‘My friend was auditioning for the male lead, and he asked me to read
Tish with him for his audition tape. Immediately I just felt something
in my spirit say, “This role is for you, this is what you have been
waiting for.” So I submitted my own tape and kept thinking, If I just
get in the room they’ll know … But let me in the room! Two weeks
later Barry flew me to New York to read with Stephan James, who had
already been cast. Of course I’m freaking out—it’s the biggest audition
I’ve ever had. I remember talking to my mom, and she said, “Didn’t you
say it was yours if you get in the room? You’re going to the room, so
get your ass in there and let them know that it’s you!”’
Kiki Layne explained how she landed the role of Tish in ‘If Beale street could talk’, Vanity fair October 2018 issue
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