Tyler Perry
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Podcast Appearances
77 years, she goes back and she tells me about a young Jewish boy named Abram, who was a very close friend.
Oh, wow. Tell that story. It's so good. She's telling me about this young man named Abram who died in war. He wanted to go and do something for the war and fight Hitler. She was so emotional because he'd only been there a few weeks. And all of that emotion came back to her in that moment. I saw it in her eyes. I was like, this is the way in to the movie. This is the story.
Oh, wow. Tell that story. It's so good. She's telling me about this young man named Abram who died in war. He wanted to go and do something for the war and fight Hitler. She was so emotional because he'd only been there a few weeks. And all of that emotion came back to her in that moment. I saw it in her eyes. I was like, this is the way in to the movie. This is the story.
Oh, wow. Tell that story. It's so good. She's telling me about this young man named Abram who died in war. He wanted to go and do something for the war and fight Hitler. She was so emotional because he'd only been there a few weeks. And all of that emotion came back to her in that moment. I saw it in her eyes. I was like, this is the way in to the movie. This is the story.
She's telling me what happened and how much she loved him.
She's telling me what happened and how much she loved him.
She's telling me what happened and how much she loved him.
I would say about 80 or 90% of what you see in the movie is factual. I had to take some liberties, but a lot of it's factual. The things she was sharing with me and her memory was sharp. Like you could look at her face and see that she could almost smell the moments and the memories that she was talking to me. Two weeks later, I had a script. I sent it to Nicole. I was like, listen here.
I would say about 80 or 90% of what you see in the movie is factual. I had to take some liberties, but a lot of it's factual. The things she was sharing with me and her memory was sharp. Like you could look at her face and see that she could almost smell the moments and the memories that she was talking to me. Two weeks later, I had a script. I sent it to Nicole. I was like, listen here.
I would say about 80 or 90% of what you see in the movie is factual. I had to take some liberties, but a lot of it's factual. The things she was sharing with me and her memory was sharp. Like you could look at her face and see that she could almost smell the moments and the memories that she was talking to me. Two weeks later, I had a script. I sent it to Nicole. I was like, listen here.
And they're like, you're kidding me. We read it, tweaked it, worked on it and started filming.
And they're like, you're kidding me. We read it, tweaked it, worked on it and started filming.
And they're like, you're kidding me. We read it, tweaked it, worked on it and started filming.
I think that you're spot on. You're in love with her on and off camera. She's amazing. We worked on For Colored Girls in 2010, and this was our second time working together because between that time she had done so much, I wanted to find something worthy of her. This role, she's playing Charity Adams, who led these women, who was 26 years old at the time.
I think that you're spot on. You're in love with her on and off camera. She's amazing. We worked on For Colored Girls in 2010, and this was our second time working together because between that time she had done so much, I wanted to find something worthy of her. This role, she's playing Charity Adams, who led these women, who was 26 years old at the time.
I think that you're spot on. You're in love with her on and off camera. She's amazing. We worked on For Colored Girls in 2010, and this was our second time working together because between that time she had done so much, I wanted to find something worthy of her. This role, she's playing Charity Adams, who led these women, who was 26 years old at the time.
She was 26 years old, leading 855 women. Carrie and I were rehearsing. All of these women, the spirit of them were with us through the whole thing. When I was finding different sets, I would look at the pictures and look at the historic references like this is the exact place. It was like so weird.