00:00A few years ago, you and Melinda Williams kind of teased, you know, should we do a reboot or
00:04a reunion? You know, do you see that happening? Is anything in the works? Everyone's asking that.
00:12Congrats on your new role. I was thinking about, you know, the parallels with your character,
00:18you know, coming into the police department, you know, and trying to shake these up,
00:22and we'll have to see how she's received. And then you coming into this series, you know,
00:26the eighth season and being kind of the newer actress on set for a year. How's that like for
00:31you, you know, coming into this huge series? Yeah, it's a very tight-knit family. I was just
00:38telling someone that it's been really, I've been really well, you know, embraced and that everyone
00:48seems to want to tell this story and really get into some of the stuff that's been going on
00:54between our community and the police force. And it's been wonderful.
00:59Good. Yeah. And I wanted to, you know, ask about that. Playing a cop in this time, you know,
01:04coming off a year where there's just been so many difficult conversations about policing,
01:09you know, with the Black community. What does it feel like for you stepping into those shoes at this
01:13time? I was nervous because, you know, I'm, you know, I'm a civilian, so I'm on the marching
01:22side of things, politically motivated side of things. So I had to first respect the ladder that
01:30this character had to climb in real life and then master, you know, the reality, the physics of being
01:40a cop. Yeah. And the jargon and the urgency that, you know, some of the things that are going on in
01:48the street that are going on in the show require quick decisions and there's no time for arguing about
01:56it. And there's so many forces at work that this kind of character has to make quick decisions. And
02:05it's just been very, very exciting for me. Yeah. And I saw also you shared a photo on Instagram in
02:15your uniform, you know, and convey just an immense amount of respect, I think, for police officers,
02:21particularly women police officers. Can you talk about that a little bit, like your experience
02:25burned up in Baltimore? Um, yeah, you know, I really know, um, what, from my perspective, what cops face
02:39on a daily basis, and the split decisions that they have to make in the moment. And there's an
02:48adrenaline there. And I feel like Chicago PD really captures that in the writing. And so I just think
02:59it's really great to, to be a part of something that is very realistic. Yeah. Um, and dealing with
03:08that, the people that are in those uniforms are people. Right. And people don't see what another
03:15person sees, you can be partners, and see us the same scenario, the same kid holding up a store,
03:23yeah, and see two different things. One kid sees a threat, life, and another one sees a 15 year old
03:32that should be in school, and has a mother and a father somewhere. So that changes the route, the
03:39response to the scenario. And then you have the third thing of following protocol, right?
03:45Right. And the writers really are playing with those perspectives. Yeah. Then it comes in with
03:52the authority that my character is had has to make sure all that's happening without pulling the rug
03:59from under them as well. Yeah, yeah. Is it hard for you to take off like at night, like when you're
04:05done taping, you know, kind of putting this? It's so realistic, even shooting it. Yeah. Um, and Eric
04:12LaSalle really stepped up the greediness of the show. So, and they, and they, and the, and the, and
04:20Looch, the consulting producer, like they really want to be authentic. Um, so yeah, sometimes just
04:27reading the scripts when we get them a week or two in advance, you, you have to, I have to sit down
04:33because it's so well done. Yeah. And, you know, just over the course of your career, you've played
04:39so many just memorable characters. I don't know if you saw recently, um, the clip from Brown Sugar
04:45was trending with Taye Biggs when he's like, my divorce. Richard Lawson. Yes. Do you have, you
04:55know, a favorite character from your career or project that you've worked on? Well, I'm kind of,
05:01you know, biased because that's where I met my husband, but I would say being on Broadway for the
05:08first time. Oh yeah. Was really the highlight of my life. Are you thinking about doing more
05:14at Broadway when we can? No. Yeah, I know. I just keep my prayers up for, for Broadway to
05:21light back up again. Yeah. And speaking of SoFu, I know a few years ago, you and Melinda
05:26Williams kind of teased, you know, should we do a reboot or a reunion? Um, you know, do you
05:32see that happening? Is anything in the works? Everyone's asking that. I would do it in a
05:38heartbeat. Yeah. So I, I don't know. Cause you know, who owns it? Who has the rights
05:43to it? Who's going to write it? Yeah. You know, yeah. All of that. Would your husband
05:50be down to? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But then, you know, there was the cast from the movie too.
05:56Right. Exactly. So are they going to do a soul food movie reboot or a soul food series?
06:02Well, I'm excited to see your character's debut, uh, Wednesday night. Uh, so congratulations
06:08and thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Take care. Okay. Bye-bye.
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