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Cousins, Taraji P. Henson has her foot on the gas this year as she continues to advocate for fair treatment of Black actors in Hollywood!
In a newly released interview with NY Times, the Golden Globe award-winning actress revealed that she almost walked away from the ‘Color Purple’ musical based on numerous issues. Taraji shares that she had to negotiate her pay, “I haven’t had a raise since [the 2018 film] “Proud Mary,” and I still didn’t get a raise. They don’t care, they’re always looking for a deal and trying to pay you the least amount.”
The 53-year-old says that she spoke up for a lot of things on the set of The Color Purple. “I didn’t tell them, but a lot of the stuff on that set, they got because I fought.”
One of the things Taraji fought for was travel to and from the set. “They gave us rental cars, and I was like, “I can’t drive myself to set in Atlanta.” This is insurance liability, it’s dangerous. Now they robbing people. What do look like, taking myself to work by myself in a rental car?
“So I was like, “Can I get a driver or security to take me?” I’m not asking for the moon. They’re like, “Well, if we do it for you, we got to do it for everybody.” Well, do it for everybody! It’s stuff like that, stuff I shouldn’t have to fight for.”
“I was on the set of “Empire” fighting for trailers that wasn’t infested with bugs,” she adds.
“It wears on your soul because you fight so hard to establish a name for yourself and be respected in this town to no avail,” says Taraji.
“With Black films, they just don’t want to take us overseas and I don’t understand that. Black translates all over the world, so why wouldn’t the movies? I have a following in China of all places. Y’all not going to capitalize on that? Don’t everybody want to make money here? I’m not the person that pulls the race card every time, but what else is it, then? Tell me. I’d rather it not be race, please give me something else.
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