June Squibb chats with ET about landing her first-ever leading role and becoming an action star at 94 with 'Thelma.'
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"It's funny 'cause people are asking me , and to me it's the script," the Oscar nominee tells ET."I love this script and the fact that it was number one, the starring role, was just sort of the jelly on the toast! It was wonderful, but I really would have done it if they had said, 'Well, can you come and be Thelma for one day on screen?' I would have said yes; she's such a great lady and it's such a wonderful script.
"The minute I read the script I thought, 'Well, I can't wait to get on that scooter,' and then I got pretty good at it so that helps," Squibb recalls. Reminiscing about working with Roundtree, Squibb admits that she was a fan of the "It was fun but it was also a little intimidating because I kept thinking every time I was on that scooter, 'Oh my god, that's Shaft behind me!' But, oh god, I loved him," she shares.
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