What would the star do differently if she could bring it all over again?
“I would have read the Toros for filth.”
Bring It Onhas left its mark on many as a formative movie one we can still quote on command.
Gabrielle Union, who played Isis in the 2000 teen comedy ‘Bring It On’.Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images; Everett Collection
“Black girls aren’t allowed to be angry certainly not demonstratively angry and I muzzled her.”
“When given full control, I made her ‘appropriate.'”
“I made her gracious, this decent kind leader…
Gabrielle Union in ‘Bring It On’.Moviestore/Shutterstock
I did all that shape-shifting for a character not even realizing I was doing that to myself, too.
And I wasn’t allowing myself the full range of my humanity,” Union explained.
“They asked what I thought would make the character more realistic and relatable.
My nails are long, sharp, and ready to flash!”
that she thought “was reminiscent of a bad blaxploitation film.”
I think that’s very, very telling," said Union.
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