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Cynthia Erivo Reveals the Incredible Decade-Long Journey She Went on to Get Her New Movie, ‘Drift,’ Made · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: When you're getting a film off the ground in Hollywood,
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  Speaker 2: it takes years upon years for a project to transition
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  Speaker 2: from a screenplay to what you see on screen, and
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  Speaker 2: in the process, all sorts of different actors can be
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  Speaker 2: attached at different points. But Cynthia Rivo's new drama Drift,
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  Speaker 2: which premiered at sun Dance, is a unique case because
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  Speaker 2: she got involved with it long before she was a
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  Speaker 2: major star and eventually ended up using that leverage he
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  Speaker 2: earned after becoming a household name to get it made.
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  Speaker 2: She tells songwriter Universe. I was involved with Drift from
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  Speaker 2: the beginning. The script was sent to me back in
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  Speaker 2: twenty fifteen when I was still doing the color Purple
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  Speaker 2: on Broadway. Bill Paxton was going to direct it. I
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  Speaker 2: loved it and wanted to do it. Unfortunately Bill passed away,
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  Speaker 2: so his wife kindly asked if we could continue with
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  Speaker 2: it one day. When it came back in twenty nineteen,
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  Speaker 2: my career had evolved a lot, so this time they
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  Speaker 2: asked me if I wanted to be a producer. I
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  Speaker 2: said yes. I wanted to do anything to make it happen.
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  Speaker 2: Cynthia Rivo there on. The new film Drift, which she
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  Speaker 2: stars in, produced and contributed an original song to that
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  Speaker 2: she sings and co wrote called it would be Drift
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  Speaker 2: hits theaters in March.
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