker 1: a fantastic house and saw the movies absolutely. Uh. It
Speaker 1: was amazing. And to be able to have that as
Speaker 1: my office every day for a few weeks. Uh. Second
Speaker 1: and nine, and I was one of the better locations
Speaker 1: up into and uh, you know, let's get a great
Speaker 1: job as sign and not Jim Primp locations manager did
Speaker 1: a fantastic job. Well, it's awesome. So when when you
Speaker 1: get a script like this, you know it's a fatal
Speaker 1: attraction type deal. Woman of man get hooked good the
Speaker 1: other and then all of a sudden one doesn't want
Speaker 1: to release in the relationship. When you get a script
Speaker 1: like this, how do you approach it? Stephen? Uh? In
Speaker 1: what regards in regards to your character, because in your character,
Speaker 1: your character is injured I would like to say injured,
Speaker 1: and then he's trying to recover physically, and then so
Speaker 1: it's like a communication issue. I like to believe that
Speaker 1: really led to this kind of disconnect between Nia's character,
Speaker 1: which plays she plays your wife. She's a hard worker,
Speaker 1: and then you kind of like a recovery mode because
Speaker 1: you're still in rehabilitation, so that intimacy, intimacy really is
Speaker 1: lost there for a period. Am I am I writing
Speaker 1: what I'm saying? Uh? Yeah, the that's in communication is
Speaker 1: a big part of that. But as far as your
Speaker 1: question of how I approached it, Um, I've been injured
Speaker 1: before I had surgery. I had a knee surgery when
Speaker 1: I was playing uh baseball, And so I was able
Speaker 1: to draw from that experience what it's like to be,
Speaker 1: you know, plaid off and not being able to do
Speaker 1: what she longly do, know what you love. Uh. So
Speaker 1: I was able to draw from my experience, and then
Speaker 1: with the character himself, I was able to draw from
Speaker 1: my experience growing up in the Bay Area. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of the film is set in the Bay Area,
Speaker 1: and I grew up there, and that, you know, there
Speaker 1: was a lot of sensibilities and even down to the
Speaker 1: layering of the clothing that I was able to draw
Speaker 1: from my memories and and my experience living up there
Speaker 1: and put myself into the mindset of somebody that's up there,
Speaker 1: u y successful and just having to uh come back
Speaker 1: from an injury. I was able to combine those two
Speaker 1: things to create market right right because when I was
Speaker 1: looking at the movie and uh, you know, well produced,
Speaker 1: well crafted, well active movie. And they think about Netflix,
Speaker 1: is that that's the next to the consul A different
Speaker 1: game right now for streaming and uh premier movies and
Speaker 1: and if I'm not if I'm not mistaken because you
Speaker 1: can always correct me. It's like it's like their premier
Speaker 1: in these movies and like over a hundred countries correct
Speaker 1: with Netflix premiers a movie. Correct from what I A
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety countries? Yeah, a hundred or something like
Speaker 1: a hundred and eighty three million pery, Wow, in a
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety countries. And the reason I bring that
Speaker 1: up because the reason I bring that up because let's
Speaker 1: let's be just this is us talking in the business
Speaker 1: and how they've been treating black movies, okay, and of
Speaker 1: movies with black leads, you know, domestically their premiere, but
Speaker 1: they never saw an audience internationally, and so so we
Speaker 1: never had the benefit of doing movies. And when I
Speaker 1: did think like a man, I think like a man too.
Speaker 1: We premier domestically, even though we made eighty million dollars
Speaker 1: domestically we may have went to England, May a little
Speaker 1: bit in Caribbean and then uh then in Africa. That
Speaker 1: was it. And to see that now that black talent
Speaker 1: is now being exposed in a whole wor hundred and
Speaker 1: any countries, now that is a that's an amazing opportunity
Speaker 1: that I feel that Netflix is provided for African American talent. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: that's I mean, the you're dead on the nail with
Speaker 1: the the normal lack of international representation in our film. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, for some reason, they don't our films don't
Speaker 1: do well overseasons, so they don't they don't buy them.
Speaker 1: But I think that might have a lot to do
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Speaker 1: of opportunities domestically for a while, is people just were
Speaker 1: unfamiliar with the talent and the you know, the assets
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Speaker 1: what Netflix is doing is pro writing a platform for
Speaker 1: us to showcase our abilities on the international stage, and
Speaker 1: that opens people's minds and opens people's eyes to what
Speaker 1: they've been missing. And now you know, then later down
Speaker 1: the road, if if the theatrical model comes back all
Speaker 1: the way, um, it will open more doors, let's think,
Speaker 1: for us to be able to pre sell internationally and
Speaker 1: even you know, sell internationally after the fact. But I
Speaker 1: think that Netflix is doing a fantastic job of taking
Speaker 1: movies immediately global and giving everybody an opportunity to see
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Speaker 1: E R dot ai. And that's that's what I love.
Speaker 1: I love that that because that's you know, in in
Speaker 1: the in I've been doing. I've been in entertainment, writing
Speaker 1: sitcoms and writing reality shows and dramas ninety two in
Speaker 1: this business. And so I've said, I've done black sitcoms
Speaker 1: and just been trapped on the w B format or
Speaker 1: up n per format or c W format, and they
Speaker 1: called us black shows. And that's that's it. And and
Speaker 1: and I when I see a movie like this, this
Speaker 1: is entertainment, Stephen, this is entertainment. It's relatable to everybody.
Speaker 1: Everybody has emotional issues, everybody has a child's in college,
Speaker 1: everybody has meet crazy easy people out there who don't
Speaker 1: want that you want to, don't want to be bothered with.
Speaker 1: I just felt there was a universal movie. I'm sure
Speaker 1: when you took on the script that was a whole
Speaker 1: perspective you had about failure, attractions, failure, failure affairs. Well, correct, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I did. I saw a lot for everybody. I mean,
Speaker 1: the main thing that attracted me was being able to
Speaker 1: work with Mia and omar Um, you know, being a
Speaker 1: fan of both of theirs and being friends with both
Speaker 1: of them outside of the business. Uh, it was just
Speaker 1: a great opportunity. But when I got to read the
Speaker 1: script and and and see what was happening out of
Speaker 1: that lot, there's a lot of relatable subject matter here.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people will be able to,
Speaker 1: you know, just to resonate with a lot of people
Speaker 1: because a lot, like you said, a lot of people
Speaker 1: go through these same life stories, and a lot of
Speaker 1: people unfortunately go through this specific life story and so
Speaker 1: they you know, from one side or the other, they'll
Speaker 1: be able to relate. So yeah, I think it's pretty relatable,
Speaker 1: uh in the premise and you know, hopefully it's not
Speaker 1: too relatable in the uh plot. You know. Well, I
Speaker 1: think that when you look at now, now you got
Speaker 1: physical in the end, okay, got physical in the with
Speaker 1: the with I'm not gonna give away the storyline, but
Speaker 1: was it any additional training and he he started training involved
Speaker 1: what you uh with the physicality near the end of
Speaker 1: the movie. Uh, No, No, I Uh, I had to
Speaker 1: do my normal you know training, which was weightlifting and
Speaker 1: you know and uh you know, proper diet and all
Speaker 1: that you get ready for us shoot because you know,
Speaker 1: there's some some shirtless stuff in there, and I always
Speaker 1: like to be, you know, as sharp as I can
Speaker 1: be in that in that regard. But as far as
Speaker 1: the the the reality of the role, No, I didn't
Speaker 1: have to do any extra training. You know, I've done
Speaker 1: training in the past with fighting and that kind of stuff,
Speaker 1: so you know, I'm pretty pretty well versed in in that. Uh,
Speaker 1: that facet of it. But you know I did have
Speaker 1: to go and you know we had to rehearse the
Speaker 1: actual writing, but we had that. We had the choreograph,
Speaker 1: we had the chore I'm talking about, you know. So,
Speaker 1: but you know, other than the choreograph and the choreography, Uh,
Speaker 1: there wasn't anything extra that I had to do. I
Speaker 1: was you know, I brought the skill sets to the
Speaker 1: table with me. Hello, I brought the skill sets to
Speaker 1: the table. I love that. So and when you when
Speaker 1: you say being in an opportunity, you're working when you're
Speaker 1: alone all my epps and she plays your your your wife,
Speaker 1: and you have a daughter that comes home from college
Speaker 1: or but she's about to in her first year of college, right,
Speaker 1: she's actually there and she's coming home for she's coming
Speaker 1: home for a break and uh, and in dealing with
Speaker 1: your career and so and this is what I want
Speaker 1: to get a little detail about it because I always
Speaker 1: try to look at movies a little bit deeper than
Speaker 1: most people see it because you're trying to find your
Speaker 1: footing again in your career. And then she's like she's
Speaker 1: like moving on and establishing her career in her own office.
Speaker 1: And so because I'm trying to get the dynamics of
Speaker 1: why that could possibly happen in a relationship like that,
Speaker 1: Why would she even step out for that little half
Speaker 1: a minute in your mind? In the script, what do
Speaker 1: you think led to that with the relationship she kind
Speaker 1: of had with all my ELPs? Well, there was, like
Speaker 1: you said, the injury brought a lot into into play.
Speaker 1: You know, you're laid up, you can't move. It was
Speaker 1: like six months, right, you know you're yeah, yeah. And
Speaker 1: there's also uh Meds involved that if you remember. Uh
Speaker 1: I don't know if they actually left this part in
Speaker 1: the in the not I don't remember, but there when
Speaker 1: we were shooting, there as a part where it says
Speaker 1: the Meds had put me in a place where I
Speaker 1: wasn't really able to fulfill my husband ly duties, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. I wasn't, you know, I wasn't.
Speaker 1: I don't know if it if it made the cut
Speaker 1: or not. I don't remember that line. I just but
Speaker 1: I can understand that it was in the scene. I
Speaker 1: I said it in the scene when I was playing
Speaker 1: golf with Homemor's character. Right. They may have cut that,
Speaker 1: they may have cut that out. But regardless what I
Speaker 1: think what led to it was you know, the injury,
Speaker 1: being incapacitated, the med's you know, bringing you know, the
Speaker 1: Beto down and and the you know, just the interest
Speaker 1: and you know, she just was feeling uh neglected, and
Speaker 1: you know when she ran into a guy that she
Speaker 1: knew and he expressed, you know, such strong interest and
Speaker 1: they you know, they got a couple of drinks in them,
Speaker 1: and you know, I think her are just got let down.
Speaker 1: And I think that, but I think what led to
Speaker 1: it was just the you know, the mundane married life
Speaker 1: that you know, they have a nineteen year old, so
Speaker 1: they obviously have been together for twenty years more and
Speaker 1: and you know, a lot of times that's what happens.
Speaker 1: It's just becomes a routine and uh, people look for,
Speaker 1: you know, an extra spark, and when they find it,
Speaker 1: it can sometimes lead to, you know, things that they
Speaker 1: shouldn't do. Well. Definitely, um in this movie, I really
Speaker 1: um it was good. I enjoyed it. I really really
Speaker 1: enjoyed the enjoyed the acting, and enjoyed the relationship that
Speaker 1: you know, I can understand, Like like you said, Stephen Bishop,
Speaker 1: I'm talking to Stephen Bishoon is one of the stars
Speaker 1: of Fatal Affair. He's up. July sixteen, Netflix new global
Speaker 1: release of Fatal Affair. Uh, a pair of released in
Speaker 1: over a hundred and eighty countries worldwide. That's our Netflix
Speaker 1: does it for all their movies. When I when I
Speaker 1: look at a movie like this, and it's always about relatabilities,
Speaker 1: all about did they pull you in? Did I related?
Speaker 1: Because I did? I understand? Did I have sympathy for
Speaker 1: your character and understanding that you were recovering from a
Speaker 1: physical injury? Did I understand where she came from? But
Speaker 1: she did pull back? You know, she didn't. She didn't
Speaker 1: fully commit. And so even though there was liquor involved
Speaker 1: and all that, so I was still I felt. I
Speaker 1: felt her character was still saved. And I thought the
Speaker 1: script writing and the director was fantastic. Overall. Your thoughts
Speaker 1: on the movie as we wrapped this up, uh, Stephen? Uh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Peter Sultan are director to a fantastic job. I thought
Speaker 1: the writing was you know, was was well executed, and
Speaker 1: I thought the acting was was was really well done
Speaker 1: as well. Me and it's such a professional I did
Speaker 1: a lot of my my work with her. I had
Speaker 1: a little bit with all my goth the bulk of
Speaker 1: my work with me and absolutely and it was such
Speaker 1: it was such a pleasure to work with her every day.
Speaker 1: And she, you know, she's such a nice women and
Speaker 1: such a professional, very prepared. Um you know, she just
Speaker 1: was She's an actor's actor, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: She's just somebody that you know, you enjoy going to
Speaker 1: work with every day. Um. So I thought, I thought
Speaker 1: our whole team did a really good job. We had
Speaker 1: some you know, some late nights and some some long
Speaker 1: shooting shooting gangs, but we got it done. And you know,
Speaker 1: our our team, our team, you know, put it together
Speaker 1: and and it really brought it home. So I think
Speaker 1: everybody's gonna like it. I hope everyone does. I like it.
Speaker 1: I loved it. I'm proud of it, and I'm glad
Speaker 1: you did or show. I'm glad you did. Um uh.
Speaker 1: And you know, once again, I just gotta you know,
Speaker 1: seeing the praises of me along who was actually a
Speaker 1: producer on this one as well. And so she had
Speaker 1: she had, she had a couple of hats on and
Speaker 1: I think she did a fantastic job. So um yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think, oh, you got a home run,
Speaker 1: you got a home run, knows uh, Fatal Affair Global
Speaker 1: released on Netflix July sixteen. My man, Stephen Bishop, for
Speaker 1: the next time, let's talk longer. I appreciate you coming
Speaker 1: on promoting this movie is a great movie. I'm recommending
Speaker 1: everybody and putting all my social media clothes a fan club.
Speaker 1: But again, thank you Netflix for bringing him on the show.
Speaker 1: Formier in a hundred and ninety countries Fatal Affair starring
Speaker 1: Nia Long on my ELPs and Stephen Bishop. Thank you, Stephen,
Speaker 1: thank you so thanks for having me man. I really
Speaker 1: appreciate it, and let's do it again. To him, we
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