Tiffany Haddish Asked Marlon Wayans Why His Family Never Cast Her In Their Movies Despite Auditioning: “You Was Always On 10”

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Tyler Perry, who cast Haddish in one of her first big roles on If Loving You Is Wrong on OWN, said he knew that her personality and star power was too big for the part.

“She was bigger than the room, bigger than what we were doing,” he said to the New York Times. “I knew that eventually she would hit.”

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 07: Actress Tiffany Haddish attends the Women In Comedy event with July cover stars Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig hosted by ELLE at HYDE Sunset: Kitchen + Cocktails on June 7, 2016 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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