RIP me.

If you have a heart and/or soul, you know and love the 2002 movie Crossroads, a coming-of-age classic starring Her Majesty Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, and Taryn Manning.

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In a series of interviews with Broadly, the women behind the masterpiece shared their memories from the project.

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Ann Carli, the film's producer, recalled how she discovered a writer named Shonda Rhimes, who came to write the film's script.

MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF HER?? Carli read a spec script of Rhimes' that was a "retelling of Antigone set in an African American town in the 1930s."

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Carli also recalled how sweet and down-to-earth Britney Spears was, and that despite her elaborate contract, she only ever requested two things: tuna Lunchables and edamame.

Her Majesty Britney Spears didn't even want coffee waiting for her when she got to set in the mornings, she told Carli, "I don't mind. I actually like going in and getting to decide."

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