Kerry Washington had to warn the White House in what became her breakout TV role.
The 47-year-old actress revealed “Scene” On Wednesday, he called Barack Obama’s administration during his presidency and told them about his role in the “scandal.”
“I had to call Valerie Jarrett, who worked for Obama, and say, ‘I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been cast on this show. Kind of weird, because on the show I’m sleeping with the president. Am,” Washington said.
“But like, you know, it’ll be okay, right?” He added.
When the “scandal” broke in 2012, Washington was a member of President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
In the hit ABC series, she played crisis management expert Olivia Pope, who has an affair with President Fitzgerald Grant III (Tony Goldwyn).
Washington explained on “The View” that she wanted to give the Obama White House “an opportunity to recuse itself if needed.”
“But they were like, ‘It’s OK.’ ‘It’s TV,'” she recalled. “Again, for the sake of art, everything’s OK!”
The character of Washington in “Scandal” was inspired by crisis manager Judy Smith, who served as deputy press secretary in the administration of President George H.W. Bush in the 1990s.
Smith, now 66, worked as a producer on the show alongside “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes.
In 2022, he talked to people What was his reaction when the late President told him about the show.
“I called him. I said, ‘Look, that’s why I’m calling you now. Let’s stop joking about this thing.’ And so I told him what the story was going to be, and he said, ‘Oh, yes. No, yes. “I remember that,” Smith explained.
“I said, ‘No, there’s nothing! There’s no relationship. Don’t even joke that any of this is true!'” she continued.
“I had to tell him. I said, ‘This is not good.’ This will not be good. “People wouldn’t tolerate your jokes,” Smith continued. “Because he was known as a joker, he had a reputation. I was like, ‘There’s nothing to play with now.'”
Washington starred on the beloved show for seven seasons from 2012 to 2018. His performance earned him nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Washington told in November Diversity What she learned from playing Olivia Pope and how the role changed her life.
“He reminded our culture that everyone deserves to be the main character in the story of their own lives, no matter what they look like, or who they love, or what zip code they were born in, or what religion they follow. Be from,” he said. ,
“On a personal level, I had to be No. 1 on the call sheet to be willing to see myself as No. 1 in my life,” Washington said.
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