Tag — Gabby Sidibe

Gabby Sidibe is the breakout star of the movie Precious, where she plays the role of an obese, abused, 16-year-old. The actress, who is actually 26 years old, has all of Hollywood talking because of her moving and primal performance,  but what most of us don’t know is that her true character is a 180-degree turn in comparison to her character in the movie. The director of the film, Lee Daniels, said that Sidibe had to ‘unwork’ all of her natural confidence in order to star in a role that required her to be shy, abused and fearful. Daniels also added,

“She is unequivocally comfortable in her body, in a very bizarre way. Either she’s in a state of denial or she’s so elevated that she’s on another level,” he says. “I had no doubt in my mind that she had four or five boyfriends, easily.”

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