Mariah Carey is known for glamor and beauty, but she leaves her beauty behind in her new film, Precious. In the movie Carey plays a plain-Jane social worker. Precious is based on the book Push which tells the story of a young girl who is abused while growing up in Harlem. The film director, Lee Daniels, felt that choosing Carey for this part would be a very bold thing to do. "If she could dye her hair, put on a wig, take off the makeup, darken under the eyes, I believed she would begin to give me her soul. And she did," Daniels said.
Carey was not concerned about the look of her character in the movie and she said her friends and family loved her performance despite the way her character looks. "No one has said, 'Girl I can't believe you are there with those dark circles under your eyes and wearing a wig and looking nasty.' No one went that far," Carey said.
