Yara Shahidi Opens Up About Grown-Ish In New Interview
Yara Shahidi has sat down for a new interview to promote her hit show, grown-ish. With the EMMY nominations right around the corner, Yara has hit the street running in order to promote her comedy and hopefully nab some noms. Highlight from her interview are below.
On the support she received from Freeform on the show: “…when we did our backdoor pilot and moved to Freeform, Freeform was so supportive in saying that they didn’t have a problem with a 17-year-old lead, and they didn’t have a problem with what subjects we were going to tackle. They wanted it to be authentic, so it allowed us to go into the Adderall storyline; it allowed us to go into all sorts of storylines with each character, without having to give a beautiful ending, all wrapped up in a little bow. It’s been a fun metamorphosis.”
On her favorite moments from season 1: “I loved every time all the girls got together to talk. I feel like that debate was hilarious. It led to a hot mess of foolishness on set. It was one of those chances where we really got to improv—there’s that level of back-and-forth. I feel like anybody who has any sort of friend group can relate to that level of banter. Just a side note: Grown-ish has meant that I’ve been able to give great theoretical college advice to all of my friends who are first years right now. Zoey’s troubles and all of the antics her and her friends get into, it’s been really useful.”
You can check out more from Yara’s interview here.