Taraji P. Henson fought for ‘The Color Purple’ cast to be given drivers. The 53-year-old actress – who portrays Shug Avery in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s classic novel – has criticised producers for giving her and her co-stars rental cars to drive themselves to the set for filming, arguing it was an “insurance liability” and would be “dangerous” for them. She told The New York Times newspaper: “They gave us rental cars, and I was like, ‘I can’t drive myself to set in Atlanta.’ This is insurance liability, it’s dangerous. Now they robbing people. “What do I look like, taking myself…