She’s not afraid to check her friend, even though she loves her so much. What I love about Crystal is how unapologetically black she is, how unapologetically sassy she is, and how outspoken she is. INGE: Yes, absolutely! They’re so much fun. What do you guys most enjoy about your characters? Are there things that you’ve really come to appreciate about them, as you’ve gotten to know them more
With that, I can tell that this is a very authentic portrayal.
MARTIN: I trust the writers that there are actual portrayals going on, in the scripts, and I just try to stay in tune with people, knowing what I know, within my own life experiences and friends that I have and can talk to about it. Leland, when it comes to your character’s sexual fluidity, are there things that you do to maintain the truthfulness of the character, when that’s not something that you can personally draw from? Tetona and Tequan, because your relationship is at the heart of this show, did you guys also spend time talking to each other about how you wanted to handle that? Just coming in, we really want to learn about each other and learn more about who we were as people, so we could bring these characters to life, as authentically as possible. INGE: Absolutely! We worked very diligently to build chemistry and spend time with each other outside of set, especially at the beginning of the process. Having your voice heard makes the characters feel more real, and I would imagine that it also makes you guys feel more comfortable with each other, and that’s important when you all get thrown in together and you’re supposed to be friends. Which is great because there are a lot of you. We all had a part in our characters because she was so open to letting our voice be heard, as well. Even building the show up together, it seemed collaborative. If we ever had an issue, it was very collaborative. If we were in the same vicinity, we could meet up. WALKER: And Dime Davis made sure to keep an open dialogue, from the outset, and was only one phone call away. I think this is a very important show, and it’s really dope. This show has a lot of people leading the charge, but there are no shallow characters. It’s really nice to see a person, as opposed to an idea. We touch on temptation, and we touch on dedication. He’s religious, but we also touch on the struggle of being in the spiritual fold, or being in the church. RJ WALKER: Speaking just to my character, David, when I read it, it intrigued me because he’s not just your stereotypical Christian. TETONA JACKSON: I definitely think you can relate to at least one of the characters in the show. It made me excited because I immediately related to the characters when I read it. I felt like I was reading a script from someone who really understood the community, and the communities that they were writing about.
When you guys read this, did it feel very relevant, authentic and true to you?īRITTANY INGE: When I read it, it definitely felt authentic and true to the millennial voice. Question: I love this show and how, even though we’re reminded of the movie, it feels very relevant to today. While at the BET portion of the TCA Press Tour, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat with Tetona Jackson, Tequan Richmond, Brittany Inge, RJ Walker and Leland Martin about telling a story that’s authentic and true to the millennial voice, what they like most about their characters, having their voices heard, building chemistry with each other, the honest way the show handles sex and sexuality, how well they knew the original movie, what it means to them to have the support of Halle Berry, and just how involved the very busy Lena Waithe is with the show’s development. Continuing the story of the 1992 film of the same name but now following the lives of Jacqueline Boyer’s son, Bryson ( Tequan Richmond), and Marcus and Angela Graham’s daughter, Simone ( Tetona Jackson), as they try to make their own mark on the world, alongside their longtime friends Crystal ( Brittany Inge), Tia ( Lala Milan), David ( RJ Walker) and Ari ( Leland Martin).
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From executive producers Lena Waithe and Halle Berry, the BET original half-hour series Boomerang is a subversive and smart look at friendship, romance and gender politics among millennials.
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