Vault: Interview - Vivica Fox & Miguel Nunez

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Bert Show

Episode: Vault: Interview - Vivica Fox & Miguel Nunez
Date: October 30, 2025
Host: The Bert Show Cast (Pionaire Podcasting)
Guests: Vivica Fox, Miguel Nunez

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Episode Overview

This lively episode features a dynamic and hilarious interview with Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunez, stars of the cult comedy Juwanna Mann. The cast shares behind-the-scenes stories from filming, dishes on celebrity encounters, and reflects candidly on both the challenges and joy of life in Hollywood—especially as Black actors. The conversation is charged with laughter, friendly teasing, and genuine admiration among colleagues.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Filming ‘Juwanna Mann’: The Basketball Grind

• Grueling Shooting Schedule

  • Vivica and Miguel open up about the surprising difficulty of filming basketball scenes, describing 16-hour days on the court for three straight weeks.
  • Vivica: “The first three weeks were vicious. We had to play basketball... 16 hours a day.” (02:35)
  • Both suffered back injuries, joking about the parade of chiropractors and masseuses brought in to help.

• Playing with NBA and WNBA Legends

  • They recall sharing scenes (and the court) with stars like Rasheed Wallace, Dikembe Mutombo, Muggsy Bogues, and Cynthia Cooper.
  • Vivica: “You play with Rashid Wallace, Kimbe Mutumbo... and for the girl team, Cynthia Cooper.” (02:55)

• Miguel Nunez’s Nude Scene

  • Miguel’s infamous nude scene sparked laughter and stories.
  • Vivica (teasing): “He has no problems taking it all off…” (03:36)
  • Miguel: “I had to get naked in front of everybody... Two takes.” (03:42, 03:49)
  • Miguel joked about the line they cut: “Say hello to my little friend.” (04:00)
  • They explained how crowd shots were faked by grouping extras and how the camera avoided frontal nudity.

• Charlotte’s Supportive Community

  • Vivica shouted out fans in Charlotte who spent 12 hours supporting their shoot.
  • Vivica: “Hats off to fans in Charlotte, North Carolina…hung out with us all day for 12 hours.” (04:35)

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2. Celebrity Encounters & Industry Friendships

The hosts conduct a playful “name drop” game, asking Vivica to describe major stars she’s worked with:

• Will Smith

  • Vivica: “Great kisser, big money maker… nice guy, great dad.” (05:33-05:37)
  • Both Vivica and Miguel stress Will’s authenticity and kindness.
  • Miguel: “He has not changed one single iota. Truly, truly one of the nicest guys in the business.” (05:44, 06:05)

• Queen Latifah

  • Vivica: “The queen, man… very talented businesswoman. One of my favorite sister girls, no doubt.” (06:10, 06:21)

• Jada Pinkett Smith

  • Vivica: “Little powerhouse… tiny, but a powerhouse. Can act her ass off—and a great mom.” (06:33-06:36)
  • Miguel: Playfully jokes about Jada “stealing” his spot.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • Vivica: “I didn’t get to kiss him…he’s just very rich. Very, frigging rich.” (07:36, 07:47)

• Halle Berry

  • Vivica: “Sweetheart…one of the finest sisters you ever see in your life… down to earth. Always got love for you, HB.” (07:54-08:18)

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3. Bonding in the Black Hollywood Community

• Unique Camaraderie

  • The conversation turns to Hollywood’s racial divides and the unique camaraderie among Black actors.
  • Host question: “Is there a bonding between actors and actresses in the African American community in Hollywood?” (08:18)
  • Vivica: “Very close… the African American community of actors [is] very close. We all go to each other’s baby showers, parties. Will [Smith] throws the best parties.” (08:24, 08:45)
  • Miguel: Points out “there are only very few roles, so you’re always together.”

• Changing Landscape

  • Both guests observe progress is slow but happening.
  • Vivica: “It’s changing, it’s changing. No doubt.” (09:02)
  • Miguel: “Long way to go, but it’s changing.” (09:04)

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4. Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Vivica (on Will Smith):

  • “I’m trying to get employed by him again.” (05:42)
  • “Great kisser, big money maker.” (05:33)

• Miguel (about Will Smith):

  • “Will is one of the very rare people I’ve known since the moment he came into the business…truly one of the nicest guys in the business.” (05:44–06:05)

• Vivica (on Halle Berry):

  • “That bitch walk in here you be like, DAMN, you fine!” (08:00)

• Hosts (about the movie and their energy):

  • “If it’s nearly as much fun in the theater as it has been in the studio, this thing’s gonna be a huge hit.” (09:16)

• Personal moments:

  • Vivica gives a heartfelt shout-out to her brother Marvin and family in Atlanta. (09:30)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------------------|-------------| | Filming “Juwanna Mann” & Basketball Stories | 02:35–05:09 | | Miguel’s Nude Scene Anecdotes | 03:19–04:32 | | Working With NBA/WNBA Legends | 02:51–03:01 | | Charlotte Fans & Arena Stories | 04:35–05:06 | | Vivica’s “Fast Friends” with Celebrities | 05:10–08:18 | | Black Hollywood Camaraderie & Progress | 08:18–09:06 | | Vivica’s On-Air Shout-outs to Family | 09:26–09:51 |

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Tone & Style

The conversation is upbeat, full of laughter, and quick wit. There’s a sense of real camaraderie among the guests and hosts. The banter is authentic and energetic, with playful ribbing and genuine affection, especially as they reflect on shared experiences as Black artists in a changing industry.

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Conclusion

This episode captures Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunez at their most candid and charismatic, blending Hollywood backstories, social insight, and infectious humor. Though the film Juwanna Mann may be the nominal reason for the visit, listeners are treated to an honest portrait of friendship, struggle, and kinship on—and off—the set.

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Transcript

[Jeff Bridges]

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[Mark Bittman]

Hey, the Birch Show.

[Radio Host]

Honestly, their movie hasn't done so well. Joanna, man. But I'll tell you what, when Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunez came into the studio to have some fun with us, it was one of the best interviews that I think that we have ever had. Talking to Vivica Fox and Miguel Nunes. Nunez, they star in Joanna. Man, you guys must have had a blast on the set.

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah, most. You know, it was tough, though, I have to admit, the first three weeks were vicious. We had to play basketball the first three weeks of the filming for after the Basketball, 16 hours a day.

[Mark Bittman]

It was a breeze.

[Jeff Bridges]

That was hard.

[Vivica Fox]

We both threw our backs out. They had to bring chiropractors, masseuses. You know, the hardwood ain't no joke, right?

[Radio Host]

Yeah.

[Mark Bittman]

You think you know how to do it, and then you go out there with the real basketball players. You play with Rasheed Wallace.

[Vivica Fox]

You play with Rashid Wallace, Kimbe Mutumbo.

[Radio Host]

All these people are in the movie, too.

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah, Muxy Bowles.

[Hannah Burner]

Yeah.

[Vivica Fox]

And then for the girl, we had Cynthia Cooper.

[Radio Host]

See, now, Mun, did you ask him to wipe his butt?

[Mark Bittman]

No.

[Radio Host]

He's a small guy.

[Vivica Fox]

Owe him $50,000. Don't start.

[Radio Host]

So you're playing. You're literally playing basketball with all these pros.

[Mark Bittman]

Hey, listen, Rasheed Wallace was stopping my character from fighting, so.

[Vivica Fox]

Only in the movies.

[Zoe]

Yeah, I get it. There's one scene. I mean, there's so many funny scenes in this film. So many funny scenes. But without giving anything away. Well, Meghal gets naked. Your character gets naked.

[Mark Bittman]

I know the worst part of the movie to me.

[Zoe]

Yeah. Did you film that in front of everybody?

[Hannah Burner]

All those people?

[Radio Host]

No, you didn't.

[Vivica Fox]

You were gonna die. He has no problems taking it all off in the body motion. He didn't have no problem taking.

[Mark Bittman]

I had to get naked in front of everybody.

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah. This is a great back shot. That's all we'll say.

[Zoe]

How many takes did you do that in?

[Mark Bittman]

Two.

[Hannah Burner]

Yeah.

[Mark Bittman]

No. Yeah, two. Aren't you worried? Like, wouldn't it just kill you if you did that and then you heard someone snicker. But the line. The line it took out was when I took it off all my clothes, I go, say hello to my little friend.

[Radio Host]

Now, they. They make. Sometimes I know that they will just fill up one part of an arena and they will make it look like. Like it's packed. Did they do that?

[Mark Bittman]

Yes. We had to do that a lot.

[Radio Host]

Okay. So it's not like they got a shot of you from all.

[Mark Bittman]

What happened was I had to. They put everybody on this side facing me.

[Radio Host]

Right.

[Mark Bittman]

Because the shot was. The actual shot was behind me. They couldn't show me from the front, so they had to show me from the back. So when I took off, I had to have be facing the audience.

[Radio Host]

You must be a confident man.

[Mark Bittman]

Oh, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

[Vivica Fox]

You know what? Hats off to fans in Charlotte, North Carolina. They all came out and support us and hung out with us all day for 12 hours.

[Radio Host]

Yeah. That was the only time the whole year they were inside of a basketball they didn't support the order once again.

[Vivica Fox]

See, I didn't go there.

[Radio Host]

I didn't go there.

[Vivica Fox]

That's why they moving to New Orleans.

[Radio Host]

That's right.

[Mark Bittman]

But that Charlotte arena is beautiful.

[Vivica Fox]

It's great. Yeah.

[Radio Host]

I don't know what they're gonna do in it now.

[Vivica Fox]

I think the girls are gonna still play there.

[Mark Bittman]

Yeah. Oh, really?

[Vivica Fox]

The sing the women's scene.

[Mark Bittman]

Yeah.

[Hannah Burner]

Yeah.

[Mark Bittman]

You let a new arena come, see how quick this thing moves. Right.

[Vivica Fox]

They'll be gone too, huh?

[Radio Host]

Vivica, I was looking at your resume before you came in here. You have worked with some incredible people. Yeah, I mean, really incredible people.

[Vivica Fox]

I've been really blessed. Absolutely.

[Radio Host]

You really have. Let's do this little deal here. I will just say. I will say some of the people that you have been in the movies with, and you just give me, like a one sentence, you know, description of what they're like.

[Vivica Fox]

Okay, okay.

[Radio Host]

Or what it was like to work with them.

[Mark Bittman]

Midget or dwarf. That's the only two words you can use.

[Radio Host]

Will Smith.

[Vivica Fox]

Great kisser, big money maker.

[Radio Host]

Great kisser, big money maker.

[Hannah Burner]

All right.

[Vivica Fox]

Nice guy, great dad.

[Mark Bittman]

One of the nicest guys, great husband.

[Radio Host]

Is that you met him, too.

[Mark Bittman]

Oh, man. Will, a friend.

[Vivica Fox]

I'm trying to get him. I'm trying to get employed by him again.

[Mark Bittman]

Will is one of the very rare people I've known since the moment he came into the business and right now. And he has not changed one single eye.

[Radio Host]

I want to believe that about him.

[Mark Bittman]

Because he seems so likable guy you will ever meet in your life.

[Radio Host]

Cause you know the industries that you guys are in, and us too. Any entertainment, anybody can put on a front, in front of a mic or a camera. But then they're just such asses now, when.

[Mark Bittman]

No, he is truly, truly one of the nicest guys in the Business.

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah. Really down to earth.

[Radio Host]

Queen Latifah.

[Vivica Fox]

The queen, man.

[Radio Host]

Miguel, Miguel.

[Vivica Fox]

Latifah's the bomb. She really is a very talented business.

[Radio Host]

She is.

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah. Very talented businesswoman. And one of my favorite sister girls, no doubt. I'd love to work with her again.

[Radio Host]

Jada Pinkett Smith. Jada.

[Mark Bittman]

He stole her from me.

[Radio Host]

You were next in line, huh?

[Vivica Fox]

Jadie. You can call her little powerhouse.

[Radio Host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Vivica Fox]

She's tiny. She's only about four' 11, 5ft. But the sweetest. But a powerhouse. And can act her ass out. And a good mother and a great mom.

[Mark Bittman]

She can act her ass off, but can she wipe it? But she don't have to no more.

[Radio Host]

Who wears the pants in that house?

[Mark Bittman]

Is that Will or Jada doesn't? Jada doesn't want to wear the pants. Secure in her motherhood, her womanhood.

[Zoe]

Yeah, we said it was the other way around.

[Radio Host]

No, no, no.

[Zoe]

Well, we think she's adorable. Oh, my gosh. I'm a huge fan of her.

[Vivica Fox]

Very strong. You know, that was the one thing that Will, like, he told me and her both, he's like, you guys are such strong women. The only guys that are going to be able to settle you down are guys that can pull your choke chain.

[Radio Host]

No, you guys got to go to another radio station. I'm having so much fun with y'.

[Podcast Host]

All.

[Radio Host]

We waited.

[Vivica Fox]

We're not leaving.

[Radio Host]

We waited.

[Vivica Fox]

We're not leaving.

[Radio Host]

Just give us a couple more minutes.

[Hannah Burner]

Right?

[Radio Host]

Arnold Schwarzenegger. Oh, who's a better kisser?

[Vivica Fox]

I didn't get to kiss him.

[Zoe]

I'd rather kiss Will. Not to be rude. I love Will, though. I have the biggest crush, but Will's.

[Vivica Fox]

Like a little baby brother to me.

[Radio Host]

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[Vivica Fox]

Schwarzenegger's the bomb. I mean, he's all right.

[Mark Bittman]

The bomb.

[Podcast Host]

Next.

[Vivica Fox]

No, Arnold Schwarzenegger, he's just very rich. Very frigging rich.

[Radio Host]

Halle Berry, H.B.

[Vivica Fox]

Sweetheart, sweetheart.

[Mark Bittman]

Beautiful, beautiful.

[Vivica Fox]

Pretty much one of the finest sisters you ever see in your life. That bitch walking here, you be like, damn, you fine.

[Radio Host]

She doesn't have to walk in here for me to say that.

[Vivica Fox]

Hey, beautiful, sweetheart. Down to earth. And how gracious and kind of her to mention my name in front of a billion people. I always got love for you, hb. Love you, girl.

[Radio Host]

Is there a bonding between actors and actresses in the African American community in Hollywood? There is.

[Vivica Fox]

Very close.

[Radio Host]

More so than, like, the, you know, the white community.

[Vivica Fox]

Well, the thing is that there's more.

[Mark Bittman]

Of them and you all see each other, so Much cuz there's only very few roles. So you're always together. It's true. I go to an audition, there's everybody all the time. It's like one of the rare times we get together is at an audition.

[Vivica Fox]

But we all the African American community of actors are very close.

[Podcast Host]

So do you.

[Vivica Fox]

We all go to each other's baby showers parties. Will and them throw the best parties.

[Mark Bittman]

The best parties.

[Vivica Fox]

The bars parties, y you go, they parties, you ain't got to show up with nothing.

[Radio Host]

That was the big gripe for a long time that the African community was saying, look, you guys just aren't giving up enough roles. And when you do, they're all stereotypical.

[Mark Bittman]

This is changing.

[Vivica Fox]

It's changing, it's changing. No doubt.

[Mark Bittman]

Long way to go, but it's changing.

[Radio Host]

Well, with the Academy Awards this year. I know, I know y' all were calling each other going home.

[Mark Bittman]

Is this bet?

[Radio Host]

The name of the movie is Joanna Mann and it stars Miguel Nunez and Vivica Fox. And if it's nearly as much fun in the theater as it has been in the studio, this thing's gonna be a huge hit.

[Vivica Fox]

I have to do it before I go. I gotta send a shout out.

[Radio Host]

Vivica Fox, you do whatever you want.

[Vivica Fox]

Thank you, baby. I sent a shout out to my brother Marvin and Lil Christopher and Angela. I love you, Marvin.

[Hannah Burner]

I know.

[Vivica Fox]

I've been to a whole bunch of radio stations. I forgot, but there's a shout out. All right, brother.

[Radio Host]

All right.

[Mark Bittman]

Do they live in Atlanta? Are they here?

[Vivica Fox]

Yeah, he lives in Atlanta. Oh really? Yeah, man.

[Mark Bittman]

He's in jail. I'm just kidding.

[Vivica Fox]

I'll kick your ass.

[Mark Bittman]

I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just trying to make people laugh.

[Jeff Bridges]

Right on.

[Vivica Fox]

Mark sent a shout out jokes.

[Mark Bittman]

That's black people bonding right there. Hey, the Birch Show.

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