Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of She’s Gotta Have It 30 Years Later
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Victoria Uwumarogie
Island Pictures
About That Rape Scene…
Lee regrets the rape scene in the movie to this day. Why? “It was just totally … stupid. I was immature,” he said while speaking on the development of a She’s Gotta Have It TV series on Showtime with Deadline. “It made light of rape, and that’s the one thing I would take back. I was immature and I hate that I did not view rape as the vile act that it is.” In that uncomfortable scene, Nola Darling (played by Tracy Camila Johns) invites over one of the men in her life, Jamie (played by Tommy Redmond Hicks) after he rebuffs her because he can’t deal with her multiple suitors. When he comes by and she tries to come onto him, he assaults her after chastising her for only wanting sex from him.
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