for me on so many levels. They told me the
reason they had not contacted me when I submitted my resume and picture was because
they thought I didn’t look old enough in the
picture. There is an appointed time for God to
answer prayer. It’s how He rolls!
HimPower: I read where you dressed
the part of Miss Clara for the audition. Were
you confident that you would get the role?
Karen Abercrombie: God does things
by divine appointment. We were looking for
a house in Charlotte and there was something about our third realtor. There was just
something about her. She had shown us a
house and we started to leave. She noticed
my license plate read, “The Book”. She asked
me about it, I told her. She asked if we had
found a church. I told her we had been looking
around visiting different churches. She invited
us to come to her church and just check it
out. I immediately felt a connection and began
doing skits there. There is a gentleman there
who is a producer. He told me about the
movie (WAR ROOM). He told me to submit
my picture and resume. A couple of weeks had
passed and he asked me if I had heard from
them. I told him I hadn’t. He said they were
having auditions next week at our church. He
gave me some dialogue to look over and told
me to go in dressed as an older woman. They
had seen me dressed older in some of the
skits at church. When I received his email and
started reading, I heard Miss Clara’s voice and
went into it the following week. I grabbed a
wig out of my closet and stayed in character
until we finished. Stephen asked me about my
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