Lee Daniels' mother was concerned about the energy
#TheDeliverance might bring his way, so he hired an on-set spiritualist to keep the cast and crew safe.
"I had a deliverer on set the whole time, someone who actually did this for a living. Also, it was really to help Aunjanue [Ellis-Taylor, who plays a deliverer] with her work, but also to protect us from the set. Listen, I read those books about the making of 'Poltergeist' and the making of 'The Exorcist.' And I’m like, 'Nope, not today, Satan. Ain’t happening today up in this motherf---er.' So we prayed every day. Interestingly enough, HR from Netflix tapped me the first day we started praying and said, 'This could be offensive to people and you can’t.' I go, 'Wait a minute — we’ve got to figure something out, because I can’t go in this jungle without praying every day.' So we figured out a system where I could say, 'I don’t mean to be offensive, but for those of us that aren’t into prayer, feel free to leave the set.' And there w...
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