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John Amos on How He Got the Role of 'Kunta Kinte' in 'Roots' (Part 6)

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In this clip, John Amos spoke about playing in Roots and not originally being cast as Kunta Kinte. He explained that once the script came in for Kunta Kinte, he knew that it would be a huge role for whoever got it, and he detailed how it changed his acting career. John explained that the role cemented him as a dramatic actor after he played on Good Times, and he later added that he was more respected for his role in Roots that the beloved TV sitcom. To hear more, including his short-lived Broadway career, hit the above clip.

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@roastbeef441 4 года назад

John Amos is like that one older man that you never get cross with because hes super fit.

@isaiahbaggett5014 3 года назад

He got that "ol man strenf". He doesn't fight you...you get "corrected"

@TH-cn2rn 4 года назад

Damn she keep over talking him making him forget what he was about to say. Let this man speak Lunell.

@jamalwoods9649 4 года назад

Welcome to VLADTV my friend, where over talking is the norm. #alwaysthisish

@coachrobinson9958 4 года назад

Is that why Vlad picked her? Just a thought. ;))

@sharg2896 4 года назад

Well I think it's cause he's old and it takes him a minute to remember, ayo she just kind of talks more lol. But vlad didn't do this, because he don't know shit about John Amos

@geronimopratt7976 4 года назад

Most women do......

@chantii789 4 года назад

I know right? That was so effin annoying. I hate when people do that.

@730_Wu 3 года назад

I love how he says OUR history not just black history African American history he announces it with passion

@cantricehart 4 года назад

No problem with luenell doing the interviews she brings a different feel then vlad but son. Let my mans finish answering ya damn question before interrupting him.

@gatlinempire6337 4 года назад

Cantrice Hart shes bad

@weallwegot 4 года назад

Perfect comment...thought it was just me

@carnellalford9548 4 года назад

@Space1TV .!. I like her interview

@MDOTMiLLA 4 года назад

Officer vlad recruiting aunty luenell

@samiam6065 4 года назад

She is awful at interviewing!! She wants to show how smart she is but sounding annoying!! Let him talk Luenell PLEASE🙏🏾

@ellissmith23 4 года назад

Underrated actor

@dshon17 4 года назад

When lunnell said damn at 1:24 I could not stop laughing 😂 😂😂😂🤣🤣

@sunniebrown1 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂 yeah it was hilarious!! She ghetto as hell! I love her!

@btmusicman5589 4 года назад

That shit was hilarious 😂😂😂

@planbee9915 4 года назад

DAUM!

@RuizMrs 4 года назад

Followed by that “whaatt” 😂😂😂😂😂

@kford6643 3 года назад

That sounded like my Daddy when he ran out of gas on Crenshaw

@thowen1988 3 года назад

I was just a kid when 'Roots' was first aired on TV. I must say that it was quite a history lesson.

@brutusalwaysminded 3 года назад

Saw Amos play Citizen in August Wilson's 'Gem of the Ocean' with Phylicia Rashad at the McCarter Theater in Princeton. Unforgettable. Thanks, Mr. Amos.

@malikspliffs2899 4 года назад

“ROOTS” a generational movie/show I will continue to watch every year and show my kids n their kids and teach them even more about themselves and the truth over the lies they might be told

@LoVeInADiUniVerSe 4 года назад

dont just teach them about a their history of being enslaved.. strive ta be indigenous and dependent on the earth itself and not this colonial institution.. we need roots to ancestoral culture and knowledge as an indigenous inhabitent.. if we cant livve on our own accord then we have nothin tu teach our kids except go along and continue to be captive for generations...

@jordanbryant5035 4 года назад

@Pavor yall are our enemies of course we hate u.

@friskydingooo7992 4 года назад

Pavor you sound stupid look at what white people european and American have treated black people for the last 1,600 years , you want black people turn the other cheek ? And 2nd black cannot be racist !

@joeblack2809 4 года назад

Savannah Peters and it was plagiarized

@markhubbard8841 4 года назад

I love roots but you know the man who wrote it lied and stole his work from another black lady but it's still great but brotha made up the whole thing but those things were really going on

@Mookaron 4 года назад

He's the father that black men never had. James Evans 💪🏽

@kingsamuelsii1722 4 года назад

*some

@jeremiahwoodsi7545 4 года назад

You can't call him Dumb my dad Was Strong But James Evans Backed the Black Mob Down on more than one occasion the average Dad ain't doing that 😂

@yarahadayar926 4 года назад

@@jeremiahwoodsi7545 Thats TV man not real

@jeremiahwoodsi7545 4 года назад

@@yarahadayar926 yeah that's what he did on the tv show back in the day yeah you right.

@zxcccccc1 4 года назад

In the 70's and previously we were all afraid of our fathers, I know I was.

@mollycote1021 4 года назад

This man is. CLASS ACT! Always have loved him!!❤️🔥🙏🏼

@Super_Broly 4 года назад

When I heard Lunelle instead of Vlad I was like WTF happened!!!!

@Piwork69 4 года назад

The Great Bergamo 😂 LOL

@gatlinempire6337 4 года назад

The Great Bergamo me too

@covertLLC 4 года назад

RIGHT!!! I clicked on part 3 first. When I heard Lunell I had to stop the video and start from part 1. I don't like watching Vlads interviews until there are at least 7or 8 already up. I hate waiting for the next part of the same interview. But I guess that's how Vlad maximizes his take away from RU-vid.

@brandonclyde6350 4 года назад

Same here

@davidmurray6949 4 года назад

Roots came on Sundance network last week I watch it every year! It's a whole day long from young Kunta to Alex Murray Palmer Hayley!

@lowkeyasscharacter 4 года назад

I love Lunell man such a good hearted woman she makes me smile

@thinktank0218 4 года назад

He was my tv dad not Cosby. He was America's dad but not the black father. That was James amos

@covertLLC 4 года назад

Reminded me of my real dad.. Not all black children grow up without a father. My dad was super strict just like James Evan's. At 19yrs old my dad was still restricting the time of night I could get phone calls. I just recently found out that my then boyfriend, currently my husband called me after 10pm one night and my dad told him that I couldn't have phone calls after 10 and just hung up on him. The funny part is I never knew that conversation happened, never mind I was almost 20yrs old having time restrictions on the phone.

@abrahambowen8332 2 года назад

Some black fathers were and are like real life versions of Carl Winslow and that's a good type of father to have.

@abrahambowen8332 2 года назад

You have a few hlack fathers who are like real life versions of Cliff Huxtable.

@jamalwilson1933 4 года назад

His demeanor is totally different from the characters he play

@jayfletcher4338 4 года назад

I love lunelle. John is a king

@brendagray4958 4 года назад

Don't forget his role in the players club as a cop 👮he was hilarious😂😂

@mrbrowz1000101 4 года назад

Maaaan remember when John Amos took off from that damn barn running in the movie 'Roots'??? Shiiiiiiii; Mr. Amos was hel on his feet!

@cococamcam8660 4 года назад

Lunell and her commentary got me rolling 😭

@AlParole 4 года назад

"Damn" 1:23

@youngrade8666 4 года назад

Lmao 4:30 she say it as if it was really him in real life

@nicholasjanke3476 4 года назад

Very talented actor. It's a shame he never made it to superstardom.

@zxcccccc1 4 года назад

He did in my eyes.

@GGW889 4 года назад

John Amos looks great. Im so happy he is doing well. 😊

@lieutenantcolombo1758 4 года назад

I have feeling don cheadle will look like this when his older

@samiam6065 4 года назад

Nick James lol

@galesayers 3 года назад

He better hit the gym.

@TheShipwreckedStoic 4 года назад

Never thought I'd miss seeing vlad conduct an interview. Please use Lunell for non-serious people Vlad interviews in the future. I wanted this to be a better interview and she was less than stellar.

@mikalmuhammad9985 Год назад

My biological father and I weren't introduced to each other until I was 15 years old. James Evans ( John Amos) was my father until then!!!!! That Character was a Strong Black Father Figure for me and millions of Black Boys and Young Men across the country!!!!! When he played Kunta Kunta in Roots, that was another example of Strong Black, Uncompromising Manhood under the most Inhumane Conditions!!!!! That motivated me to become a Strong Black Man!!!!! May Allah Bless And Keep The Great Man and actor John Amos!!!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

@mmoye8640 4 года назад

I totally forgot he did Roots. Love this series. Lunelle adds a different flavor to the interview. Like she fanning out at times😊 John Amos will always be James Evans, Jr to me!

@tonycanabal1659 2 года назад

James Evans Jr. Was J. J. 's actual name.

@felixmadison5736 7 месяцев назад

John Amos was a damn good actor. From serious roles to comedy, he gave it everything he had to make you believe his character was REAL.

@powshadowzable 4 года назад

Lunell: U didnt go in there cussing anybody out did ya?

@JelatoAkitas 4 года назад

ShadowzTV they’re interviewing on a personal level

@tonys9796 4 года назад

*I lost it* 😭😂😂😂😂😂

@btmusicman5589 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@blackknight9322 4 года назад

Jerald Goffney no one seems to understand that in the comments. This isn’t an interview this is a conversation between 2 people(not a bad thing) just 1 person telling another a story

@xstar4993 4 года назад

😂😂😂

@laraoneal7284 3 года назад

Handsome man to this day. God bless him.

@joeh8849 4 года назад

Lunell doing interviews. I love it

@nicholasjanke3476 4 года назад

He was a talented football star!

@IBKNW 4 года назад

Not everyone is cutout for interviewing....VLAD YOU ARE The Best of the best. i have said this before. Pleasant speaking voice. Clear and concise. !!!!

@robertclark6895 4 года назад

Luenell is not a good interviewer ..she keeps over talking the guest..She owes Mr Amos an apology, he hardly ever gives interviews and she ruined what could have been a great one

@7654x 4 года назад

A good interviewer will drop the nugget & leave the rest to the guest, she's behaving like it's just them two talking at a social gathering. She ruined the whole interview for me. John Amos as she said in part 1 "we don't feel we know John Amos, we know his characters..." so let us get to know him woman! 🤦🏾‍♂️

@bucksdiaryfan 4 года назад

yes it was like Charlie Rose turned up to "11"... she was interviewing herself at times

@Zaxxi5 4 года назад

Great interview LUenell really went deep and bought out things about MrAmos I didn't know about. She is good!!!

@isiano10 4 года назад

he took up the role of Kunta Kinte so that his daughter could become the Queen of Zamunda

@YakThaWiseman72 4 года назад

isiano10 Lmao!!

@Rico-tt3jk 4 года назад

He does't age wow

@coreyfludd357 4 года назад

There is an in-joke in Coming to America where John Amos character flirts with the Queen Mother of Zamunda. She was the wife of John's Kunta Kinte/Toby in Roots

@NapTownEddie 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@804smiles 4 года назад

@@coreyfludd357 damn she sure was damn I never made da connection wit her

@yellagirl419 4 года назад

Poor John kept looking around when she would say something inappropriate John looking like am I being Punked🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️😳🙄

@cocopuff6810 4 года назад

Lol

@SuperClsmooth 4 года назад

John n the blind dude from Star Trek were like the original Kunta’s 👊

@bphlatsax75 4 года назад

That brother's name is Levar Burton.

@creejackson1575 4 года назад

I'm really enjoying his story, thank you💕

@ashantijones192 4 года назад

I love you luenell but dammit you should ask a question then wait for a complete response lol. Luenell is still the funniest the most beautiful and the realist lady/ comedian that I’ve seen in a long time.

@dwayne9743 4 года назад

Not only can he act he was damn near faster than those horses.

@sanalawhorn5680 4 года назад

James Evens is the house hold father figure of America's Ghetto's , Kunta is the father figure from whence we came - thx you Mr. Amos forever in our souls , flowers , flowers , and more flowers too you !

@sanalawhorn5680 4 года назад

Mr.James Evans !

@sanalawhorn5680 4 года назад

Norman Lear !

@TheLifeofRicky 4 года назад

This makes vlad sound even better at interviewing

@bphlatsax75 4 года назад

No. It really doesn't. Just Vlad saying "ok, they don't like me, wait till they see this!"

@jeremiahwoodsi7545 4 года назад

John Amos one Man show in Philly at the Bushfire Theater was Lit!

@razzyman123 4 года назад

This the park we all been waiting for get this man back

@Fireman24TO 4 года назад

Lunell, let the man speak. It's annoying that you not only cut him off, you tell the story, and you add sound effects which I don't care for.

@princehakim578 4 года назад

That movie change my life

@334LIVING 4 года назад

That movie was a lie. And responsible for the misguided anger blacks in America have pass on to their children.

@ditc2108 4 года назад

@@334LIVING how was it a lie..its about slaves

@5160Jazzo 4 года назад

@@334LIVING HOW U GON TELL THE NEXT PERSON ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THEIR RACE? WIT ALL DUE RESPECT "WE NOT ABOUT TO LET NOBODY REWRITE OUR HISTORY" JOE! ❌

@GATSGUN 4 года назад

I can listen 2 Lunell interview anytime.

@deandreray3500 4 года назад

Kunta the American life simply wasn’t for him he stood for his African roots!

@ccrdcd38 Год назад

Fantastic actor

@theprojectsvet 4 года назад

Wow. As crazy as Lunell is, she's actually pretty engaging as an interviewer. 🤣

@scottijamez 4 года назад

Shaddup Lunell. Interview him. Damn

@MrLacyDiamond 4 года назад

Dear Future Interviewers, We are here to hear what the guest has to say not u. Let them speak. Its a reason you are not on camera 🤔🤷🏽‍♂️

@euqniceuqnic1023 4 года назад

Right...

@blueskies7257 4 года назад

lol leave auntie lone😂😫

@flyleelee5351 4 года назад

I was waiting on this part

@SouthernSoulNetworkTV 4 года назад

Lunell doing a Great job with the interview hope you do a podcast next

@CounterRacismNow 4 года назад

Jitu Kambuka is another highly under rated actor

@queenebony2857 4 года назад

Lunell did a great job💕

@IndianReactionsguy 4 года назад

“You may be as dumb as hog fat but your as strong as an ox “ love roots

@officialno_recipes 4 года назад

Let's do it again x uptown Saturday night best movies.

@KrisHoppz 4 года назад

Lunell is hilarious

@brianpoirier9889 4 года назад

Did i come here just for the comments . yes i did

@haileylyons2339 3 года назад

How dare these critics take these peoples hard work & spit on it. It’s terrible that 3 people had say over what people would watch or not watch. Unbelievable.

@SauceBossTM 4 года назад

Old player black men always got that hat on 😂

@lilrenstar1 4 года назад

I loved watching John Amos and Cicely Tyson in Roots. I was so young; I would have nightmares of white men coming into my home to terrorise my family.

@pourituptv 4 года назад

Lulu Lulu. 😂 Let him finish boo I hate when ppl do that . Wendy do it too 😒

@cherylharlin3986 4 года назад

LOVE JOHN

@jbusytaty3989 4 года назад

I like how vlad lets other people interview people

@goldenmoonakak.d.3978 4 года назад

Yep you said it right Program

@adreebaybee4861 4 года назад

Vlad you got Luenell on the team now aha That’s what’s up 🥂💯

@SkyWalkerCHangez 4 года назад

Legend!

@nicholasjanke3476 4 года назад

ROOTS: THE REAL FACTS. 1. He was not given the name Toby but was called Hoppin George (mabey because of losing his foot?). 2. It was probably not Kunta's daughter sold to another plantation but his granddaughter. 3. Kizzy and the doctor's niece could not have been childhood friends as the niece was a grown woman when Kizzy was born, so it was most likely Kizzy's daughter. 4. There were plenty of black people on plantations who recalled their african origins (sometimes without even knowing it-the jumping the broom custom for example). 5. As a teen, Kunta Kinte was told by a village prophet that he would oneday be world famous.

@macebofficial 4 года назад

Lunell is the GOAT. She’s great at everything.

@jeremiahwoodsi7545 4 года назад

Hoodmerica's Dad

@kaedre1211 4 года назад

Luenell is funny, but please stick to comedy. Not a good interviewer.

@69zenos1 3 года назад

He was Toby..

@aleenayoung7856 4 года назад

I love lunell

@capoislamort100 4 года назад

Your name is Toby....I want to hear you say it!

@ronaldwells3276 4 года назад

In the Lord Jesus Name Jesus is the Way people!!! If you want to go to heaven you got to go through Him!!!

@neala3282 4 года назад

So my girl works for Vlad now

@cokeLord 4 года назад

We were already here..do.your research FBA

@leroyray6732 4 года назад

You ain't no coke lord you are a coke head and don't no where you are at

@johncrowder882 4 года назад

💪🏾🖤🖤🖤🖤💪🏾💪🏾🌞🌞🌞🌞💪🏾

@aTribeCalledBreast 4 года назад

Vlad, get LaVar Burton on next!

@SILMANTV 4 года назад

Had no idea the manager of McDowells was kunta kinte

@demierussimmons8235 4 года назад

I used to think John left good times to star in roots

@ILLAILLS 4 года назад

300+ likes no dislikes. I see nobody want that James Evans ass whooping

@elfi7958 4 года назад

Lunnel now working with vlad .... Great replacement ....

@matthewjones8798 4 года назад

By being Awesome. 😎

@quincylewis9056 4 года назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@NoPawn 4 года назад

Damn, I forgot the wrestler from Roots died.

@zxcccccc1 4 года назад

Yes, and I loved his portrayal of a strong man and he also did a guest appearance on Good Times.

@breezelbc7012 4 года назад

Sorry Luenell but u must GO. You interrupts the interviewers too much

@wilsonholland 4 года назад

Myles Combs Exactly

@breezelbc7012 4 года назад

@Realest Talk U must havent watched all her interviews.

@breezelbc7012 4 года назад

@Realest Talk No she did numerous. And all of them she dont let them finish telling the story

@janinecox256 2 года назад

I though he was great in Roots and u can tell the mark of a great actor when u close your eyes and then open your eyes and all u see is Knute Kinte and not John Amos and u hear the pain and frustration in his voice as he played a slave trying to get free!

@cherylharlin3986 4 года назад

I had the book

@MrLiveman2 3 года назад

It would be nice if she allowed him to speak more often. Being a good interviewer is a gift. 🙄

@js_programmer8423 4 года назад

Vlad should of let lunnell practice her skills on a mumble rapper not a legend first

@thinktank0218 4 года назад

Luenell is doing a great job. Vlad she is your go to

@rabbitskipper4454 4 года назад

After the 4th interruption I couldn't continue to listen any longer.

@DJHEK5 4 года назад

The owner of Mcdowells!!

@livewithmeterandnomeasureb1679 2 года назад

Yup. Ive liked him in everything ive seen him in. I havent seen roots though. I have a hard time watching movies with the holocoust or slavery or war in them. I mean i know all of these things are terrible but idk it gets me in the heart too hard if you know what i mean. Anyone else have that problem? Im also weird about certian horror movies although i still wanna see jordan peeles movies.