Black-ish star has given us even more reason to celebrate her latest project Saturdays that’s coming to Disney: all of the leads in the comedy series are brown-skinned girls.When we talked to Martin on the heels of her NAACP wins for Outstanding Performance by a Youth and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, we spoke with her about the excitement over the show and its casting in particular.
Sharing a tweet that pointed out how our “good sis” was able to “produce her first show with a cast of all dark skinned teen girls but people who have been in the industry for decades” don’t, we asked the 16-year-old how challenging it was to put the ensemble cast together.“It was difficult,” she tells ESSENCE. “I’m not gonna lie.
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