Malcolm D. Lee has spent decades making some of the most recognizable comedies in Black cinema, from The Best Man franchise to Girls Trip and Space Jam: A New Legacy. Now, the filmmaker is stepping into a new genre with his first thriller, a move he says wouldn’t have happened at just any point in his career. Lee reflected on why now was the right time to take on a thriller with Sprung, the Peacock film starring Chloe Bailey, Lucien Laviscount, Anna Diop, Lynn Whitfield and Coco Jones.