Zakiya Dalila Harris shares what it was like to cast the upcoming series.
I was taken by how excited I was to see her."
But, of course, the story isn’t as simple as that.
Ashleigh Murray and Sinclair Daniel on ‘The Other Black Girl’.Credit: Hulu
Already aNew York Timesbest-seller,The Other Black Girlis soon to be a television show.
And for Harris, who also writes on the series, casting was everything.
“I had to detach myself from [Nella],” Harris admits.
‘The Other Black Girl’.Hulu
And once she did that, Sinclair Daniel emerged as the obvious choice.
“There’s something so palpable in Sinclair Daniel’s audition.
As for theotherkey figure get it?
‘The Other Black Girl’.Hulu
in the story, the show turned toRiverdale’sAshleigh Murrayfor the role of Hazel.
“I feel so lucky.”
“I see this book and the show as a mishmash of genres.”
The Other Black Girlpremieres Sept. 13 on Hulu.
