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Queen Latifah Reveals Why She Has a ‘No Death’ Clause in Her Acting Contracts (Exclusive)

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Queen Latifah. The actress is opening up about a unique clause she has in all her acting contracts.The Oscar-nominated actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new family road trip action thriller,, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and she spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about her new movie, and her so-called «no death» clause.Latifah joked that she's had it «since the beginning,» but acknowledged that it actually came about because of how frequently it seems her characters were killed off in her early movies.«No, I noticed I was too good at it, so it's kind of a running joke,» Latifah said of her on-screen demises.

To be fair, she did meet a brutal end in her breakout role as Cleo Sims in in 1996, then again in 1998's, and 1999's «I was like, 'I don't get to do any sequels if I keep being this good at [dying].' So I said, 'Look, you gotta put a no death clause in these contracts so they can't just kill me off like this.

I'm never gonna get a sequel in!» she said with a laugh.«But, um, I mean, of course, for the right price, you know,» Latifah joked. «She dies!

That s**t's in the script, you know?»As for sequels, Latifah also shared an update on the long-awaited follow-up to her hit comedy and she explained, «From everything I know it's locked and loaded and ready to go.

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