Exclusive! Michelle Williams on Making Her Film Debut in Lifetime's "Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story"

As a veteran of the Broadway stage choosing to make her film debut was a big decision for Williams However the fact that it was a Lifetime project made it simple quotI39m a fan of the network of coursequot she declared in an exclusive interview with MediaVillage quotAnd I do have a great relationship with the producers Derrick Williams and TD Jakes I39ve known them through the years And the character resonated with me in so many ways She39s strong and independent And then there was the amazing castquotJoining Williams in that cast and also making her film debut is Tina KnowlesLawson who portrays Chastity39s mother Sarah The two share a long and fruitful history KnowlesLawson pictured above was a creative force behind Destiny39s Child and has continued to play den mother to the ladies throughout their careers Lawson also happens to be the mom of Williams39 former bandmate Beyoncamp233 quotWhen Derrick said Miss Tina would be playing my mother I knew it was going to be easy workquot she beamed quotOn a set it39s long days and long hours so it39s good to have somebody there that you have a relationship with who doesn39t make it feel like work You know Miss Tina has been like a mother to me and a nurturer and protector for 22 years So we just assumed our roles and had a blastquotShe would be fixing my hair on set kind of like the old times when we39d be on tour or having to do PR and promotionquot Williams continued quotIt39s just natural I could be at her house for dinner or something and she39ll be like 39Girl you got a flyaway39 She just went right into what she does so it was natural for herquotHaving Beyoncamp23339s blessing added to the excitement of the project quotWe saw each other somewhere and were talking about how Miss Tina and I were about to begin filming and that we39d be doing a movie togetherquot she recalled quotSo we talked about it and how excited we both were about thatquotAnother familiar face in the cast for Williams was Romeo Miller pictured above whom she39d encountered during his days as rapper Lil39 Romeo Surprisingly they had never really met quotWhen you are at an awards show sometimes you get to say hello to a person and that39s itquot she explained quotBut with this project it was so cool for us to kind of really catch up and spend some time together I do follow him on social media so you feel like you almost know someone We just caught up and didn39t talk too much about what each of us was doing in our careers We just wanted to know how each of us was doing personally especially within the last few years of the pandemicquotThe previous films in the Deadly Sins series have proven to be huge successes for Lifetime but Williams felt no hesitation about joining the franchise quotThere was no pressure because the cast is so amazingquot she said quotEach film is a different topic so you know that each person is going to bring their interpretation With the guidance of the directors and the producers everybody is going to make each film the best that it can possibly bequotThere was another significant aspect of the project for Williams something that has been hugely important to her throughout her career quotNo matter what projects I39ve done especially on Broadway or the theater I39ve always tried to find an element of faith somewhere in itquot she explained quotNo matter what a person believes we39re all spiritual beings So it was good knowing that My character gets a little naughty in this movie but having that foundation of faith I knew that it was going to be okay And knowing the producer I knew the movie was not going to go too farquotStill some of the risquamp233 scenes were very difficultquot she admitted quotI39m a private person I39m private in my relationships period But they were very kind to me on set as far as making sure that there weren39t any unnecessary eyes that didn39t need to be there They were very kind and very very respectfulquotWilliams is hopeful the film enlightens viewers to take notice of relationship red flags and how they manifest quotAbuse can show up in different waysquot she said quotOften people think abuse is physical or verbal but it can seep in as emotional and you don39t even know that it is happening Someone can be ignoring you they stonewall you You don39t even realize that39s what39s being done as often you just want to continue to see the good in a personquotWith one Lifetime project done Williams is open to doing more And with former bandmate and good friend Kelly Rowland already a member of the Lifetime family she39s not ruling out the possibility of a miniDestiny39s Child onscreen reunion maybe for a future holidaythemed project quotOh my goshquot she beamed in closing quotThat would be a joy and so much fun to do I39d love thatquotWrath A Seven Deadly Sins Story will be telecast on Saturday April 16 at 8 pm on LifetimeClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed 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