Jazz music is at the center of netflix’s new series TheEddy, and stars André Holland and Amandla Stenberg gave us the lowdown on the history of Black artists in Paris, their dynamic on-set, and more
as both executive producer and director of its first two episodes — found its musical north stars in Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber."I think that he tried to bring jazz back into the center of American popular song," executive producer Alan Poul said about Ballard.
That's only where the story begins. Below, find all the highlights we learned while being on set during the creation ofStenberg sought to make her teenage character, Julie, free of clichés."I'm playing a rebellious 16-year-old girl. I think her in particular, there's probably more opinions around what's going on in her head and what she thinks and why she's doing certain things," Stenberg said.
"We never talked about it," Holland added."We never said, 'Hey, don't talk to me, I don't want to be hanging out.' But we both understand that OK, we'll just give each other some space, and I think that's helped us. But she's dope. I've learned a lot from her, and I hope she will say the same about me."
Holland's character pays homage to a lineage of Black American artists exploring the artistry of Paris."Obviously there is a history of all these people — Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison and Miles Davis — coming over here in search of something, and I think [Elliot] comes for a similar reason, in search of something and for me that's his identity," Holland said.
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