'I feel like it really captures the essence of what it’s like to be black in America, no matter what time period it is.'
—or “Miss Kerry,” as she calls her. All the while, Underwood has been nurturing her passion for directing documentaries and keeping up her background in singing and dancing—on top of school, of course. . Balancing academics and a burgeoning Instagram presence isn’t easy for a teen, let alone one with a star turn on a much-anticipated TV show.
KING: Have you connected with any other young actors that have already experienced a bit of this that have given you any advice?, she’s been giving me some tips. And then also Miss Kerry. She was giving me tips when it came to planning my publicist. Her and Reese [Witherspoon] were super helpful when it came to that. So I feel like I’ve been getting a lot of helpful advice when it comes to the journey that I’m about to go on.UNDERWOOD: Right? They’re just two incredibly amazing human beings.
KING: Do you think an example of that is that scene in the first episode, when the police come up, and how that played out? UNDERWOOD: First, I created a playlist for her. Each and every single episode she had a different playlist. I felt as though that really just helped me tap into the emotions that I had to portray in every single episode. Also, I had a journal and I would write journal entries as Pearl. I took excerpts from the book and tied them into the script so that I could keep the same feel that Celeste Ng wrote for Pearl.
UNDERWOOD: There is a bit of pressure. But at the end of the day, I’m very proud of the work that everybody put in, and there’s a bit of comfort in knowing that Celeste Ng, the author, was also a part of the process the whole entire time. I feel as though if there was anything that wasn’t authentic to the story that she wrote, she would definitely come in and say something.
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