Jeremy Pope: How 'Hollywood's' Fantasy Fosters Timely Conversations
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hollywoodreporter.comHollywood breakout and double 2019 Tony nominee Jeremy Pope had just started work on another Ryan Murphy series, Pose, when COVID-19 ground production to a halt.
So, with not much else to do, lockdown gave the actor the space to really engage with the May 1 release of his Netflix miniseries.
Playing a gay Black screenwriter in late-1940s Los Angeles, all of the cards seem to be stacked against Pope's character — though, in the show's fantasy take on the time period, he ultimately finds success.
There have been many different takes on Murphy's decision to tackle a revisionist history, considering racial parity in actual Hollywood is still far from reality.
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