‘A Thousand and One’ Director Says Casting Teyana Taylor in the Lead Was a ‘Leap of Faith’
thewrap.comwhich is now part of Academy awards chatter — was on-screen. “I’m honestly blown away,” Waithe said. “Teyana interpreted what A.V.
gave her. It’s like watching a singer sing a song that was written by someone else, and it’s made for them to sing. That beautiful chemistry just brings out the magic.
I think that’s what it’s like watching this movie.”“We tend to go to [creatives] and say, ‘What do you want to do?’ Or, ‘If you want to do a feature what would that look like?’” said Waithe. “After working together on ‘Boomerang,’ we felt like, ‘Okay, there’s something here, let’s go on this ride.
That journey was longer because there wasn’t a script there, but we were excited to watch this flower bloom.”Rockwell said this is a “proud” moment for her and Taylor. “I feel proud of what we created together, I’m so proud of her,” Rockwell said. “I know she watches the movie all the time.
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