The women of 'One Battle After Another' aren't afraid to 'shake the table'

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Teyana Taylor has ordered two plates of chicken wings for the table.After last night, she’s not taking any chances.

The rest of us do not know this when we meet inside a deserted restaurant at a West Hollywood boutique hotel.Chase Infiniti arrives first and slides into the middle of the booth we’ve picked out, thinking ahead so it’ll be easier for her two “One Battle After Another” co-stars to join us.

Regina Hall and Taylor show up together a couple of minutes later, still talking about last night’s Governors Awards, which reunited the trio after a few weeks apart.“Lily Tomlin has not lost one bit of her sharpness or wit at all,” Hall says, laughing, giving a hat tip to the comedy legend who had presented Dolly Parton with an honorary Oscar.

Then the wings arrive.The women, fresh off a photo shoot and still immaculate in their off-white designer wear, dig in.

“You can have more because I ate your French fries last night,” Hall tells Taylor.“You absolutely ate the French fries,” Taylor says, smiling.

“You was gonna eat the chicken as well.That’s why I got two orders.

”They laugh.Taylor’s just getting rolling.

“I went to the bar during the dinner and came back.And Regina’s like, ‘Somebody took my plate.’ And I look down and say, ‘Somebody ate my fries.’” She motions at Hall.

“Goldilocks over here.”The camaraderie is evident among the three women, principal players in Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged epic, a movie that defies categorization and invites repeated viewings, a film that contains big laughs and overflows with righteous anger.Taylor and Hall play members of the French 75, a revolutionary group introduced in the movie’s opening moments.Taylor portrays Perfidia Beverly Hills, bold, thorny, confusing, contradictory.

Hall’s Deandra is Perfidia’s opposite number: steadfast, focused, calm.When things ...