I learned that Taraji isn’t the statuesque amazon I always expected. Although Taraji plays incredibly strong female characters, like Lucy Lawless, she herself is not six feet tall. Quite the opposite. Taraji isn’t just petite, she’s elf-like. Seriously. Check out the side photo. Two of the bloggers at the table came from a hip hop gamer site and brought their prize belt for Taraji to try on. As you can tell, the belt is ten times bigger than Taraji herself. She might be tiny in size, but she definitely makes up for it with her larger than life personality. When she appeared in the press room photo line, she flipped around joking that everyone wanted to see her best side. And, yes, half of the male bloggers fainted. That clapping you hear in the audio is the male members of my table (including the married man) giving Taraji P. Henson a standing ovation.She’s clearly more out-going than the Carter character. While she wouldn’t mind if her character dressed more like Taraji P. Henson, Jonah emphasized the need for reality in the role. And, could you see Carter wearing a cross-back beaded fringed dress? Of course not! She talks more about her character and learning about her character’s son in “Get Carter” in the clip. Despite the overwhelming male accolades, I did manage to ask her about the Reese and Carter match-up. And, as you can hear from the clip, while Carter might be all business, Taraji is definitely all party.

An: What’s happening between Reese and Carter this season?
Taraji: I know. Everyone’s saying they want a love interest, which I’m totally open to, but it’d be kind of weird kissing Jesus. I guess, you know what know that we’ve done a whole season and Carter’s gotten to know Reese. And, they’ve developed an incredible friendship. They really care about each other. I honestly don’t think he’s capable of giving himself. I don’t think he’s available, Finch either. But, I think that they are so driven by their mission that love would get in the way. What you’re starting to see is a friendship develop and all relationships start somewhere. I have nothing. I have no information. I just don’t really think they can. I’m not saying it’s because of me, I don’t think they can in any capacity because the mission is so broad.

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