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Fast rising star Keke Palmer hit the horizon with her outstanding performance in “Akeelah and the Bee,” starring Laurence Fishburne in 2006. Since then she has made her presence known in movies and television. She is currently starring in “Shrink” with Kevin Spacey and Saffron Burrows.
The Film Strip wanted to know what part did the she play in helping the shrink, played by Spacey, come to grips with his own problems. “I feel that Jemma (Palmer) and Carter (Spacey) had similar problems,” she explained. “I think that’s the reason why his father gave him my case because maybe it would help him see things more clearly. I felt that not only did she help him but she helped Jeremy (Mark Webber) and opened other people’s eyes just through her being naturally who she was.”
Being naturally who she is, when speaking about her co-star Saffron Burrows, Palmer does not mince her words when referring to her in “Deep Blue Sea,” starring Samuel L. Jackson and LL Cool J. The best movie I’ve seen her in was ‘Deep Blue Sea.’ She was really good and it made me happy when that shark got her. She was great in that movie. I was definitely surprised and knew it was going to be great to work with her.”
Working since she was nine years old, Palmer is totally focused on what path she wants her career to take. One of the roles she has been longing to play since I talked to her several years ago is that of Aaliyah. “I still would love to do her life story,” she says. “That would be like a dream come true for me because she’s a singer and she has such a history.
“Since she was young she was making music. She was married very young and a lot of things happened in her career. It’s a story that needs to be told. Not only because she was Aaliyah, a huge star, but just because of the story, this happens a lot with young kids coming into the business and how you can get lost sometimes. It’s just a good way to see the inside of the business.”
Spacey, who knows the ins and outs of the business, jokingly mentioned that if you looked at his character’s bookshelf, “There’s a whole slew of self-help books, and I always imagined him on Oprah…”
With respect to the plausible plight of therapy, Spacey once again in jocular form in his reply. “And yes, I would suspect you’re right that in the entertainment profession there are a whole slew of people making buckets of money as therapists. It doesn’t seem to be working. The only real experiences I’ve had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother was ill…and they were incredible at what they did and very helpful and generous. I’ve had friends that have gone to therapy a lot – not quite as much as Woody Allen, but quite a lot.”
The onscreen psychological experience was one that Spacey cherished, however. “I didn’t really meet with any psychologists, in the same way when I did with ‘Swimming with Sharks.’ There just seemed to be enough in the script. And you also weren’t seeing my character at his best in therapy sessions. You were seeing him often quite medicated in his therapy sessions. And it’s only this girl (Jemma) who begins to force him to come to grips with the things he’s experiencing and going through, and that to me was the most satisfying relationship in the film.
“It [Shrink] touched me because of the relationship with Keke Palmer’s character. I just thought there was something so genuine about that girl and the way in which she came into his life, the things they end up helping each other get through, and the similarities of their grief. Keke was so cool to work with and we had such a great time. She’s a great example of someone who’s really talented and has her feet on the ground. Great family. Her mother was with us all the time.”
