Gabrielle Union Says Her Character Of Isis Initially “Was Like A Bad Stereotype” In Bring It On : “The Script Was A Little Cringe-y”

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Gabrielle Union Says Her Character Of Isis Initially “Was Like A Bad Stereotype” In Bring It On : “The Script Was A Little Cringe-y”

Gabrielle Union talked about how lines for Isis had to go through some heavy-handed changes to keep her from being the cliché she originally read as: "She doesn’t need to speak in made-up, Blaxploitation dialogue."

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