![]() ![]() If I wanted a certain song, I play it on set. ![]() I mean, I was serious about songs that were in the show. I always say if I didn’t do TV or film, I would go into music somehow. Talk to me more about the impact of music within this series. ![]() Reasonable Doubt is named for a Jay-Z song, and each episode is the title of one of his songs. Idris Elba Brings Us to New Heights in His Latest Thriller, 'Hijack' There are some lovely spicy scenes in this show. I’ll just add that dysfunction creates this new character from the foundation of a real person. But Shawn’s life is very calm and lovely, so I needed some mess and some drama. I was inspired to take these elements of who she is and put them in the show for sure. Meeting Shawn, she’s lively, upbeat, and just a ton of fun. I wanted to add in that element to Jax because a lot of times female leads, in general, are portrayed as being really good at their job but they’re dark, they’re serious and tortured. When I met with defense attorney Shawn Holley, who’s kind of our real-life inspiration, she’s very smart, but she’s also fun. What was your inspiration for telling this story through a TV series? In the same way, you can think of how Sex in the City informs New York, it was important to me to place Reasonable Doubt in this area of LA. Her rapping to the Corruptor or her not being afraid to get in someone’s face, all those elements inform her. Dre, Boys in the Hood, and other things are also very close as well so that edge spills in. I lived in the Hills, but Crenshaw and all these areas growing up in the ‘90s, Dr. I think growing up in this area gave me that. As far as Jax’s character, she can exist in the white spaces, but she’s still very confident in her Blackness and who she is. I feel very blessed to have grown up in this area and still live there. Especially since after I was in seventh grade, I went to predominately white schools. Growing up in this upper middle-class Black environment, to have access to this kind of Black excellence in this pocket of LA was so special. Tell me why this part of LA is special and why this location works for the show. Reasonable Doubt is set in the affluent, predominantly Black area of LA, Windsor Hills. I love when she laughs with her husband and I love the dynamic between Jax and her assistant. I love Emayatzy’s ability to empower all these different sides, to be someone you want to be friends with but also sexy. I wanted to cast someone that Black girls could see themselves in. Alongside these interviews, creative cinematic reenactments help bring their major inflection points to life.First of all, Emayatzy Corinealdi is amazing she’s truly a gift from God. Each episode is anchored by a deeply personal interview that allows our heroes to walk us through their childhood and teenage years. Each 30-minute episode features one young person, or “hero,” and their experience growing up. They represent a wide range of lived experiences, giving audiences emotionally powerful narratives that offer an engaging look at teenage-hood and the diverse social, familial, and internal obstacles young people face on their path to self-discovery and acceptance. The series uses narrative, experimental, and documentary filmmaking to follow one casted individual, ages 18-22, as they tell their story. Growing Up is an innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, triumphs, and complexities of adolescence through ten compelling coming of age stories. ![]()
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