Gabrielle Union on ‘Breaking In’ and the Fears of Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment

At the premiere for her new thriller “Breaking In” in Los Angeles, star and producer Gabrielle Union shared how she mentally prepared for the role and discussed why celebrities who have had sexual harassment allegations leveled against them for years are finally being held accountable.In “Breaking In,” Union plays a mother of two who must fight to save her kids after a group of men invade her home and hold them hostage.

The role required Union to get into the mindset of a woman struggling to keep her family alive.Union told Variety on the red carpet, “I’m a caregiver, so I think for any caregiver, when you think about [your] children’s lives being in the line of fire — what you would do — you actually can’t imagine.” She said for each scene, she had the mentality of doing anything possible to save her children while empowering “them

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