The actress is a scene-stealing marvel in the Oscar-contending film.
I [listened] to a lot of Nina Simone music…
I put a song to each scene and journal about it.
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I got to really go into depth and write little poems and draw pictures."
And it wasn’t just an actorly.
The poem that Deb recites to Chairmain Fred is a poem that I wrote."
To make the film’s devastating climactic scene 100 percent believable.
“That she was with child and still does what she does.”
There was never any ego about it."
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