It is “moving” to see Teyana Taylor grow as an actress (exclusive)

Tyler Perry is proud of how far Teyana Taylor Has come in her film career.

The author and director – who debuts his new film Straw on Netflix, where Taylor stars – reflected on “Long” The musician’s actor after her breakout role in her film in 2011 Madea’s great happy family.

“I gave Teyana her first movie where she said” Byron “, Perry, 55, told People on a special display of New York City Straw Tuesday, June 3, with reference to her iconic line in the film.

“So to see her, where she has come (and) all the levels she has met, it has really moved,” he adds.

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When asked if he gave Taylor, 34, any direction on their latest film together, Reflection The director says he gave pieces of advice here and there – but she could pick things up on her own because she is a natural.

“I think she’s on the set, maybe there are some things that touched her, but Teyanas is her own very special talent,” says Perry. “She’s very brilliant. She will find out herself and she delivered this thing.”

IN Straw, Taylor plays detective Kay Raymond, an officer who joins single protagonist Janiyah (played by Taraji P. Henson) whose “world unavel in chaos when her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic when she struggles to take care of her sick daughter,” per summary.

Perry shared that he always imagined Taylor and Sherri Shepherd -What plays a bank manager named Nicole in the movie-like the actresses to round out the role of the Henson-led film and was even more excited when the couple said yes.

“Because it is this diamond, where Taraji is at the top, and you have these pillars that hold her up,” he explains. “It’s really amazing. So for (Teyana and Sherri) to say yes is really incredible.”

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And Perry was not the only one who jumped on the chance to work with Comes 2 America The actress, who Henson, 54, tells people that she loved to work with Taylor – and wants again.

“Teyana and I need a do-over because we had no scenes together (in Straw) Except the end, she says, adding jokes, “So Teyana, girl, us again on stage, on the same screen, right?”

Both written and directed by Perry, the movie costs GlynnThe Sinbad and Rockmond Dunbar.

Straw Now flows on Netflix.