The Oscar front-runner on manifesting ‘The Holdovers,’ making peace with ‘The Idol,’ and embracing Meryl Streep’s advice.
The Philadelphia native turned to film and TV after Ghost, earning acclaim for her role as comedy titan Lady Reed in 2019’s Dolemite Is My Name. Her performance got the attention of both Steve Martin, who cast her in Only Murders in the Building, and filmmaker Alexander Payne, who asked for Randolph when casting The Holdovers. “I knew some magic was going to happen if I did an Eddie Murphy movie,” Randolph tells me from a hotel room in London. “It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
What was it like to see the film for the first time? I saw it two days after the strike ended. I don’t want to see my work. It freaks me out. But they set up a private screening room for me, and I was really taken aback. I didn’t say too much the rest of that day, actually. It was just ruminating in my mind. I’ve never felt that before. Normally, I’ll be like, Oh, wow, I did a good job, or, Yeah, I did okay. But I was just speechless, trying to compute what I just saw. It was amazing.
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