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HUFFINGTON
03.17.13
Angela
Bassett on
Whether She
Was Ever
Tempted to
Sell Out
“There was a time maybe ... the role
was, the guy would push her head
into a dog food bowl … I was like,
no, I’m not going to do that. It helped
that my rent was $230 a month.”
Above: Angela Bassett at the 2013 National
Board Of Review Awards. Below: Bassett
stars as the head of the Secret Service in
Olympus Has Fallen, in theaters March 22.
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