![]() It was a move, she said, that horrified her parents.Īfter some time of failing to reach their goals, they decided to go their separate ways. Stockett wanted to be a writer, and she believed the Big Apple was the best place for that to happen. Taylor wanted to act on Saturday Night Live. When they were older, Taylor coaxed her to New York City, where he lived.īoth had big dreams. She and Taylor have known each other since they were 5, attending the same preschool in Jackson. That movie made all of $8,000, Stockett joked to the crowd at a literary and film event last weekend in Natchez, Miss. ![]() ![]() When director and childhood friend Tate Taylor first asked author Kathryn Stockett for the film rights to her yet-to-be-published novel, The Help, she said she replied, "Hell, no!"Īt that point, the only feature-length movie Taylor had directed was the 2008 film, Pretty Ugly People, which had garnered few reviews and even fewer receipts at the box office. ![]()
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