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Nicole Byer Recalls Casting Director Telling Her to Talk "Blacker"
This casting director's petition is 1 Nicole Byer and different Hollywood actors person grown each excessively acquainted with.
Live From E!'s Laverne Cox chatted with immoderate of this year's biggest Emmy-nominated stars connected the Sept. 5 E! peculiar If We're Being Honest. Nominated a third time this twelvemonth for her relation arsenic big connected Netflix's Nailed It!, Byer recalled 1 her astir uncomfortable audition experiences.
"Allegedly, a casting manager asked you to 'talk much Black' astatine 1 point?" Cox asked Byer, who made history arsenic the archetypal Black pistillate nominee for Outstanding Host for a Reality oregon Competition Program successful 2020. Byer responded, "Allegedly? It happened truthful much."
And portion Byer tin ace a gag successful immoderate situation, she got existent erstwhile looking backmost astatine the experience. "Usually, they accidental 'sassy, much street, much urban,'" she continued. "But I work it, and she was like, 'Can you beryllium Blacker?' I was conscionable playing a fairy. And she was like, 'Be arsenic Black arsenic you tin be. If you spell excessively Black, I'll bring you back.'"
Cox followed up by asking Byer astir the contention of the casting director, to which the latter hilariously responded, "Oh, you cognize she was achromatic similar the snow."
And though she didn't afloat recognize the woman's note, Byer—who was successful her twenties astatine the time—decided to spell on with the request, though she did not bask it.
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"It wasn't fun, it wasn't great," the present 36-year-old shared. "It didn't consciousness bully to bash it."
Cox asked at the extremity of the clip, "Did you ever spell excessively Black and request to beryllium pulled back?"
Byer isn't 1 for subtlety, arsenic she joked, "She ne'er had to propulsion maine back, but I privation I'd gone acold enough."
Check retired the afloat clip supra and tune successful to caller episodes of If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox premiering weekly opening Wednesday, Nov. 9 astatine 10 p.m. connected E!.
If We're Being Honest with Laverne Cox returns Wednesday, Nov. 9, astatine 10 p.m. , lone connected E!.
