{"id":1465,"date":"2026-10-07T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2026-10-07T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T16:10:32","slug":"naomibaker-walked-onto-a-tyler-perry-set-worried-about-getting-the-role-right-and-walked-aw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alirthmedia.com\/?p=1465","title":{"rendered":"NaomiBaker walked onto a Tyler Perry set worried about getting the role right and walked aw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">NaomiBaker<\/span> walked onto a Tyler Perry set worried about getting the role right and walked away with more confidence in herself.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Baker stars as Anika in Tyler Perry\u2019s new Netflix drama <span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\">#DoingLife<\/span>, opposite Jay Reeves as Carousel. Anika is a single mother whose unexpected connection with an incarcerated man begins through letters and eventually challenges both of them to imagine a different future.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">For Baker, however, something was changing off camera too.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">She admitted that Perry brought out a level of confidence she wasn\u2019t expecting. Once she began working with him, she said her guard dropped because she felt that he trusted her and believed in what she could do.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">That trust helped her confidence grow throughout filming.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">It\u2019s a reminder of how much leadership can affect performance. Sometimes people don\u2019t need someone constantly pointing out what they\u2019re doing wrong. They need someone powerful enough to recognize what they\u2019re capable of before they fully recognize it themselves.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Have you ever had somebody believe in you so strongly that it changed the way you saw yourself<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NaomiBaker walked onto a Tyler Perry set worried about getting the role right and walked away with more confidence in herself. Baker stars as Anika in Tyler Perry\u2019s new Netflix drama #DoingLife, opposite Jay Reeves as Carousel. 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