Keke Palmer snagged Insecure role after tweeting Issa Rae over a year ago

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Keke Palmer pitched a role for herself on Insecure via Twitter and it worked.The 28-year-old Akeelah And The Bee star had tweeted Issa Rae in September 2020 begging to appear on the HBO series, to which Rae had responded at the time 'Stand by.'Now officially a part of season five as glimpsed in the newly released trailer, Keke reposted her initial tweet coupled with a screengrab of herself on Wednesday, and remarked 'Careful what you wish for.' Shooting her shot!

Keke Palmer revealed that her newly announced role on Insecure season five all began with a tweet to Issa Rae in September 2020On September 18, 2020 Keke tweeted Issa about being on the show — more specifically as a character who could take on her on-screen nemesis Condola Hayes.