Andra Day Says Speaking In Tongues While Praying Helped Prepare Her For Scene In New Horror Movie ‘ The Deliverance’

Andra Day

Andra Day Says Speaking In Tongues While Praying Helped Prepare Her For Scene In New Horror Movie ‘ The Deliverance’

Actress/singer Andra Days recently opened up about how her spiritual life influenced her latest movie role.

The 39-year-old shared that learning to speak in tongues in her everyday life prepared her to give a real authentic prayer during a scene in her upcoming movie The Deliverance.

Andra Day

During a recent press interview for the film, directed by Lee Daniels, Andra Day got candid about her life as a devout Christian and how her journey learning to speak in tongues allowed her to thrive in the movie. She stated:

“I don’t know how to explain it, but speaking in tongues is sort of speaking in a heavenly language,”

Noting that she doesn’t practice the action “all the time,” Andra Day continued on, sharing how she learned about the religious “act of worship” after having have a doubtful first encounter with it. The Golden Globe winner told the story of seeing her friend’s mother speaking in tongue, stating:

“When I was younger, I was really afraid of [it] and uncomfortable…I was like, ‘This is insane.’”

She added:

“But then I got older and my relationship with God just kept growing and growing…I remember telling God, I was like, ‘I want that closeness with you. I want that heavenly language.’ So I kept doing it and kept doing it. It still felt weird…Then finally one time I really felt the spirit take over. Then it was like, ‘Wow,’ ”

Andra Day

“I would get clarity in that space…I would just hear things about what I’m supposed to do, the people I’m supposed to work with, where I’m supposed to work.”

“Lee said, ‘No, just let her go. Lee had the foresight to capture it.”

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