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Ego Nwodimis the first to admit that she's no cinephile.
TheSaturday Night Livealum is currently gearing up to host Sunday night'sFilm Indie Spirit Awards— but just because she's hosting the movie-centric ceremony, doesn't mean she's an expert. The live audience ofJimmy Kimmel Livelearned as much on Tuesday evening, when Nwodim confessed that she still hasn't seen a number of classic and long-heralded titles. It's so bad that oneSNLhost called her out within minutes of them meeting.
"Josh Brolinsized me up within an instant and said, 'You look like you've never seen any movies before,'" Nwodim told Kimmel during the Feb. 10 interview. "To this day, I've lost sleep over it because I'm like, 'What about me says I haven't seen movies?'"
When Kimmel asked if Brolin's assumption was correct, Nwodim admitted, "Josh was right."
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For his part, Brolin took the backstage exchange so seriously that he sent the comedian a curated list of "53 movies that everyone needs to have watched." But to date, Nwodim has still only seen one title on the list — Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic thriller,Jaws.
"Was there one on the list that people would get actually angry at you because you haven't seen?" Kimmel asked
After a thoughtful moment, Nwodim admitted, "I'm mad about this myself: I haven't seen[The] Godfather."
Nwodim's response was swiftly met with a wave of gasps and audible distress from Kimmel's live audience — including one attendee who shouted, "What?!"
Raising her hands in defense, Nwodim said, "Oh, come on! I thought this was a safe space. Everyone backstage said this would be a safe space."
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While the audience didn't take too kindly to her ignorance of the Corleone family, Kimmel admitted that he was jealous of Nwodim.
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"I would love to be able to seeThe GodfatherandThe Godfather 2— and skip the next one — for the first time again," he joked.
After clarifying that she does intend to check out the venerated Francis Ford Coppola-directed titles, Nwodim attempted to appeal to the audience, noting, "I've seenScarface, does that count?"
This time, even Kimmel shut her down, answering with a firm, "No."
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While Nwodim still has many classics to catch up with — she cited12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, and Federico Fellini's highly influential8½among the titles she has yet to see — theSNLalum noted that she has already watched a huge chunk of themovies that are up for awardson Sunday night.
"I watched the films, [and] I'm super excited," Nwodim said of the impending event, whose contenders includeIf I Had Legs I'd Kick You, One of Them Days,andTrain Dreams.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards stream on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. ET on YouTube. Watch Nwodim defend her cinematic knowledge above.
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