Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Tyler Perry’s Divorce in Black." Tyler Perry latest film, " Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black " released on July 11, and it's already a hot topic on social media. In the film, Meagan Good plays Ava, a preacher's daughter and God-fearing woman who will do anything to save her marriage.
But once her husband, Dallas, played by Cory Hardrict, decides to leave her, she realizes his true abusive nature and finds comfort in her longtime friend-turned-lover, Benji (Joseph Lee Anderson). In a joint interview with TODAY.com, Good and Hardrict spoke about their characters in the movie, with Good saying she didn't fully relate to Ava's experience despite her divorce from film producer DeVon Franklin , which was finalized in 2022.
"Sometimes your character is just your character and so what they're going through, even though you may be able to relate to it, it's still that character's journey," she tells TODAY.com. Hardrict, who also experienced a public divorce with now-ex wife Tia Mowry , the mother of his two kids, agreed.
"I would say Dallas is nothing like Cory so I didn't pull the violence or the rage. That's not me at all. Plus, I don't even drink," he says.
"He (Dallas) had vices of alcohol. I don't drink alcohol, so I had to act my behind off and do a lot of scene study and character work." Thus far, Perry's film has earned a 0% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 10 reviews and a 51% audience score.
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