Meagan Good is the latest non-white actor to be cast as a lead on a major broadcast network drama, and the actress expressed gratitude for her “colorless” character on the Steven Spielberg adaptation.
“It’s an incredible feeling. It’s a blessing,” she said on stage at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour on Thursday. “Last year, I said this was exactly the thing I wanted to do and a year later it manifested … The character is very colorless.
“The cast, we’re just living, breathing characters. It’s a blessing when people hire you for doing what you do,” she added.