Keke Palmer Reveals Which Film Helped Prepare Her For Alice

In our chat with Keke Palmer, the actress revealed that her entire career led her to the movie "Alice." 

"My experience as an actress has prepared me for a role like this," she told us. "Experiencing character study and different worlds and fish out of water and playing different archetypes have allowed me to have the different elements in my arsenal that I could put into a character like Alice."

Still, one specific film from her resume gets extra credit for preparing her. "In terms of how deep the character is, a movie I did called 'Pimp' really prepared me to be emotionally shot out of my comfort zone," Palmer said, "which gave me the confidence and the courage to be able to play a character like Alice."

Palmer also made it clear that she's never afraid to switch gears when acting, another reason why "Alice" wasn't too challenging for her. She also practiced plenty of self-care while filming something so serious. 

"I'm very careful about heavier roles because they mentally do take a toll," she explained. "I try to make sure that I have a bunch of other things happening either before or after that can counteract whatever I emotionally went through when getting into that character."

Those things could include working out, doing yoga, meditating, or hanging out with friends, she said. 

Nevertheless, for Palmer, working on "Alice" boiled down to one thing, she said: preparation.

"Alice" premieres in select theaters on March 18.