: Number one, after reading it, I lost sleep. I felt such an overwhelming desire to play Leti. There was such a fear that there would be anyone but me playing that. And I don’t really have that sort of reaction usually to roles. I’ve been doing it so long that I’m able to trust what’s meant for me is meant for me. And with Leti, it just felt like I was so called, that I lost sleep and had real anxiety over whether or not it was going to come my way.
My mentor Alfre Woodard talks about the idea of finding the eyes of the character. How does your character see the world? And Leti sees the world through the eyes of the abandoned child. Interestingly enough, I’m blessed because I don’t have that relationship with my mother, but I had it with my father. So I understand it. I understand what it’s like to feel estranged from a parent, only to then lose them for a second time through death… So, I connected to Leti in a very deep way.
After we wrapped, I cut all my hair off. It was like, I need to figure out a way to purge myself of Leti. And that was one of the ways that I thought would help me do it. One of my [acting] coaches, she talks a lot about this idea of blood memory. I, coming from a rich heritage of being black and Jewish, absolutely know what it feels like to have my blood memory activated—real visceral connection to the suffering of my ancestors.
just give us a second season
She deserves her own Black Canary show in HBO Max. She's really underrated
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