{"id":22588,"date":"2022-07-22T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/?p=22588"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T15:15:13","slug":"all-rise-for-actress-simone-missick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garlandjournal.com\/22588\/news\/all-rise-for-actress-simone-missick\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All Rise\u2019 for Actress Simone Missick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Zon D\u2019Amour
Contributing Writer
Los Angeles Sentinel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Simone
Simone Missick as Judge Lola \nCarmichael in \u2018All Rise\u2019 Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.\/ Courtesy of OWN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the opening scene for the third season of \u201cAll Rise,\u201d we believe Lola Carmichael (played by Simone Missick) has lost her election and her seat as a judge only to reveal that she actually won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series initially had a similar fate, canceled by CBS to later be picked up and renewed by OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network). In an exclusive interview with the LA Sentinel, Simone Missick shares the importance of using her voice as an executive producer to create an inspiring and culturally relevant narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.A. Sentinel: In addition to starring in the show, it\u2019s exciting to also see you credited as an executive producer. Can you share what that role entails?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simone Missick:<\/strong> I came into season three knowing I wanted to be an executive producer. I have three fellow co-producers, Denitria Harris-Lawrence who is our showrunner as well as Michael Robin and Len Goldstein who have been with the show since the beginning. I was stepping into this [role] knowing that I was going to be partnered with people that I trusted creatively and professionally to tell impactful stories while also being timely and culturally relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an executive producer, there\u2019s a level of joy I have going to work everyday being the lead on the show and then being able to help to tell it in a stronger, more culturally specific way. [For example] I said Lola has to go to Howard University. She was supposed to have gone a school in California for undergrad and I said, \u2018Oh no! She had to have gone to Howard.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those things are important. I remember growing up and watching \u201cThe Cosby Show\u201d and seeing all those [college] sweatshirts that Cliff Huxtable wore and asking, \u2018Where\u2019s that school?\u2019 As an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges & Universities) alumna, I know how important those images are for young Black students and it was important for me to share that with the \u201cAll Rise\u201d audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAS<\/strong>: Having watched several episodes from season 3, it seems as if some of the storylines are inspired by current events. Can you share what type of cases we can expect this season and how Lola will navigate these issues in her courtroom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM:<\/strong> The show tries to illuminate that people are in charge of our criminal justice system and yes we have written laws but those laws are manipulated, changed and stretched to fit whatever narrative that a person may have consciously or subconsciously about an individual or a group of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season we\u2019ll see how difficult it is to get a wrongfully convicted man exonerated. Then we find ourselves dealing with a serial killer that\u2019s been targeting black women in Los Angeles for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another episode that I\u2019m really excited about is whether teaching Black History should be allowed in schools. There\u2019s a moment when one of our characters can\u2019t understand how this debate is happening in California. They say, \u2018I know it\u2019s happening down south, I know it\u2019s happening in the midwest, but in Los Angeles?\u2019 and Lola\u2019s response to that is very much in line with my [own] awareness of where we are as a nation and the need for people in power to hold on to that power by trying to shape a narrative about the history of this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are just some of the examples of the cases we have coming up. Some of which, as you said are \u201cripped from the headlines\u201d while some have been a part of the criminal justice system forever. I think [\u201cAll Rise\u201d] does it in a way that feels fresh and exciting for our audiences while also asking them to question their own biases and their own judgements of who\u2019s guilty, who isn\u2019t, who deserves rehabilitation and who doesn\u2019t. Who deserves a second chance and who\u2019s irreparably damaged and thus needs to be put away for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAS:<\/strong> Can you share advice for fellow creatives who may feel as if they\u2019ve been hard at work for years but have yet to experience their big break? How do you remain resilient during the toughest times?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM:<\/strong> I thank God for my husband who\u2019s my prayer partner, my biggest supporter and someone who\u2019s also in the industry so he understands the highs and lows. He\u2019s encouraged me for years before it happened. I also have a strong prayer group of women, we study the word together, we lift each other up in prayer for auditions and meetings and also encourage one another because there are peaks and valleys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As artists we have these ideas of the way it should go but for me, I thank God for every \u201cno\u201d that I ever received that led me to \u201cLuke Cage\u201d because they weren\u2019t looking for somebody who we had seen everywhere. It had to be me, one, because that\u2019s how I believe God works but it also had to be me who literally had done only three jobs up until that point\u2013three IMDb credits. I had done plays, commercials and short films but in the eyes of the industry, I was a \u2018nobody\u2019 but in God\u2019s eyes, He knew exactly where I was supposed to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people who feel as though it\u2019s never going to happen, if you truly love what you do and believe that\u2019s what God has placed you here to do on this earth, never give up. Make whatever you can happen on your own so that when those opportunities come, you\u2019re ready. Be good at your craft, sharpen your skills and never give up on yourself. Those are the things that will continue to propel you forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Rise airs Tuesdays at 8p\/7pc only on OWN.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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