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In "Crime 101," mindfulness and meditation are a surprisingly big part of the story. So, in the lead up to the project’s release on the 2026 movie schedule, we asked Halle Berry about mantras and manifestation and how it's worked in her life. In response, she shared how she and her partner, Van Hunt, happened through manifestation and lots of sticky notes.

As the "Crime 101" trailer makes clear, this movie is an action-packed crime caper. However, there’s a throughline of a character listening to affirmations and meditations throughout the movie. So, CinemaBlend’s Hannah Saulic asked Halle Berry about it during an interview for the movie. After Saulic specifically wondered if the actress had a morning mantra of her own, the "X-Men" star enthusiastically said she did, and recalled how she totally manifested her relationship with Van Hunt.
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00:00Hallie, I'm a big affirmation girly, so I love that your character is listening to a mantra, mourning sort of
00:06thing.
00:06I'm curious if you have any sort of mourning mantra or ritual or anything like that.
00:10I do. It changes depending on what space I am in.
00:15But I'm one of those people that when I really want to do something and I have a goal,
00:20I have to put sticky notes all around to remind myself.
00:22If I'm trying to manifest something, I have to stick it all around and keep telling myself what I want
00:28to do.
00:29Like, I'm convinced that I manifested my now partner.
00:32I called him right on up, exactly as he is, and I was very specific about what I wanted.
00:38And I put little post-its all around my house, and I would say,
00:41this is what I want, and this is coming for me, and this is who he is, and this is
00:45what he does,
00:46and this is what he looks like, this is what he smells like.
00:47Like, I had it down to a T, and it works.
00:50And four years later, that person walked into my life seemingly out of nowhere.
00:54But it wasn't nowhere because I called it up.
00:57True story.
00:58That's amazing.
00:59Just took a long time.
01:00It did take four years.
01:02It did take four years, so I haven't had any patients.
01:05That's a little sticky notes.
01:06Hundreds, I'm sure.
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