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With shooting already underway in Memphis, TN, Cicely Tyson has been added to the 'The Help,' which stars Viola Davis.
The 76 year old New York native will play a maid named Constantine Jefferson. She was last seen in Tyler Perry's 'Why Did I Get Married Too?'
Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett and set in Mississippi during the 1960s, 'The Help' stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives-and a small Mississippi town-upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.
Academy Award nominee Viola Davis stars as Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, who is the first to open up-to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories-and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly-and unwillingly-caught up in the changing times.
Directed by Tate Taylor, the film also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Aunjanue Ellis, Mike Vogel, Dana Ivey, Brian Kerwin, David Oyelowo, and Tony Award winner LaChanze.