The 38-year-old actress plays a job counsellor helping refugees settle into America in the film, reported Contactmusic.
"I didn't want to just do the part in Atlanta and go home to my life. I wanted to see what that experience was like. It was very emotional, seeing over 250,000 people displaced, sleeping on concrete slabs, kids who were sick. I took my teenage daughter and she didn't say a word the whole day. I think it's going to affect her for a long time, as it will me.
The blonde beauty feels her career is firmly back on track after a string of flops in recent years.
"For a few years, I was a little but lost as an artist, not making choices I was ultimately very happy with. I wanted to get back to playing interesting, dynamic characters.
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