Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks have many memorable career moments—so many that it’s hard to keep track. Here, the actresses and “Virgo sisters” take a trip down memory lane as they try to answer trivia questions on each other’s careers, successes, and pop culture moments. Watch as they break down the stories behind Beyoncé ruining Taraji's Renaissance Tour outfit, Danielle's 'Lip Sync Battle' performance, and collaborating on their film 'The Color Purple.'
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00:00 Drum roll.
00:00 (imitates drum roll)
00:02 Abbott Elementary.
00:05 - The character's name.
00:06 - The Mama.
00:07 (laughing)
00:09 - Hi, I'm Taraji P. Henson.
00:13 - And I'm Danielle Brooks.
00:15 - And we will be answering some trivia questions.
00:18 - That is all about us.
00:19 - Yes!
00:20 - What was Taraji's character's full name on Empire?
00:26 How could you forget?
00:27 Cookie Lion!
00:29 Unless you had a middle name, I don't know.
00:31 - No.
00:32 - Okay, good.
00:33 - Her real name was Loretta, though, but that's okay.
00:35 - Oh, shit!
00:36 - No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.
00:36 You're right, you're right.
00:37 - No, no, but Loretta, okay.
00:38 - Yeah, but you got it, Cookie, everybody knows it.
00:40 - But my mom's name's Loretta.
00:41 - What was my favorite cookie one-liner?
00:44 Well, Boo-Boo Kitty was just one word,
00:45 and that kinda went viral.
00:47 Boo-Boo Kitty.
00:48 Tell 'em, Boo-Boo Kitty!
00:50 What was Danielle's character's full name
00:52 on Orange is the New Black?
00:53 I just remember Tasty.
00:55 - Girl.
00:56 - Tasty, delicious.
00:57 - Tasha Jefferson.
00:59 (laughing)
01:00 'Cause nobody was focused on none of that
01:02 watching the show.
01:04 - I liked Tasty.
01:05 - Tasty was it, yeah, Tasty.
01:07 - Why they call you Tasty?
01:09 - 'Cause hoe (beep) you do.
01:10 - Ah, I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
01:13 I just wanted you to say it!
01:14 (laughing)
01:16 - Oh, I don't think I know this one, but I'm so curious.
01:20 Which rapper name drops Taraji in their song,
01:23 "I'm Not Crazy, Life Is"?
01:26 - I need to know.
01:27 - I wish I knew.
01:29 - Who is it?
01:30 - I know Lola Brooks.
01:31 - So she got two name drops in a song.
01:34 - I have a few.
01:35 - Ay!
01:35 - I just, I don't know who that is, though.
01:37 I just know Lola Brooks.
01:39 - All right, Harper's Bazaar, we need to know.
01:41 - 2 Chainz.
01:42 - 2 Chainz!
01:43 - 2 Chainz!
01:44 - 2 Chainz, ay!
01:45 - I didn't know 2 Chainz had, I'm 2 Chainz.
01:49 (laughing)
01:51 - Has there been a celebrity shout-out
01:54 that has left you speechless?
01:56 - Denzel Washington.
01:57 - Yes!
01:58 - Woo!
01:59 That man called my name and I almost passed out!
02:01 (laughing)
02:03 It was at a war show, I can't remember,
02:05 Emmys, I can't remember, but it was a big show,
02:07 and he called my name out,
02:09 and I thought I was gonna pass out.
02:11 But yeah, Denzel Washington.
02:13 - If it was easy, there'd be no Taraji Henson.
02:16 - Which two songs did Daniel perform
02:18 on "Lip Sync Battle" in 2017?
02:20 - These are really hard questions.
02:22 - I know, 'cause I don't remember, I don't know.
02:24 - "Livin' on a Prayer."
02:26 Oh, we're halfway there.
02:28 - Oh, "Livin' on a Prayer," yeah, okay.
02:30 - And then I did "One Two Step" from Ciara.
02:32 Then I won.
02:33 - You won.
02:34 - Against Luzo.
02:35 I did a split at the end.
02:37 No, no.
02:38 And I've never done a split after that.
02:40 (laughing)
02:41 Ever.
02:42 Called out two shows of "Color Purple"
02:45 because I was in so much pain.
02:47 (laughing)
02:48 - Okay.
02:48 - I rapped to the splits.
02:49 (laughing)
02:50 - Okay, which celebrity ruined
02:53 Taraji's "Renaissance Tour" outfit?
02:57 I do not know this story.
02:59 Somebody ruined your outfit.
03:01 - Beyonce did.
03:02 - Oh my God, that's good.
03:03 - When she told everybody to wear silver.
03:05 I had a whole outfit messed up.
03:07 - Yeah, she kinda messed me up too.
03:07 - I was like, "Really, girl?"
03:09 - I got messed up too,
03:10 'cause silver's really not the flow over here.
03:13 - I did black with silver sparkles.
03:15 - Okay, mine was last minute.
03:16 I had found I was getting a ticket like last minute
03:19 and I had to (imitates drum roll)
03:21 - Right, right, right.
03:21 - Yeah, yeah.
03:22 - But I'm sure you was going to do it fast.
03:23 - I made it work.
03:24 (laughing)
03:25 I made it work. - Like you always do.
03:26 - Taraji earned her first comedy Emmy nomination
03:30 for which role?
03:32 Drum roll.
03:33 (imitates drum roll)
03:34 Abbott Elementary.
03:37 - The character's name.
03:38 - The Mama.
03:39 (buzzer)
03:40 (laughing)
03:42 - Her name is Bonetta.
03:45 (ding)
03:46 - Bonetta.
03:47 (laughing)
03:48 - I don't know if a lot of people know this,
03:49 but when I moved to LA,
03:52 I came here to book a sitcom.
03:54 I thought I was going to book a sitcom.
03:56 I have been chasing that dream to this day.
03:59 I still want my comedy and I haven't had it.
04:02 So when Quinta called and was like, "Come on the show."
04:04 I was like, "Yes!"
04:05 I'm grateful though.
04:06 I'm really grateful, but I just didn't see it coming.
04:09 Ooh, I would like to know this 'cause I don't know.
04:11 - Okay, what's up?
04:12 - Which Shakespeare play did Danielle star in
04:15 at the Public Theater in 2019?
04:17 - It was a Public Theater, but it was in the park.
04:19 Shakespeare in the park.
04:20 - Shakespeare in the park, okay.
04:21 - Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.
04:23 Yeah, I got to lead that and that was really cool.
04:26 But I even did an "Okrr" in a Shakespeare play.
04:29 - Oh!
04:29 - So you know I was, you know.
04:32 - Yeah, well, you know that's what you do.
04:33 You put that extra sauce on it.
04:35 - Mm-hmm, it was pretty fire.
04:38 - Which of your theater roles
04:39 has been the most special for you?
04:41 - It is Color Purple.
04:42 I mean, come on.
04:44 They got me here.
04:45 I want to originate something.
04:47 I feel like I've done so many remakes.
04:49 I want to do something fresh, new,
04:50 where people are like, "Uh-oh, that's how she."
04:53 - That's how I feel,
04:53 and that's why I haven't been to Broadway.
04:56 - Okay, Taraji studied which subject in college
04:58 before attending drama school?
05:01 I should know this, and I should know this.
05:05 I should know this.
05:05 - Let me give you a hint.
05:06 - Yeah, one hint.
05:07 - I played a character, Katherine Johnson.
05:10 - Mathematics stuff?
05:11 - Somewhere in that.
05:12 - Science and stuff?
05:14 What?
05:15 'Cause I sure was gonna go to nurse round.
05:16 (laughing)
05:18 Me?
05:18 - I didn't know.
05:19 - No, I do like caring for people.
05:21 I would be a nurse.
05:22 Electrical engineering.
05:23 I filled it with flying colors.
05:26 I filled pre-calc.
05:27 But that was God saying you ain't supposed to be here.
05:29 - That's what I was gonna say,
05:30 because you're supposed to be clearly doing
05:32 what she is doing.
05:33 No!
05:34 - Okay, where was this photo taken?
05:40 - Oh my God.
05:41 First of all, you look amazing.
05:42 Oh my God, look at that dress, honey.
05:46 That was--
05:46 - What you call that thing?
05:47 - Clavicles. - Clavicles.
05:48 Some premiere that you did.
05:51 What's that movie you did?
05:52 Think Like a Man or something?
05:53 - Yeah.
05:54 - Is that like around that time?
05:55 - No.
05:56 - Okay, what is it?
05:57 - I won Entertainer of the Year,
05:59 and Miss Oprah presented me my award.
06:02 I was so happy. - That's amazing.
06:04 - Yeah.
06:05 - That is truly amazing.
06:07 You are Entertainer of the Year every year.
06:09 - Oh, thank you.
06:10 So are you. - Yeah, every year.
06:11 Super talented. - So are you.
06:12 - And crazy. - You as well, mama.
06:14 I feel the same about you.
06:15 - It's crazy.
06:16 Which of your Color Purple co-stars also attended Juilliard?
06:19 But I can make this deeper for you.
06:22 There's actually three Juilliard people
06:25 that are associated with the Color Purple.
06:27 - What, if they weren't on the set?
06:29 - Two of them were on the set.
06:30 - You and Gory.
06:31 - And then one more.
06:32 - On the set?
06:33 - Yep.
06:34 - John Baptiste.
06:35 - John Baptiste. - Of course.
06:36 - Yes.
06:37 - Of course, okay. - Yo, Grady.
06:39 - Which designer did you wear to the 2016 Golden Globes?
06:43 Vera Wang?
06:44 - Vera Wang?
06:45 Oh, Vera Wang.
06:46 No, it wasn't Vera Wang.
06:47 (laughing)
06:48 - Well, I would like to wear Vera Wang.
06:49 - Stella McCartney.
06:51 Yes.
06:52 - And I'd like to wear Stella McCartney.
06:54 - What is Danielle Zodiac's sign?
06:55 That's my Virgo.
06:56 - Yes, Virgos.
06:57 - Yes, Virgos.
06:58 (laughing)
06:59 - Awesome.
07:00 - Do you feel like Virgos are compatible with each other?
07:02 - Friends?
07:03 - Oh, yes. - Friends, yes.
07:04 - Definitely. - For sure.
07:05 - Virgos love each other.
07:05 - Yeah.
07:06 - But compatibility, I have no idea.
07:08 I've never dated a Virgo.
07:09 - I don't either.
07:09 I've never dated a Virgo.
07:10 - I guess that means no.
07:13 I don't think I would want to date a Virgo.
07:14 - Yeah, I think that, yeah, it answers your question.
07:16 - It would be kinda too heady.
07:17 - Yeah, no.
07:18 - Way too heady.
07:19 - Mm-mm.
07:20 (playful music)
07:22 Last celebrity you texted?
07:24 Okay.
07:24 - Y'all on the thread this morning.
07:26 - Ciara just called me.
07:27 It's so bougie saying that.
07:29 - Drop, you drop.
07:30 - Drop, boom, drop it.
07:32 - You wanna pick it up?
07:33 - What is it?
07:33 - That name.
07:34 (laughing)
07:37 - Ciara.
07:38 - Last movie you saw in a theater?
07:40 - The Color Purple last night.
07:42 - Yes!
07:43 That's a good one 'cause I totally would've been like,
07:45 I don't know, now.
07:46 Color Purple.
07:47 - Yes, Color Purple.
07:48 - The best gift you've ever received?
07:50 - Gift of life, every day.
07:51 - My family, my daughter.
07:53 - Yeah.
07:54 - And this job!
07:55 Thank you, thank you.
07:57 (laughing)
07:58 I think I did pretty damn good.
08:01 - I think we both did pretty good.
08:02 - I think so.
08:03 And to tell you the truth,
08:03 I'm actually so happy that I get to know more
08:05 about you every day.
08:06 - Me too, me too.
08:07 - It has been a joy.
08:08 - Thanks so much for watching.
08:10 Make sure to check out The Color Purple in theaters.
08:13 - December 25th, Christmas Day.
08:15 (laughing)
08:16 - Merry Christmas, everybody!
08:18 - Happy Hanukkah and everything else.
08:19 - All the things.