Exclusive! Monique Coleman on Going from Grateful to Greedy in Lifetime's "Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story"

quotOn top of thatquot she added quotwas having the opportunity to work with Eric Benamp233t and LisaRaye McCoy who are both iconic in our culture It was just such a great experience and such a different character for me I usually play the sweet girl and while she39s definitely sweet she39s kind of sucked into something and reveals another side to herselfquotIn the film Coleman portrays interior decorator Zuri Maxwell a young woman striving for career success yet content with her family friends and artist boyfriend Stephon Gardner Nathan Witte However after meeting entrepreneur Godfrey Anderson Benamp233t and landing her dream assignment redecorating the home of his wealthy Aunt Viv LisaRaye McCoy home things take a turn After experiencing the trappings of wealth Zuri begins to compromise her better judgment and morals soon finding herself trapped in a world of greedThe movie raises some interesting issues such as when is a person just trying to better themselves and further their career as opposed to being selfish and greedy Coleman39s take is interesting quotI think the line is drawn when you start hurting other people and you become aware of that yet aren39t doing anything about itquot she said quotMy character does start out innocent she just wants more and is grateful that she39s finally being seen and considered by someone so successful and able to show her things in a way she39s never experienced There39s a moment when the Godfrey character says 39Do you wanna fly with me39 and she39s like 39Yes this is what I39ve always wanted39 She39s living the life she wantedquotBut there comes a moment where something is asked of her that makes her feel slightly uncomfortablequot she continued quotI think that happens in life We don39t question things or get a sense that it may not be pure or a sense that it might not be what we need to be doing or are supposed to be doing Still we make that allowance that compromise because of ambition Maybe that39s what everyone does But deep down Zuri was raised in the church and has supportive people around her She kind of throws her morals out the window and that39s when it becomes greedquotColeman admitted in that sense she didn39t relate to Zuri yet in other ways she did quotThe part of me that related to her was being someone who didn39t always see my giftquot she revealed quotOr the value I have which I believe made her susceptible I39ve been a victim of identity theft fraud and embezzlement and what put me in that position was the vulnerability of not having a sense of worthiness The movie shows how easy it is that when you don39t feel worthy and someone presents a certain lifestyle how easy it is to fall into it In a way the movie helped me heal in my own situation It wasn39t that long ago and at the hands of a person I was very close toquotSo it gave me a chance to develop compassion for how one decision can change everythingquot she added quotHow that one time you can look up one day and have gotten in way too deep It was horrible but at the same time it taught me things I don39t think I would have learned otherwise and it shone a light on ways I couldn39t be held accountable or responsible for that happening and some parts of myself I needed to work on so that I would never be susceptible againquotIn preparation for the role Coleman watched the previous films in the Seven Deadly Sins series and loved them Given the success of the franchise she felt no pressure in telling this story quotI felt excitementquot she beamed quotThis was a wonderful opportunity to explore different parts of myself as an actor I39ve gotten to a point in my life and my career where I try not to take myself too seriously I tried to lend my own personal experience as best as possible to tell a story people could hopefully walk away from with a positive message And hopefully avoid having this sort of thing happen in their lifequotIn her own life Coleman is looking forward to continuing her relationship with Lifetime and is currently shopping a children39s book she wrote She also dropped some High School Musical news that39s sure to excite fans quotCorbin and I are actually developing something behind the scenesquot she teased in closing quotWe want to keep working together and are developing a story that could potentially become a seriesquotGreed A Seven Deadly Sins Story is telecast Saturday April 23 at 8 pm on LifetimeClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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