Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making of “Akeelah and the Bee”
Reuniting Angela and Laurence
Akeelah and the Bee would be the third time Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne would reunite on screen. You may remember they were together in Boyz N The Hood and again in What’s Love Got To Do With It. In an interview with Hollywood Movies, Bassett explained what it was like to work with Laurence again.
“We run into each from then to now when he’s not off doing Morpheus in some exotic locale, but it was great. There’s that twinkle that’s in your eye because you know you’ve got chemistry with this person. You’ve got history with this person, you have the experience, you’re proud of them, you’re proud of this project, and you think it’s a great story to tell. It may not be a two-hander like [What’s Love Got to Do with It] but we’re here together and it’s something good.”
