Q&A with Karyn Parsons on new film “Sweet Thing”
Actress Karyn Parsons has been doing a lot since her days as “Hilary Banks” on the set of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air or the school counselor in Damon Wayans’ Major Payne.
Parsons has been in numerous films and TV series since, started the non-profit Sweet Blackberry, and wrote a historical fiction called “How High the Moon” which follows a girl in Jim Crow-era South Carolina who attempts to rekindle the relationship with her mother and unravel secrets about her father.
But Parsons continues to work as an actress, starring in recent indie film Sweet Thing, following two siblings trying to cope with their split family — an alcoholic father Adam and their absent mother Eve, Parson’s character. In the interview, we talked about the film, what it was like working on Sweet Thing with her family (her children Lana and Nico star in the film, while her husband Alex Rockwell wrote and directed it), and more.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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When you first read the script, what were your thoughts about the story of the film?
I thought the story was beautiful, it was very much like a poem of childhood. was familiar with what Alex was drawing upon in writing this character (Eve). But I loved being able to be a part of it, even if I did have to…
