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Jurnee Smollett Was Once 'Called Out' on Set by Director Denzel Washington


Jurnee Smollett exclusively told Us Weekly about Denzel Washington’s lesson on the importance of not being over-rehearsed

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Momodu Mansaray/WireImageSmollett, 38, recalled the helpful advice while she interviewed her The Order costar Jude Law for Us Weekly ‘s inaugural In Conversation feature. She asked Law, 51, if he leans into the rehearsal process prior to the start of a project, and the actor admitted that he doesn’t want to be overly prepared before a scene. Kindness and generosity were needed behind the scenes of the film, which follows Law and Smollett as FBI agents who go after a white supremacist group with plans to overthrow the government.

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