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Kerry Washington’s Kids Didn’t Recognize Her ‘Barking’ Military Tone in New Movie: ‘Whose Voice Is That?’ (Exclusive)


Kerry Washington tells PEOPLE her kids didn't recognize her 'barking' military tone in new Tyler Perry film 'The Six Triple Eight.'

The Emmy winner, who has also performed on Broadway in the plays Race and American Son, relied on her previous experience to help nail the role of trailblazing Major Charity Adams. I know how to breathe and speak from my diaphragm, and I'm also really grateful for my Shondaland training that I know how to metabolize multiple monologues in a week,” says Washington, nodding to her character Olivia Pope on the Shonda Rhimes series Scandal. The Six Triple Eight — which also stars Oprah Winfrey, Ebony Obsidian and Susan Sarandon — tells the incredible true story of the only all-Black unit of the Women’s Army Corps to serve in Europe during World War II.

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