Lauren London Reveals Hilarious Story About Meeting Jonah Hill For The First Time & Initial Concerns About Joining The Cast Of ‘You People’

“When we first met, we met, like – I think we had a meeting like a couple of weeks before we shot. And he had this big van parked in the valet and I’m like trying to get in, I’m honkin’ like, ‘who is blocking?”

During the interview, London shared that the way she and Hill initially met isn’t too different from the premise of the film as it had to do with cars.
In the Netflix film You People, London and Hill play characters who meet via an Uber mix-up before becoming romantically involved despite their very different backgrounds.

“I just wanted to make sure that, yes, the story had – it was a brilliant script and it was extremely funny. But – there was more to be told than just the comedy and I wanted to make sure that the soul was in there. And so those were my concerns.”

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Elsewhere in the interview, Fallon asked if director Kenya Barris had to “beg” for her to join the cast and London revealed that she had some hangups.
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She continued,

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Eventually, the actress’ concerns went out the window and the rest is history. You People has a star-studded cast that also includes Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and David Duchovny.

“He didn’t have to beg me. But I wasn’t sure if this was aligned with where I was going, work-wise.”
“Jonah is really my homeboy in real life. I love me some Jonah Hill.”

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And on Wednesday, Lauren chatted with Jimmy Fallon about the project.

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