Why ‘Psych’ star James Roday embraced his birth name, Rodriguez
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” (on NBCU’s new streaming platform Peacock) will usher in the arrival of James Roday Rodriguez.In an extensive interview with TVLine, Rodriguez breaks down those “two inauspicious audition experiences” that led him to drop his birth name, and opens up about how — some two decades later — the death of George Floyd and the global reckoning with racial injustice that it triggered prompted him to take it back. He also reveals the key role his current series, ABC’s “A Million Little Things,” played in this awakening, and discusses the significance of his new moniker debuting in the opening credits of this week’s “Psych” sequel.TVLINE | How did you arrive at this decision? We’re all on our own journeys.