![]() The world that Anna sort of exists in, and the hangers on around Anna, want to sort of feel fabulous by proximity. ![]() I could imagine myself, I would have been taking pictures with Leonardo DiCaprio in the background or something. There was a period in my life, and I've talked a little bit about this, where I wanted to be fabulous by proximity, right? When I moved to New York in 1993 and would go to clubs, and there would be famous people there, I would feel fabulous. I think what it's done is it's reinforced my hypervigilance. She says, “The past is our teacher, the present is our creation, and the future is our inspiration.” I love all the mantras, but I also think that Kacy at her core wants to be of service to the world and help people. It's about mindset, motivation, and movement. She has a mantra for everything, like, “It's an evolution, not a revolution.” Or, “Don't be so obsessed with the Emerald City that you don't enjoy the yellow brick road.” My favorite of hers is “You have to love the body you have to get the body you want.” Her book is called Show It Love, and her whole philosophy is that you have to celebrate the body you have to get the body you want, which I love. I love mantras, and Kacy's very spiritual. A lot of people in the business know her, but the public doesn't know who she is. She trained your dad (Lenny Kravitz),” and she trained with her as well. I ran into Zoe Kravitz at a Golden Globes party while we were talking, I said, “Oh, I'm playing this woman named Kacy Duke,” and she said, “I know her.” I was like, “Oh, that's right. She's a trailblazer in the health and wellness industry, and a lot of people don't know about her, outside of her clients. Kacy Duke was on the forefront of the fitness business in the ’80s. There's a lot of people in history who are unsung for so many different reasons, and a lot of them happen to be Black women. But there was just a lot of things about who she is as a woman that wasn't in any of the research, and she was so generous with me. The Shondaland team had put together a research package for us, and then I did all my own stuff. I said, “Whatever you say to me is between you and me.” Because at this point, I'd done a tremendous amount of research already. We had a training session for about a couple of hours, and then we had a four-hour lunch. You just want to do a good job, and she's really an incredible human being. ![]() When I met her, she was very excited about me playing her, which is really humbling. I don't know if that's exactly correct, but I heard she was excited. I was scared, because I'm playing this woman, and is she okay with it? I heard that she was…. I started reading the New York magazine article and was like, “Oh my God, this is crazy.” I did as much research on Kacy as I could. I was aware of the story peripherally, but I didn't follow it closely. I saw that she was in court, and it seemed like a strange story. Laverne Cox: I'd seen the news reports about this fake heiress or whatever.
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