Halle Berry Won’t Repeat Her 1 Career Move That Made Even Channing Tatum Feel “stupid”

SUMMARY

• While promoting her most recent film, Never Let Go, Halle Berry revealed that she would never direct and act simultaneously.
• Berry directed and acted as the lead role on Netflix's Bruised.
• Channing Tatum also had the same experience while directing and acting as the lead role in Dog, claiming that it was probably a bad idea.

Several actors often transition from being in front of the camera to sitting on the director’s throne, and this is something the iconic Halle Berry is very familiar with. The 58-year-old made her silver screen debut in a movie called Jungle Fever (1991), directed by the legendary Spike Lee. 

Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men | Credit: 20th Century Studios

But it wasn’t until the following year that Berry ended up finding herself in the limelight. She acted in a film starring Eddie Murphy called, Boomerang. She also received an award for Best Breakthrough Performance at the 1993 MTV Movie and TV Awards. After landing roles a massive projects in the years that followed, Berry finally directed her first hit in 2020. 

Halle Berry seems to have only one regret with Bruised

With Bruised (2020) being her first-ever project as a director, Halle Berry was under a lot of pressure especially since she chose to take up the lead character’s role. The plot of the entire movie was filled with a lot of emotion and drama, possibly making it harder for Berry to balance between acting and directing. 

Halle Berry as Jackie Justice in Bruised (2020) | Credits: Netflix

She briefly highlighted a potential return to directing in an interview with Collider. Steve Weintraub of Collider asked Berry if she would ever make another film to which she said, 

Oh, for sure. I won’t star in and direct, but directing for sure.

Interestingly, the Catwoman actress revealed that she’s already working on a movie that’s the complete opposite of Bruised. 

Berry didn’t reveal much about the film that she will soon direct. But she only stated that the script is currently being written and that it’s a “love story at its core”. 

She is currently promoting another movie called Never Let Go, a survival horror film that also features a few other actors such as child prodigy Anthony B. Jenkins, Percy Daggs III, Stephanie Lavigne, and Christin Park. 

Channing Tatum has something in common with Halle Berry from his experience as director

Channing Tatum recently starred as Remy LeBeau (also known as Gambit) in Marvel’s latest movie, Deadpool & Wolverine. The 44-year-old Magic Mike and Step Up icon also filmed a movie alongside Marvel’s very own Scarlett Johansson called Fly Me to the Moon, which came out a few days before Deadpool & Wolverine.

Channing Tatum as Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine | Credits: Walt Disney Studios/Marvel Studios

While promoting the romance-comedy film, Tatum was interviewed by Collider with Johansson. Once again, they asked Tatum if he would ever reprise his role as a director on a movie set. He said, 

I think I might later in life. I’m not planning to do it right away… My experience, it’s not that it wasn’t a good one. I don’t know if I had a full directing experience. I was in every single frame of the movie. I never got to like even go to the monitor… I don’t know it was all stupid. 

Channing Tatum also elaborated on why he never got to properly experience the director’s role stating that switching sides from the front of the camera to behind the monitor would’ve consumed a lot of time off shoot day. 

Additionally, he mentioned that it was shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning there were still restrictions the crew had to abide by. And of course, being an on-screen dog dad was a major priority too.

The movie he directed was called Dog, an action-comedy film. Tatum played the role of an army ranger who brings a military dog to her owner’s funeral.

Based on what Channing Tatum and Halle Berry had to say, actors took note of how hard it was for these Hollywood veterans to pull off being an actor and director on set. 

Bruised and Dog can be streamed on Netflix and Amazon Prime, respectively. 

Written by Rakibul John Rodgers

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