Ilfenesh Hadera Instagram – Ilfenesh Hadera and Spike Lee have come a long way together.
Her starring role in ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ Spike Lee’s modern day A24 adaptation of an Akira Kurosawa class thriller, marks her fifth collaboration with the Brooklyn auteur, but you’d be forgiven if you didn’t catch her first role with him: a single line in an HBO pilot about boxing that never saw the light of day. Still, she made an impression—over the next decade she’s been a key player in his team of actors (when she’s not scoring plum roles in everything from prestige power struggles like ‘Billions’ and ‘Godfather of Harlem’ to the bouncy beach comedy ‘Baywatch’).
With ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ coming to theaters this week, Hadera caught up with friend, former Baywatch co-star, and current lead of the AMC TV series ‘Mayfair Witches,’ Alexandra Daddario. The two dish on the summer camp-like thrill of filming on location, how their real-life relationships survive industry madness, and keeping track of onscreen kisses. Link in bio to read their conversation.
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