![]() So that’s what I did instead of jumping the broom. ‘Who stands with this couple,’ and then everyone at the wedding stood. ‘Who stands with this man,’ and my husband stood. So, ‘Who stands with this woman,’ and my mother stood up. Instead of saying, ‘Who gives this woman,’ what we did was, ‘Who stands with this woman,’ and my mother stood since my father is deceased and my father’s husband is deceased also. And of course you get a little self-conscious, like, ‘Am I saying it correctly?’ĭid you jump the broom when you got married?ĪB: No. I spoke Spanish growing up and so the French was a little. ![]() Let me check the day, to see when it’s coming up and let me work everyday on it,’ because I think I had to do it a couple of times. Fortunately they gave me that line early because it was written, but it wasn’t written in French in the script. How is your French since you said a line or two of the language in the film?ĪB: I had to work at it. Maybe I’m fifty eight or sixty or something. You two are great together –ĪB: Do you believe we’re sisters? I had a lot of money over the years to hold myself together. But I love working with Brian, and just as I was to suggest him they came back and said, ‘What about Brian?’ Trying to find the husband was very important to me. So the film had to have the right husband, the right guy and trying to believe that I’m her mom. Our scenes together had to look believable because there’s a plot twist that happens. He just has the biggest heart and he’s so giving. We did ‘Ruby’s Bucket of Blood’ together where he was a non-sympathetic husband in that one, but I love working with him. That was my second time working with him. How was the dynamic between you and Brian Stokes Mitchell?ĪB: Great. It reminded me of ‘Exhale’ and ‘Stella’, those worlds that are populated by just for real, beautiful black people. So it was a good, just a breath of fresh air, but I didn’t want it to be so broad and unbelievable and stereotypical. But I wind up in dramas sometimes, a lot. It’s funny and I’m glad that I had a chance to be in something that’s more of a comedy because my friends think that I’m really funny. You’re just held up, being proper and holding yourself that way. I could see that it potentially could go that way. It’s a tremendous compliment.ĭid you want to add anything to your character that wasn’t on the page?ĪB: I just didn’t want her to be a stereotype. He’s a wonderful director, but I accept the compliment. They said that once they had you everyone else came on –ĪB: Oh, I think that they would’ve come on anyway, but okay. What was the enticement to do this movie?ĪB: Who onboard? I don’t think I was enticing anyone. The producers, director and even the cast have said you were the catalyst behind getting everyone onboard for this. The elements pointed to this being a good success. It had the makings of that.Of course, I knew I would be working with Loretta (Devine), so I knew what she would bring to the table. Just sitting across the table, he seemed very knowledgeable and very decent, and very collaborative, and if you are going to take a leap of faith the jump the broom, it’s based on how you feel about a person and I felt it would be a good experience. Met with (director) Salim Akil and it’s his first feature. What was the attraction to taking this project?Īngela Bassett: I liked the script. While promoting the film in Los Angeles, Bassett spoke to about working the cast, her upcoming projects, and whether she jumped the broom when she got married to actor Courtney B. The Harlem also gets to reunite with Loretta Devine, who starred with her in the 1995 blockbuster hit ‘ Waiting to Exhale.’ The film focuses on a weekend wedding in Martha’s Vineyard where two families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds clash during their first meeting before the big event.įor Bassett, who plays Claudine, the mother of the bride, she returns to the big screen after playing Voletta Wallace, mother of the slain rapper Christopher ‘The Notorious B.I.G’ Smalls, in 2009’s ‘ Notorious.’ Coming out this week is the romantic comedy ‘ Jumping The Broom,’ which stars a bevy of talent including Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Mike Epps, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Tasha Smith, DeRay Davis, Julie Bowen, Romeo Miller, Gary Dourdan, Pooch Hall, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Valarie Pettiford.
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