While Annie probably would have had an herb or a charm for that, Mosaku had other ideas.
“She’d have been more intentional about the time with her daughter,” she said of the character, who’s estranged from—but viscerally drawn to—her husband Smoke (Jordan), back from doing business in Chicago along with his identical twin Stack (also Jordan). “And that was the lesson I learned in week one from Annie: Slow down.”
Though Mosaku bewitches in every scene, she was admittedly nervous when she first showed up to read with the rest of the film’s stars.
“That first read-through, I have dyslexia, so reading out loud is very intimidating for me,” she exclusively told Live From E!: Golden Globes’ Justin Sylvester. “I felt ashamed, ’cause I was like, ‘Oh that’s Stack, that’s Smoke. [Hailee Steinfeld’s] like, I felt like she was off-book. Miles [Caton], he knew all the songs…everyone brought their A-game.”
Thinking to herself, “They’re so good!” she recalled, “I was really scared, I was really intimidated.”
And yet they all joined forces to create perfect harmony.
Taking a cue from Annie, hopefully Mosaku was able to enjoy the moment that photographers captured her radiant Golden Globes look for posterity. See all the stunning fashion on the red carpet:
