Tamala Jones reveals she used to 'babysit Blake [Lively]' so she could afford acting school and opens up about how Blake's parents were 'highly instrumental' in her career.
. Jones stars as Jules Baker, who thinks her problems are over when her abusive husband, Billy , is killed after a struggle and fire that destroys their house. As she rebuilds her life and home, rumors swirl around town, and problems with the insurance have fingers pointing at Jules when it's found out that the fire was set intentionally. When people around her begin to have mysterious accidents, Jules starts to question everything... including her sanity.
"I love acting -- I love all art. I just love artistry, period. But acting... it really got to me because it was a powerful tool," she shared."I can make people feel a certain way, you know, and it was almost therapeutic. Like, maybe I feel like crap one moment and I have a job to do. when I go, I feel amazing on set. Everything is just therapeutically worked out through this character.
But nowadays, Jones said, it feels like Hollywood is catching up on what actors like her are ready to tackle."I feel like our stories are being told [and] it's about time," she said."Black people, brown people, people of all identities... We all have a cultural background and ours just isn't slavery. We've seen those movies over and over and over again, and I appreciate the artistry of those movies. But that's not just our culture.
She continued, "We are a growing people. We have ancestors that have allowed us to create a way where we live excellence. And for Hallmark to give us [room to show] that -- because as far as I'm concerned they've been doing it and doing really great movies for a long time. But to [check themselves] and say, 'You know what, we're not including a group. Let's give them their own and have them on ours as well. Let them tell their stories.
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