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When you are portraying a person that is very real, in my case, katherine johnson is still alive, she is 98-years old; there is a responsibility to get it right. i guess the biggest thing that i took away from katherine was her humility. when you talk about superheroes there are selfless, they don't think about themselves, they put humanity first.
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When You Are Portraying A Person That

Taraji P. Henson
When you are portraying a person that is very real, in my case, katherine johnson is still alive, she is 98-years old; there is a responsibility to get it right. i guess the biggest thing that i took away from katherine was her humility. when you talk about superheroes there are selfless, they don't think about themselves, they put humanity first.
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