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She answers questions not only from Reitman, but also from the actor who plays her, as well as some of her former co-stars. Garrett Morris bonds with Lamorne Morris, who actually require has known Garrett since he was a kid. “Obviously we have the same last name, so I often tell people he’s my dad, as a joke,” said the actor, who is best known for Fargo And New girl. Now friends, 87-year-old Garrett is running with the joke. “He called me and said something about owing my mom a call because he didn’t believe he Are not “My dad,” Lamorne says. He feels a real creative connection: “Subconsciously, you’re taking cues from people who came before you. Whatever I do, at some point it probably came from Flip Wilson, Garrett Morris, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy.”

In the film, Morris feels lost and uncertain about this new endeavor. “Obviously, race plays a small part in it, especially in a time when people didn’t necessarily know whether Lorne was just trying to fill a quota,” Lamorne says. Additionally, Garrett is about a decade older than his co-star, so there’s a gap there, too. Lamorne notes that his predecessor was a Broadway singer and a playwright, among other talents: “His journey was, ‘Hey man, I have all these skills. I was in the Civil Rights Movement. I helped desegregate the acting unions. All this stuff happened to me, and here I am with all these kids telling penis jokes and fart jokes.’ Like, ‘What am I doing here?'”