Actress who spent $2,000 on billboards to get Tyler Perry's attention says her stunt worked

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Earlier this week, Perry wrote a Facebook post urging actors not to buy billboards to get his attention -- the should save their money instead. He posted picture of actress Racquel Bailey's billboard, stating: "Attention Mr. Perry: Raquel Bailey is your next leading lady." Bailey, who lives in New Jersey, tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she spent $2,000 on two billboards in the Atlanta area in early May. And soon after, a Tyler Perry studios casting agent called her and flew her down for an audition for a TV show pilot. Bailey says she got the idea from the HBO biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, starring Halle Berry, in which Dandrige was told to get her face on a billboard to get an agent's attention.