to go chase big lights, big dreams. >> yeah. >> and i went to lived in new york and l.a. and then when i was making "the help," i wanted to film it in this state since it was the stories on the backs of a lot of men and women who were from here. >> yeah. >> and legacy was here. and also, you can't fake mississippi. >> sure. >> and the actors could just feel being in the mississippi z delta, you could feel the history. when there is thick history, you feel it. >> wjyola was built in 1836 at the height of slavery in the south. by meticulously restoring the entire property, tate and john have recreated a piece of living history, passed along along the way. i got to ask, was this an actual plantation? >> this was a showoff doctor's house. >> okay. sorry. i can breathe easy now. >> no. a doctor is an irish immigrant.