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On Monday evening, the actress apologized for contemplating playing the part.

As a cisgender woman, I now understand I should not have considered this role, says Berry.
Shes a character in a project I love that I might be doing, Berrysaid in the interview.
Its really important to me to tell stories, and thats a woman.
Thats a female story.
It changes to a man, but I want to understand the why and how of that.