Laverne Cox cancels cleaning board: “The dagger in my heart”

Laverne Cox Comparing the cancellation of her Amazon Prime video series Cleaning board Holding a “dagger [her] Heart. ”

“I’m still dealing with it [the cancellation],” Cox, 52, told US Weekly Friday, April 25, when opening at Tryst Puert Puerto Vallarta.

Cleaning board – Cox created and produced with ribs George Wallace and Dan Ewen – Revolving around 40-year-old Desiree (Cox) returns to her small Alabama hometown and comes out as a trans woman with her father (Wallace) after 23 years of alienation. Cox confirmed in early April that the main video did not advance in its second season.

“Of course, I've canceled the show before, but I've never had a scripted TV show. It's more than my kids than any other scripted project I've ever been to,” she admits us. “So, it's so close, it's loose based on my life. So it's devastating, and I think it's devastating, too, allegedly I'm the first trans person, the first trans person in the comedy. I saw it somewhere. I haven't seen it yet. [confirmed it] – This is sad, but not unexpected in the current political environment, but closely related. ”

Except for “intuition” Cleaning board Cox ended quickly, and she praised the audience who really embraced the message of the sitcom.

“A fan who loves it, all I want to do is to speak up to fans who are doing great online. It's amazing,” she said. “When I walked into the world, how many people watched it without me motivating them. People all over the country and people around the world who watched it loved it and asked for Season 2. Sorry, it's not my fault.”

Cox says she hasn't given up on the hope she found Cleaning board She plans to “shop elsewhere”, a new streaming or TV home.

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“It's really this connection with the audience. You can touch a person, we touch more than one person in the show,” she added. “It brings me so much joy. I'm personally stuck, but then I went out and we made people laugh, we've already made people think of, we have people we like, we have people we like [say]'That's my grandmother, that's my aunt. Oh, girl. '”

She continued: “People see themselves in these characters, and it’s a dream for artists. So, it’s also a huge achievement in getting the TV show out. So, I’m actually working on this with you. [shared] Love, that's actually all. Community. ”

As for the next step in her career, Cox told us Her experience in sitcoms has made her take on more challenging projects.

“It’s so free to do comedy in my work and other aspects of my advocacy, and I just, I allow myself to let go and be fun,” she said. “Performing with George Wallace, doing media with George Wallace, allowing myself to be stupid, relying on that, and laughing with other things.”

Cox continued: “I don’t feel like I’m aware of my potential as an artist, so I need something really challenging to let the kids know she’s an actress. So I have two movies. Animal farmremake Animal farmthat's animation [and] I'm making snow, just announced. We don't know where that house will be. I have another movie called result and Keanu Reevesthis may have happened later this year. ”

The Emmy-nominated actress added that she hopes to be Cleaning board – It's better to be a project she can make.

“I’m thinking about something total [new]I feel like I need to play a man or something. I don't know…because people now know Laverne, so I need to disappear into something. So, yes, I'm looking forward to it. I don't know what this is, but I want to disappear. So people can really get into talent and go into crafts and performances. ”

Cox announced another major career turnaround in January when she stepped out of E after interviewing Hollywood’s biggest star three years ago! red carpet coverage of the awards ceremony.

Cox wrote on January 2 via Instagram: “With incredible gratitude, I decided not to be the host of #livefrom's red carpet coverage. I am very proud of the work I have done in my three-year tenure. I would like to express my sincere thanks to @nbcuniversal, @eenthivestevestv and @enfthievestv for yoursible Suppersible.”