Exclusive: Laverne Cox And Vanessa L. Williams Talk ‘Bad Hair’

Premiering on Hulu this week is the Justin Simien’s horror satire Bad Hair, one of the buzziest titles out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

In this horror satire set in 1989, Bad Hair follows an ambitious young woman named Anna (Elle Lorraine) who gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing career comes at a great cost when she realizes that her new hair may have a mind of its own. 

The film stars Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Lena Waithe, Laverne Cox, Jay Pharoah, Kelly Rowland, Blair Underwood, James Van Der Beek, and Usher Raymond. 

The film has since been featured in Essence Festival, CurlFest, UrbanWorld, where Simien (Dear White People) received the 2020 Festival Ambassador Award, Chicago Film Festival, New York Comic Con, Beyond Fest and One Music Festival.  

 BlackFilmandTV.com correspondent Sidnee Michelle spoke with Cox and Williams about their roles in the film. Cox plays Virgie, who runs a mysterious salon and gives Anna a big and wild weave while Williams plays famed former supermodel and media personality Zora who makes Anna work hard for her job.