Halle Berry has had a career of diverse and award-winning roles, and takes on another provocative character in the new movie, “The Call.” Her co-star in the film is Morris Chestnut, a versatile lead and character actor with films as varied as “Boyz n the Hood’ and “The Best Man.” They both honor the acting craft.
“The Call” is a tense and symbolic thriller, about a kidnapping in Los Angeles. Halle Berry portrays Jordan, a 911 operator who gets too involved in the crime, and takes it personally. Morris Chestnut portrays Paul, who is Jordan’s boyfriend and a veteran police officer who gets mixed into the case as well. Together they work to bring that kidnapper to some kind of justice.
Halle Berry in Chicago, Promoting ‘The Call’
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Halle Berry will not be pinned down when it comes to the characters she has portrayed in her career. From those character to lead roles, femme fatales to African-American pioneers, Berry has approached each with depth and clarity. This culminated in 2001, when she portrayed Leticia in “Monster’s Ball.” This performance garnered for her the first Best Actress Oscar awarded to a woman of color. There was a memorable moment during her tearful acceptance speech, as Berry acknowledged her gratitude toward all the actresses in that realm who had come before her.
Morris Chestnut is a memorably handsome actor, but has also shown his range in many different performances. He has thoughtfully mixed his career in film and television with image parts, lead roles and character acting, resulting in a blend of diversified experiences through the years.
HollywoodChicago.com was privileged to sit down with Halle Berry and Morris Chestnut to talk about their new film “The Call,” and also to go over their Hollywood adventures, both positive and challenging.
HollywoodChicago.com: Ms. Berry, when you land a script you really care about, like ‘The Call,’ what is the first step you use for finding the character? How do you personally first develop that character after initially absorbing it from the script’s page?
Halle Berry: The first thing I do is figure out what work needs to be done, what is the investigative work? For this one, it was easy, I had to go to a call center. I had to see what that looked like, meet the people and observe them. I listened to actual calls, even took a few of them in their training program. I wanted to act like one of them and see what I could learn from that process.
HollywoodChicago.com: Mr. Chestnut, you have had roles in so many different types of TV shows and movies. What is different in your performance mindset about the level of authority you need to to play protectors – like a fire fighter as in ‘Ladder 49’ or a street cop as in ‘The Call’?
Morris Chestnut: This one was interesting, because I played a veteran cop and my partner in the film was more of a newbie. It definitely takes a different level of authority, a different mindset. We did a ride-along with a couple of police officers, and it was intriguing to watch the dynamic between a veteran cop and a rookie cop.
There was one traffic incident in which these guys were arguing over what happened with their cars. The veteran cop knew what to do – he told one guy to stand at a certain place, and the other guy to stand opposite – and told the rookie to watch both of them. So the rookie is trying to absorb everything, and the veteran knows instinctively how to deal with an incident. It’s a perspective on seeing how that dynamic works.
HollywoodChicago.com: Ms. Berry, ‘The Call’ is a highly symbolic film regarding attitudes toward women, both in dealing with their attacks in society and their eventual empowerment. Which element of your own empowerment did you bring to the character to embody that symbolism?
Berry: Personally, what I share with Jordan [Berry’s character] is that I have an ability, in whatever difficult situation I’m facing, to be able to rise above it. I’ve luckily been able to find my way through it, and come out the other side – better than I was, stronger than I was and still completely intact. And out of that, accomplish something that was amazing, even if it’s only amazing to me. I think Jordan does the same thing.
“The Call” is a tense and symbolic thriller, about a kidnapping in Los Angeles. Halle Berry portrays Jordan, a 911 operator who gets too involved in the crime, and takes it personally. Morris Chestnut portrays Paul, who is Jordan’s boyfriend and a veteran police officer who gets mixed into the case as well. Together they work to bring that kidnapper to some kind of justice.
Halle Berry in Chicago, Promoting ‘The Call’
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Halle Berry will not be pinned down when it comes to the characters she has portrayed in her career. From those character to lead roles, femme fatales to African-American pioneers, Berry has approached each with depth and clarity. This culminated in 2001, when she portrayed Leticia in “Monster’s Ball.” This performance garnered for her the first Best Actress Oscar awarded to a woman of color. There was a memorable moment during her tearful acceptance speech, as Berry acknowledged her gratitude toward all the actresses in that realm who had come before her.
Morris Chestnut is a memorably handsome actor, but has also shown his range in many different performances. He has thoughtfully mixed his career in film and television with image parts, lead roles and character acting, resulting in a blend of diversified experiences through the years.
HollywoodChicago.com was privileged to sit down with Halle Berry and Morris Chestnut to talk about their new film “The Call,” and also to go over their Hollywood adventures, both positive and challenging.
HollywoodChicago.com: Ms. Berry, when you land a script you really care about, like ‘The Call,’ what is the first step you use for finding the character? How do you personally first develop that character after initially absorbing it from the script’s page?
Halle Berry: The first thing I do is figure out what work needs to be done, what is the investigative work? For this one, it was easy, I had to go to a call center. I had to see what that looked like, meet the people and observe them. I listened to actual calls, even took a few of them in their training program. I wanted to act like one of them and see what I could learn from that process.
HollywoodChicago.com: Mr. Chestnut, you have had roles in so many different types of TV shows and movies. What is different in your performance mindset about the level of authority you need to to play protectors – like a fire fighter as in ‘Ladder 49’ or a street cop as in ‘The Call’?
Morris Chestnut: This one was interesting, because I played a veteran cop and my partner in the film was more of a newbie. It definitely takes a different level of authority, a different mindset. We did a ride-along with a couple of police officers, and it was intriguing to watch the dynamic between a veteran cop and a rookie cop.
There was one traffic incident in which these guys were arguing over what happened with their cars. The veteran cop knew what to do – he told one guy to stand at a certain place, and the other guy to stand opposite – and told the rookie to watch both of them. So the rookie is trying to absorb everything, and the veteran knows instinctively how to deal with an incident. It’s a perspective on seeing how that dynamic works.
HollywoodChicago.com: Ms. Berry, ‘The Call’ is a highly symbolic film regarding attitudes toward women, both in dealing with their attacks in society and their eventual empowerment. Which element of your own empowerment did you bring to the character to embody that symbolism?
Berry: Personally, what I share with Jordan [Berry’s character] is that I have an ability, in whatever difficult situation I’m facing, to be able to rise above it. I’ve luckily been able to find my way through it, and come out the other side – better than I was, stronger than I was and still completely intact. And out of that, accomplish something that was amazing, even if it’s only amazing to me. I think Jordan does the same thing.
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