How Meagan Good Roll-ed, Stomp-ed, and Serve-d her way from Friday to Day Shift
, she spotlights how each of these parts allowed her to develop a new skill set, test her versatility, or fulfill a particular creative or professional ambition.Day Shift | Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg | Official Trailer | Netflix
The A.V. Club: Your character is very much the voice of responsibility in this wild buddy cop vampire movie. What work did you do to create a character you understood well or was interesting to explore?For me, the appeal was Joss being a mother and being a badass and showing that at any stage in your life, you can still continue to be strong, continue to be nurturing, continue to be feminine.
AVC: The movie has this unique, cheeky tone, but also this real intensity to it. Where do you get guidance from to navigate how seriously to take your role?Watch the game with CBS Sports, cult classics from Comedy Central, and plenty of kid-friendly content from Nickelodeon.A lot of it is just the script. You get a feel for what the energy and the comedy is, and what needs to be grounded. And then as you go along, you’re kind of figuring out the full tone of the movie as we play with each other.
ou have got to get this line!” But it was F. Gary Gray’s first film. He was 25. It was a make-or-break vehicle for him, and I was just really nervous.Eve’s Bayouand I played Eve, and then as they were searching for funding for the movie, a few years passed by and by the time it was up and running, I was like, “I have to be Cicely.” By then I was 14, and [I felt] I hadn’t got a chance to show what I can do as an actor.
And so we created those moments. I think that because J.J. has a little girl who is training and can do all these really cool things, I think he sees her as the sky’s not even the limit, so I think he wanted to build that into Zion’s character and my character and make us tough and kind of limitless. But every time I have played the love interest or girlfriend, I find a way to make sure that this is a real, fully formed person.
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