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‘I’m A Virgo’ Star Jharrel Jerome, Team On Magic Of Illusion And Solving Math Problems
Amidst the political and social aspects of I’m a Virgo, the power of illusion and visual reality was in many ways a character unto itself.
“Definitely the most challenging thing I’ve had to do thus far as an actor, a lot of mental gymnastics involved,” Jharrel Jerome admits about the uniqueness of his role in the Boots Riley-created absurdist series I’m A Virgo, on which he plays a previously extremely sheltered 13-foot-tall Oakland teen. Launched in June 2023 with all seven episodes, the small-screen debut of Coup frontman and Sorry to Bother You director Riley is a true display of originality in an analogue and Situationist spirit that “never turns away from what it is to be young and Black in the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave,” as I said in my review of the Prime Video series last year. Along with Jerome, Washington and Goggins (who also stars in Prime Video ‘s Fallout), I’m a Virgo features two-time Tony nominee Kara Young, Carmen Ejogo, Mike Epps, Brett Gray and Kendrick Sampson.
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