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    We Had Keke Palmer Confirm Or Deny 9 Behind-The-Scenes Rumours About Her Career

    From first kisses to Metra trains.

    Ada Enechi
    by Ada Enechi

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Recently, I was lucky enough to sit down with one of my childhood heroes, the iconic Keke Palmer.

    Keke Palmer in an interview setting with the nope film poster in the background
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    Keke launched onto the scene in 2004, and has not stopped working since. At under 30 years of age, Keke has over 100 credits under her belt — if that doesn't motivate you in life, I don't know what else will!

    Keke Palmer as a child in the film Barbershop 2 Back in Business
    MGM

    100 credits is a lot, so we sat down and looked back at six major projects for Keke, and played a fun game of confirm or deny.

    illustration reads confirm or deny
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    Of course, we had to kick off with Akeelah and the Bee.

    Keke in character on stage in Akeelah and The Bee
    Lionsgate

    1. You only wanted to do Akeelah and the Bee because you wanted to have fun on set with other kids — confirm or deny?

    Confirm. Every movie I was doing before then was always just me and a bunch of adults. Obviously, I wanted the part because it was a really good movie, but I was excited because finally I wouldn't be the only kid on set! That was killing me. 

    2. Also, your kiss in the movie was your first kiss in real life — confirm or deny?

    On the cheek, maybe. Javier kissed Akeelah on the cheek, but my first real kiss, like, on the mouth was on Jump in! That was with a total stranger. 

    You know, it wasn't how I imagined because Corbin is my friend; I really didn't want to kiss him, it was kind of scary! Later I was like, okay, I don't have to think about it as my ~real~ first kiss.

    While we're on Jump in!

    Keke and Corbin Bleu in Jump In
    Disney

    3. You had to train for six hours a day because you weren't good at double dutch — confirm or deny?

    Well I was good at double dutch, so I'll confirm and deny! What I struggled with were the stunts — the stunts we had to do were intense. It wasn't like jumping in double dutch, we were really double dutching, okay? The sports version!

    Then we moved on to the iconic Nickelodeon show, True Jackson, VP.

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    4. The catchphrase "you said what now?" was added to the script because that was your actual reaction when casting directors told you you got the part — confirm or deny?

    Oh, deny! I wish that was true, but you know what, "you said what now?" only became my catchphrase because I said a line wrong once. I remember we were doing a table read, and for some reason, I just said, "You said what now?" That wasn't the way it was written, I just said it like that, and it became the catchphrase randomly.

    5. The set was haunted — confirm or deny?

    You know what, I'll confirm and deny again. We played little stuff like that — we'd be like, "I've heard there are ghosts up in here" because we were on the Paramount lot. There are lots of stories about ghosts on the Paramount lot from productions gone by. We used to sneak around and try and find them, but we never bumped into anything, thank God!

    Of course, we had to mention Scream Queens.

    Keke palmer in scream queens screaming in a kitchen with three other girls
    FOX

    6. You signed onto Scream Queens knowing absolutely nothing about it — confirm or deny?

    Confirm. When Ryan called me, I only knew the bare bones of what it was about — I think all of us did! We didn't know everything that was going to happen with our characters, or what future storylines would be. We kind of just came in and hoped for the best.

    6.2. When are we going to get another season?

    I know Scream Queens was only two seasons! I had so much on that show, ugh.

    Even though it was a short role, we couldn't NOT mention Insecure.

    Keke Palmer in insecure standing in a kitchen with two other women and baby
    HBO

    7. You got cast on Insecure after tweeting Issa Rae that you wanted to beat Condola's ass — confirm or deny?

    Confirm. I was DONE with Condola, okay. Condola really tried to come for my girl Issa in the show. I couldn't believe that! I was tweeting about it, and the next thing you know, I'm getting an opportunity to be in the show.

    7.2. So you hated Condola; how did it feel when you were cast in your role?

    I thought it was absolutely hilarious! Of course, Issa would make me Condola's little sister, of course.

    And lastly, our favourite animated Netflix series, Big Mouth.

    An animated worm wearing makeup and smiling
    Netflix

    8. As a child, you had a thing for worms, and that's why you got cast as a worm in Big Mouth — confirm or deny?

    Deny! I definitely had a thing for watching insects as a kid. You know I've never shared this with anybody, but worms were NOT my favourite; I was definitely an ant girl.

    8.2. If worms aren't your favourite, how do you feel about playing a worm?

    You know what, I was okay because it was a cute worm. She didn't look like how worms usually look. She had a nice little design to her, so I was fine.

    Bonus: We couldn't leave without asking about the most important rumour of them all!

    Text screenshot shows a picture of Keke Palmer and a message that says please don't be disrespectful this is my sister who was killed by a metra train can you take this down
    Twitter

    9. Is it true you were killed by a Metra train — confirm or deny?

    Confirm, the Metra train did get me. That's literally my favourite undercover meme ever!

    Here's a little clip from the interview if you want to watch Keke live in action!

    Nope is out in UK cinemas on August 12. Let us know your thoughts about the film in the comments!