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Lee Daniels’ Mom Was Afraid of Him Directing an Exorcism Movie, So He Hired an On-Set Spiritualist to Keep the Cast and Crew Safe: ‘We Prayed Every Day’
'The Deliverance' filmmaker Lee Daniels' mother was very worried about him directing a horror movie.
By his own admission, Daniels is known for dramas, and while there are supernatural elements in “The Deliverance,” they are squarely situated in a family story based on true events. There’s cellulite.” And I said, and Mo’Nique and the African American women on the set said, “This is how we roll.” There is a sense of body positivity that she had been unaware of because of the tropes of Hollywood, and there was a freedom she said she felt. She talks about this publicly and, to me, that was the biggest compliment, that she was able to walk away with a sense of freedom that a lot of Black women wear regularly.
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