There’s a reason Angela Bassett looked so stunningly similar to Tina Turner while playing the icon in the 1993 hit “What’s Love Got to Do with It’ — because Turner herself stepped in to do Bassett’s hair and makeup at one point.
Recent interview with InStyle, Bassett answered some “true or false”As part of an inquiry, questions are asked. “Badass Questionnaire.” When asked to confirm whether Turner herself actually did work on Bassett’s look toward the end of the film, the actress confirmed that, yes, it really happened.
“It was funny because everyone kept knocking on the door, wanting to know if — wanting to be so helpful. ‘Do you need anything? Anything to drink? Anything? A comb?” Bassett recalled, adding Turner’s adamant response. “And she was like, ‘No, no, no. We’re fine. Leave us alone.”
Bassett added that Turner was also quicker than the film’s hired stylists, and just as good.
“She did my makeup and hair in a quarter of the time that the hairstylist did,”Bassett laughed it off. “And it was just as fabulous.”
Bassett also debunked rumor that she got Turner’s impressive guns with an arm workout that included doing 300 bicep curls. Bassett briefly referred to Tina Turner when she was asked who her favorite character has. She then rethought her answer and gave fans a hint of what the future holds. “Black Panther” sequel.
“No, let me back up,” Bassett said. “We haven’t seen it yet. Ramonda, in ‘Black Panther 2.’”
Bassett has played Tina Turner and other historical women on screen. Now the question is: Who would she like to see in a biopic of her? But that didn’t take much thinking.
“Bronwyn, my daughter,” Bassett said. “I think she knows me best by now. 15 years of studying mama.”