The new drama series Hush it's
airing on AMC streaming service
All Black is produced by Chuck and
Brie West of Octet Productions,
which is based right here in DC
the eight episode series follows
the story of a marriage therapist,
TV personality and best selling author
who gets caught up in a web of lies,
sex and murder.
And we are joined this morning by
Costar Erica MENA along with Chaza
tier who is the director and Co writer.
Welcome. Hello.
OK, I kind of explained how
such a little bit but.
How would you describe it?
Ohh.
It's very
sexy show, I would say. Yeah,
it's very scandalous and we
like to say it's a black
girl's Desperate Housewives
meets how to get away with murder with
a little dash of scandal. Yeah.
And what I love about it,
mills is like, it's so relatable.
Like, I feel like every woman that
sits and watch this is going to
be like find a bit of themselves
throughout each character,
which makes it so much more
exciting for us because we're like,
OK, we're going to be like
speaking to people, you know? So
that's. Yeah, that's why you do
the work that you do, right? You.
And to connect with your audience,
connect with people.
It premieres tomorrow,
but you had a screening last night.
How did that go? People are excited.
They're like when when was episode 2.
And we're like, it's coming.
I loved it. It was so fun.
So exciting. I've Tech
knows how to throw a party.
Bree and Chuck W know how
to make sure we have fun.
It was beautiful.
And I think for me,
it's just was exciting to see
the crowd react to some of my
favorite moments. So yeah,
they react when you while you're like oh,
here it comes. I know. Yes. Absolutely.
You gonna respond to this?
How they like it? OK, cool.
Well, I'd love to.
It's filmed all over the DC area.
We're seeing such landmarks.
How fun was that?
I mean, I mean,
what a great place to be,
right? Absolutely. We
filmed on Pennsylvania.
We filmed at the Watergate.
It was really, it was really good.
Special for me because my
daughter spends her summers here.
And so I just got.
I love to get to enjoy her
city that she loves so much.
And Erica, your character,
Gina Rodriguez, right?
An aspiring reality star,
but tired of being in the shadows.
Is that a good way to explain
her a little? Definitely. I
her story and her upbringing is
what makes her so much more.
So much of a force though,
because you can tell she's ready.
She's been there, done that.
And where she's at now,
she's just you know,
adamant about just keeping herself
in where she deserves you know,
where she deserves to be in life.
So Gina is one of those women that
are just go getters and she just
calls the shots and it's it's it's
liberating for us as women to see
women like that be played out on TV.
I feel like it's kind of,
it's fun for you.
I mean the reality star,
we know you from love and hip hop,
but you've been doing scripted.
Projects. Now what does that
transition been like for you?
Oh my God it's such a break because I
can I I I love the art and and I love
to be able to tell my story and I've
been doing it for so many years. Yeah.
But now it's like OK I could take a
back burner, still tell the story,
but instead of it being mine it
could be someone elses.
So for me it's just exciting to
just bring new people to life
and and yeah I could still be me,
but my personal life is outside of
this so it's like I could just tap
in and just take this to new levels.
Despite, you know,
diving into these characters
gotta be fun to kind of just, you know,
hide behind the character in a way.
Yeah. Well, yeah. It gives me a break
of, like, who cares about
what's going on with me.
Let's be fully invested about
what's going on with her. Yeah.
Who I'm bringing to life.
So yeah, it's definitely a
liberating feeling. She brings
her to life. She really plays Sheena
so well. I'm so proud of her.
I love it. I mean,
it's just it shot so well.
I love how you talked about it
being sexy because it is very sexy.
And you talked about the
connection with the audience.
But Chaz here, what else do you hope that?
People get from this as
they're watching it.
Ohh, I really hope that
they can see these.
I honestly I'm, I'm, I'm a writer,
so I'm looking on the the actor side.
I really hope that they can see
these actors for who they are.
They are some brilliant people.
Like they play these characters so well.
It really kind of makes
you hate some of them.
But I really hope that people
get that and they get to see a
different side of the people that
they've been watching for so long.
We have Candice Dillard on there.
We have TS. Madison is led by Joyful
Drake and they get to all play different.
Characters that they've never played before.
So I think that that's what
I'm most excited about.
And to see these strong women on
screen, women mainly women power,
yeah. And it was great
to have work.
This is my first script as series.
But coming into this Chaz and
Don and breathe, you know,
they were on set with us and
day-to-day we're speaking life into
us to kind of have that battery
in our back for these characters.
Obviously they, you know,
made these characters up in this scenario.
So the fact that they were so
invested in with us helped us
bring it to life completely.
So it was great.
She definitely has some
some interesting ideas that
we had became a reality,
so we can't wait to see it.
Congratulations, it's finally here.
You get to talk about it and share it.
Hush is premiering tomorrow,
December 1st on the All Black
streaming channel. Check it out,
you're going to have some fun.