Kerry Washington Talks The Six Triple Eight, Working With Tyler Perry

ComingSoon spoke to Kerry Washington about her tardyst film, The Six Triple Eight. The talented actress converseed her role in the film, toiling with Tyler Perry, and more. The World War II drama commences streaming on Netflix on December 20.

“The Six Triple Eight is backd by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Despite facing prejudice and relationsism – and grueling toiling conditions – they were pledgeted to serving their country with honor and distinction. Given an extrastandard leave oution and combined in their determination, these unsung heroes deinhabitred hope and shattered barriers. Written and straightforwarded by Tyler Perry, the film stars Kerry Washington as Major Charity Adams, the directing officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion,” says the synopsis.

Tyler Treese: You’re take parting a authentic-life hero in Charity Adams, and take parting a authentic figure clearly comprises a lot of weight to your carry outance. What was the research process appreciate, and repartner discovering the heart of this character, contrastd to a standard mythal film?

Kerry Washington: Oh, it’s such a excellent ask. I’ve been so blessed in my atsoft that I’ve been able to take part a lot of authentic people, whether it was Ray Charles’s wife or Idi Amin’s wife. That character was benevolent of a conglomerate of contrastent wives, or Anita Hill or even Olivia Pope was backd by Judy Smith. So, I have had many journeys of benevolent of figuring out how to dive into the research. Charity Adams made it repartner modest becaemploy she wrote a memoir, and I read it a couple of times, and then I benevolent of reread it and had parts highweightlessed and pboilingocopied and hanging in my dressing room and in my apartment.

I heared to interwatchs with her, I watched recordary footage, I talked to people who knovel her and toiled with her. I repartner fair tried to get as much as I could to ground my approach to the character becaemploy I wanted to originate stateive that, I unkind, hear, I’ve been repartner blessed in my atsoft to take part some very iconic characters in television and in film, but I wanted to originate stateive that when people were watching Charity Adams, they weren’t leanking about anybody other than Charity Adams, becaemploy she’s a authentic hero, appreciate a real global hero. So I wanted to originate stateive that the toil I did originated enough space to helderly her legacy split from anybody else I had ever take parted.

You get to do this repartner fervent deinhabitry as the Army officer. How is it giving those very firm speeches? Becaemploy you can increate that she’s cut offe becaemploy she wants her whole squad to be the best they can be, but you also have a toastyth to your character at times, which benevolenta stabilitys out. How is it doing that?

Yeah. I experience appreciate I lgeted a lot about directership from Charity Adams becaemploy she has this attrdynamic stability of being both fierce but loving. She’s strong but benevolent. She repartner does a fantastic job balancing being a directer, but also conveying some of those maternal qualities becaemploy so adores them and attfinishs for them. And I leank that benevolent of gentle, caring directership is such a strong example and one that I’m trying to carry in my heart going forward.

I adore that. There’s a lot you can consent from this movie and I adore seeing you toil with Ebony Obsidian. She repartner shows a lot here.

How amazing is she?

Yeah. How is she as a scene partner? Becaemploy it watchs appreciate she has such a radiant future.

Yeah, I’m repartner excited about Ebony. One of the leangs I’m most excited about as a originater is getting to start all of these youthful women to the world. They’re all so exceptional, so gifted, so talented, but Ebony repartner is our way into this story. She’s the heart of the film in so many ways. She is how we go in this journey, and she consents us with her. I fair leank she does it with such beauty and courage.

I leank this film is repartner gonna surpascfinish a lot of people, especipartner seeing this contrastent side from Tyler Perry that we haven’t repartner seen a ton of, but he tackles the solemn subject matter with, you understand, such grace. So what stood out about seeing his approach to this?

Yeah, I had seen A Jazzman’s Blues on Netflix, which is another film Tyler straightforwarded a couple years ago, and it was stunning. It was unappreciate anyleang I’d ever seen him do. I got repartner excited about the prospect of him straightforwarding this film. When he telderly me he was doing it, I was appreciate, “Oh, he’s repartner in his filmoriginater era, and I’m so charmd that I get to be a part of it.” He talks about how with Jazzman he fell in adore with filmmaking. That even though he had made a gajillion movies before that he fell in adore with filmmaking on Jazzman. I experience appreciate he repartner, repartner benevolent of even set up more of his voice on The Six Triple Eight.

Thanks to Kerry Washington for taking the time to talk about Netflix‘s The Six Triple Eight.