Kerry Washington gets candid about working on the previous season of “Scandal” while being pregnant. Find out what “Olivia Pope” had to say about the hardships she faced this past season inside…
She bore the child, and now she’s back to business.
Fab mom Kerry Washington (above, pregnant on the set last December) was expecting during the filming of her hit ABC drama series “Scandal.” So one can only imagine the hardships she faced having to work on the fast paced show everyday and being pregnant..
On top of that, the show had to hide the fact she was pregnant (since they didn’t write it in). So, not only was she dealing with her body changing everyday and out-of-control hormones, she also had to pretend to be the fearless Olivia Pope during one of the darkest seasons of the show. In addition to hiding it from the public for several months.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Emmy nominated actress opened up about her most challenging season yet. She talked about having to figure out how to portray her charcter’s true self while having to deal with so many changes of her own. She also talked about how the season almost broke her due to not having any control.
Kerry told the magazine,
All of last season was a challenge for me, on a few levels. For one thing, I was going through this amazing physical transition, this physical journey of having a baby, that my character was not going through. And I work very physically. What I do is often grounded in the body. That meant I had to figure out how to be this woman while my instrument was changing and evolving every day. It was like seeing the keys on a piano jump around on a daily basis. It was tough for me to even maintain Olivia's walk because of the changes.
At the same time, everything I understood about Olivia unraveled because of the storylines. The season really broke me. I'm a Type A actor who likes to have it all figured out going in, but suddenly I had no idea where this woman was going to go next. I had to jump in without everything being perfect. I felt like I had been in control playing the character, but it all got taken away from me last season. That meant my acting toolbox had to be upgraded. I had to trade in my screwdriver and hammer for a Black and Decker power tool.
Well, she certainly got the job done effortlessly. Cheers to all the working moms who make the job look easy!
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