Elarica Johnson On Tackling The Topic Of Colorism And Not Being Pigeonholed By Her 'P-Valley' Character
essence.comP-Valley. In the wake of our real-world pandemic, we’ve been away from the show’s dynamic characters for too long, including Mississippi, Uncle Clifford and Autumn Night.
On the heels of the drama’s record-breaking Season 2 return, spoke to Elarica Johnson, the British-born actress who plays Night about the new season, tackling the pandemic on screen and the prospect of getting boxed in to sexual roles.
See what she had to say below. What do you think it was it about P-Valley that captured so much of the public’s attention?I think it was the fact that it was something people hadn’t really seen before.
Among the cast we were talking about how many films we had seen about strip clubs, dancers, something with women in the forefront. [It made us wonder] how is this going to be accepted by the audience?
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