By It's a few minutes past 3 P.M. when Denée Benton calls with an apology. “You are my last interview of a long two press days,” she says. "So I'm sorry if my brain is fried.
I think because it's all virtual with COVID—interviews are scheduled back-to-back versus if we were driving around, and you'd have a moment to breathe.”Most people—actors included—don't apologize when they're 10 minutes late, much less two, so I'm already fond of the Florida native's thoughtfulness.
But also, as a Broadway vet, Benton has a stamina and work ethic that's been engrained in her for years. And so, for the next 40 minutes, she thoughtfully answers every question as if this is her first and only interview.
If you aren't familiar with the 30-year-old yet, you will be after of The Gilded Age, which airs (a whopping 80 minutes) on Monday, January 24 .
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