Spencer Got Gig With 'Help' From Her Friends
There has been much written about how actress Octavia Spencer inspired the character of the moody and sometimes hilarious good Minoune Jackson in the novel and upcoming film "Help".
Spencer is a longtime friend of Taylor's film writer-director Tate, who is even longer time friend of the "Help" author Kathryn Stockett. Taylor introduced the two women, and brass Spencer and class has become the essence of Minny.
"Help," which opens Wednesday, depicts three unlikely cohorts who expose scandals and civil rights in the 1960s the injustices of the era of Jackson, Mississippi And even though the film marks Taylor's first big studio job, he practically demanded the casting of Spencer, making for a rarity: the person inspiring a novel's major character actually playing her on the screen.
Ever since a preview last April at the film-exhibitors convention CinemaCon, many in Hollywood have been buzzing that performances by stars Viola Davis, Emma Stone and Spencer will carry them all into Oscar season.
So, for a fresh perspective on the Spencer story, it was time to dig a little deeper.
"She'd pass up a state dinner with the Obamas to watch a 'Little House on the Prairie' marathon," spilled Taylor recently, with author Stockett at his side, chuckling and nodding in acknowledgment.
In a separate interview, Spencer confessed, "That would be true," adding a slightly embarrassed smile. "You know why I like 'Little House on the Prairie' so much? My mom and dad separated, they never divorced, when I was really young. I think my mom was pregnant with my younger sister, and Michael Landon always played these wonderful dads. He was like my father figure, kind of what I wanted my dad to be."
Spencer was born in Montgomery, Ala., attended Auburn University and was introduced to Taylor when they were production assistants on the 1996 Sandra Bullock thriller, "A Time to Kill."
Spencer recalled that when working on the film, she told director Joel Schumacher, "I want to be the woman who starts the riot between the clan and the crowd, and he said, 'Oh, no Octavia. Your face is too sweet. You could read for Sandy's nurse.' I was like, 'Really?' I thought, 'Oh my god, I get to play Sandy's nurse.' I never thought it would cement my path."
She went on to play nurses in the TV series "City of Angels," ''Worst Week," ''Grounded for Life," ''Just Shoot Me!" ''Roswell," ''Chicago Hope," ''Brimstone" and "The X-Files," in the short film "The Spleenectomy," in the features "What Planet Are You From?" ''Everything Put Together," ''Halloween II," ''The Sky is Falling," ''Seven Pounds," and even in the upcoming indie "Lost on Purpose.
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