You put on your blinders and you trust your fing instincts."
you could create art anywhere, wherever.
“It’s a really hard genre to do where we are in cinema now.
Smollett in Kasi Lemmons' directorial debut, “Eve’s Bayou.".Everett Collection
A version of this story appears in the August 2020 issue ofEntertainment Weekly,on sale now.
Jurnee Smollett as Black Canary in ‘Birds of Prey’.Claudette Barius/ © DC Comics
On “Friday Night Lights,” Smollett played aspiring coach Jess Merriweather.Bill Records/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Before “Lovecraft Country,” Smollett worked with showrunner/EP Misha Green on WGN’s “Underground.".Everett Collection
