12/24/2022 0 Comments Love and hip hop castThe fact that it seems like we’re figuring out in this pandemic how to exist outside a little more. What is bringing you the most joy these days? Yeah, she does a lot of things, but at the same time, it’s important for her to go to church for her family, I mean, she may at times because she knows it, but Church is just what she does. Okay, yeah, there are plenty of white people, if they go to church on Sunday, it doesn’t mean that they’re opening the Bible and dissecting it or quoting it. Yea, I’m glad you said that because I always feel like to the other thing is that, on TV shows, if a person is going to church or they’re Christian, and then that it’s what the show is about. I love that she’s a church girl, too, sinning on Saturday and repenting on Sunday. That is who she is she has all of those elements. To unwind, she’s drinking brown liquor and listening to hip-hop. It’s not, “Oh she goes home and puts on jazz” or she’s serious. I wanted to show Jax was smart and successful but also show that hip-hop element. Adrian Ali and I had wonderful conversations with them about the score and themes. I asked them to play it on set so that the actors knew kind of the mood of things. 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. Meet The Cast of 'The Mighty Ducks Game Changers' 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. What has been your favorite aspect of bringing this character to life?įirst of all, Emayatzy Corinealdi is amazing she’s truly a gift from God. Days before the autumnal equinox, BGN spoke with Mohamed at the Reasonable Doubt press junket via Zoom. Now Mohamed is working with an all-Black creative team, from all of the department heads to the writers and directors (including Kerry Washington) on the gripping (and sexy) new legal series on Hulu Reasonable Doubt. Mohamed collaborated with Kerry Washington again as a co-producer on Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere. Raamla Mohamed started out as a research assistant on Scandal she worked smart, climbed the ladder, made it into the writers’ room where she wrote eleven episodes, then advanced to being a producer on the groundbreaking show.
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