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Queen Latifah, as her mentor on the CBS series
The Equalizer.
The 16-year-old who plays Delilah opposite Latifah's character Robyn McCall spoke with
People about the bond the pair have and the impact that it has had on her.
“I think because we have so many intimate scenes together and also some hard ones as well that we have been able to kind of create a bond as we've been able to film,” Hayes shares. “There are things that I've just picked up and seen. Every time that I do a scene with her, I'm learning and soaking everything up. I think one of those things has definitely been having your own opinions on set.”
Forget the Super Bowl ads. Our fave TV spots last week were on C-SPAN, with Madame Vice President and Secretary Pete. Watching Kamala Harris gavel in that 51st vote in the Senate on Feb. 5 for the COVID-19 relief bill was absolutely awesome. Black Herstory made.
And watching President Biden swear in Pete Buttigieg, with husband Chasten at his side, brought a tear to our eye. We could really get used to this whole queer-and-trans-people-matter thing Biden and Harris are doing.
The Equalizer
We celebrate Queen Latifah every month of the year, not just during Black History Month. You can review her magnificence in Chicago on Hulu and Amazon Prime and watch her fabulous portrayal of Bessie Smith in lesbian filmmaker Dee Rees's brilliant Bessie on HBO Max.
The Equalizer's television reboot room to go a "completely different direction." In
The Equalizer, which premiered Sunday on CBS immediately following Super Bowl LV, star and producer Latifah plays Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative-turned-vigilante. Like Washington and Edward Woodward, who originated the Robert McCall role in the classic series that aired 88 episodes between 1985 and 1989 on CBS, Latifah's McCall uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
"I am absolutely excited and love the fact that Denzel made this a relevant product again because I did watch the original series as a kid," Latifah said during the virtual during the Television Critics' Association winter press tour. "What Denzel did with the feature films has been incredible. If anything, he set a bar in a way but also gave us a lot of room to go a completely different direction."
Queen Latifah is ‘The Equalizer.’ Super Bowl TV premiere has N.J. playing starring role.
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 06, 2021
Queen Latifah in a scene from "The Equalizer" filmed in Paterson. The show will debut after the Super Bowl. Barbara Nitke | CBS
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Latifah, a Newark native who grew up in East Orange, stars in “The Equalizer” on CBS. Scenes filmed in Jersey City and Paterson can be seen in the pilot, and the production is based inside the former Izod Center in East Rutherford.
The series, premiering in the highly coveted post-game spot, features the multi-hyphenate entertainer as Robyn McCall, a former CIA agent who becomes a guardian angel to the vulnerable.