‘Bel-Air,’ ‘The Endgame’ stars and friends of 15 years talk breaking into Hollywood

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“I think, obviously, there’s a renaissance happening when it comes to Black storytelling.”

Well, 2005. But I did the Guthrie Experience in 2004. Then in 2005 we graduated.Yeah, I remember it was after “Inside Man.” Because when you booked “Inside Man” it was all anybody could talk about. Like, ‘You hear about that girl from NYU? She graduated two weeks ago and she a movie.’It was like tall tale. You got taller and taller. She’s 5’10.” She’s six feet tall. She’s 6’ 4”.

Ryan Michelle Bathé, Amirah Vann, Cassandra Freedman and Kelly McCreary at a 2019 "Entertainment Weekly" party celebrating the Emmys.I love to tell this story about the first audition for something that was the lead in Marci Phillips’ office . I was having a mental breakdown in my mind. It was like, ‘Wait a minute, but no one trained me to be the lead of anything. Am I allowed to do this?’ I was like, ‘Yes, that’s why you’re here.

 

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