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EXCLUSIVE: Jurnee Smollett-Bell on Getting a Call from Tyler Perry About 'Temptation, and Working on 'True Blood'

The actress says it was difficult getting into character.
Jurnee Smollett-Bell on Starring in 'Temptation'
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By Essence · Updated October 28, 2020
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell opens up about becoming her character, Judith, in Tyler Perry’s Temptation. The newlywed actress says she was intimidated by the character at first. “I was like, ‘Gosh I just got married, I just want to be a newlywed. I don’t want to have to think about what it would be like to cheat because I could not fathom that,'” she said, adding that Judith is someone who “has every intention to do good, to be a good girl. And yet somehow she takes this path.”

Check out the video and also find out what Smollett-Bell has to say about her new role on HBO’s True Blood.

Tyler Perry’s Temptation hits theaters this Friday.