Uzo Aduba about 'The Residence' at SCAD TVFest
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Apr 1, 2025
The 'Orange Is the New Black' actress, who stars in the upcoming Netflix comedy 'The Residence,' reflects on being a toddler mom in an exclusive interview with Parade.
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I don't know, to be honest with you
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I've been doing drama for the last couple years. I'm not quite sure, but it was really nice to get back into a comedic suit
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which I don't feel like I've necessarily been doing recently. So that was great
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It was great. Listen, Cordelia doesn't suffer fools. Cordelia Cup, that's my character
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She does not suffer fools. she is very to the point, direct
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She finds nothing funny about where the circumstance she finds herself for being here in the White House
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And she's very straight to the point with most people, but in a sort of funny way
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There is no place like this place. It is bigger than you
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Gaming the house is literally bigger than me because that seems obvious
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Unless it could be someone from the staff, could be a guest, could be anybody. This is a disaster
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Are you suggesting that they had something to do with it? Is he a suspect? No
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Is he not a suspect because he's not a suspect? Or is he not a suspect because you don't believe in suspect
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Yes. Oh, my goodness. That production design, Francois, our designer, did an incredible job
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He is amazing. It did It really honestly we would be in there and it was breathtaking They built we were on I think 11 stages 13 stages something like that Yeah And it was so elaborate so well detailed so gorgeous
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You felt like you were in the White House. So at the beginning, the first couple days walking on, you kind of didn't want to sit down
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because it felt like you were being disrespectful in the White House
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and then you're like, oh, wait, this isn't real. but it was amazing
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The White House actually wound up feeling like another character on the show, which was amazing
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But it was amazing. It was great. We need to train carefully here
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This is the White House. Did anything unusual happen? Other than my boss die
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Other than that. Yes. It's been great. I'm just entering the toddler year
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So she just started walking. She just started talking. And that's been amazing
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It feels like a doll coming to life. I'm not joking. I see where the inspiration for Chuckie came
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No. But no, it's amazing. It's amazing. It's the best thing that's ever happened to me
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I love her so much. She's such a light in my life. And my greatest gift that I feel that I could give her is showing her how to be a full and complete woman in the world
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and do everything that she wants to aspire to be. and to find that and make her happy
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