Tyler Perry put up seven figures for simply sooner or later on set with late actress Cicely Tyson.
Throughout an interview with AARP, Perry revealed that he paid Tyson, who died final yr at age 96, “one million {dollars}” for a single day of labor on his 2007 movie Why Did I Get Married?
“This lady had completed so many superb issues, however she wasn’t properly compensated for it,” Perry advised AARP. “She made $6,000 for Sounder, ? I needed to ensure she knew that there have been individuals who valued her.”
The film exec stated he “cherished working with Tyson” on his 2007 hit film.
“It makes me really feel nice that I used to be ready to offer this unimaginable lady some safety in her latter years,” Perry added.
Tyson and Perry labored collectively on quite a few movies together with Diary of a Mad Black Lady, Madea’s Household Reunion, and Why Did I Get Married Too?
Following Tyson’s dying, Perry posted a heartfelt tribute highlighting the critically acclaimed actress’ legacy.
“My coronary heart breaks in a single beat whereas celebrating her life within the subsequent,” Perry wrote on Instagram partially. “To assume that she lived for 96 years and I obtained to be part of the final 16 brings me nice pleasure. She referred to as me son. Nicely, in the present day your son grieves your loss and can miss our lengthy talks, your laughter out of your stomach, and your very presence.”
“At all times so regal, all the time so elegant, all the time a woman, all the time a queen,” he added. “Each time we might speak I might ask, ‘How are you?’ and you’ll say, ‘I’m nonetheless right here. He will need to have one thing he desires me to do.’ Nicely, I feel it’s secure to say you have got completed all you had been put right here to do, and we’re all higher for it.”
Throughout her seven-decade-long profession, Tyson racked in additional than 95 tv and movie credit, which earned the actress Academy, Tony, and Emmy awards.
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