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'Stop! That! Train!'s queens describe their characters and favorite moments filming

This story originally appeared on Out.Directed by Adam Shankman and starring Mother Ru herself, Stop! That! Train! has a fabulous cast of RuPaul's Drag Race queens like Ginger Minj, Jujubee, Latrice Royale, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Symone, and Marcia Marcia Marcia. This is no Drag Race acting challenge, however; this is a film with a theatrical release. Together, these queens hit their comedic, camp, and even dramatic notes as actors portraying stewardesses aboard the Glamazonian Express as its speeds toward the potential disaster of a Stormaganza. Though Monét X Change and Angeria Paris VanMicheals are also in the movie — in pretty hilarious scenes, one might add! — they make cameos in Stop! That! Train! that feel similar to the other guest actors popping in and out of the story. And while Ru is a scene-stealer as President Gagwell, the emotional core of this story belongs to Ginger Minj and Jujubee. As Tess and DeeDee, respectively, they navigate friendship; mean-girl coworkers in the characters played by Brooke Lynn Hytes, Symone, and Marcia, Marcia, Marcia; the survival of their passengers; and even some romance. (Royale, amusingly, seems to wear 100 wigs as Barbra, a former colleague of Tess and DeeDee's who pops up in different jobs throughout the film.)Out interviewed these six queens ahead of the film's premiere this Friday, and the result is a fabulous conversation about creating these characters, filming the movie, and setting expectations for the fans to come out and see what they've all created. Ginger Minj as TessDescribe! Your! Character!Tess dreams big, "but she's not quite sure how to get it," Ginger Minj notes, adding that her friendship with DeeDee is "a little codependent" at times. "In the face of the Stormaganza, they both learn a little bit more about themselves…it helps them get to their full potential."Favorite! Moment! Filming!"We were on a little bit of a break, and Jujubee started making whale sounds," Ginger says of her favorite day on s

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