Summary
Oscar nomineeDanielle Brookshas such an awesomely wide range as a performer.
She lit up the cast of the popular Netflix seriesOrange is the New Black.
Add to everything her fan favorite role as Leota Adebayo inJames Gunns D.C. seriesPeacemaker.
Image via Warner Bros.
Its only natural we find Brooks as Dawn, exploring and building within the universe ofA Minecraft Movie.
Colliders ownSteve Weintraubhad the pleasure of sitting down with Brooks to talk about all thingsAMinecraft Movie.
Check out the whole conversation in the video above or the transcript below.
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COLLIDER:So I’m curious.
BROOKS:[Laughs]What does it cost?
I don’t know.
Image by Jefferson Chacon
No, I’m just kidding.
Sam is the best.
Who wouldn’t pay to work with him, right?
That’s my point!
BROOKS: And when you’re doing theater, I pretty much did pay to work with him.
[Laughs]Like a dream.
It’s been really cool.
But Jared was able to insert a lot of his unique humor into the movie.
Were you surprised at all how much weird stuff is in it?
BROOKS: No, because I’ve watched his films likeNacho LibreandNapoleon Dynamite.
This is so cool!"
But that’s the reason they paid you.
To work with the butt.
Brooks also recaps her journey from Juilliard to ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and HBO Max.
What is the game you pick to save our planet?
BROOKS: That’s a good question.
First of all, I thought you were going to say, “Would we survive?”
I was going to say, All of us would be dead in 59 seconds.
That’s my game.
Can you actually playPac-Man?
How far can you get with the marriage of Pac-Man?
You know what I mean?
BROOKS: I do know what you mean.
I do know what you mean.
Yeah, again, 59 seconds.
That’s how much time.
BROOKS: These are interesting, fun questions.
That some of the produce was actually real.
Lotta wasted food, but…
When I see it again, I will definitely be looking at it.
BROOKS: Yeah, look at that stuff!
It’s pretty mind-blowing.
I wish I had a picture to show you, but it’s a lot of fun.
I’m a big fan ofPeacemaker.
BROOKS: Oh, thanks!
BROOKS: Look at you!
I will tease that it comes out tomorrow.
No, Im just kidding, it doesnt come out tomorrow, it comes out in August.
I can tell you that much.
But the dance number is…
I think it’s safe to say there’s going to be another.
Yeah, I’ve gotten it from James [Gunn] and from John [Cena].
They’ve admitted there’s a new song, they’ve admitted there’s a new dance number.
I’m just curious what it was like for you doing the new one.
BROOKS: I had a lot of choreography.
I had to do a lot of time with the choreographer because it was intense.
Learning those moves isnoteasy.
Making sure the leg goes the right way.
It was hard, but I got it down.
Can I sayeverybodygot it down?
But thank God for TV magic and cuts and all that stuff.
Can you tease anything about the season?
BROOKS: It will not disappoint.
I will not disappoint.
Oh, I’m sure.
James is real good.
BROOKS: James is so good.
A Minecraft Moviedrops on Friday, April 4.
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