Teyana Taylor is all about that sequel life.

The Golden Globe-winning actress told IndieWire she’s pushing hard for more screen time for her character Perfidia Beverly Hills after the runaway success of “One Battle After Another.” She also shared that talks with director Paul Thomas Anderson are already underway. “The conversations are very, very real,” she said, and then gave fans hope in blunt terms: “I want to give everybody confirmation that I am currently begging PTA to give us that. I’m begging him to give us that.” 

Taylor said she first felt seen after her role in “A Thousand and One,” and shared that the Perfidia role gave her a new emotional territory to explore. She said, “I have a thousand and one reasons to be grateful.”

She said her “One Battle After Another” role was born of contradiction. “It’s that 50-50 thing where you can’t live with her, can’t live without her. She’s human, and she’s raw.” She explained that Perfidia’s choices are tied to postpartum, power, and survival — threads that she says make the character both “selfish” and deeply understandable. “She didn’t care at what expense, but mentally, in a whole other term, it’s like, ‘Wow, it’s OK to be selfish sometimes. It’s OK to put me first.’ That’s what keeps us alive,” Taylor told IndieWire.

What would a Perfidia-centered follow-up look like? Taylor floated ideas about decade-spanning storytelling that tracks Perfidia’s escape and what she learned while offstage in the original film — material that could justify a full sequel, a limited series, or even a spinoff that stitches unused footage with new scenes. Taylor said she wants the opportunity to unpack Perfidia’s missing years and the aftermath captured in the film’s later voiceover and letter scenes. “Here and there, I make little jokes with Paul. I’m like, ‘We need to see what Perfidia did in those 16 years.’ But Perfidia and Willa need some scenes together,” she said.

She's not merely name-dropping a sequel idea, she’s making a creative case rooted in character, motherhood, and accountability. With awards momentum and a clear appetite from audiences to see more, Taylor’s pitch to Anderson is both strategic and deeply personal. The talented actress wants room to show the nuance that made Perfidia one of this season’s most talked-about performances.