Not many got close to the ruthless, sharp-tongued Sue Sylvester, except Becky Jackson! Lauren Potter joins Jenna and Kevin to discuss her iconic role as Becky, including how she got the role, what it was really like working with Jane Lynch, one of her favorite days on the set involving Cory Monteith, and, of course, Becky and Artie's date at Breadstix! Plus, Lauren reveals what it was like being appointed to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, going to the White House, and meeting Michelle Obama!
I’ve become fiercely protective over the kids that haven’t even been cast in the HP series yet.
They’ll be constantly compared to the original cast
They will see the comments/hate that didn’t exist to the same extent in the early 2000s when the OG cast started out
JKR
They’ll be asked about JKR’s opinions because Of Course they will
JKR is the executive producer, she doesn’t deserve more £ from this franchise and these kids will be the human shields for this backlash
What Is The Point
The young cast will be the subject of online abuse, without a doubt.
Black!Hermione would be wonderful casting - brown eyes, curly hair, smart, resilient. But look at the online abuse that the young actress for Annabeth in Disney+ Percy Jackson got.
Thank you @thelaurenpotter for joining us!! 💛 We loved hearing about your experience working with Jane Lynch and playing the iconic Becky Jackson. Listen to the full convo with Lauren - out now 🎙️✨
I like to apply Richpez to pretty much any Lauren Lopez/Joey Richter pair of characters to see how funny it is. Like yeah, there's Ron and Draco, and that's pretty funny, but there's also Linda and Uncle Wiley, Bug and Bugette, Jingle and Jangle, and my personal favourite, Craphole and the baby buffalo he shoots.
Edit 5/7/23: also yes I am aware that John Laurens is a real person. I’m talking about his musical counterpart character, who, as everyone is probably aware, is nothing alike to the actual John Laurens lmao