Kumail Nanjiani's 'Full-Circle' Moment Starring in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' | The View

>> Whoopi: WELCOME BACK. ACTOR AND COMEDIAN KUMAIL NANJIANI JOINS A CAST OF COMEDY ALL-STARS IN THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE MOVIE AT THE BOX OFFICE, "GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE," AND FINDS OUT AN OLD FAMILY HEIRLOOM HAS A HAUNTED HISTORY. TAKE A LOOK. >> I'M GOING TO TAKE A READING. PSYCHO KINETIC ENERGY READING. MAY I DO THAT? IF THANK YOU FOR ASKING. SO MANY PLACES DO THAT WITHOUT ASKING. >> INSTANT REACTION. >> ARE YOU ABOVE A SUBWAY LINE? >> OFF THE CHART TELEKINETIC ENERGY. FULL BORE CONVECTIVE SPATTER. >> YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. >> Whoopi: PLEASE WELCOME KUMAIL NANJIANI. ♪ SEEING THINGS ♪ ♪ WHO CAN YOU CALL, GHOSTBUSTERS ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ SLEEPING IN YOUR BED ♪ >> OH, MY GOD. HI. ♪ GHOSTBUSTERS ♪ [ LAUGHTER ] >> LOVE THAT. OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> Whoopi: YEAH. >> OH, MY GOD. >> Sara: NOTICE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME REACTION TO THAT SONG. I'M GUESSING -- >> Sunny: WHO YOU GONNA CALL. >> Sara: TAKES ME BACK. FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, NUMBER ONE AT THE BOX OFFICE. THAT'S HUGE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Sara: I VIVIDLY REMEMBER GOING TO THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS 6 I THINK FOR MY BIRTHDAY PARTY AND PLAYING THE CASSETTE, THE SOUNDTRACK. SCREAMING OUT OF THE BACK OF A STATION WAGENING. NOT IN A SEAT BELT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID BACK THEN BUT DO YOU REMEMBER IT AS FONDLY. >> OH, MY GOD, YEAH. I'M HAVING TO FIGHT TO BEING EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT THIS. IT WAS MY FIRST MOVIE I LOVED AS A KID. I REMEMBER MY COUSIN TELLING ME ABOUT IT. HE'S LIKE IT'S A MOVIE. IT'S FUNNY AND THERE'S GHOSTS IN IT. I WAS LIKE IS THIS MADE FOR ME? I REMEMBER WATCHING IT AND HOW MUCH I LOVED IT AND WATCHED IT OVER AND OVER AND NOW I WALK OUT TO THAT SONG. >> Sara: WHAT A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. >> I'M REALLY EMOTIONAL. >> Sara: YOU MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON TO CRY ABOUT "GHOSTBUSTERS." EVER. >> IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME. I'VE BEEN CRYING ABOUT "GHOSTBUSTERS" MY WHOLE LIFE. >> Sara: I LOVE THAT. I LOVE THAT. >> Alyssa: THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY TAKES ON THE ICONIC ORIGINAL "GHOSTBUSTERS" FROM 1984 AND YOU ARE THE NEWBIE IN THIS IN THE ICONIC FIREHOUSE AND SOME OGs BACK, DAN AYKROYD, ERNIE HUDSON, BILL MURRAY. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE ON SET WITH THEM? >> YOU SORT OF HAVE TO DO THIS THING, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU PRETEND, OH, DAMN, NICE TO MEET YOU. NOT SOMEONE THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOUR ENTIRE LIFE NOW. AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL WHEN YOU MEET PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN YOUR HEROES WHO TURN OUT TO BE LOVELY HUMAN BEINGS. >> Sara: YEAH. >> Joy: ARE YOU GOING TO CRY AGAIN? >> PLEASE, JOY. DON'T FOLLOW ME. I DIDN'T SLEEP WELL LAST NIGHT SO I'M A LITTLE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> Sara: WE'VE ALL GOT STUFF COME OUT. >> BUT SO A LOT OF MY SCENES WERE WITH DAN AYKROYD AND HE STILL CALLS ME AND I'LL TAKE A SCREEN CAP AND SEND IT TO MY FRIENDS. >> Alyssa: THAT'S LIKE ME WITH WHOOPI. >> I'LL GIVE YOU MY NUMBER JUST SO YOU CAN CALL ME ONCE. I WANT TO MAKE MY WIFE JEALOUS. >> Whoopi: OKAY. >> Sunny: I HAVE A QUESTION. AFTER FILMING THIS MOVIE, DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE -- I -- I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS. I'VE NEVER HAD AN ENCOUNTER OR ANYTHING. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I DO BELIEVE IN ALIENS. >> Sunny: RIGHT. >> I THINK THEY'RE CIRCLING FOR US WAITING FOR US TO GET IT TOGETHER. >> Sunny: YES. >> SO THEY CAN COME ON DOWN. YOU KNOW LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE COME, WOULD YOU PLEASE RECYCLE THE BEER BOTTLES? PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP AND BE LIKE HUMANS TO EACH OTHER THIS ELECTION CYCLE. CAN WE DO THAT? I THINK THEY'RE WAITING FOR US TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THEY CAN COME HERE AND TELL US WE'RE REALLY MESSING THINGS UP. >> Whoopi: THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. >> Sunny: OR THEY'RE HERE ALREADY. >> Whoopi: THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME SAME. >> YOU THINK THEY ARE HERE. >> Whoopi: YES. >> WHAT ARE THEY DOING? >> Whoopi: THEY'RE WATCHING US. >> Sunny: THEY'RE TALKING TO WHOOPI. >> Sara: SHE'S -- A GHOST, NOT ALIENS. GHOST, NOT ALIENS. >> Sunny: SHE'S SAYING IT. >> Sara: I GOT YOU GIRL. >> I SHOULD MENTION I AM SELLING KUMAIL NANJIANI BRANDED KORANS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Sunny: THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD ONE. >> Sara: ARE THEY $60? >> THEY'RE 70. THERE'S A SLIGHT MARKUP. [ LAUGHTER ] THERE'S BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS IN THERE. >> Joy: BY THE WAY, YOU CAN GET A BIBLE FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET SOMEONE SAID YESTERDAY. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. IT'S RIDICULOUS. >> OR ANY HOTEL ROOM. >> Joy: THAT'S WHERE I READ MY BIBLE. YOU AND YOUR WIFE WROTE THE MOVIE "THE BIG SICK," YOUR REAL-LIFE LOVE STORY. >> THANK YOU. >> Joy: AND EARNED OSCAR NOMINATIONS. THAT WILL MAKE YOU CRY, I'M SURE. >> BETTER IF I'M CRYING ABOUT "GHOSTBUSTERS" AND NOT THE MOVIE I MADE WITH MY WIFE. I'M IN BIG TROUBLE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Joy: THE THING ABOUT IT I HEARD YOU MET AT A COMEDY SHOW AND SHE WAS HECKLING YOU AND INSTEAD OF TURNING ON HER WHICH IS WHAT YOU -- MOST COMEDIANS WOULD DO SAY THINGS LIKE I DON'T COME TO YOUR JOB AT McDONALD'S OR WHATEVER COMEDIANS SAY ALL THE TIME. YOU MARRIED THE GIRL. >> YEAH. >> Joy: TELL US ABOUT IT. >> THE DIFFERENCE WAS SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. SO, USUALLY WITH HECKLERS YOU'RE LIKE PLEASE STOP TALKING. IT WAS LIKE, OH, HI. AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME? AND, YEAH, SHE 4HECKLED ME. IT WAS A POSITIVE SUPPORTIVE HECKLE, SHE ARGUES. IT'S TRUE. >> Joy: DO YOU REMEMBER THE HECKLE, WHAT IT WAS? >> I SORT OF SAID, LIKE, I SAID -- >> Joy: WHAT DID SHE SAY. >> I WAS ON STAGE AND SAID I'M FROM PAKISTAN AND SHE WOOED AS IF SHE WAS FROM PAKISTAN AND SHE'S NOT. SHE'S WHITE. AND I SAID, YOU'RE NOT FROM PAKISTAN. I WOULD HAVE NOTICED YOU. >> Sunny: OH. >> WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD -- >> Whoopi: VERY NICE. VERY NICE. >> THEN I WENT UP TO HER AFTERWARDS AND I TALKED TO HER AND I ASKED HER OUT AND SHE SAID NO. AND THEN I RAN INTO HER AGAIN AND SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, TAKE MY NUMBER AND WE'LL GO OUT AS FRIENDS. BY THE END OF THE DATE WE WEREN'T FRIENDS ANYMORE. >> Sara: OH. BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 16 YEARS AND YOU ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO HER AFTER YOU GOT MARRIED. >> YES. >> Sara: HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> HOW THAT WORKS IS -- HERE IT COMES, I'M SO SORRY. >> Sunny: LET ME GET THE TISSUES OUT. >> WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GET MARRIED SO STOOD IN LINE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND GOT MARRIED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. I'M SO SORRY. >> Sara: KUMAIL, I'LL CRY WITH YOU. I'M AN EMPATHY CRIER. >> WE STOOD IN LINE AND GOT MARRIED AND A COUPLE YEARS LATER, WE DISCUSSED IT. I DIDN'T SPRING A PROPOSAL ON HER. AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS LATER I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS -- SHE DESERVES TO BE PROPOSED TO. SO WE WERE IN MONTAUK VACATION AND AT MIDNIGHT, LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BEACH. WE WENT TO THE BEACH AND I GOT DOWN ON MY KNEES AND PROPOSED TO HER AND IF YOU WANT TO SURPRISE SOMEONE WITH A PROPOSAL, DO IT TWO YEARS AFTER YOU'RE READY MARRIED. >> Sunny: YES. >> SHE DID NOT SEE IT COMING AND SHE SAID, YES. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Joy: WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IF SHE SAID NO. >> Sara: AMAZING. >> IF SHE SAID NO, I'D BE LIKE, HONEY, YOUR -- >> Sunny: YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT? >> Whoopi: THAT WAS LOVELY. THAT WAS LOVELY. WE LIKE WHEN YOU COME HERE SO PLEASE COME MORE OFTEN. >> PLEASE, ANY TIME. >> Whoopi: COME MORE OFTEN.