The cast of The Color Purple had less-than-ideal working conditions on set—until Oprah Winfrey intervened, The Daily Beast reports.
Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson and Grammy Award-winning actress Danielle Brooks “said they faced an uphill battle getting dressing rooms and security, among other amenities, during production,” the outlet reports. Brooks revealed during a Q&A with The Color Purple cast on Friday that she was stunned that the cast were initially made to share a dressing room: “I remember when we first came in and we were doing rehearsal and they put us all in the same space and we didn’t have our own dressing rooms at the time,” she said, adding that they were also not given food.
