Gugu Mbatha-Raw says she had nothing in common with her co-star Kevin Hart when they teamed up to film a heist comedy. But then the couple found a common connection: art.
in a talk with Marie Claire, he Loki The actress explains the initial equation between her and the jumanji star as “cheese and chalk.”
But, in his next movie, Raise Its director F. Gary Gray stepped forward to forge a bond after taking the duo to a screening in preparation for the film in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
They bonded to a certain extent, after finishing filming the movie, Gugu gave Kevin a portrait of him. “I think he was delighted and flattered,” he told the outlet.
In addition to the sweet gesture, the actress revealed that her co-star's painting occurred at a time when she was away from filming due to COVID-19.
“I had to take some time off because I got Covid for the first time, two years later,” said the one-year-old.
She continued, “Kevin has such an exuberant spirit that I ended up painting him and making the background explode into some kind of pop art.”
“If you're looking for some silver lining to isolation, if I hadn't been forced to stop my normal pace of life, maybe I wouldn't have gone back to it.”
