Oscar nominated actress. Taraji P. Henson who plays the love interest of the handsomely gorgeous actor Michael Ealy, in Steve Harvey’s movie “Think Like A Man” which is based off Harvey’s best seller book ‘Think Like A Man: Act Like A Lady‘ definitely envied alot of hearts with her role.
Taraji sat down for an interview with Sway Calloway on Sirius XM radio show where she dished on working with Ealy [including the intimate scenes] where Ealy literally licks chocolate off Taraji’s body. Taraji says that although two maintain their professionalism that she was very much in character and affirms that the chemistry between the two was indeed real.
Check out a few excerpts and the full interview below:
On The Intimate Scenes With Ealy On Set:
He was like ”What can I touch?,’ ‘What can we do?,’ ‘What can I not touch?’ and I was like ‘You know what? Go for it!’ Now, go for it meaning in the most professional way possible, like of course you are not going to be grinding on me if it’s not called for. We were never totally nude, so there was a barrier of clothing and blankets. It was very professional but in a believe way that it was real.
Taraji [who is currently single by choice] was also asked whether she’d consider a romance off screen with Ealy if opportunity permits and she says:
You know you guys are so funny. Everybody has been hitting me with that, Wendy hit me with that ‘Well you know Michael iis successful?’ I don’t mix my business with pleasure because nobody is coming between me and my coins. I don’t care how fine he is and here is the deal with the dangers of playing these […] well when your on the set and your portraying these characters, those feelings are real. I mean for me, they are, but I’m professional and I know its a job and I go to work to make pretend and I see how people fall in love on set but I’m smart enough to know that when they yell ‘CUT’ it’s a wrap. You go back to your regular life and then what happens when you find out that you really fell in love with the character because ‘you, buddy are nothing like that character’. You realize that you’ve been living in a world of make believe. So, I try to separate the two
Watch the full interview here:
In a candid interview with BET, Ealy admits that he would love to smooch in future love scenes with Taraji and explains that he was delighted to work with Tarji on set as well.
Anything that I threw at her in a scene she just knocked it out of the park. She’s so dope. That’s the only word that can describe her. I hope that we get to do more projects together, I really do. She’s phenomenal
It’s good to see that these two can separate business from pleasure while having a genuine affection and friendship for one another. ‘Think Like As Man’ opens in theaters this Friday April 20th