GROSS: Right. Therefore why don’t we speak about Increase Lee casting your into the “Perform the Proper Question.” Along with one to unbelievable opening event where you will be dance so you’re able to “Fight The advantage.” Thus Spike Lee noticed your at a pub, and it’s not only their dancing you to definitely pleased him. I am not sure he actually spotted your moving. It actually was your path of arguing (laughter).
You know, to some extent of it, you will be sporting boxing gloves, particularly, pink boxing gloves, and i also discover you liked enjoying boxing because a child, and that i think perchance you nevertheless create
GROSS: Which means you was in fact arguing over a booty tournament. Today, I’d never – frankly, We declare, We had not been aware of a booty tournament before. Really does – is-it exactly what it feels 
like, in which men wait judging women’s butts?
PEREZ: Sure. It had been a promotional topic once the he had been generating “University Daze,” and something of the motif musical try “Doing Weil Ass” (ph). And then We climbed on top of a speaker, and i is actually mocking it. I was such as, so is this what you would like? And that i are twisting more, and i also is actually informing the women, do not need replacing yourselves. Your deserve best. Cannot do that. And then safeguards shields emerged, and that i ran, I’m sorry.
PEREZ: I am so loaded with crap. Right after which, whenever i is bringing off, Surge didn’t prevent laughing at myself. Immediately after which I had very annoyed, and that i told you, what is actually thus effing funny? In which he laughed once more. And i merely went from, and he decided not to end laughing. And that i was such as for example, who is which nothing child? And you can.
PEREZ: I didn’t see whom he had been. The guy did not feel like Mars Blackmon out of “The woman is Gotta Obtain it.” The guy did not feel like you to definitely, you know? So i extremely don’t know your. However, my personal girlfriend, Marian Go, who went along to the fresh pub with me, acknowledged your. And you can she left informing me, shut up. That is Surge Lee. I go, exactly who?
And you may I’m not saying that your own dancing isn’t aroused but just this delivers a lot of fuel
PEREZ: Which can be when he goes, you are a celebrity. I said, zero, I’m not a celebrity. The guy goes, oh, sure, you’re. And you can, you realize, he advised their providers manufacturer – Monty Ross, I think his term try – to offer myself a credit. Then asked me to audition to own “Do the Best Point.” And you may Robi Reed, the fresh new casting director, titled him even before I became making this new casting lesson and you can said, it’s your girl.
GROSS: Just what a great tale. And that means you performed one to iconic dancing at the beginning of “Perform the Correct Question.” You are aware, and that i spotted they again recently, and it’s really instance a dance regarding energy and you may electricity. And therefore sense of, including, it is from the power and fuel is so apparent on the dancing.
PEREZ: Oh, really, thanks a lot. I must supply the credit in order to Increase. We’d a special choreographed routine toward starting, and Surge merely remaining saying it isn’t working ’cause it was – the hole tune getting “Perform some Best Situation” try said to be “Cool Jerk.” (Singing) Cool jerk, dun, dun, dun, dun, weil, dun, dun – that’s what is the initial tune.
And then he returned having “Strive The benefit” by Chuck D and Personal Opponent. And i paid attention to they, and that i come screaming, oh, my personal Goodness, this really is they. This will be it. And i also told you, I got it. And you will close to the region, I just come choreographing they – close to the location. Also it only all of the appeared. And choreographer been providing me personally into design too. So we most performed a jobs together, therefore practically had possibly two days to get it with her. And we also decide to try one starting world for 7 circumstances upright, you to.