‘Them’ actress Deborah Ayorinde sought out therapy after filming the series
Content warning: This story references depictions of sexual assault on television.Actress Deborah Ayorinde has explained how her work on the horror-drama series Them led her to seek out therapy.The series, which premiered back in April on Amazon Prime Video, follows the Emorys, a Black family who move to an all-white neighborhood in 1950s Los Angeles.Speaking to Indiewire, Ayorinde, who plays Lucky Emory in the show, explained in detail how a therapist came on-set during rehearsals for the fifth episode, which involved a flashback of a gang of racists raping Lucky and murdering her baby.