Laverne Cox in contrast the cancellation of her Amazon Prime Video collection Clear Slate to taking “a dagger to [her] coronary heart.”
“I’m nonetheless processing [the cancellation],” Cox, 52, completely informed Us Weekly on the opening of The Tryst Puerto Vallarta on Friday, April 25. “We discovered a couple of weeks earlier than we introduced it and I cried like a child.”
Clear Slate — which Cox created and produced with costar George Wallace and Dan Ewen — revolved round 40-year-old Desiree (Cox) returning to her small Alabama hometown to return out as a trans lady to her father (Wallace) after a 23-year estrangement. Cox confirmed earlier in April that Prime Video was not shifting ahead with a second season.
“After all, I’ve had exhibits canceled earlier than, however I’ve by no means birthed a present, a scripted tv present. It’s been prefer it was my child greater than every other scripted challenge I’ve been part of,” she confessed to Us. “So, it was simply so shut and it was loosely primarily based on my life. So, it was devastating, and I believe it was additionally devastating within the context of being, I believe allegedly, I’m the primary trans particular person, a star in a comedy. I noticed that someplace. I haven’t [confirmed it] — it’s unhappy, but it surely’s not surprising within the present political setting, but it surely’s simply unhappy in relationship to that.”
Laverne Cox in ‘Clear Slate’ Prime Video
Except for the “intestine punch” of Clear Slate ending so quickly, Cox stated she was appreciative of the viewers who really embraced the sitcom’s inclusive message.
“The followers who cherished it, what I do wish to do is shout out the followers who’ve been wonderful on-line. Superb,” she stated. “After I exit into the world, how many individuals have watched it with out me prompting them. Folks simply everywhere in the nation and everywhere in the world who’ve watched it are loving it and are asking for a season two. I’m sorry, it’s not my fault.”
Cox stated she hasn’t but given up hope of discovering Clear Slate a brand new streaming or TV residence, as she deliberate to “store it elsewhere.”
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“It’s actually about that reference to the viewers. And you may contact one particular person and we touched multiple particular person with our present,” she added. “And in order that brings me a lot pleasure. I’m gutted personally, however then I am going out on this planet and we’ve made individuals giggle and we’ve made individuals suppose and we’ve had individuals like [say], ‘That’s my grandmama, that’s my auntie. Oh woman.’”
She went on, “Persons are seeing themselves in these characters and it is a dream for an artist. So, it’s an enormous accomplishment to get a TV present on the air, as effectively. So, I’m actually processing this with you. So, it’s a miracle that we made it to TV, and so I’ve a lot to be glad about … Our followers have simply [shared] the love and that’s actually what it’s all about. The neighborhood.”
As for what could possibly be subsequent in her profession, Cox informed Us that the expertise of doing a sitcom has satisfied her to tackle much more difficult initiatives.
“Doing comedy was so liberating for me in different elements of my work and in advocacy, and I’m simply, I’ve given myself permission to let go and be humorous,” she stated. “Doing a present with George Wallace, doing press with George Wallace, giving myself permission to be foolish and leaning into that and laughter together with that may exist with different issues. So, I imply, truthfully, at this stage as an artist, as an actress, I wish to do one thing that actually challenges me.”
Laverne Cox and George Wallace Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs
Cox continued, “I really feel like I’ve not realized my potential as an artist, so I want one thing actually difficult to let the kids know that she’s an actress. And so one thing utterly transformative. I’ve two motion pictures. One was introduced, Animal Farm, the remake of Animal Farm, that’s animated [and] I play Snowball, that was simply introduced. We don’t know the place that residence goes to be. And I’ve one other film referred to as Final result with Keanu Reeves, and that’s popping out, in all probability, later this 12 months.”
The Emmy Award-nominated actress added that she hoped to “do one thing actually completely different” after Clear Slate — ideally a challenge she may produce.
“I’m considering of one thing that’s simply utterly [new], I really feel like I have to play a person or one thing. I don’t know … as a result of individuals know Laverne now, and so I have to disappear into one thing,” she teased. “The following factor I do, I wish to utterly disappear into it. So ,yeah, I’m wanting ahead to that. I don’t know what it’s but, however I wish to disappear. And so the individuals can actually get into the expertise once more and get into the craft and the performing.”
Cox introduced one other huge profession shift in January when she exited E!’s award present crimson carpet protection after three years of interviewing the most important stars in Hollywood.
“With an unbelievable quantity of gratitude, I’ve determined to not return as host of #LiveFromE’s crimson carpet protection,” Cox wrote by way of Instagram on January 2. “I’m so extremely happy with the work we did over my three-year tenure. I’d like to precise my honest because of everybody at @nbcuniversal, @eentertainment and @denofthievestv in your unbelievable help.”
