The actress claimed she later received a phone call from Tom, who told her she needed to do it again.
“The next time we shot it, I went in there and I just manifested all the things – because I realized what he wanted. He just wanted this alpha bitch. And I did the best I could,” she described. “It’s not the best way to get the best job out of someone. He was not terrible. It was just – he was really stressed. I had the most extraordinary time, and you know who got me that role? Nicole Kidman. “
Thandie said she would like to believe she would treat the experience much differently than it did today.
“That was just more surreal than anything. Look, creative stuff is hard. I was so tender and sensitive. And, if you think about the timeline of it, it was still early in my healing, in my recovery. I had good therapy. I had realized I was precious, “she shared, adding,” If it were me now, I would want to go in and go, ‘Hey!’ I would be. You would not have to play me and I would play you on that balcony. And I would have crowded that place. Bam! “
