Sanaa Lathanis having more than a bad hair day.In the exclusive trailer forNetflix‘s upcoming movieNappily Ever After, Lathan plays Violet Jones, a perfectionist with a high-powered corporate job and a doctor boyfriend — until she loses both.“I’ve worked so hard to be perfect,” she laments in the trailer. “And it still wasn’t enough.”Violet believes her rigidity stems from a lifelong obsession with styling and maintaining her gorgeous locks. “Ever since I was a kid, my hair was everything,” she says. “I had to be fixed. Only then was I perfect.”Courtesy NetflixSo when everything Violet strived for falls to pieces — and a child at the hair salon points out that she could “sponsor like six kids” with the amount of money Violet spend on her mane — she decides to take abuzzer to her doand sets out to rediscover herself who she is when she’s not hiding behind her hair.RELATED VIDEO: #TBT – Sanaa Lathan Reveals It Was Terrifying Filming ‘Love & Basketball’“My hair was like a second job,” Violet declares in the clip. “Forced me to focus on myself. I wonder who I will be.”Based on Trisha R. Thomas’ novel of the same name,Nappily Ever After— also starring Lyriq Bent, Ernie Hudson, Lynn Whitfield and Ricky Whittle — premieres on Netflix on September 21.
Sanaa Lathanis having more than a bad hair day.
In the exclusive trailer forNetflix‘s upcoming movieNappily Ever After, Lathan plays Violet Jones, a perfectionist with a high-powered corporate job and a doctor boyfriend — until she loses both.
“I’ve worked so hard to be perfect,” she laments in the trailer. “And it still wasn’t enough.”
Violet believes her rigidity stems from a lifelong obsession with styling and maintaining her gorgeous locks. “Ever since I was a kid, my hair was everything,” she says. “I had to be fixed. Only then was I perfect.”
Courtesy Netflix
So when everything Violet strived for falls to pieces — and a child at the hair salon points out that she could “sponsor like six kids” with the amount of money Violet spend on her mane — she decides to take abuzzer to her doand sets out to rediscover herself who she is when she’s not hiding behind her hair.
RELATED VIDEO: #TBT – Sanaa Lathan Reveals It Was Terrifying Filming ‘Love & Basketball’
“My hair was like a second job,” Violet declares in the clip. “Forced me to focus on myself. I wonder who I will be.”
Based on Trisha R. Thomas’ novel of the same name,Nappily Ever After— also starring Lyriq Bent, Ernie Hudson, Lynn Whitfield and Ricky Whittle — premieres on Netflix on September 21.
source: people.com
