Tessa Thompson

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.

Janet Jackson.

Literally all of the women, all... I cannot tell you.

All of the women I watched my whole childhood.

I mean, so many of these women had such an incredible impact on me.

I remember the first time I saw Tandy Newton in that film Gridlock, my dad showed it to me and was like, you got to see this woman.

I mean...

all of their work collectively Janet Jackson I was her for three times at Halloween I used to know all of I mean very poorly but the Rhythm Nation dance I could do that as a child Wait three times so Rhythm Nation and what other eras of Janet?

Rhythm Nation twice laughter

Rhythm Nation twice.