Laverne Cox
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And that episode got me my first Emmy nomination.
And the initial idea was that they needed to hire another actor to play me pre-transition.
And Jenji, to her credit, said, I don't want to re-traumatize you.
So we did a hair and makeup test for the character throughout her transition.
And at the end of the day, we got to the buttest of the looks.
And I remember, like, you know, they put a fake mustache on me.
I mean, I can't grow facial hair or anything, obviously.
And I, like, really, you know, I was like, you know.
And she looked at me and she was like, we're going to have to hire someone.
So then they started bringing in these very butch black male actors and they would stand next to me and take a photo.
And then I was like, why don't you just do an audition?