The energy in Hollywood that normally comes with the announcement of the Emmy nominees certainly felt different on Wednesday morning, when the entertainment industry found itself on Day 72 of the writers strike and just hours away from a potential actors strike.
A month later, I get the call that she wanted me to be on the show. And I was like, “Oh my god!” I just threw that out there. I just saw her at Essence Festival, and we had a quiet moment when she looked over at me and said, “Girl, you will get an Emmy nomination for this role.” I was like, “That would be insane if that happened. Because literally that was the furthest thing from my mind.” And I don’t do things because it’s the one that’s gonna give me the nomination.
Donald said originally, “I don’t know if this is going to work.” He just wanted the chance to try something. You know, he was like, “If it fails, it fails, but I just want to try something.” And for me, as like my first time leading a project, I was like, “No, don’t fail!” But I understood. I understood what he was talking about — that freedom to make art and to try something. I’m glad that they took a chance on me, and I took a chance on them with putting myself in the embodiment of Dre.
Ray Liotta also received a posthumous nomination, how does that feel for you to be recognized alongside him? How does it feel to be nominated for an Emmy amid the WGA strike and right before SAG-AFTRA could go on strike?
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