Did you (LisaRaye) have any challenges or favorite parts of filming?

LisaRaye: I enjoy everything that I touch. One of the most dynamic parts is finding a new friend and building a new friendship. Most people don't really realize — they probably do now — but I'm like a sensitive pit bull in a skirt, and so us girls, when we get together, something happens with us that allows us to communicate on the level of which our hearts needed to connect. Sitting with Monique in my room that night, we could have talked for hours. Matter of fact, we did, and the connection is something that I will never forget, and that this young lady now has a friend in me. 

That is when you can leave a project, and after the movie premieres and after people see it, I'm still going to be able to see this young lady and use my phone to call her directly, because now I'm developing a friendship with her. That is the dynamics of working with people that you can now put into your life and be able to walk away from. I will forever remember this project because of her, too. It is such a joy to be able to have all the scenes that we had because the ones that we were supposed to laugh in, we laughed, the ones that we were supposed to be sensitive and crying, we did. 

The ones that [were] mysterious and [felt] like I was the Big Bad Wolf, and I was coming to get her, she felt it. I saw it in her eyes ... and we got it. Put up your hands and go, "Scene down, next scene." All of our scenes with everybody, I [saw] dynamics with her and other characters that, as an actress, I was able to sit back and go, "That was a great scene," because we watch each other. When she comes off after them hollering, cut, and she looks, it's like, "You did that, girl," and she's like, "Really? You think so?" 

It's like, "Absolutely did. Y'all can take that to print." Then, we go on to the next scene. Working with a true professional, and I was a fan of hers before I even met her, I know about her body of work, so to get a chance to work with her, I was like, "Yes, let's do it, girl." I'm thrilled all the way across.

Monique: You are the absolute best. I love you so much.