Deon Cole tells THR on the red carpet about working with ‘The Color Purple’ all star cast, his favorite memory on set, and more.
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00:00 This is an all-star cast and you are one of them.
00:03 What was it like working alongside everyone
00:06 who's a part of the film?
00:07 - Man, it's surreal, man, just being with this
00:10 great ensemble cast, man, and watching and learning
00:14 and bringing to the table what I felt like I can bring,
00:19 you know, and with the guidance of Blizz,
00:22 yeah, I think we did something magical, so.
00:26 - What advice did Blizz or Oprah or any one of those
00:29 execs give you?
00:31 - Oprah just told me I was great
00:33 and keep doing what I'm doing.
00:34 I was like, that's enough.
00:35 And then Blizz, he's just told me to just, man,
00:39 keep being me, keep doing what I'm doing,
00:42 and he loves my work ethic and love what I do,
00:47 love what I bring to the table,
00:48 and so you can't ask for much more from those guys,
00:52 you know, yeah.
00:53 - What's your favorite memory being on set?
00:56 - Man, hanging out with Oprah.
00:58 She came on set one day and we just was all talking
01:00 and chopping it up and just kicking it,
01:02 and yeah, that was like one of my great moments, man,
01:06 being on set, you know, with her and just hanging out.
01:08 And then being with all the rest of the cast, you know,
01:11 and Hailey Bailey, that's my baby girl from Grown-ish,
01:15 and so, you know, kicking it with her again on the project,
01:19 it was great.
01:20 - I love that, and this movie is big on sisterhood,
01:23 so what was it like for you coming into the film as a man?
01:26 Like, what was that camaraderie like
01:28 or support like?
01:29 - Man, it was love, it was love,
01:30 and you can see the love with these women in the movie.
01:34 This is no fluke, they really gel like that,
01:37 and to see them cast that on screen
01:41 is a beautiful thing to watch,
01:44 and it's a beautiful thing to be around.
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