ET's Nischelle Turner sat down with the iconic model and entrepreneur, who not only opened up about her new project, Modelland, but also gave one 7-year-old girl an epic opportunity. Last month, social media, as well as Banks, became obsessed with Ala'a, a mini Rihanna lookalike.
"I lost my mind," Banks told ET of seeing Ala'a on Instagram. "Rihanna looks like Tookie, the lead girl in the Modelland story. Rihanna, I know you not gonna play Tookie. She might, you never know. But for this, I don’t think I'm necessarily going to get Rihanna for the movie. But I was like, we're also looking for little girl Tookie. So I was like, that little girl looks like little girl Tookie, because Tookie's also kind of inspired by me and my story."
"So I just became obsessed with this girl," Banks continued. "I was like, 'Help me! Who is this girl? Like, I want to find this girl and hopefully, possibly she can try out because she's got to act and do all that stuff, to play little Tookie."
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