Kevin D. Kinsey

Halle Berry in “Perfect Stranger.”

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Berry hopes to begin work on that film this coming summer. Casting isn’t complete and they’re still looking for the right romantic leading man. “We don’t know yet because the last version of the script just came in and it came out really good.” Berry will be wearing two hats for Nappily Ever After, taking on the job of producing the film as well as starring in it.

Beauty and a Sense of Humor: Comedy isn’t exactly the genre most associated with Berry. “That’s another nut for me to crack because I have to convince them that I could do a comedy. I think, you know, they don’t see it right now so Nappily I’m doing for myself. It’ll be a chance to sort of show that side.”

Her Character in Nappily Ever After: “I play this woman, Venus. The movie, it’s all about a woman… You know that relationship that women have with their hair and how hair throughout history has defined us and how we’re in such bondage? Everything is, ‘If my hair’s not right, then we’re not right.’ So my character, at the beginning of the movie, something is done to her and her hair starts to fall out. She decides one night after being drunk trying to deal with the fact that their hair is dragged up, she’s drunk and she decides to shave her hair completely bald. Now she has to face the next morning with no hair and how her whole life and everybody around her is now different and behaves differently. Because she was this beautiful goddess with this long hair and now she’s bald and how she’s different now. She’s forced to look at what beauty really is and it comes from inside, obviously, not from the outside. But it’s a hard lesson for us to get and this movie will sort of expose that and help us sort of come to terms. And maybe every time we hear thunder, we won’t go running for cover.”

Losing Her Hair for a Role: Her character tries all sorts of things once she goes bald, but Berry nixed the idea of doing the film wearing a cap. The Oscar-winner wanted to play it authentic by actually shaving off her hair. Commenting on that decision Berry said, “I’m really ready. I think I want to get this lesson on film because I think I still struggle with this hair issue, too. I’m really going to get the lesson on film. Hopefully other women will get it too.”

By Rebecca Murray, About.com Guide