Do You Believe in Miracles? with Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari

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Episode: Do You Believe in Miracles? with Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari
Date: October 14, 2025
Host: Keke Palmer
Guests: Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Keke Palmer brings together the star cast of the upcoming comedy film Good Fortune: director/writer Aziz Ansari, Keanu Reeves, and Seth Rogen. The group discusses their experiences making the film, the theme of "good fortune," the realities of modern gig work, and broader philosophical questions about fate and free will. The energy is fun, candid, and often hilarious, peppered with personal stories and thoughts on success, creativity, angels, and taking risks.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Gratitude and “Good Fortune” in Real Life

[01:17–02:37]

• Keke asks the guests what they feel most fortunate about right now.
  • Seth Rogen: “I'm enjoying this moment right now. Seeing you do this is wonderful. In my head, I was like, she's gonna snap into a whole different gear when we start this podcast. And then you really did, and it was fun to see.” (01:35)
  • Aziz Ansari: Proud of the film and grateful to work with his dream cast.
  • Keanu Reeves: “The opportunity to work with you...I feel very grateful to have worked with you and to be in your company.” (02:22)

2. The Film’s Theme: Comedy, Struggle, and Hope

[02:37–03:54]

• Aziz discusses his inspiration—seeing homelessness, the gig economy, and feelings of hopelessness firsthand in LA.
  • Aziz: “So many people... working two or three jobs just to get by... things have gotten difficult for so many people.”
  • The film intentionally shows two different responses to hardship: succumbing vs. fighting back and organizing.

3. Keanu's Take on Playing a "Guardian Angel"

[04:36–05:00]

• Keke asks Keanu about his comedic role as Gabriel, the quirky guardian angel.
  • Keanu: “It was delightful to have that [Bill & Ted] energy along with this... aspiring, hopeful, almost innocent, but also ancient character... out of good intentions, making poor decisions.”
  • Keke: “You give us drama, you give us action, you give us incredible comedy. Do you have a favorite?”

4. Belief in Angels and Divine Intervention

[06:04–07:35]

• Keke opens the question: do you believe in angels or guardian angels?
  • Seth: “I don't know.” Relates a story about seeing a convincing photo of a ghost at a dinner party. (06:47–07:02)
  • The group debates the difference between ghosts and guardian angels, with Keke using “Jesus loves me” as her go-to for spooky situations.

5. Staying Grounded Amid Success

[07:40–08:05]

• Keke asks Seth, who plays a wealthy, out-of-touch VC in the film, how he personally stays grounded.
  • Seth: “I won't assume I am grounded... But among Hollywood people, I am pretty grounded... I try to participate in life as a normal person... But, you know, I fly first class. You gotta be comfortable when you can.” (08:05)

6. Research for the Film: Gig Workers' Stories

[09:08–11:48]

• Aziz: Interviewed actual delivery workers and gig economy hustlers to make the film authentic.
  • Aziz describes how normalized sleeping in your car has become and shares a story of failing at Doordash himself.
  • “You don't realize how much of a jerk you are until you're put in that different context.” (10:12)
  • Keke notes the film inspired her to tip delivery folks better.

7. Money, Happiness, and Community

[12:08–13:53]

• The film problematizes the idea that money alone brings happiness.
  • Aziz: “Some of these people, if you just gave them 500 bucks, it could change their lives.”
  • Keke: “Sometimes the most fortunate thing or the richest thing you can have is your community.” (13:53)

8. Life’s Turning Points and Divine Luck

[13:53–15:21]

• Keke asks for life-changing moments that felt like divine intervention.
  • Keanu: “There's moments where maybe, you know, I didn't die.” (15:07)

9. Imagining Alternate Lives without Fame

[19:16–20:49]

• Keke wonders what Seth would do outside Hollywood.
  • Seth: “I'd probably be working in, like, a video game store or something... If I wasn't a successful actor and writer, I would just be an unsuccessful actor and writer... I have no other discernible skill set.” (19:16)

10. Breaking the Rules

[21:02–23:42]

• The panel reflects on defying expectations and embracing risk.
  • Keke says hosting, which she loves now, was something even her supportive mom doubted.
  • Aziz: “My whole journey to me makes no sense that it happened. I grew up in a small town in South Carolina... Someone told a young Indian boy... you're gonna be in a movie with [Keanu Reeves]... that's just not possible.”
  • Keanu: Relates being “against petty authority,” dropping out of school to pursue acting.

11. Creative Beginnings: Writing and Stand-Up

[24:12–29:05]

• Aziz and Seth both dropped out of high school to pursue entertainment.
• Seth recalls writing Superbad as teenagers: "We would skip school and sit in a parked car and smoke weed and write Superbad on a laptop computer together.” (26:36)
• Keke and Aziz talk about the path from stand-up to filmmaking.

12. Process of Writing & Authenticity

[27:58–31:32]

• Seth: "We slowly uncovered what elements those movies had...that allowed them to do the things that we liked."
• Aziz: Good Fortune’s story idea sparked from real conversations with people experiencing homelessness.

13. Turning Points in Projects & Iconic Comedy

[31:32–34:13]

• Aziz asks about the origins of “McLovin,” which Seth explains has always been part of Superbad since they were in their teens.
  • “A lot of the jokes we wrote in high school, which is crazy.” (32:54)

14. Pressure and Legacy

[36:35–38:45]

• Keke asks if having created iconic moments (e.g., Superbad, The Matrix) raises the creative stakes.
  • Seth: "The idea of really caring about what you do...that's been the only thing that's allowed me to make good stuff."
  • Keanu: Acknowledges the personal drive to keep making each film better.

15. Casting Insights from Good Fortune

[39:01–41:34]

• Initially, Aziz envisioned Seth as the angel and was searching for a “Jeff.” Eventually, realized Seth was perfect for Jeff.
• Bringing Keanu on board as Gabriel felt almost unimaginable to Aziz at first.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Seth Rogen on grounding success: "I won't assume I am grounded... among Hollywood people I am pretty grounded, but that's a pretty distorted baseline." (08:12)
• Aziz Ansari on authenticity: "You don't realize how much of a jerk you are until you're put in that different context." (10:12)
• Keke Palmer on community: “Sometimes the most fortunate thing or the richest thing you can have is your community.” (13:53)
• Keanu Reeves on divine luck: “There's moments where maybe, you know, I didn't die.” (15:07)
• Aziz Ansari on breaking out: "My whole journey to me makes no sense that it happened... it's wild to me, you know?" (21:56)
• Seth Rogen on writing Superbad: “We would skip school and sit in a parked car and smoke weed and write Superbad on a laptop computer together.” (26:36)
• Seth Rogen on effort: "The idea of really caring about what you do...that's been the only thing that's allowed me to make good stuff." (38:05)
• Keanu Reeves on casting surprise: “Keanu? Woohoo... Keanu Thompson. You're not talking about Keanu Reeves... He's never working with me." (40:30)

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Fun and Philosophical Segment Highlights

On Fate vs. Free Will

[43:02–44:40]

• Seth would never want to see 10 years into the future.
• Keke speculates fate is like "having 10 different timelines; you can choose which one you want to get into."
• Aziz takes a pragmatic approach: “If you work hard and you’re nice to people, I think you’ll come through where you want to be.”

Lighthearted Game: “Good Fortune Says”

[46:15–50:14]

• Most useless superpower?
  • Seth: “That guy who stretches... Stretchiness. Mr. Fantastic.” (46:30–46:39)
  • Aziz: “Like, you have super vision, but it's just enough so you don't need contacts.” (46:43–46:52)
  • Keanu: “Crawl fast.” (47:26–47:30)
• Whose life would you swap with?
  • Seth: “I would be Kiki Palmer.”
  • Aziz: “I would switch with Seth.”
  • Keanu: “Here, I'm going Seth.”
• One food for life?
  • Seth: “Cheeseburgers.”
  • Keke: “Pancakes.”
  • Keanu: “Toasted peanut butter and honey sandwich.”
  • Aziz: “Tacos...it’s kind of a sneaky answer.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Time (MM:SS) | Segment | |------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | 01:17 | What are you most fortunate about? | | 02:37 | Discussion of “Good Fortune” film themes | | 04:36 | Keanu on playing Gabriel, the angel | | 06:04 | Do you believe in guardian angels? | | 07:40 | Staying grounded amid success | | 09:08 | Aziz on researching gig work for the film | | 12:08 | Does money buy happiness? | | 13:53 | Value of community | | 19:16 | Alternate lives without fame | | 21:02 | Breaking rules and going against the grain | | 24:12 | Beginnings in writing/stand-up for the cast | | 31:32 | Iconic jokes and staying true to characters | | 36:35 | Does legacy increase pressure? | | 39:01 | Casting process for “Good Fortune” | | 43:02 | Fate vs. free will | | 46:15 | “Good Fortune Says” game | | 50:14 | Movie plug and closing remarks |

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Closing Tone and Takeaways

The episode is a blend of warm camaraderie, comedy, sincerity, and social insight. The Good Fortune cast dives into the realities behind their art and characters, talking honestly about their personal struggles, career pivots, and creative motivations. The philosophical musings about fate, free will, and luck ground the conversation, while the lightning-round game and inside jokes keep things light and lively.

Final note:
Listen for authentic laughter, unfiltered stories, and a shared belief that passion, kindness, and a sense of humor are central to navigating both Hollywood and life. The episode effectively highlights why Good Fortune is more than just a comedy—it’s a story about the choices that shape us and the unseen miracles along the way.

Transcript

[Keke Palmer]

Today we've got the Good Fortune crew in the building, starring yours truly, along with an amazing cast. Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, who also wrote and directed, and Keanu Reeves. This film's got heart. Comedy, a guardian angel, and a body swap twist that takes the chaos to a whole new level. Let's talk about making it and maybe get a little messy while we're at it. Cause, baby, this is Keke Palmer. No matter what we doing in the car, Just chilling, pop on Amazon music, sit back and listen. Life, love, sex, science, covering it all, especially the bad. Cause money always evolved. No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kings. So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy and get into the vibe that only you know it's your girl. This is Mrs. Kiki, baby. This is Kiki Palmer. Yeah. As the nights get cooler and the leaves start to change, I'm partnering with Airbnb to help you find your perfect autumn escape from mountain cabins to charming cottages with fireplaces. Airbnb's got you covered. Now let's get into it.

[Aziz Ansari]

You guys.

[Keke Palmer]

I love you guys. I'm so happy that you're here. I'm so glad we did this kick ass movie together. Think the world's gonna love it. October 17th. Y' all better go see it. But I have to ask, because of the theme and the vibe of the mo, what are you most fortunate about right now in your life?

[Seth Rogen]

Wow.

[Keke Palmer]

I know. I took it there.

[Seth Rogen]

You did. I'm enjoying this moment right now. Seeing you do this is wonderful.

[Keke Palmer]

Oh, my gosh.

[Seth Rogen]

It's so fun. In my head, I was like, she's gonna snap into a whole different gear when we start this podcast. And then you really did, and I really. It was fun to see. So I'm enjoying this, Kiki.

[Keke Palmer]

Thank you, Aziz.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm enjoying this. And I'm also very proud of the film and the experience I got working with all you guys. I mean, you guys are all my dream people to be in the movie and. And I'm so excited we got to work together and now put it out in the world. Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

What about you, Keanu?

[Keanu Reeves]

Yes, I think.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

I mean, since we're celebrating being here in the moment, I think.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

The opportunity to work with you and Seth and Aziz, like, just wonderful artists, exceptional talents, and wonderful story. I feel very grateful to have worked with you and to be in your company.

[Keke Palmer]

Oh, man. Well, it takes one to know one. I mean, Aziz, you could have directed A story about anything. But this one really blends comedy and some really important themes. I mean, homelessness, the gig economy, feelings of hopelessness, and second chances. I want to know, like, what inspired you to want to write something about this?

[Aziz Ansari]

Well, you see it all around in la, and I feel very fortunate, and I'm definitely closer to Jeff than arg, but you see this stuff and you hear these stories about people working two or three jobs just to get by and just how much things have gotten difficult for so many people because of just housing and all these things getting expensive. And I think there's a lot of people that share the frustration that my character has and that your character has. And I love your character because there's kind of two different responses where my character's like, he's lost all hope. And your character's kind of on the other end and is like, I'm gonna fight. I'm gonna try to unionize this workplace. And I had thought of you for this person. Cause we were working together on the other film, and your voice was in my head, and.

[Charlie Brent Coast Cuff]

Yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm just so thankful you did it. And I think you really delivered for us.

[Keke Palmer]

Thank you so much.

[Aziz Ansari]

Well, yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

To everybody who's watching and listening. Aziz plays Arj, who's this guy that's just trying to figure out how to make things happen in his life and is really, really struggling. He meets a girl named Elena who's going through the same thing. But it's true. They have two totally different experiences. And yours gets kind of really shaken up because you have an incredible guardian angel named Gabriel, played by Keanu. But he's, like, not a normal guardian angel, or at least how we think they should be, because he's meddling people's business. He's not listening to his. He's also asking other people for their advice. So, like, is he really a trustworthy guardian angel? I mean, which part of the quirks of Gabriel were most fun for you to play Keanu? Cause I feel like we got a little bit of Bill and Ted vibe up in there.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

Aziz was asking me to throw a little Bill and Ted, little Todd from Parenthood. So some early days comedy reeves, comedy reeves, comedy. And, yeah, so it was delightful to have that energy along with this kind of aspiring hopeful, almost innocent, but also ancient character.

[Keke Palmer]

I love that.

[Keanu Reeves]

Who's just kind of, you know, out of good intentions, making poor decisions.

[Keke Palmer]

I feel like you do so many things well. I mean, you give us drama, you give us action, you give us incredible comedy. Do you have A favorite that you like to play. I know you're doing. Getting ready to do an incredible theater.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, I'm doing some theater. Do I have a favorite? A favorite? You know, I think you have all of these different situations, and hopefully, and gratefully, you get to a situation where whatever genre it is and whatever story you're telling when you're in it, you end up in the same place. And it's a joy, you know? And that joy can have a different color and a flavor, but there is something that just becomes not the somehow of the same. The same. You're still connecting, you're still playing, you know, whatever it is. So they kind of go like this.

[Keke Palmer]

I know exactly what you mean. It's like a flow where you just know you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. Yep.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

And it's like a conscious, unconscious.

[Aziz Ansari]

Mm.

[Keke Palmer]

I agree. I feel the same. I mean, I feel like we probably all would say yes to this question, but I have to ask anyway. Do you guys believe in angels? Guardian angels? Do you think you have one? A few.

[Seth Rogen]

I don't know.

[Keke Palmer]

Hell, no. Maybe.

[Keanu Reeves]

But, Seth, have you ever been in a situation. Have you ever been in a situation in a car or a thing or traveling or going for a place or made a decision or something? Was like a near miss or something, A divine intervention? Like something where it's like, oh, I have a feeling, or I didn't go or I didn't do. Or something stopped me or something.

[Seth Rogen]

Maybe I was once at a dinner party where someone had a picture of a ghost on their phone, and that honestly made me believe in ghosts.

[Aziz Ansari]

Were they.

[Keke Palmer]

Damn. How the hell they captured that?

[Seth Rogen]

It was like an old.

[Aziz Ansari]

I've never heard of a picture of.

[Seth Rogen]

A ghost in the scariest situation. It was like they were like. They lived in a house that was supposedly haunted. It was like their kid's birthday party. They were using disposable cameras, and there was, like, an old guy in a brown hat that supposedly lived in the house. And then he was in the background of the picture.

[Aziz Ansari]

I got a dip. Sorry, baby. It's time for Aziza to leave. Fred? Yeah? I'm not with the ghost. Whenever.

[Seth Rogen]

Are ghosts and guardian angels different things?

[Aziz Ansari]

They better be.

[Keke Palmer]

Whenever I feel that there's something in it, I just start saying, jesus loves me. Like, I feel as if that's, like, my power sword.

[Seth Rogen]

I'm like, spill the ghost away.

[Keke Palmer]

Okay, Seth, you play a venture capitalist. I mean, this guy is. He's pretty out of touch. He has a Great life. He's really rich. I mean, things are going great for him. I'm curious for you. Obviously you're not a venture capitalist, but you're very successful. How do you stay grounded? You know what I mean? Cause I do think that's kind of the conversation, right? It's like, okay, when you get to that point where you're working and becoming successful, how do you make sure that that doesn't become your entire identity?

[Seth Rogen]

I mean, I don't, I won't assume I am grounded. Let's start there.

[Keke Palmer]

I love that.

[Seth Rogen]

I think I try to be as grounded as I can be, but I'm sure if I was around people who were actually grounded, I would seem far from ground. I think like among Hollywood people are pretty grounded, but that's like a pretty distorted baseline by a lot of measures. Yeah. I mean, I try to participate in life as a, as a normal person. I try not to like, outsource my life to other people wholesale. You know, I try to go do things. I go to. I try to be out in the world amongst people, living, living, doing things. You know what I mean? And I do think you can, you know, if you have a certain amount of money, you can sort of completely isolate yourself and curate your, you know, day to day experiences and moments. And I try not to do that. You know what I mean? But, you know, I fly first class. You gotta be comfortable when you can. Exactly.

[Keke Palmer]

So ARJ is a struggling gig worker in the film. And to prepare, you interviewed. I know because I was there. You were interviewing people that were, you know, having these experiences that were trying to, you know, get a union going. Just people that are. Yeah, people we were talking about in this film. What kind of eye openening experiences did you have? Like, and was it, you know, tough? Like, what did it make you think when you were hearing some of these stories?

[Aziz Ansari]

Well, I, as I started talking to people, I mean, look, as we're saying now, like we're. The Jeff guy is kind of making fun of me and Seth. Like, we're. That guy. Like, he's like a little bit douchier than anything. We will be the first to see.

[Seth Rogen]

It is my lifestyle.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah. I sent the script to Evan, who's Seth's writing partner, and he's like, I'm reading this in a sauna now. This is weird. It's supposed to make us uncomfortable. So I wanted to make sure I got this right. So, yes, I interviewed people that did delivery work and you know, people that. And he's not just a Gig worker. He's like a guy that's got multiple jobs. He's hustling, which is like, so many people's story. And, you know, you do a little bit of this on the side. And what was shocking was, like, how so many of these things like, oh, I'm sleeping in my car, and things like that have become normalized and a lot of people are doing this kind of stuff. And it was really pretty scary to hear how commonplace a lot of that stuff was. And, you know, as far as the delivery work thing, like, I knew there was a sequence where Seth's character would have to do Doordash kind of thing to start making money. So I'd interview a few of these guys, and I was like, hey, could I, like, do a run with you? Could I do doordash? And so I did it with this guy at la, and after, like, the first couple was like, hey, can I, like, take over the account? Or whatever? Could I just do it? And he's like, yeah. And so I said, okay. And it was so funny because I was just so bad at it right away. Like, it was just like the stuff you see in the movie. Like, I went to pick up the first order and I was like, all right, well, it should be ready. I'm just gonna double park. And he's like. I was like, don't tell me anything. Let me make the mistake. So I, like, double parked. I put the hazards on. I go in and the food's not ready. Like, it's not ready. People are just honking and all this stuff. And then I finally get back in, and then I'm like, trying to back up. And I almost run the car into a telephone pole. And I was like, oh, man, I'm so sorry. Like, I'm used to my car having beeps. I'm used to the cameras and the beeps. And I was like, this is so funny. And that's exactly what I put in the movie. Because it's like, you don't realize how much of a jerk you are until you're like, put in that different context. And then you see how little people tip and how people say things like, lead the food outside. I don't want to see your face, press the button, get in the car and leave. It's like, all right, easy.

[Seth Rogen]

Bringing you some burritos, man.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, but, you know, there's all these people that do all this stuff for us, and it's easy to take them for granted and not really think about what they're doing to provide These services. And I remember when we were shooting, you were like, oh, I tip these doordash guys way harder than I used to from doing this movie. And I was like, oh, then we've done our job.

[Keke Palmer]

I mean, one thing I really liked, even when I read the script that takes a turn from this. The typical vibe you'd expect from this kind of movie is that when he gets his life swapped, it is great. Like, money does change things. I mean, and that's the whole thing, right? Is like, what is good fortune? When you were writing it and you created that, that. That contradiction, where it's like, you know, yeah, like, money didn't make my life better. That was the answer. How did you want the audience to respond to that? Because, you know, there is the other side of it, which is Elena, my character, where she feels like getting it or having it easy isn't actually the answer. I mean, are you just showing two different perspectives?

[Aziz Ansari]

Well, I hope what people get from watching the movie is, like, obviously, like, getting millions and millions of dollars is one thing, but some of these people, if you just gave them 500 bucks, it could change their lives. You know, people are so. The margins are so thin in terms of, you know, how low wages are now compared to how high expenses keep getting. That even just a little bit would help so much. And, you know, the difference with my character and your character is your character makes the point of like, well, I'm trying to help everybody. I'm trying to help everybody that works at, you know, Hardware Heaven, which is supposed to be like a Lowe's Home Depot type store, and you're trying to unionize so everybody can get help. And it's not just about you alone. And it's one thing, I think, that's cool about your character. And, you know, I interviewed a real guy that was trying to unionize a big store like that. And, you know, it's really inspiring talking to them and hearing their ambition and how much they care about the other people they work with. And everybody that worked in this guy's store, they all had their own story, you know, of what they were dealing with and whatever. But the common thread was that they all worked in this place and that if they treated them a little bit better, it would have a significant effect on their life.

[Keke Palmer]

And one of the things that I like the most is that sometimes the most fortunate thing or the richest thing you can have is your community.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

With Elena, whether it's the union in the Hardware Heaven or it's Arch Gabriel, and, you know, Seth's character, like, we all end up becoming a community. And that, I think also is like, what I've always taken away is like, that's what makes me feel fortunate in my life, is knowing I have people that care about me. Gabriel takes one small change in his path, Keanu, and it just, you know, it changes everything. What is the most life changing encounter or moment in your own story where you felt like, divine intervention? Like, oh, my gosh, if I. I went to that audition or I didn't go to that thing, or I went to that store and boom.

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, well, if it's audition stories in the early days, well, it's like, oh, those would be, like, regrets. Like, I didn't get that role. I didn't get that. And like, so what's the question?

[Keke Palmer]

Well, I mean, that would also be funny too, if there's something.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, but where did it go good?

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, where it went good.

[Seth Rogen]

Where did it go good?

[Aziz Ansari]

I don't know where it helped the.

[Keke Palmer]

Trajectory of you being who you are now.

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, gosh.

[Aziz Ansari]

I don't know.

[Keanu Reeves]

There's moments where maybe, you know, I didn't die.

[Keke Palmer]

Yes. Amen to that.

[Keanu Reeves]

So maybe one of those moments where I. I was good. I didn't die.

[Aziz Ansari]

It's always good.

[Seth Rogen]

That is.

[Keke Palmer]

We love it.

[Aziz Ansari]

Maybe.

[Keanu Reeves]

Maybe there might have been. I got a little help.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yes.

[Keanu Reeves]

And I didn't die.

[Keke Palmer]

I love that.

[Seth Rogen]

Thank God.

[Keke Palmer]

Thank God for that. We don't know what we would do without you, Keanu.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, baby.

[Keke Palmer]

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[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, I don't know. I'd probably be working in, like, a video game store or something like that. Do they have them? Is GameStop still around.

[Keke Palmer]

It's actually, I think, on its way out.

[Seth Rogen]

They don't even have GameStop anymore. I would do not. I'd be harsh. I'd be living in my car. Yeah. No, I mean, I didn't grow up with a ton of money, and, like, I became, you know, sort of like the most. Yeah. Like, financially stable person in my family at a very young age. And so. But I look at my parents, who really made things work, and we lived in, you know, small apartments or houses we couldn't afford for a lot of my childhood. And it was nice, you know, and, you know, we went to a lot of garage sales. It was lovely. I had, you know, a lot of, like, incomplete Star wars toy sets as a child. But, Yeah, I don't know. It's hard for me to imagine, what if I wasn't a successful actor and writer. I would just be an unsuccessful actor and writer. I don't think I would. I have no other discernible skill set. Nothing else I've ever shown any interest in. I wasn't a good student, not athletic. I don't have a good mind for numbers or math or anything like that. And so I never even have considered doing anything else with my life. So if I wasn't. Yeah, the. If I. If I hadn't become successful, I would just be struggling to do the same thing I. I'm currently doing, I think.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah. I mean, I feel the exact same way. I don't know what I would do.

[Aziz Ansari]

If I weren't a performer.

[Keke Palmer]

It's like, you know, my world. I don't know if that's good or bad, but I'm just happy to have it, and I would do it even if I didn't get paid for it.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, for sure.

[Keke Palmer]

That's how much I love it. So Gabriel ignores the rules, like I was saying, but I'm curious with you guys have there. And I say this because him ignoring the rules, although it kind of went crazy, it kind of came back. Right.

[Seth Rogen]

It works.

[Keke Palmer]

Were there moments in your life where you didn't, you know, you went against the grain? You did something someone didn't expect you to do, and it made your life better for me. I remember when I first wanted to start hosting, I was like, 18 or 19. I told my mom, I want a talk show. You know, I want to do. And she was like, keke, absolutely not. No, my mom, she literally supports everything I do. When I told her the talk show, she said, sweetie, no one wants to hear you talk. I was like, now Sharon, what the hell? So I, like, went against the grain.

[Seth Rogen]

No one wants to hear, baby, you.

[Keke Palmer]

Nobody wants Keke Palmer. I'm like, mom, but why? So I pushed and pushed, and I ended up doing my own talk show. And, I mean, hosting and having conversations and talking to people is one of the most exciting aspects to what I do now. And so for y', all, was there a moment where somebody was like. Or you. You know, you thought, okay, this isn't gonna work, but I'm gonna do it anyway. And it turned out great.

[Seth Rogen]

Did anyone ever tell little Aziz he couldn't do it?

[Aziz Ansari]

I mean, I think my whole journey to me makes no sense that it happened. I grew up in a small town in South Carolina with, like, 8,000 people. Like, I never thought. I mean, I grew up watching this guy in movies. Someone told a young Indian boy in South Carolina, you're gonna be in a movie with that guy. I'd been like, that's just not possible. I mean, it's wild to me, you know?

[Keke Palmer]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. I mean, I would have said the same thing.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

Not about you, but about myself.

[Aziz Ansari]

I can't believe I. I get to do what I do for a living, and I'm thankful for it every moment.

[Keke Palmer]

You, Keanu, going against the grain?

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, gosh.

[Keke Palmer]

Is that something you do often? Why? Are you. Are you a rule follower?

[Aziz Ansari]

No.

[Keanu Reeves]

I don't know. I was like, what was I. I was like, I would. I was. I would. I would push back if I didn't agree and you didn't give me a good reason. Like, I was.

[Seth Rogen]

I was.

[Keanu Reeves]

I was, like, against petty authority.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

I am a Virgo. It was like, if it wasn't, like, in schools and they have to make. And, like. And then if it was just because. And then I was like, a little, like, I need a little more room than that. So, you know, I got kicked out of schools and did stuff and dropped.

[Seth Rogen]

Out here and there.

[Keanu Reeves]

But when it was to the passion, to the thing of whether to write or to act or create, I was so focused. I mean, I think all of. I mean, we all started pretty young.

[Seth Rogen]

But, yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

It was just like, that's it. That's what I'm doing.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

So, like, you know, 15, 16, you know, acting classes, second city community theater, and it was like, you know, drop out of high school.

[Seth Rogen]

So what?

[Keanu Reeves]

Going to go at. Go do the thing. And so I'm a professional anyway, but so, yeah, there's been some. Yeah. So there's a little bit of, like.

[Seth Rogen]

Did you finish High school.

[Keke Palmer]

Kiki, the actor kid version.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, exactly.

[Keke Palmer]

So, no, I always tell people who.

[Seth Rogen]

Here dropped out of high school. That's pretty good, Aziz. What a nerd I was.

[Keke Palmer]

Guys, I graduated. I liked high school.

[Aziz Ansari]

I wish there was more. I wish. I sometimes think about that. How I wish there was more acting and things where I grew up. Because I remember, like, we'd do one play a year and I would have so much fun. And anytime there was anything in that involved any kind of public speaking or performance, I loved it. But it was just like, once a year you'd get to do this thing, and there wasn't any drama department.

[Keke Palmer]

How'd you end up finding?

[Aziz Ansari]

Cause I went to school in New York and then I started doing standup. And it's like Kiana said once, you know, I did good in school and stuff, but I was always just goofing off and wasn't paying attention. And it was school in South Carolina, so it was pretty easy. It's not like a rigorous program. Although in 11th and 12th grade, I did go to, like, a harder school. But, like, when I was in college, I was just kinda like, eh. I don't really. It's exactly what Keanu say. I didn't really know what I was doing. I didn't really. And then when I found Stand Up, I was like, oh, I see this. I like this. And then, you know, the acting and writing, directing, all kind of came from that, but I never had those dreams. It was always just, I like, stand up. I want to get good at stand up. And then I started filming, like, sketches, and then, you know.

[Keke Palmer]

And you forced me up there.

[Aziz Ansari]

Oh, yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

Did you do the walk?

[Keke Palmer]

He had me do Stand Up. He took me to a spot. Where did we go? We were in la.

[Aziz Ansari]

We were in la. The Comedy Store. You were great. Have you done it since then?

[Keke Palmer]

I haven't. I haven't done it. I want to go back. I need to. To know how to put it together.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm like the opposite of your mom. I think you should just do everything.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. I think everyone wants to hear Kiki Bob or talk.

[Aziz Ansari]

Everybody wants to hear Kiki talk.

[Keke Palmer]

Guys, that literal comedy. It's not no joke that stand up. You got to be prepared.

[Seth Rogen]

Yes, for sure. Be prepared. Yeah, you gotta be prepared. It helps.

[Keke Palmer]

It's hard to. I mean, it's like it's a whole thing to write and put together. But what I liked was that you pushed me out there. I was scared as went out there and did my thing. And you know what? I mean, like, I learned a little something.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, you gotta, you gotta keep going. I mean, what I like about, you know, I've been touring a little bit this year and you know, the difference between doing that and doing movies is stand up is just so much. It's so much simpler. There's not as many things you have to deal with. It's just like you're talking into a microphone. You have to wait on anybody. You don't need anyone to sign off or anything. You don't need to get like financing to go do a stand up set. It's just. It's just all. It's all just very simple. It's so pure. Just as you talking to microphone, you know.

[Keke Palmer]

What about you, Seth? Did you grow up being kind of a rule follower? Would you say you're kind of by the book person?

[Seth Rogen]

No, not at all.

[Keke Palmer]

I love that. We're all just misfits.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. I mean, I dropped out of high school. I cut a lot of class. I barely went to high school. I was writing. Yeah. I mean, I knew I wanted to make movies. And me and Evan started writing Superbad when we were like 13 or 14 years old. I started doing standup when I was like 13. And so I was like very driven to make movies and be in comedy and entertainment. And so, yeah, I also smoked a lot of weed and did a lot of shrooms and like that. So I also, yeah, was also just cutting class and goofing off and going to movies and yeah, me and my friend, me and Evan watched a ton of movies. But no, yeah, I was never rigorously disciplined, I would say, in anything other than. And then writing and working. And then once I found writing, me and Evan would like go to his place. We would skip school and sit in a parked car and smoke weed and write super bad on a laptop computer together.

[Keke Palmer]

When you hear that, it just sounds like it was just so boom, we went to. But what do you think helps a writer start writing? Cause you can have ideas in your head for days, but putting it to the paper, you know what I mean? You know, having the structure, like it. Having an arc. What is it? How do you do that?

[Keanu Reeves]

I don't know.

[Seth Rogen]

I think we. We learned as we went and I think we like, liked movies a lot. And we slowly uncovered what elements those movies had in their writing that like, allowed them to do the things that we liked. And we started to be like, oh, okay. If you have three characters who are in conflict with one another, it makes the scenes funnier because they can Argue with each other, which is funnier than them all agreeing with each other. And it was, like, little discoveries like that and. And set pieces setting up circumstances where, oh, the characters have to go through these crazy lengths to get what they want. And it's all stuff that's, like, very intuitive to me now. But we sort of were discovering it as we went, like, on the fly, basically. But I do look back, and we. I think we watched so many movies. We did sort of have, like, an inherent understanding of, like, film structure and. And character arc and things like that.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, brilliant. What's your process, Aziz? I mean, I've seen some of your process working with you. It's incredible. Everybody's different. I think you really love, like, real life. You watch a lot, observe humans, and, you know, also just like us to just go and. But how did you get to that point as a writer? You know, your taste?

[Aziz Ansari]

Well, every movie I've written has had a little bit of different process. Good Fortune. I had just that idea of, like, these two guys. My. The arch character and the Jeff character. One guy that, you know, struggling, another guy that's doing really well. And then I would get to, like, page 40 that I didn't know where it would go. And then I had this idea, oh, what if the. The angel comes in? And then, you know, that. That it was not something I outlined. Sometimes I write things that I outline, and I go, okay, that's where it's gonna go. Other times, I kind of just write things, say, I'm just doing this, and just see what would be fun to happen next, and just kind of write yourself in the corner. And then eventually you kind of get it there. But then there's a whole other thing, obviously, when you. When you get your cast and, you know, we all start spending time together and you start dialing it in more. I mean, you know, once you are, like, okay, Keanu's angel. Okay, how do we really dial it into his voice? And. And you guys were so fun to rehearse and work with and. Yeah, but wait, I wanted to ask you just about the super bad thing, because, you know, it's weird, because I'm curious about this stuff, and we never talk about what we're paying out. But was there any stuff that you guys wrote? You know, was there anything that made it from even those early, like, in the car? Like, what are some jokes that were like, oh, even. Cause it's interesting. Cause, like, your scripts change so much over time, right? Like, from the first, like, version of Good Fortune, I Had, you know, there was different endings and all this stuff, and you start sending it to people, getting some notes, whatever, feedback. Things change. But there's certain things that. Oh, well, this has always been in there. The thing in good fortune was, you know, part of that idea came from one time I was writing, like, one of the, like, oh, sparks that really, like, put the movie idea in my head was I was in Colorado doing a show, and I was riding in an Uber to the venue, and I was talking with another comedian that was on the show, and we were just talking about how much more homelessness we were seeing everywhere, all over the country from the last time we'd done a tour. And the Uber driver who was like, you know, a hipster Caucasian guy in his 30s, said, oh, I was homeless for a while. This is not what you have in your head when you hear homeless guy. And he was talking about how he, you know, showered at the gym and all this stuff, and that was kind of. Oh. I was like, whoa. And then you start looking into it and reading about it more, and you're like, whoa, this is pretty widespread, all these things he's talking about. And I hadn't really seen it in a movie quite in this way, and. But that kind of thing of him sleeping in the car and all this stuff.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, that was always.

[Aziz Ansari]

That was always in there. But, yeah. So to go back to what I was asking you, like, were there any bits or things that were, like, always in super bad, even from those early.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, the McLovin joke was always.

[Aziz Ansari]

It was always McLovin. Was there, like, a number two? Like, it was always. It was McLovin. It's always McLovin. And you remember that moment was like, what if the ID. What if the Navy got. Was McLovin?

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, I remember we thought of it. We were in Evans, like, family computer in his basement, basically. And that scene, I mean, honestly, like, a lot of it. And it's kind of shocking because even on, like, you know, a scene will pop up on, like, social media or something like that. Like, the scene where he brings him the ID and they're arguing over the name, and Muhammad's the most popular name on earth and all. Like, we wrote that scene when we were, like, 15 years old, like, word for word, essentially. And, like, a lot of the jokes were from. The structure is sort of what evolved as we got older and we started to realize, like, oh, it needs to. There needs to be subtext and there needs to be this, like, kind of. We didn't understand the difference between, like, plot and story, you know, like what's happening and what they're feeling, you know? And so we eventually were like, oh, there should be the storyline about how they're going to different colleges. And they sort of were afraid of what that's going to bring. But that's what came as we got older. But almost all the funny jokes we wrote in high school, which is crazy.

[Aziz Ansari]

It's probably why it feels so real.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. It is why. It feels exactly like young people, and it's why I see young people in McLovin shirts all the time. It's crazy how many teenagers seem to still watch Superbad. And I think it's totally because we wrote it while we were teenagers and very few high school movies have. We did tap into some inherent truth about being a teenager that even I look at now and I'm like, yeah. Like, we. Yeah. And the director, Greg Mottola, did the smartest thing is he really made it look and feel timeless. Like, he gave it, like, 70s music. We wrote it in the 90s. It was shot in the early 2000s, but it was like he made it look kind of like it had, like, a 70s palette, like their clothes and the music. And because of that, it, like, it kind of gives it this, like, this, like, frozen in time, like, feel a little bit like. And I give him full credit for that. Like, it was really smart of him to do that, I think. Yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

There's also something cool about how they don't have. It was before smartphones and stuff. It kind of adds to the timelessness.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. We, like, wrote it before cell phones and then we added in, like, one cell phone scene where, like. Yeah. Where Michael, Sarah and his phone, like, isn't working because at the time, cell phones didn't even work that well. Yeah. You couldn't rely on them. So. Yeah. It's a pre cell phone movie, baby.

[Keke Palmer]

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[Aziz Ansari]

Wait, we gotta watch Good Fortune with your auntie. Yeah, I wanna see Good Fortune with your A.

[Keke Palmer]

Peace.

[Aziz Ansari]

We love you always.

[Keke Palmer]

She gone. But she's saying it up there. She gone.

[Aziz Ansari]

You know, Kiki's the funniest person in the world. She just told me her auntie passed away and I'm like laughing. Cause she gone.

[Seth Rogen]

She gone.

[Keke Palmer]

Good fortune. She gone.

[Seth Rogen]

Good fortune.

[Keke Palmer]

When you guys do stuff like that though, like, it must raise the stakes where you're like, okay, how do I be great again? Or how do I create this moment?

[Aziz Ansari]

Like.

[Keke Palmer]

Or do you just try to keep staying in the fun of it?

[Aziz Ansari]

I don't know.

[Seth Rogen]

I feel like I don't.

[Keanu Reeves]

I mean, you guys write and you direct, and so I'm more of like the vessel of it than the creator of it.

[Seth Rogen]

But with these John. I mean, the John Wick movies are like some of the greatest movies of all time, honestly, in my opinion. And there's. And they do keep getting better and better. So, like, are you. When you.

[Aziz Ansari]

Okay.

[Seth Rogen]

When you're talking about them, are you like, we have to keep making these better. We did this. It has to be okay. That was a little personal.

[Keanu Reeves]

That one's more personal.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Keanu Reeves]

Okay.

[Seth Rogen]

Okay.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm a part of that.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. You know, they have to be better. Yeah. And you really do keep making them better and better.

[Keke Palmer]

I think that's so important to say because I think sometimes we do get afraid to be like, no, we want it to be great. We want it to be better. But I think when you go in there knowing that it is better, it does become better. Sometimes it can get worrisome or frustrating. But as creatives, I think, like, staying on the pulse of, like, this really matters to me. I think. I mean, even with the studio, it's, like, incredible.

[Seth Rogen]

Oh, yeah. People for sure, have also, like, glamorized not giving a. About stuff that much. And, like, I think especially with actors and stuff, I see, like, actors who try really hard are sort of made fun of, and actors who come to set and act like they don't give a. Are sort of like. That seems cooler, maybe, like, in the eyes of a lot of people, but to me, yeah, like, the idea of really caring about what you do and try, like, admitting that you try really, really hard to make it good and that you think about it being good and that you want it to be good, like, that's been the only thing that's allowed me to make good stuff is, like, outwardly trying to make it good because I'm not good enough to just have it be good. I have to really try, you know.

[Keke Palmer]

That'S how I feel. I feel that way, too. And how did you know you wanted this cast? And more importantly, because I know me and Seth have done a bunch of stuff with you at this point, I feel like I do a move with you a year.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

Sometimes they come out. Sometimes we save them for later.

[Seth Rogen]

We put them on the shelf.

[Aziz Ansari]

Okay.

[Keke Palmer]

But Keanu, how'd you know? I mean, we're about to do a third in Italy at some point. Keanu, when did you know you wanted him as the guardian angel? Did you already think about him for that role?

[Aziz Ansari]

With good fortune. When I first had the script, when I first sent it to Seth, I thought he would be the angel and that we would find some guy to play Jeff.

[Keke Palmer]

Okay.

[Aziz Ansari]

And then, you know, we kind of were like, okay, who do we want to be this Jeff guy? And we could never find the person that felt like they could do Jeff and also be funny.

[Keanu Reeves]

Being Jeff's a tricky role.

[Aziz Ansari]

He's a tricky role.

[Seth Rogen]

I'm able to bring distasteful people to life in a sympathetic way.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yes.

[Keke Palmer]

I mean, seriously, you nail it.

[Aziz Ansari]

We're like, I love the guy.

[Seth Rogen]

For better or worse. That is a skill that I recognize I do have.

[Keanu Reeves]

That's amazing.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. You could be awful and people still like you. I'm always shocked by. I'm in the test readings. I read the numbers. People are. People are really on board. I can push it pretty far.

[Aziz Ansari]

But that's exactly why I one day had the. The, you know, the light bulb of, oh, Seth should be Jeff. He'd be perfect. Like, he's the guy that could be Jeff, and we'll find someone else to be the angel. And then it was like, okay, we need to find someone to play the angel. And then Keanu's name came up, and I was like, keanu? Woohoo. Like, Keanu Thompson. You're not talking about Keanu Reeves. He's never working with me.

[Keke Palmer]

Keanu Reeves. I feel like he got a phone for his phone, for his phone for his phone, and he might answer it, like, in a Batmobile.

[Aziz Ansari]

Like, I couldn't. Yes. It would just seem like, you know, Keanu is just, you know, Seth is my friend. Like, yeah, Seth will do a movie with him. But Keanu was like, that seems like a long journey. Yeah, it seems like, yeah, sure, guy. But Keanu happened to be in London. I was like, I was in London. I was like, well, yeah, let's meet. And so we met up, and as soon as I walked in, Kianu was there taking photos, kissing babies, and had long hair from wick. And I was like, oh, this is no question. Like, as soon as we start. And I remember the day before, I was looking at the script, and I was reading the Gabriel stuff to my wife using a Kiana voice, and I.

[Keanu Reeves]

Was just like, oh, wow, let's hear it.

[Aziz Ansari]

Oh, no, no.

[Keanu Reeves]

Let's hear it. Let's hear it.

[Aziz Ansari]

Only if you give me your Aziz. Not her. Kiki does a great Aziz voice.

[Keke Palmer]

I do pretty good.

[Aziz Ansari]

It's pretty good. It's pretty good Aziz voice.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, I'm Aziz. I knew Keanu. He wanted to do the movie. I was like, oh, Keanu, they love you.

[Seth Rogen]

Now do Aziz with an Australian accent.

[Keke Palmer]

Okay. This is a fun one. If you could choose, would you choose to peak 10 years ahead of your life?

[Aziz Ansari]

Life?

[Keke Palmer]

Or would you trust the mess of not knowing?

[Aziz Ansari]

Whoa, whoa.

[Seth Rogen]

I would never look I would never do that.

[Keanu Reeves]

You wouldn't look.

[Seth Rogen]

No, I don't think so.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm not looking either.

[Keke Palmer]

That don't make today worth living for.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, but you're saying you look and you can change things.

[Seth Rogen]

I don't know. Yeah. Can we change things? Like, if I, like, if I go forward 10 years and I have, like, an eye patch or something, could I spend the next 10 years trying to mitigate that, or do I just have to accept I love.

[Aziz Ansari]

This is as bad as it gets if you just have an eye.

[Seth Rogen]

I'm trying to keep it tangible.

[Aziz Ansari]

You know, that would be so weird, though, because that would be bad to see the iPad. Then you're always on the lookout, and you don't know when it's gonna come. You're gonna be paranoid all the time.

[Seth Rogen]

It's not good.

[Keke Palmer]

But then, like, what if it was just you around? Like, what if it was? You saw the scene of you with the eyepatch and you were just playing a character.

[Aziz Ansari]

Exactly. Yeah. You don't know the context.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. Maybe I'm just being a pirate. Maybe I get a big pirate job in an upcoming.

[Aziz Ansari]

Maybe I wrote that pirate movie for.

[Seth Rogen]

Exactly. Finally made that pirate film. Would you look, Keanu? No. Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

It's dangerous.

[Seth Rogen]

Oh, no.

[Aziz Ansari]

What if you looked and all of us just had eye patches?

[Seth Rogen]

It's just a trend.

[Aziz Ansari]

It's like Nelly wearing the band aid. It's just, like, a new trend.

[Keke Palmer]

Do you think that fate is just fate, or do you believe that you make your own fortune?

[Aziz Ansari]

Whoa. Skin deep.

[Seth Rogen]

What do you think? Geeky.

[Keke Palmer]

Okay, so I'm about to go somewhere.

[Seth Rogen]

Go somewhere.

[Aziz Ansari]

Whoa.

[Keke Palmer]

I feel like it's, like, on some interstellar. Like, I feel like we got a bunch of different timelines.

[Seth Rogen]

Okay.

[Keke Palmer]

And so I feel like, yes, fate is fate, but I feel like you can choose which one. Like, I felt like you got 10 fates. So they all exist. They're all there for you to get to get into. But it's like, it's up to you, based off your choices, which one of those fates you want to go into. And you could choose a really awesome one, really crazy one.

[Seth Rogen]

You could choose your own adventure book.

[Keke Palmer]

Exactly. That's how I see it.

[Aziz Ansari]

It.

[Seth Rogen]

You don't want to choose the one that. Where you die. Look on page 14.

[Keke Palmer]

You know what I mean?

[Seth Rogen]

I would always choose that one. It was always like, the ghost killed you. Now you have an eye patch.

[Keke Palmer]

The one with the hat. The one with the hat.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah. That's a good theory. I like that theory. Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

Think about these things.

[Seth Rogen]

I don't know.

[Aziz Ansari]

What about me?

[Keke Palmer]

You think we choose our destiny? Like we with every choice we make every day. Or do you think it's like, already written? No matter what, you're going to end.

[Seth Rogen]

Up in free will? Free will.

[Aziz Ansari]

I just feel like if you, you know, it sounds a bit cliche, I guess, but if you work hard and you're nice to people, I think you'll come through where you want to be, I hope.

[Seth Rogen]

I mean, I don't think that's true, unfortunately.

[Aziz Ansari]

I think you also have to be pretty good.

[Seth Rogen]

A lot of nice, hard working people that are.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, yeah. No, I mean, look, I'm just, you know, I'm just happy with. The reason I don't look in the future or anything is like, you know, I feel like I'm happy with where I am.

[Seth Rogen]

And you don't want to poke the bear.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, wherever. You know, I feel so lucky that even we got to make this movie. Like, not many people are getting to make original movies that are released in theaters. It's really hard. And, you know, even this, like, you know, Keanu hurting his knee and then there was writers strike and there was all this whole stuff and it's like, oh, we got here. It took a minute, but we got here.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah. Keanu, I mean, you've done some incredibly difficult things in your life. And the cold plunge took your knee out.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, yeah. Good fortune took me down.

[Keke Palmer]

So random.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm doing.

[Keanu Reeves]

Comedy's tough. I'm like working with these guys. We're like literally getting into a cold plunge in a hot sauna. It's a beautiful day. It's California. The sun. We have a view. We shoot a really fun, amazing scene. I'm in my, like, they gave me a little robe. I'm in my shorts. I got slippers. I'm going back to my dressing room, like the room they gave me, and my foot gets caught in a rug and I spike my knee and my kneecap cracks.

[Keke Palmer]

Oh, my gosh.

[Aziz Ansari]

MAN.

[Keanu Reeves]

On good fortune.

[Seth Rogen]

On good fortune of all.

[Aziz Ansari]

I know. John Wick 4 It's all fine.

[Keanu Reeves]

Yeah, well, no, it wasn't all fine, but anyway. But yeah, so that was a challenge.

[Seth Rogen]

But it was good.

[Keanu Reeves]

But it's all good.

[Keke Palmer]

It's all good. Well, I'm running out of time with you guys. I want to get into this game. I play a game with all my guests, and this one is going to be, you know, what am I calling this game? Hmm. It's gonna be called. You'd Fortune says, here's how it works. I'm gonna read you a series of strange, ridiculous, and maybe even slightly prophetic fortunes. And you've got five seconds to answer. Okay. No overthinking. No playing safe.

[Aziz Ansari]

Wait.

[Keke Palmer]

Just answer.

[Aziz Ansari]

Okay. All right, you ready?

[Seth Rogen]

It'll become clearer.

[Aziz Ansari]

I'm scared.

[Keke Palmer]

Your fortune says you wake up tomorrow with good fortune. Superpowers. What's the most useless one you could have?

[Seth Rogen]

Most useless superpower.

[Keke Palmer]

Most useless superpower.

[Seth Rogen]

That guy who stretches. He doesn't seem to be able to do much with that.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, he just stretches everything.

[Seth Rogen]

Stretchiness. Mr. Fantastic. Stretchy.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Seth Rogen]

You just kind of stretch.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah.

[Keke Palmer]

Like, what are you reaching for?

[Seth Rogen]

That's like, not the best superpower.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

Stretchy. This maybe the. You have, like, supervision, but it's not that much. It's just enough so you don't need contacts.

[Seth Rogen]

That'd be pretty good.

[Keanu Reeves]

That's just called.

[Aziz Ansari]

Normal vision.

[Keanu Reeves]

You have vision.

[Seth Rogen]

I'd say normal vision is about superpower.

[Aziz Ansari]

That is.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's amazing.

[Aziz Ansari]

I wear contacts. You got glasses on.

[Seth Rogen]

It'd be exactly normal vision for me. It'd be a gift.

[Keke Palmer]

Yu Keanu.

[Keanu Reeves]

What's the question?

[Keke Palmer]

Pretty much, what is the most useless superpower you could have?

[Keanu Reeves]

What's the most useless superpower? Useless superpower.

[Seth Rogen]

You ask all your guests this.

[Keke Palmer]

Like, yeah, this is special for y'. All.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's a superpower, but it's useless.

[Keke Palmer]

Useless. Yeah.

[Aziz Ansari]

I don't know.

[Keanu Reeves]

I don't know. What's the use? Crawl fast. I mean, I don't know.

[Aziz Ansari]

Crawl fast.

[Keke Palmer]

Crawl fast. Like, because. Why are you crawling to begin.

[Seth Rogen]

Oh, is that.

[Keanu Reeves]

But is that. Is that a superpower?

[Keke Palmer]

It could be, like, that's why it's so bad.

[Keanu Reeves]

I know, but do you ever, like, look at an ant and go, like, how the. Do they move that fast?

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, they really do.

[Keanu Reeves]

Like, they cover that ground.

[Seth Rogen]

Cockroaches, really big things.

[Keke Palmer]

There's some animals out there and ins.

[Aziz Ansari]

I think we just came up with.

[Seth Rogen]

They're doing some good work.

[Keanu Reeves]

It's amazing.

[Aziz Ansari]

Okay.

[Keke Palmer]

You can swap lives with one of your co stars for a week. Who and why? I would live to be so.

[Seth Rogen]

Oh, I'm saying it today. I would. Baby. I'd be Kiki Palmer. I'd say, baby, first of all, you.

[Keke Palmer]

Have an amazing wife.

[Seth Rogen]

This is Kiki Palmer.

[Keke Palmer]

I love smoking weed. I mean, everything's great.

[Seth Rogen]

It would be great. It is pretty nice most of the time. It's pretty good.

[Aziz Ansari]

Good.

[Seth Rogen]

It'd be fun to be Kiki Palmer.

[Aziz Ansari]

I would switch with Seth, too. Cuz I feel like if I. If I swap with Kiki, it'd be like a week. They're like, Kiki's empire just fell apart. Like, everything's just gone.

[Seth Rogen]

What happened to Kiki?

[Aziz Ansari]

She's like, baby, I think it's Kiki Paper.

[Keke Palmer]

I don't know.

[Aziz Ansari]

What are we doing? Where? Somebody give me the hook.

[Keke Palmer]

What about you?

[Keanu Reeves]

Here, I'm going Seth.

[Aziz Ansari]

Okay.

[Seth Rogen]

It's not bad. I take it as a compliment.

[Keke Palmer]

But here's the thing.

[Aziz Ansari]

Like, you'd be Seth. And you're like, yeah, I gotta be Seth. I'm gonna smoke weed all day. They're like, no, Seth, we need you on Seth.

[Seth Rogen]

It's like, this isn't as chill as I thought it was gonna be. Everything to do today.

[Keke Palmer]

He's working all the time.

[Aziz Ansari]

I thought I was smoking weed and making pottery. That's like one hour a week.

[Seth Rogen]

One hour a week. It's true.

[Keke Palmer]

Yo, that's facts, okay? You're cursed to only eat one food for the rest of your life.

[Aziz Ansari]

Whoa, whoa.

[Keke Palmer]

What is it? Oh, yeah.

[Seth Rogen]

That's how hot I'd eat Cheeseburgers.

[Keke Palmer]

You knew immediately.

[Seth Rogen]

Yeah, because they're good. I would choose cheeseburgers. I probably wouldn't live very long if all I was eating was cheeseburgers. Literally. I would get fat. Maybe I'd have to exercise a lot more. Maybe I'd eat one a day. Maybe I'd cut it up into portions.

[Keke Palmer]

That's tough. One thing a day. Cut it up into portions. I love the.

[Seth Rogen]

What would you eat?

[Keke Palmer]

You know, I was literally knowing it was coming soon.

[Seth Rogen]

Jammy eggs.

[Keke Palmer]

So I was like, is it jammy.

[Seth Rogen]

Eggs stay on brand, Kiki.

[Keke Palmer]

Or is it pancakes? I really love pancakes, guys.

[Seth Rogen]

Wow.

[Keke Palmer]

I really do love them.

[Keanu Reeves]

Oh, I'll take a toasted peanut butter and honey sandwich.

[Aziz Ansari]

Peanut butter, peanut butter, honey super chunk.

[Keanu Reeves]

Super chunk.

[Aziz Ansari]

Whoa.

[Seth Rogen]

That sounds good.

[Keke Palmer]

Sounds delicious.

[Aziz Ansari]

Yeah, I would go tacos.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, they're really good.

[Aziz Ansari]

Because it's also like kind of a sneaky answer. Yeah. Because you can do breakfast tacos. You could put anything in there.

[Keke Palmer]

Yeah, that's what she said. I'm kidding. No, no, no. Guys, you're amazing. Thank you so much. October 17th. Good Fortune is coming out. Make sure you guys, I mean, look, you'll see what the vibe is. You'll see what we're giving you.

[Aziz Ansari]

See the vibe.

[Keke Palmer]

It's gonna be a fun time. You guys are awesome.

[Aziz Ansari]

You're awesome.

[Keke Palmer]

Thank you, Kiki.

[Seth Rogen]

Bye.

[Keke Palmer]

Okay, so clearly this cast is unpredictable in the best way. And maybe a little too ready to body swap or barter with the guardian angel. You can catch all this energy plus a whole lot more in good fortune in theaters now. Trust me, if making it was this wild, watching it is going to be a whole experience, baby. This is Keke Palmer is hosted and executive produced by me, Kiki Palmer. Lucas Siegel is our post producer. Our producers are Lauren Hampton and Molly nestor. Hilary Esty McLaughlin is our executive producer. Production services provided by Evolution Media Our original theme song was written and performed by me, Kiki Palmer for Team Keke. My producer is Sharon Palmer for Wondery. Our managing producer is Olivia Fonti. Senior managing producer is Nick Ryan. And our executive producers are Emily Fence Feldbreak, Aaron o' Flaherty and Marshall Louie.

[Nick Cannon]

It's your man, Nick Cannon and I'm here to bring you my new podcast, Nick Cannon at Night. I've heard y' all been needing some advice in the love department, so who better to help than yours truly? Nah, I'm serious. Every week I'm bringing out some of my celebrity friends and the best experts in the business to answer your most intimate relationship questions. Having problems with your man? We got you catching feelings for your sneaky link. Let's make sure it's the real deal first. Ready to bring toys into the bedroom? Let's talk about it. Consider this a non judgment zone to ask your questions when it comes to sex and modern dating in relationships, friendships, situationships and everything in between, it's gonna be sexy, freaky, messy. And you know what? You'll just have to watch the show. So don't be shy, join the conversation and head over to YouTube to watch Nick Cannon at night or subscribe on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcast. Want to watch episodes early and ad free? Join Wondery right now.

[Charlie Brent Coast Cuff]

On Boxing Day 2018, 20 year old Joy Morgan was last seen at her church, Israel United in Christ or iuic.

[Keke Palmer]

I just went on my Snapchat and I just see her face plastered everywhere.

[Charlie Brent Coast Cuff]

This is the missing sister, the true story of a woman betrayed by those she trusted most.

[Keke Palmer]

IUIC is my family and like the best family that I've ever had.

[Charlie Brent Coast Cuff]

But IUIC isn't like most churches.

[Seth Rogen]

This is a devilish cult. You know when you get that feeling like you just I don't want to be here, I want to get out. It's like that feeling of like I want to go hang out.

[Charlie Brent Coast Cuff]

I'm Charlie Brent Coast Cuff. And after years, after years of investigating Joy's case, I need to know what really happened to Joy? Binge all episodes of the Missing Sister exclusively and ad free right now on Wondery. Start your free trial of Wondery on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or in the Wondery app.