Lee Daniels & Mo’Nique Detail Strange Things That Happened On Set Of ‘The Deliverance’ Movie — Actress Suffered Health Scare & Director’s Dog Died

August 30, 2024 by C.J. in Film with 0 Comments

Lee Daniels, Mo’Nique

Lee Daniels & Mo’Nique Detail Strange Things That Happened On Set Of ‘The Deliverance’ Movie — Actress Suffered Health Scare & Director’s Dog Died

Lee Daniels‘ The Deliverance had some interesting vibes on set.

The famed director revealed that he had a “deliverer” on the set of the film after discovering strange things that occurred during the taping of other movies like Poltergeist and The Exorcist. He said during an interview with SiriusXM’s Bevy Smith,

“Things happen, and I was not gonna let things happen on my set, and also I needed it for me. And so we prayed before every — and there’s those of us that don’t believe in prayer.”

He added that the prayers were

“really beautiful and I think that we needed it.”

Still, the bad juju might have still been present as Mo’Nique, who stars as Cynthia Henry in the movie, was had a health scare while filming, Lee Daniels’ dog died on set, and his sister was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly after filming on a chemotherapy scene.

He revealed,

“And even with that, there were still things that happened on the set that was — my sister is in every movie that I’ve ever done as my good luck charm, and she was in the scene with Glenn in the chemo scene, and she’s the one that sort of gave her attitude in the chemo scene. And two days later, after being in the chemo scene, she was diagnosed with the lung cancer — literally. My dog died on the set.”

Mo’Nique was also in the interview, along with co-stars Andra Day — who previously said in an interview with People Magazine that she prayed in tongues for real to help her throughout filming — Glenn Close, and Demi Singleton. The Parkers’ alum pointed out that she had a medical emergency during filming as well. She revealed,

“Mr. Daniels had me doing a scene, okay? And we’re outside. It was just, the demon was supposed to be on top of the building, so they kept blowing this — I mean, at one point I’m like, ‘Lee, do we have this sh*t because I can’t breathe.’ They kept blowing. He was like, ‘One more time. One more time.’ So when I got finished, right, my thyroid was a big, I mean, it was just sick. Oh baby. I was like, ‘What kind of sh*t is this?’ It was a lot of things happening with The Deliverance.”

Glenn Close also noted that this was the first time in her career that she was seen

“praying in a circle on a set.”

“Yes, with somebody, with the deliverer who spoke in tongue sometimes, I thought it was, it was incredible, but [Lee would] say, ‘Okay, we’re gonna pray now. Anybody wanna come? We’re gonna do it now.’ You know, so everybody knew what we were doing, and they could choose to come or not,, and it didn’t matter.”