Tamra Davis, "Crossroads" director, talks about Britney on new interview

[allthat88]

 

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Tamra Davis admits she initially turned down Crossroads, the Britney Spears-led coming of age drama/road-trip comedy that opened in theaters 20 years ago, on Feb. 15, 2002. The filmmaker just wasn’t very interested in directing a star vehicle for Spears, who at the time was arguably the most famous pop singer in the world.

But Davis, who had previously helmed the popular ’90s comedies CB4 (1993), Billy Madison (1995) and Half Baked (1998), agreed to at least fly to Las Vegas to meet Spears before shutting the door on Crossroads.

“I was supposed to meet her, I think like at 10 in the morning at her suite at some big fancy hotel in Las Vegas,” Davis told us during a new interview commemorating the film’s anniversary (watch above). “So I knocked on the door and she opened the door and she was wearing just like a little T-shirt and her underwear. And she was like, ‘Man, I was hammered last night!’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, who's this girl?’ This is not the girl that I thought she was.”  

As she spent the day with Spears, Davis not only found herself engaged by the “Baby One More Time” and “Oops! I Did It Again” singer’s candor and warm personality, but confident that the performer was serious in her pursuit of acting.

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sweet to hear her talk so sweetly about Brit after all these years!  And we need crossroads on Netflix!

 

 

 

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[JayTawndre]

Make a script for Crossroads 2 for Hulu then! 

[Avatar]

The directing and label interference is what made the movie suck. 

[blackingouthenegativity]

Since I am seeing a lot of this lately, CTRL+Shift+V pastes text without the formatting from the website.

That way I can save my energy for solving more coded messages from Britney's IG instead of searching for text in OP

[rennen2.0]

Nice read. Thanks for posting. 

[Cap87]

Nice read

 

Anybody allowed around Britney during the conservatorship is to be questioned. 

[DignifiedLove]

1 minute ago, Cap87 said:

Nice read

 

Anybody allowed around Britney during the conservatorship is to be questioned. 

You are mentally ill.

[Cap87]

10 minutes ago, GODNA IS A QUEEN said:

You are mentally ill.

Focus on the article

[DuranDuran]

 

[Oxic]

“I tried contacting her during that time and when I think of now what the message was back to me, I could tell something was weird,” Davis remembers. “I would try to reach her. Sadly, the only way through her was through these people. And literally I would get messages like, ‘Britney doesn't like people talking about her, she would prefer you not to do any interviews. She would prefer everybody to stop talking about her. She’s fine. Thank you for your concern.’

“Now when I look back, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, those weren’t her voices telling me to be quiet or telling me not to talk. That was them telling me.’”

[ZoneGirl]

T4p. I feel like we've heard that first story before. About Britney being hungover when Tamara met her at her hotel. I'll keep reading.

[Tar_isa]

That video was bittersweet...

[Tear the floor up up]

I love how her cast mates from that film only ever speaks highly of her

[Britney'sBish]

2 hours ago, Tear the floor up up said:

I love how her cast mates from that film only ever speaks highly of her

As do anyone who's worked with her, especially pre-con.

[rik]

What I find particularly weird about all of this is JUST HOW isolated team con made her. I’m sure Lou, Robin, Jamie and all these wannabes genuinely thought they were  going to be able to get away with this. If conservatorships actually are meant to help people, why on earth would they isolate her from the very people who were with her at her best commercially and career wise? They were so desperate to make britney feel punished. 

[icybaby]

It is funny she still made it after seeing Britney hungover 

[Naes614]

Answers door in underwear saying I was hammered last night...relatable Queen! 

[fays1]

Christina also mentioned how she always tried to reach Britney but she couldnt get through her team

[britney_rox89]

41 minutes ago, fays1 said:

Christina also mentioned how she always tried to reach Britney but she couldnt get through her team

In early 2019, when asked about collaborating with Britney, Christina said, “I would, but I have to ask for permission.” I’m pretty sure that was a dig at Britney’s team. She was promoting her Vegas Residency.

[zone]

11 hours ago, Oxic said:

“I tried contacting her during that time and when I think of now what the message was back to me, I could tell something was weird,” Davis remembers. “I would try to reach her. Sadly, the only way through her was through these people. And literally I would get messages like, ‘Britney doesn't like people talking about her, she would prefer you not to do any interviews. She would prefer everybody to stop talking about her. She’s fine. Thank you for your concern.’

“Now when I look back, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, those weren’t her voices telling me to be quiet or telling me not to talk. That was them telling me.’”

I got mad again, i hope karma or covid finish them