The Prom Star Ariana DeBose on the Importance of Hiring Queer Actors to Play Queer Characters

Описание: [Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for The Prom.]

Meryl Streep, James Corden and Jo Ellen Pellman are the leads of Ryan Murphy’s The Prom. Much of the movie focuses on their journeys. Streep’s Dee Dee Allen is busy reevaluating the meaning of success and coming to learn that it really shouldn’t always be about her. Corden’s Barry is coming to terms with his past while helping Pellman’s Emma get what she should have had from the start, the opportunity to attend her high school prom with her girlfriend. All three get a good deal of screen time and accomplish a lot with it.

While that very much deserves applause, it also further highlights what a particular member of the supporting ensemble achieves with a bit less time in the spotlight, Ariana DeBose as Alyssa Greene. While the plot of The Prom is driven by Emma’s hope and determination to attend the prom despite almost everyone around her trying to stop it, Alyssa is busy experiencing a significant personal journey of her own, something that may seem subdued compared to everything happening around her when, really, it’s one of the most profound internal arcs in the film.

What was the key to pulling that off? Hear all about it from DeBose in this clip from Collider Ladies Night!

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