NEED TO KNOW
- See the primary trailer for Tyler Perry’s Straw, starring Taraji P. Henson as a struggling single mom pushed to her breaking level
- The film additionally stars Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad and Rockmond Dunbar
- Straw begins streaming on Netflix on June 6
Taraji P. Henson has hit her breaking level.
The primary trailer for Tyler Perry’s Straw, launched Wednesday, Could 14, sees the 54-year-old actress painting Janiyah, a single mom who will do something to assist her sick daughter.
“I did not imply to do that. One thing within me broke,” Henson says within the trailer whereas holding a gun inside a financial institution. As cops encompass the constructing, Sherri Shepherd’s character approaches Janiyah, telling her, “We have to determine this out. I do not need you to get damage.”
The film additionally stars Teyana Taylor, Glynn Turman, Sinbad, and Rockmond Dunbar.
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“A single mom’s world unravels in chaos as her day goes from unhealthy to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to take care of her sick daughter,” the official synopsis reads. “Pushed to the brink by a world that appears detached to her existence, she’s compelled to confront inconceivable decisions in a society that provides her no security web.”
Talking with Leisure Weekly, Henson shared what drew her to the position and why she pertains to her character Janiyah.
“This one is a thriller, and I’ve by no means accomplished a thriller with Tyler, so I used to be excited by that,” Henson stated. “There is a twist that occurs that you do not see coming — a whodunnit, in a way. I am unable to give away an excessive amount of, so I am attempting to speak round it, however there’s some loopy twists and turns in there that’ll take you without warning, that completely take the character without warning.”
As catastrophe strikes time and again, Janiyah’s focus stays on her daughter.
“Janiyah is a girl who does not have a lot in life, however she has a variety of love for her baby,” the Shade Purple actress shared.
“I am a single mom, so I understood her journey and her struggles. She’s a single mom attempting to make one of the best of the playing cards that she’s been dealt in life. She finds herself in a horrible scenario the place a kind of days, you get up and all the things that would go incorrect goes incorrect. It is about how she maneuvers by it,” Henson added.
Straw begins streaming on Netflix on June 6.