Tessa Thompson

And then I remember when I got the part, I went to I think it was on the Universal lot, got to go to their costume archives and, you know, the suit that I'm wearing it.

And it is an actual boy's suit from that time, from the period.

And I remember just thinking, like, wow, if this is what it's like to work in TV and film, because that was my very first time doing it, I was like, I never want to stop.

This is extraordinary.

Yes, I heard it was cast, but I knew...

And sadly, because I think she would have been extraordinary, Journey Smollett had to fall out of it.

And so I got a call.

I was in the supermarket at the time.

I'll never forget.

And I got a call from my then agent who said, Journey has to leave this.

I know you love this play because for colored girls who considered Suicide When Rainbow's Enough is one of the first plays I fell in love with.

I still have my hard copy that I stole, sorry, from the Brooklyn Library.

I still own it.

I'm so sorry to them.

I will pay you whatever I owe you.

But I just devoured that play and read it so many times and loved it.

And so my agent at the time knew that and said, they're making a movie version of it and there's a part in it for you.

How soon could you send a tape?

And I went home immediately from the market and recorded a tape and sent it to Tyler and sent him a note just about, I don't even remember what I said, maybe just how much I love the play.

Yes.