In her new memoir, Kerry Washington says she was encouraged to steal for the first time in her life to prepare to play a shoplifter: 'I cased the joint two days in a row.'
, Washington opens up about some hard truths and tales from her career, including the time she planned a heist to help get into character. To prepare for her role as ambitious shoplifter Niecy in 2001's, the actress writes that she was tasked by the writer-directors Khari Streeter and DeMane Davis to steal something so she could "feel the adrenaline and excitement that was written into Niecy's relationship with theft.
The goal was to understand the physical responses to the rush, so she went for something small. With the prep done, Washington was ready to nab her loot: a Granny Smith apple. She went in, slipped the apple into her bag and got out of there. "Having rehearsed my getaway, I knew exactly where on Broadway I was no longer in sight of anyone working in the store, and when I reached that spot on the sidewalk, I started to run," she shares.| Credit: Little, Brown Spark
Afterward, she called the directors to share the news and offered to bring the apple in as proof. "They told me they believed me and to enjoy my bounty. So, I ate it." she writes. When filming wrapped on, Washington went back to the store for snacks and told them to keep the change to make up for her heist. chronicles the personal and professional life of Washington after she discovers that her mother used a sperm donor and the man who raised her is not her biological father.
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