Phylicia Pearl Mpasi Shares What It Means to Her to Reunite with 'The Color Purple' Cast | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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'The Color Purple' star Phylicia Pearl Mpasi shares what it means to her to reunite with the cast, what her reaction would be if they win an award and more at the SAG Awards.

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00:00What is it like reuniting with the Color Purple cast here tonight at the SAG Awards?

00:04It feels amazing. I just love them so much.

00:07And, you know, it's so, I feel so, it feels so right that we're nominated for Best Ensemble

00:11because it really felt like that, you know.

00:14My cast meets that are at the top of their game and the height of their careers

00:16pouring into someone like me who is brand new to the industry just feels amazing.

00:21What would it mean to win a SAG Award and be honored by your fellow actors in that way?

00:25I would die. I would literally die.

00:28It would be so cool and it would just be amazing to be recognized by our peers.

00:33And it gets, like, people that I've, their work I love and I know.

00:37And so to be recognized by them would just be, like, be really validating for me.

00:41Is there one fellow nominee tonight that you'd love to work with in the future?

00:46Ooh, Lily Gladstone. Lily Gladstone.

00:49Just the essence, the beauty, the character. I just love them so much.

00:54Now, it's been an amazing award season for Lily,

00:57but also for Danielle from The Color Purple.

00:59What has it been like watching her award season journey heading up to the Oscars?

01:02No one is more deserving. No one is more deserving than Danielle Brooke.

01:05She is light. She is love. She is kindness.

01:09And she has a lot of fun and has, like, he still has the time to just reach out to me

01:12and ask how I'm doing and if I'm okay, if I need anything.

01:15And that's just a testament of a leader and a true artist.

01:18And I'm so happy for her.

01:20And since we are here at the SAG Awards, at what point in your life did you start claiming being an actor as your job?

01:25Like, when someone was like, what's your job? You're like, I'm an actor.

01:27Ooh, I just feel like when I got this film that I was like, okay, I've made it.

01:32But it's something I've wanted to do since I was little.

01:35Sorry to my mom. I didn't want to go to med school.

01:37She's here with me, so I hope this makes up for it.

01:39Is there someone in your life, and it could be your mom, who championed your love of acting at an early age?

01:45Oh.

01:47I had this amazing director. His name's Dan McDonald.

01:49I was 14 years old when I first auditioned.

01:51I was so scared that I did everything backwards.

01:54So he was to the front, and he was like, you can turn around.

01:57And I sang, did my lines all not facing him.

01:59And I turned back, and he was like, you're a star. You've got it.

02:02So learn to face forward and learn to love yourself.

02:04And I was like, thank you. And he's still a very dear friend.

02:07That's amazing advice. I love that.

02:09But I feel like that's something that really speaks to your heart.

02:11I'm going to carry that with me. Learn to love yourself and face forward.

02:14Yeah. And for him to just give me the space to know that I needed to just,

02:18and that forced me to turn and face him because I was so scared out of my mind.

02:21It was just so sweet and so kind.

02:23And for you having now done a musical for the screen, what do you prefer?

02:27Theater acting, being on stage, or being on screen and being on set?

02:31Woo!

02:32Theater will always have a very special place in my heart.

02:36But the eight times a week is very hard.

02:38And when you're on set, you can say things like, oh, I would love kettle corn.

02:42And it just appears in your trailer.

02:44So the perks like that are amazing, but they're just so different.

02:47I love the intimacy you have with an audience in theater.

02:50But in film, it has been really nice to watch it all come together

02:54and watch parts of the film I didn't even see while we were filming.

02:57So definitely still both.

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