Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind the Making of “Jungle Fever”
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Veronica Wells
The Crackheads
In addition to the subject of race and interracial relationships, there’s a subplot concerning drug use. For many of us, this was the first time we saw Halle Berry looking less than glamorous. She took the role so seriously she refused to bathe or change clothes for two weeks. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t have to go that deep to prepare because he had already lived that story. When he started shooting, he was just two weeks out of rehab for a cocaine addiction. Jackson’s said that he didn’t require makeup for this role because his face reflected the true recovery process. He later referred to the portrayal of that character as cathartic. After this role his career took off.
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