Halle Berry spoke on a Sundance Film Festival about her directorial debut «Bruised,» in which she also stars as a MMA fighter. Berry said she stepped up to direct when no one else would.
Jan.31 (UPI) — Academy Award winning actor Halle Berry, who makes her directorial debut with the Netflix movie Bruised, said she had only intended to star in the film, but met with many directors who did not share her vision. «I would say, ‘Nobody’s getting it like I’m getting it. I can’t get anyone to see it. It’s so in my head.'» Berry said on a Sundance Film Festival panel on «Women Breaking Barriers,» hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It was Berry’s producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas who suggested Berry do it herself. The two previously made the films Perfect Stranger and Kidnap, and the series Extant together. «I remember for a week, I just couldn’t accept that was something I wanted to do or could do,» Berry said. «Finally, I just acquiesced and I said, ‘Okay, if you believe in me, then I’m going to believe in me.
