It's not at all times simple to get a way of how costars actually really feel about one another in interviews. Even when issues weren't so nice behind the scenes, they're often fairly good at pretending everybody bought alongside. They're actors, in spite of everything.

However Ben Affleck says one rising star, One Battle After One other Golden Globe winner and Grammy-nominated singer Teyana Taylor, has been getting as a lot reward amongst her friends privately as she has in public.

"I talked to Paul [Thomas Anderson], and it was like, everyone raves about her," Affleck tells Leisure Weekly of his The Rip costar. "I bumped into DiCaprio, and he had nothing however unimaginable issues to say. And these are casual conversations, not in entrance of a digicam or something, the place individuals will typically say, 'Uh, it was robust,' or some sort of sign that possibly it's not what it appears or no matter. However she's actually the alternative of that, and she or he blows individuals away."

"She is superior. She is totally superior," provides Matt Damon, who additionally stars within the Netflix crime thriller with Affleck and Taylor. "She's so skilled, so nice, only a actually, actually good particular person. It's so fantastic to see anyone who you realize is that gifted be acquired by the world, and for everyone else to appreciate it."

He provides, "She's clearly anyone with rather a lot to say and rather a lot to present. I imply, she's nominated for a Grammy as effectively. She's simply so unbelievably gifted with this sort of ambition to place herself on the market in so some ways. It's simply nice to see her acknowledged."

Whereas Taylor is having a breakthrough second together with her efficiency alongside DiCaprio in Anderson's One Battle After One other, she's no newcomer to indicate enterprise. She signed her first document deal at simply 15, working with superstars like Beyoncé (she choreographed the music video for "Ring the Alarm"), Jay-Z, and Kanye West.

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As an actor, she began off showing in tasks like Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (2010) and Madea's Massive Glad Household (2011) earlier than making her first main impression with critics as Inez in A Thousand and One (2023), incomes the Nationwide Board of Assessment Award for Breakthrough Efficiency.

"She's gonna direct her first function subsequent 12 months," Affleck notes. "The way in which she's approaching that and speaking to me about what her preparation is, who she's seeking to work with…God, I want I used to be as sharp as she is after I was beginning. She has an important perspective on her state of affairs now and a boundless ambition and expertise to match."

In The Rip, Taylor performs Miami Detective Numa Baptiste, who, alongside together with her companions performed by Damon and Affleck, stumbles upon a large stash of drug cash hidden within the partitions of a dilapidated home.

It's a job that might not be extra totally different from her One Battle After One other character, Perfidia Beverly Hills, a member of a far-left revolutionary group who robs banks and crops bombs. She's earned rave critiques for her performances, and, after her Golden Globes win on Sunday, she's the favourite to win the Oscar for Greatest Supporting Actress.

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Talking of the awards love, Affleck says, "I actually do really feel prefer it's not a lot a second as a launching for what I imagine might be a extremely lengthy, fruitful profession."

The Rip, additionally starring Steven Yeun and Kyle Chandler, is streaming now on Netflix.

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