00:00My name is Traci Ellis Ross.
00:01I'm playing Grace Davis,
00:03who is a singing superstar.
00:05Come out of here!
00:09I come from a legacy of singing.
00:11Grace Davis is nothing like my mom,
00:13but it is a world that I know.
00:15As a kid, it was something I always wanted to do.
00:18And for this role,
00:19I had to face the dream and the fear all in one.
00:23The first day I went in to record,
00:25it was a little bit like meeting a monster.
00:31But to be working with someone like Rodney,
00:34who is a seasoned pro...
00:36A little bit more emphasis on the stop.
00:40Beautiful.
00:41Just felt way more comfortable than I expected.
00:50Damn, the girl still give me goosebumps.
00:54Traci sounds so good singing.
00:56She sound like she's been singing forever.
00:57She has a great presence.
01:00A new album.
01:01That is what you should be doing.
01:02Could be fun.
01:03Ooh!
01:04Grace Davis!
01:05Traci is really incredible.
01:07She has been prepping so much for this film
01:09and has really transformed into a full-blown icon.
01:14Grace, you are the song.
01:16You should not be buried under all this flashy garbage.
01:18It was very important to me
01:20to anchor Grace's identity
01:22in the fact that she's a powerful black woman.
01:25I will decide what I do next.
01:28This is that turning point where she can either keep going down the road she's been on
01:33or she can let her secrets be her gifts
01:36and actually let her heart fly.
01:38In the history of music,
01:40only five women over 40 have ever had a number one hit.
01:45And only one of them was black.
01:47I don't really care if everybody likes me.
01:51I just want to love you.
01:52There's so much great music in the film.
01:54The songs all have a different special place in my heart
01:56because music is a world that is home for me.
02:00So it's been fun to share that.
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