Lucy Liu

And I really appreciated that about her.

And obviously, David E. Kelly was just an incredible writer and very prolific.

And he just would be able to create these monologues for her that would just make absolute sense for her.

And she just really believed it.

I mean, she had to really believe it.

And she really, I think, was a feminist in so many ways.

She just saw things as they were.

You actually auditioned for a different role.

And after David met you, he created this role, right?

That's right.

Yeah, I auditioned for Portia's role.

Nell Porter, who I thought was just fantastic.

And he, I guess, liked the way that I read that audition.

And then...

And he said that he would write something for me.

That's the feedback that I got after the audition.

And I didn't have a lot of hope for that.

I just thought, okay, that's very nice.

And people have said that before, but no one's ever written anything.

And then they came back and offered this guest star role to come on and, you know, be this character Ling Wu.