Halle Berry is not afraid to poke enjoyable at herself—and a few of her onscreen wigs. The Oscar winner simply hosted a particular screening of her new horror film By no means Let Go for her greatest followers, and the one rule was that they wanted to come back sporting a wig.
Berry shared a glimpse of 1 such screening in a video posted to Instagram and on X, previously referred to as Twitter. “My followers SHOWED UP and SHOWED OUT! You guys have been jokingly ‘dragging’ me for years about these wigs so we thought we’d have just a little enjoyable by internet hosting a couple of Wig Screenings for By no means Let Go,” she wrote. The wig in query is a curly model Berry wore in 2013’s The Name, which she introduced out of retirement for the occasion.
As noted by Entertainment Weekly, the screening invite for the Sept. 17 occasion requested that followers present up of their most “distressed” wigs. “Halle Berry brings us one other film with youngsters she’s making an attempt to maintain alive and wigs she’s distressing to demise in By no means Let Go,” it learn. And followers definitely confirmed up, rocking bobs, blonde pixies, lengthy pink hair, and extra. Some even wore faithful recreations of wigs worn by Berry in different movies, like Kidnap’s bob with bangs. For many who did not have a wig readily available, Berry got here ready with a couple of extras and tossing them out into the group—together with a silvery platinum harking back to her hair from X-Males. “You’re actually making your followers [sic] goals come true,” wrote an Instagram follower.
The star additionally shared a number of the historical past behind the aforementioned The Name wig, which has been the topic of many memes and jokes within the 10-plus years since she wore it onscreen. In accordance with Berry, the coiffure was impressed by a lady on the 911 name heart the place she researched her function.
“This was a lot enjoyable and the wigs have been hilarious,” Berry wrote of the occasion. “I recognize all of the love!” It sounds just like the actor could also be planning extra wig-centric screenings in the course of the By no means Let Go roll-out, so her The Name wig might proceed its reign for a couple of extra weeks!
