Comedic actress Marla Gibbs, known for her iconic role as the sassy housekeeper on the 70s sitcom The Jeffersons, and filmmaker Kim Calloway sat down to discuss their new short film, Mildred 4 A Million, in their new uInterview.

Mildred 4 a Million follows a 93-year-old great-grandmother as she tries to form a relationship with her screen-obsessed, seven-year-old great-granddaughter. As part of her quest to connect, Mildred (Gibbs) sets out to get a million TikTok followers.

Calloway, who wrote the film based on observation of her own family, explained the casting for the short. “I reached out via our amazing casting directors when it came time to look for Mildred,” she told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “And I read an article that Marla was just as sharp and energetic as ever and that she wanted to work. I was like, ‘Oh my god, I grew up watching her on television, I wonder...