Angel Reese Says She Is ‘Gonna Hire an Acting Coach’ After Making Her Film Debut: 'Adding to the Résumé' (Exclusive)

Angel Reese is willing successful exploring different passions disconnected nan hoops court. 

Following her characteristic movie debut successful A House of Dynamite, nan hoops prima told PEOPLE successful an exclusive question and reply that she wants to proceed pursuing an acting career. 

“I want to get an acting coach,” Reese, 23, said astatine nan New York Film Festival premiere of nan movie connected Sept. 28. “I was talking to Common — he's overseas correct now shooting play 2 of Silo — and he was telling me, 'You sewage to prosecute an acting coach.' "

“So I'm going to prosecute an acting coach,” she continued. “I exemplary already, truthful it's for illustration adding to nan résumé. I'm young correct now, truthful I'm going to do it while I'm young.”

Ahead of making her debut successful nan Kathryn Bigelow-directed film, which follows Idris Elba’s president and different members of nan U.S. authorities successful nan hours aft a atomic rocket is launched complete nan Pacific Ocean, nan Chicago Sky subordinate admitted she had immoderate jitters earlier stepping connected set. 

“I was really nervous,” Reese told PEOPLE. “But I had immoderate awesome group connected nan formed that made maine consciousness really comfortable. The girls location made maine consciousness comfortable.”

Along pinch uncovering comfortableness successful her chap formed members — including Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee and Kaitlyn Dever — Reese besides learned immoderate valuable lessons from "being capable to activity pinch nan best."

Reese remembers Elba, 53, telling her: "Stay confident. Be yourself. Have fun."

“We were shooting baskets," nan jock further detailed.

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While Elba already portrayed a awesome governmental fig erstwhile he embodied nan U.K. premier curate successful Heads of State alongside John Cena, nan character admitted that it was still daunting to play nan American president arsenic a British actor. 

"I was ace conscious of it," Elba explained to PEOPLE astatine nan premiere. "But you cognize ... my granddad's American and I was raised successful America for a agelong time, truthful I benignant of sewage complete it."

"Playing nan president was a challenge, but I'm hoping that ... I wanted to bring a quality broadside to this character, and I dream nan assemblage bask that," he added.

A House of Dynamite is successful theaters connected Oct. 10. It will past watercourse connected Netflix connected Oct. 24.