Wunmi Mosaku was almost immediately who Ryan Coogler wanted to star as Annie, the herbalist healer and estranged partner of Michael B. Jordan’s Smoke, in his Jim Crow era-set horror flick Sinners .

“He told me on my last day of filming that he had seen the trailer for [the HBO crime drama] We Own This City , and he said there was a scene where he was like, ‘Oh, there’s my Annie,’ and then he continued to write the role with me in mind,” reveals Mosaku, 39, of Coogler, who also directed the film. “But I still auditioned in the sense that we had to get on. It had to be a good working relationship. Because the thing about Ryan is that he creates family, so he’s like, ‘Can I bring you into the fold?’ ”

Wunmi Mosaku was almost immediately who Ryan Coogler wanted to star as Annie, the

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