Danielle Brooks Teases Singing With Jack Black in ‘Minecraft’ Movie and Reveals Funny ‘Color Purple’ Group Text Name
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Danielle Brooks is tired. For a very good reason. She’s in Los Angeles for the SAG Awards after a 13-hour flight from New Zealand, where she’s spent the last month shooting the movie adaptation of the popular video game “Minecraft” with Jack Black and Jason Momoa. “I have absolutely no clue what today is,” she says, laughing, Thursday morning while promoting her new SAG Awards partnership with Campari.
Brooks goes into the SAG Awards as a nominee for female actor in a supporting role for her work as Sofia in “The Color Purple” as well as for outstanding cast for the movie.
This isn’t Brooks’ first-time at the SAG Awards. She’s won three statuettes as part of the “Orange Is the New Black” ensemble. “For the fourth time we were nominated, they said, ‘Danielle, you could give the acceptance speech this time.’ And then we didn’t get it!” says Brooks, who is also a first-time Oscar nominee for her “The Color Purple” work. “Hopefully, this year.” This time, Brooks says she will jot down some notes for an acceptance speech beforehand, “but I’m going to just go from the heart, if I’m lucky enough,” she says.
The following has been edited for length and clarity.What’s going on in the “Color Purple” group text right now, and what is the group called? It’s called “Shug’s shoes, we outside.” We were just congratulating our buddy Corey [Hawkins] on something.
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