Tuesday 21 June 2016

Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw was struck by divine messages while shooting new historical drama Free State of Jones.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw received messages from ghosts while filming Free State of Jones

● SHOWBIZBy Sunday World



Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw was struck by divine messages while shooting new historical drama Free State of Jones.

The 33-year-old British star portrays a former slave named Rachel in the new feature, which is based on the true story of Newton Knight, a Mississippi farmer played by actor Matthew McConaughey who led a group of neighbours and slaves in a rebellion against the Confederacy during America's Civil War.
Gugu's character Rachel was the real-life common law wife of Newton, and the actress is convinced the long-dead people somehow communicated with her from beyond the grave as she filmed Free State of Jones.
While Gugu visited Rachel's real-life gravesite, she discovered a coin inscribed with words from the Proverbs 3:6 section in the Bible that read: “In all thy ways acknowledge him, he shall direct thy paths".

However, filming Free State of Jones was less than divine when it came to surviving the rough elements on set. The movie was shot in the swampy Louisiana bayou and filming scenes in the humid, muddy and unforgiving environment proved to be extremely difficult for Gugu.
“We had a snake handler on the set, which is always a surreal moment when you read that on the call sheet,” she shared. “You go, ‘Oh my God, what are we supposed to be expecting today?’
“Seeing alligators on a regular basis drifting right by you on the bayou outside of our trailers and wearing those period costumes and corsets really transports you (to a different time). It made me very thankful to be living in the present age.”
- Cover Media

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