Halle Berry Was Afraid To Star In ‘Never Let Go’
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The Oscar winner unpacks the biggest lessons she learned from her supernatural horror film, from healing generational trauma to facing fear.
Halle Berry almost couldn’t shake her fears for her latest turn on the big screen.
“When I started this movie, I was afraid,” the Oscar winner, 58, admits about joining Alexandre Aja’s horror-thriller “Never Let Go,” which hit theaters on Sept. 20. “I was afraid to do this, but that also let me know that I had to do it.”
Berry and I are near the end of our morning phone call on the day of her film’s release when the topic of facing fear comes up. That’s only natural, because it sits precisely at the center of her new movie.
In the supernatural flick — which Berry also executive produced — she plays Momma, an overprotective single mother who has to put fear aside to shield her fraternal twin sons (played by Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs IV) from an unspeakable evil that’s taken over a seemingly post-apocalyptic world. Momma’s parents first passed down the spirit’s haunting, and in turn, her boys have inherited the same curse. For the past 10 years, the family of three has been locked away in a cabin in the woods far from civilization, where their only lifelines are a network of ropes binding them to their home. Their vow is to never let go of them, hoping not to be infected by “the Evil.” However, one son’s doubts sever that bond, literally and figuratively, unleashing the demon’s wicked wrath.
“Never Let Go” has the kind of plot that immediately captivated Berry. It’s a tale about motherhood, survival, resilience and confronting deep-seated generational trauma. Despite her slight reservations about the fact that her co-stars would be “two little kids,” Berry says she was thoroughly intrigued by Aja’s concept.
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