Kerry Washington Was Fired From Two TV Pilots For Not Being ‘Hood’
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Poised and graceful Kerry Washington was once told she wasn’t “hood enough” for a role in a piloted series, Variety reports.
Wait, we remember her role in Save the Last Dance, where she was able to channel it then, so what happened?
The actress explains that before she played the role of Olivia Pope in the hit TV series Scandal, she went after two other roles.
“Before Scandal I was actually cast in two other pilots,” she explained. “Both went to series, but I was fired and recast. For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more ‘girlfriend,’ more like ‘hood,’ more ‘urban.’”
Well that was their loss because her new role in the political drama is much more fitting of her talent.
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