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FIRST LOOK: Season 5 Details!
In an interview, Orange star Danielle Brooks (Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson) let slip to E! news at the 2017 SAG awards that the events of season 5 of the Netflix hit series are to take place over just three days. That means we can expect to see the intensity of prison riots and the dangers that the incarcerated face at the hands of their correctional officers. Brooks said
“Season five is done over the course of three days. You will watch 13 episodes and find out what happens in teh course of three days. So, it will be very detailed, very intense, and you better get ready. Get your popcorn, your tissues, everything.”
Many viewers are aching for justice in the wrongful and sudden death of fan-favorite Poussey Washington (portrayed by Samira Wiley), and others are still on the edge of their seats awaiting the return of the C.O. John Bennett (Matt McGorry) and Daya Diaz (Dascha Polanco) story line in the midst of the will-she/won’t-she debate over whether or not she’ll pull the trigger on C.O. Humphrey, one of the more detestable C.O.s Litchfield has seen as of late.
Since this interview, Netflix announced that season five will launch in its entirety on June 9, 2017. Last year it was confirmed that Orange has secured three more seasons (five, six, and seven) on Netflix, taking us (lkely) through the summer of 2019.
Netflix tends to keep details under wraps, but you’ll be the first to know when new information is spilled!
Samira Wiley to Star in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Hulu recently announced that it will be producing a 10-episode mini series based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 speculative novel The Handmaid’s Tale with Samira Wiley (Poussey Washington) as one of the series’ many rising (and shooting) stars.
Wiley, who is gay herself, is set to play Moira, a lesbian character who plays a central role in protagonist Offred’s (Mad Men‘s Elizabeth Moss) younger years. The two characters are taken and made into handmaids once the collapse of the fictional world takes place. Moira is one of the only women in this post-apocalyptic society who dares to challenge Gilead’s rigid attitudes toward class, gender, and sexuality.
Since 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale has been the inspiration for a variety of reworkings of the narrative, including The Hunger Games, the Divergent series, as well as other powerful dystopic American narratives.
Hulu is taking this project seriously, and Atwood herself will be working closely with producers for the production of the series. Hulu’s take on The Handmaid’s Tale is set to air in 2017.
Poussey and Soso Reunited?: This 2016 Film Stars Samira Wiley & Kimiko Glenn
Nerve, starring Samira Wiley and Kimiko Glenn, is a film about Vee (Emma Roberts), a young woman who has been reluctant to take chances. In efforts to rectify this situation, she joins Nerve, an online Dare game where people pay to watch others complete risky dares for cash and prizes. The completion of her first dare (kiss a stranger for five seconds) unites her with Ian (Franco). But when their participation in the game jeopardizes their lives and their families, things get chaotic.
Glenn portrays Liv, one of Vee’s friends who convince Vee to start taking risks, and Wiley portrays a hacker named Kween.
Watch the trailer below.
Where Can You Watch Samira Wiley (Poussey) Now? Samira’s New Series!
Samira Wiley (Poussey Washington) has just booked a prominent role for the third season of the FXX series, You’re the Worst, a comedy series created by former Orange writer, Stephen Falk.
Wiley will be portraying Justina, character Gretchen’s therapist. Justina will help Gretchen sort out her life while also discovering herself and her future with her current boyfriend.
You’re the Worst season 3 premieres August 31, 2016. Watch the season 3 trailer below. Check your local listings.
WATCH: Samira Wiley Chokes up When Talking about Poussey’s Journey
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Danielle Brooks Opens up about That Devastating Season 4 Scene [Major S4 Spoilers]
WARNING: If you have not watched season 4 of Orange, do not read this article!
Danielle Brooks (Tasha “Taystee” Jefferson) and Samira Wiley (Poussey Washington) have been friends ever since they went to school together at Juilliard, and so when Brooks discovered that she would be losing her best friend on the show, and her close friend in real life, to a major season 4 plot twist, she took it hard.
Brooks told Cosmo that Wiley had told her about Poussey’s death in person while drinking wine.
“I remember pausing for a minute in shock, like, Are you serious? And I remember us talking for hours about what this meant for her, what this meant for the show, reflecting on our whole journey together, getting to this point, working together these past four years and knowing each other in college and stuff. It was very hard to swallow and wrap my head around and understand why this was the character they chose to let go of. I’m very grateful that she told me in advance because I don’t know how I would’ve been reading that [script]. My heart would’ve fell out of my chest.”
While she was devastated, Brooks didn’t cry when she learned her dear friend would be leaving the show. “I’m excited for her to blossom and see where her career goes,” Brooks said. “And it’s so important to tell stories like this–stories that are so parallel to Eric Garner, to Sandra Bland, to Natasha McKenna. And people pay attention to [characters] they’re invested in, so it only makes sense for the writers to choose someone that the fans are so invested in.”
Brooks said that they wanted to do the scene in one shot because it “was really difficult.” They did it in two takes, after which Brooks ran to Jenji Kohan and Lauren Morelli for approval on.
The only thing written for her in the script, Brooks revealed, was that Taystee lays on the floor next to Poussey. The emotional journey we witness on screen was all Brooks’ interpretation of what the experience of seeing Taystee’s best friend, dead, on the floor would be like.
When asked if she thinks Taystee can forgive Caputo for his involvement in how Poussey’s death was handled, she answered, “No. No, I don’t. Nope. Nope.”
Brooks thinks that Taystee’s future is dark:
“i don’t think Taystee will ever be the same. To lose two people in that amount of time. She lost Vee, she lost Poussey. She is now on a warpath, and she’s looking for justice. Taystee will forever be changed in that way. I think Taystee’s really moving out of this silly girl phase [of] taking life very lightly at times and moving into realizing what life is really about. And so I think Taystee will forever be different.”
Taystee + Poussey = The Pasty Show! Samira Wiley & Danielle Brooks Make Orange & Black Macaroni and Cheese!
WATCH: Samira Wiley Interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers [June 23, 2016]
LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS — Episode 389 — Pictured: (l-r) Actress Samira Wiley during an interview with host Seth Meyers on June 23, 2016 — (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank)
Samira Wiley talks being approached by Derek Jeter, bar tending, and her work on OITNB.
Click here to watch the whole interview.
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