Photo: Matt Sayles/AP/ShutterstockOctavia Spencerand herThe HelpcostarSissy Spacekgo way back.The Oscar winner revealed on an episode of theWTF with Marc Maronpodcast released last week that Spacek had"actually" remembered Spencerbefore they starred in the 2011 filmThe Helptogether.Spencer had previously worked as an intern on the 1990 filmThe Long Walk Home, starring Spacek andWhoopi Goldberg, at age 17.Dale Robinette/©Walt Disney Studios"I was an intern, and they paid me a hundred dollars a week as an intern. And I got to work in the extras casting department. And I had so much fun entertaining the extras," Spencer recalled of her time working on the movie while shooting on location in Alabama.“It was so much fun. But I, you know, got to meet Sissy. And then to work with her again onThe Help, it was so crazy,” she said.“But she didn’t remember you?” host Marc Maron asked theHidden Figuresstar.Dreamworks Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock"She actually did. She did, she did. And I reminded her," Spencer continued. “We talked about her daughter becauseSchuyler [Fisk]was 3 when she didThe LongWalk Home. It was pretty amazing, actually.““It’s interesting to come full circle like that and actually be able to share that story again with Sissy,” Maron noted.“With Sissyandwith Whoopi whenThe Helpcame out,” Spencer added.Dreamworks Pictures/Kobal/ShutterstockNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Released in 2011,The Helpfollows a white Mississippi woman (Emma Stone), who interviews Black women about their time serving white families as maids. The film also starredJessica Chastain,Allison Janney,Viola DavisandCicely Tyson.Spencer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as the rebellious maid Minny Jackson, while Spacek, 73, played Mrs. Walters, an older woman who had a soft spot for Minny after she previously worked for Walters in her nursing home.
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Octavia Spencerand herThe HelpcostarSissy Spacekgo way back.The Oscar winner revealed on an episode of theWTF with Marc Maronpodcast released last week that Spacek had"actually” remembered Spencerbefore they starred in the 2011 filmThe Helptogether.Spencer had previously worked as an intern on the 1990 filmThe Long Walk Home, starring Spacek andWhoopi Goldberg, at age 17.Dale Robinette/©Walt Disney Studios"I was an intern, and they paid me a hundred dollars a week as an intern. And I got to work in the extras casting department. And I had so much fun entertaining the extras,” Spencer recalled of her time working on the movie while shooting on location in Alabama.“It was so much fun. But I, you know, got to meet Sissy. And then to work with her again onThe Help, it was so crazy,” she said.“But she didn’t remember you?” host Marc Maron asked theHidden Figuresstar.Dreamworks Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock"She actually did. She did, she did. And I reminded her,” Spencer continued. “We talked about her daughter becauseSchuyler [Fisk]was 3 when she didThe LongWalk Home. It was pretty amazing, actually.““It’s interesting to come full circle like that and actually be able to share that story again with Sissy,” Maron noted.“With Sissyandwith Whoopi whenThe Helpcame out,” Spencer added.Dreamworks Pictures/Kobal/ShutterstockNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Released in 2011,The Helpfollows a white Mississippi woman (Emma Stone), who interviews Black women about their time serving white families as maids. The film also starredJessica Chastain,Allison Janney,Viola DavisandCicely Tyson.Spencer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as the rebellious maid Minny Jackson, while Spacek, 73, played Mrs. Walters, an older woman who had a soft spot for Minny after she previously worked for Walters in her nursing home.
Octavia Spencerand herThe HelpcostarSissy Spacekgo way back.
The Oscar winner revealed on an episode of theWTF with Marc Maronpodcast released last week that Spacek had"actually” remembered Spencerbefore they starred in the 2011 filmThe Helptogether.
Spencer had previously worked as an intern on the 1990 filmThe Long Walk Home, starring Spacek andWhoopi Goldberg, at age 17.
Dale Robinette/©Walt Disney Studios
“I was an intern, and they paid me a hundred dollars a week as an intern. And I got to work in the extras casting department. And I had so much fun entertaining the extras,” Spencer recalled of her time working on the movie while shooting on location in Alabama.
“It was so much fun. But I, you know, got to meet Sissy. And then to work with her again onThe Help, it was so crazy,” she said.
“But she didn’t remember you?” host Marc Maron asked theHidden Figuresstar.
Dreamworks Pictures/Kobal/Shutterstock
“She actually did. She did, she did. And I reminded her,” Spencer continued. “We talked about her daughter becauseSchuyler [Fisk]was 3 when she didThe LongWalk Home. It was pretty amazing, actually.”
“It’s interesting to come full circle like that and actually be able to share that story again with Sissy,” Maron noted.
“With Sissyandwith Whoopi whenThe Helpcame out,” Spencer added.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Released in 2011,The Helpfollows a white Mississippi woman (Emma Stone), who interviews Black women about their time serving white families as maids. The film also starredJessica Chastain,Allison Janney,Viola DavisandCicely Tyson.
Spencer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her turn as the rebellious maid Minny Jackson, while Spacek, 73, played Mrs. Walters, an older woman who had a soft spot for Minny after she previously worked for Walters in her nursing home.
source: people.com
