Super Fly
Lex Scott Davis is an American actress who is eff for playing Toni Braxton in the Lifetime television movieToni Braxton : Unbreak My Heart . Lex went on to star in the CBS dramaTraining Day , dally opposite Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell . Now she portrays Georgia in the filmSuperfly , which follow out June 13 , 2018 .
Screen Rant had the opportunity to sit down with Lex , where we discussed whatSuperflysays about the American Dream today , how the picture utter to the current clime of the world , how her character Georgia stand out from everybody else , and what she teach from Director X ’s ocular storytelling way .
SR : Priest sort of surpasses the expectations of the original moving-picture show in terms of achiever . What does that mean about the American dream ? How does this movie speak to the American dream in this cinema ?
Lex : Hm , I have intercourse that , with this one , we settle to go young with Priest . And we also decided to not have him doing drugs throughout the whole movie like the original . We also decide not have him shooting a artillery . That alone says a good deal . It speak volumes to what the underlying theme of this is . We are catch a young man who is in a position of power but did n’t get there by doing the right thing . Now he ’s grow out of it . He require to overcome what he ’s put himself into and just be a better man for his future .
SR : How do you think this flick speaks about the relevancy of variety of the current and way the society is now ? Because there ’s , this is so relevant , with so many issues . I mean , the tainted police and how he does n’t apply a artillery is in reality something that I found really coolheaded . So how do you suppose that moving-picture show speaks to the current climate of the humans ?
Lex : I can respect that it ’s true the first and foremost . And you acknowledge , these are things that are depicted , that will recognize from society . And now hold societal medium we see these thing , you bonk , on our phone . It ’s mightily there . It ’s no getting away from it . And that ’s the truth . There ’s no turn tail it . This is where we are . However , again , just having an example of how to overcome all of those things , how to deal with them , but dispense with them in a higher standard and a high respect is what ’s important to me .
SR : Georgia is a majuscule type . She ’s brilliant . She ’s an artist . What makes Georgia stand out from everybody else in the crowd ?
Lex : Georgia place upright out for so many dissimilar grounds . One being that she is belike the most covered ( LAUGHS ) out of all the women in this story . She has on the most layers of apparel . And that the fact that she can be so covered and still overlook all of the aid in any room she ’s in is , it speaks volume . Especially in a society today where young , jr. women are now look up to people . And then the chance that are a little more telling and you bed a little more compromising of your true belief . I bonk to be capable to be in a position to still be just as spicy , just as dominant , just as much as the honcho , but seeing on the same playacting field of operation amongst the men while keeping herself covered and poised and respected .
SR : Yeah . Well , you get to work with the amazing Director X who ’s done some of the most iconic euphony videos over the past tenner . What did you instruct from him and his visual storytelling style ?
Lex : I learned so much . I in spades levitate around the director ’s collapsible shelter , the video village where we call it , just because I want to be in that seat someday . And it was a lot you could get a line from him . Especially because he ’s bring elements from the music industry into make movie devising . Which is very unique , which is n’t often done . And I think that ’s why it was so much like , “ Director X is doing his first feature film . ” But it ’s awesome . You know , I cogitate some people may have been like , “ Hmm , can he ? ” But yes he can . He can . And he has a beautiful eye for optic graphics for color . How he shoot thing , especially those campaign scenes . The fighting scenes look awesome . You screw , how he depicted those and did n’t even . How beautiful the club scenes are . And they do look like a music television , but that ’s red-hot . That ’s dope . You know what I intend ? It ’s unlike . I think this film will stand out amongst , the other summer megahit it just in terms of esthetic .
