jason wilson in us abctodd wawrychuk joseph said she liked how fierce her characters doppelganger umbrae is she was so confident joseph said i loved that about her because shes had this terrible life but yet she sees happiness in going after the one person that she wants to be shahadi wright joseph speaks with abc news chris connelly about playing zora wilson in us abctodd wawrychuk i had somebody who saw the movie say i didnt realize that was lupita peele revealed i was like well you are an idiot but thank you more spike lee scores historic directing nomination for blackkklansman his authoritative artistry has made peele a true player in hollywood he also recently helped produce spike lees hit film blackkklansman which won the oscar for best adapted screenplay this year us will mark yet another significant moment in cinema from africanamerican filmmakers and performers i feel our generation our cohort of artists at this time is doing something that others havent had the opportunity to do duke said peele said the idea that seeing a movie with an africanamerican family at its center is new is sort of a tragic reminder of the lack of meaningful representation in this industry he continued i think its very meaningful to the black community to see black faces in a film thats not about race now that we are represented the conversation a lot of times is about nuance duke said i think thats the thing is the trope of normality with this family that allows you to say hey thats actually my family thats the image of the allamerican family whether they look like me or not peeles budget for the film was just 20 million which is lean by hollywood standards peele said he tried to always stay true to himself i always would return to this idea that with get out i made my favorite movie that doesnt exist peele said when the pressure gets too loud or the stakes get too high he said i can always return to that make my favorite what movie would i most like to watch right now make that movie and by the way when you make that it tends to work the famed director said i think people respond to your truth when its real