I actually really admired that the show was willing to take these women who we have been with for so many years, and it really isn’t afraid to make them the butt of the joke, and make them go through these mistakes, and goof-ups, in order to learn and to grow. I think she’s just a human being that said something politically incorrect, but apologizes, and we move on into a good friendship. I think there is some fear that she’s, like, a "Karen." I don’t think so. Oh, you didn’t mean it that way, you’re going to get thrown out of society, you’re going to get canceled. Because there’s been this really strong response, what I wonder is how many people are affected by this notion of cancel culture, where if you make a mistake, a gaffe. I think that’s a lot of how it works, nowadays.
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For me, it was really important to embody a Black woman who sees her going through the machinations of trying to figure out how to correct herself, versus Nya apologizing for Miranda’s gaffe, she just lets Miranda figure it out. We were going to see her for the first time step her foot into it. not ever mussing, being mussed, in a way, especially around her career. After seeing her seasons of Miranda as very, you know. She was going to make her a little messy. And deciding that she was going to just muck up her character a little bit. Oh! Oh! Miranda!" And one of the things that Michael said to me is: "Miranda is probably one of the most - is the most loved, of that quartet." And I thought Cynthia Nixon just did a great job of shedding all fragility in the moment. Yeah, that scene, like I said, I’m a super-fan of the franchise, so I had some people over, and we were watching it that Thursday night, and the air just left the room. So then they called me back and said, "No, listen, we’d really, really love to have you." "Oh, good! I need a comedy, after having done The Morning Show for eight, nine months." I need comedy. If I don’t get the job, it’s not my time. I know it." Which is how I approach auditions. We’ve worked together before, and we’ll work together again. And I love those guys, and I’ll have my chance. Can we really try to go for her?" I really didn’t think I got the audition. And by the way, I know this is Cynthia Nixon’s character." I know this isn’t Carrie Bradshaw, and I’m pretty sure it’s not Charlotte! They record your auditions and Cynthia saw mine and she said, "Oh, we have to have Karen, I love her work onstage.
When I encountered that audition, I thought, "I totally understand this moment.
That’s sort of the way some relationships begin. But you end up actually becoming friends with that person, and you endear yourself to them and they endear themselves to you. Because, you know, I’m sure this has happened to you, you meet someone who’s slightly awkward, and weird around you, because they’re trying to figure out how to conjugate what you are, and how to approach it in a respectful manner. So it wasn’t very hard for me to understand the arc of what that moment might look like, and what that relationship might look like. And like many women of color, especially women from my tribe, who saw that scene, they’d lived it. Miranda very cautiously : "Hey, don’t, that’s where the professor sits." She’s like, I am the professor." It was that very first scene, where Nya walks in with braids. Why it was important for them to make it diverse, and inclusive, like they have. To be the next chapter of Sex And The City. But I definitely have felt like, "Oh, I see why it’s important." And I see why it was important for And Just Like That to be different.
You doing the thing that you do really matters to me, and it’s really important for me to see that." I haven’t completely stepped into the shoes of someone who can really inhabit that with a great deal of dexterity. And I’ve thought more about it as my career has gained steam because there are so many women who have come out to me and said, "Your representation really matters. But I definitely was one of those audience members that was like, "It would be great to see some women of color in that world. If we were going to be a woman of the world, we were going to be one of those women, running around New York City living her best life. That we felt like we could identify with as we came into the 21st century. Those characters lived in our social and cultural psyche, because they were such strong archetypes. At some point I was all of those women, which is what I think made it so iconic but so fundamentally female. I mean, I think the answer is all of them, at some point. Did you identify with one of the four women back when you were a viewer?
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