I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.

In 2010 Sanaa Lathan starred in the all-black performance of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre in London. Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19 1971) is an American actress and voice actress. She has starred in many films including the box-office hits Love & Basketball Alien vs.