Lifetime's "Pride: A Seven Deadly Sins Story" Is a Career First for Stephanie Mills

quotIt was scary very scaryquot Mills pictured at top left said of tackling her first starring movie role quotI just turned 66 so I was like 39Lord let me remember these lines39 Tommy helped me and Keeya helped me They were both so great but I39m telling you I was afraid But I just gave it to God I said 39God you got this39 and flew to Vancouver to filmquotIt was wonderful for me to do a role that I wasn39t singing inquot she added quotI was really happy to do that because I wanted to do some acting and I39m dramatic anyway in my own life And the message of this movie is so powerful That39s what really drew me to the character that and the script was written so wellquotDespite its entire cast having extensive stage experience when it came to filming Pride there was a universal challenge quotThe biggest challenge was cookingquot laughed King top right quotI can39t cook but Ella is a beautiful exquisite baker because that runs in her family Birdie runs a bakery so everybody knows how to bake and cook I actually had to do a little preparing beforehand like how do I make a cake I got some eggs and I made like a little Betty Crocker thingquotquotI don39t bake eitherquot chimed in Mills quotI don39t and I39m not a cook That was a challenge for me too Oh and just remembering my lines But after I got there it all became so organic and it just flowed Working with Keeya and Tommy made it such a wonderful experiencequotThere was a different challenge for Thomas Miles top center who is best known for his comedic skills rather than dramatic turns quotI39m a perfectionistquot he said quotI wanted to nail it every single time If I don39t nail it I want to do it again and again I want you to give me so many takes until I get it If it were up to me we39d still be in Vancouver shooting I kept thinking just give me one more just one more It was good for me because people know me as a comedian with jokes and prank phone calls To be able to come and do something completely different that the audience hasn39t really seen felt good Then bring the message of this is the guy that you don39t want to bequotThere39s this conniving spirit Gabe hasquot Miles continued quotHe39s trying to win no matter what and at the end we got to win So trying to balance that and at the same time see that lovable side as a son was difficult Also as a viewer I want you to see what I39m up to at the same time That39s all a bit of a challenge but I think I did decent trying to pull it offquotIn portraying Birdie Mills admits to pulling on some personal experiences quotI could relate to what was going on with the family definitelyquot she said quotI have brothers going through their pride and I have a son I39m raising So yes I could definitely relate as a mother loving her son so much that she wanted to cover up whatever he was doingquotMy son is 22 and he cons me every day all the timequot she continued with a laugh quotBut it wasn39t too far from me as far as the mother I39ve never been prideful and I39m a person that will say 39I39m sorry39 if I hurt your feelings or something I39ve just never been prideful so that was different for me and being mean to my son was different I39ve never even yelled at my son you know I39ve never even said 39no39 to him I know that sounds crazy but to be mean to Tommy was hard because he39s so sweetquotRegarding the film39s subject matter Mills had this to say in closing quotThis movie talks about pride and in our community we have a lot of pride in familiesquot Mills said in closing quotI hope viewers get the message that being prideful is dangerous You have got to be able to say 39I39m sorry I love you39 because some families don39t talk for five or 10 years because they39re prideful That39s the message that I was so happy was so well written in this scriptquotPride A Seven Deadly Sins Story will be telecast Saturday April 8 at 800 pm 7 pm Central on LifetimeClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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