Exclusive: Naturi Naughton-Lewis talks Call Her King, Power Ghost and Hip Hop 50th Anniversary
Now playing on BET+ is the original feature Call Her King, starring Naturi Naughton-Lewis (Power Book II: Ghost) and Lance Gross (House of Payne).
Directed by Wes Miller (A Day to Die), Call Her King follows Judge Jaeda King (Naughton), who has just sentenced Sean Samuels (Mitchell) to death when the courthouse is hijacked by Samuels’ brother Gabriel, also known as Black Caesar (Gross). The Judge must then rely on her wits, strength, and skill to find a way to end the standoff, save the hostages and fight her way out.
Jason Mitchell (Mudbound), Johnny Messner (A Day to Die), Nicholas Turturro (NYPD Blue), Tobias Truvillion (First Wives Club), Garrett Hendricks (FBI) and Shiobann Amisial (Bel-Air) also star in the film, the first production falling under Andrew van den Houten and Miller’s newly formed BLacklight Entertainment banner.
BLacklight’s mission is providing quality opportunities for people of color and other traditionally disadvantaged people in front of and behind the camera. van den Houten and Miller produced the film for the company.
Best known for her role as Tasha St. Patrick on Starz’s flagship drama Power and its spinoff Power Book II: Ghost, Naughton-Lewis was last seen as a co-lead opposite Eve in ABC’s short lived series Queens. Her recent film credits include 88, Really Love and Emperor. Naughton’s credits also include Fox Searchlight’s movie about rapper Biggie Smalls Notorious, where she played Lil Kim and MGM’s remake of Fame. She also had appearances on Mad Men and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Naturi Naughton-Lewis about her BET+ film Call Her King, coming back on Season 3 of Power Ghost and Hip Hop 50th Anniversary