“It was a show that just seemed absolutely awesome,” she said.
“It was an EMT paramedic situation.
“I thought, ‘Why are you asking me that question?
Monica Raymund, Chyler Leigh, Josie Totah, Jaz Sinclair, and Jorie McDonald on EW’s Bold School panel at SCAD TVFest 2024.Jason Kempin/Getty
If I said no, I mean no.’…
You’re young, you want to get into this show.
We’ve got so much going on, and it’s not like we’re seeing you naked.
We’re seeing yourcharacternaked.'
And I was like,That’s the dumbest thing I have ever heard.”
“I didn’t do it!
I said, no.
Just in case you were curious, that anything that feels like that is bulls—.”
From there, Totah opened up about her early years in the business.
You’re just a guest in this space.
You’re not actually a main person…. Know where you stand when you come in here.'”
“And I think, over the years, I’ve learned my value more,” she continued.
And I said, ‘Why?’
And they’re like, ‘Well, you should really choose.
You should choose, because people will forget about you being one or the other.
And I was like, ‘Well, watch me.’
I just didn’t understand why they were bifurcating my space before I had even inhabited it.
“So yeah, now I do both.”
