Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo joined the VarietyStreamingRoom presented by OnyxCollective to discuss 'UnPrisoned' and breaking the stigma around incarceration.
When Kerry Washington signed on to play Paige Alexander, a therapist and single mother navigating her father Edwin’s release from prison and return to her life, she knew that she needed the perfect scene partner to pull off the complicated family dynamics.“I have been a Delroy super fan forever. He’s one of my acting heroes,” Washington said, discussing the series with Lindo in Variety’s Streaming Room.
The father-daughter relationship is inspired by “UnPrisoned” creator Tracy McMillian’s experiences with her dad, Willie “Harold” McMillan, who was in and out of prison for an aggregate of 37 years. “When we were in South by Southwest, we were interviewed by four sit-down journalists. … and three out of the four journalists that we talked to had a parent who was formerly incarcerated,” Washington recalled.
“It’s important to acknowledge at this time — especially right with what the Writers Guild is out there doing every day fighting for their ability to live and survive and be compensated fairly — that we would not be here having this conversation if it were not for the hard work and diligence and wisdom and insight and talent of our writers,” she said. “Everybody’s trauma was out there on the table in the writers room every day.
The series is dedicated to the memory of Harold, who died in January, a couple months before its Hulu debut. Shortly after learning the news, McMillan posted on social media.
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