Regina Hall has stealthily become one of the defining ensemble actors of Black studio films. She has played both the straight woman and the comic relief in films like 'The Best Man' and 'Girls Trip.' For years, critics treated this as charm rather than craft. Not until she transitioned to prestige turns in 'Support the Girls,' 'Black Monday,' and the Oscar-winning 'One Battle After Another' were the very traits that gave her such command of humor properly recognized.
“People saw me as a broad comedic actress,” she says, “and so I needed to convince them that you could just do a grounded version of stuff.”
The veteran actress talks about her mid-career breakthrough, reprising her role as the vulgar and lovable Brenda Meeks in the 'Scary Movie' franchise, and why she's “still grinding and working”: https://t.co/dGsyPPBaLt
I’m at that weird age where every younger person I meet makes me realize how much l've aged, and every older person I meet makes me realize I'm still a baby.
The same pattern consistently. Classist immigrant looks down on Black Americans, those Black Americans observe it & are cold to them & they come on here acting like innocent victims.