Harold Perrineau Looks Back on "Claws" - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

JamesG · 03-07-2022, 06:20 PM

Although the TNT drama just ended after four seasons, Harold Perrineau is already saying "I am waiting for the movie version. If you did it for Sex and the City…"

He says that his character Dean "was a scary role to take on because we wanted to make sure that we did it right. We talked about issues that you really might have as a person living with autism, and really tried to present the character Dean as a human being, not as autism, or not as some caricature of what autism is." The thoughtfulness paid off, with him seeing nothing but support from the Autism community, with parents walking up to him saying things like "this is exactly the way my son approaches things."

The actor first gives a special shoutout to showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois, who he feels was the inventive dramedy's secret sauce.

"It was a really great show that people I think didn't get a chance to really check out. It looked like a niche show. It had a certain look, but it was really interesting, and really on the edge and spoke politically about a lot of things. And it was helmed by five women of all different shapes and sizes. Man, that's a dope show."

On those five women, including his TV sister Niecy Nash, he says "We were so connected, and so just right for each other, like she is my sister for the rest of my life. She's just an amazing person on set, and an amazing actress, and Desna and Dean are just for me forever together. And that's just the two of us. And then if you count the rest of the magic that those ladies brought, Carrie Preston and Judy Reyes, Jennifer Lyon, Karrueche [Tran], we literally still text every day, that whole group of people."

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03-07-2022, 06:20 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,075	Harold Perrineau Looks Back on "Claws" Although the TNT drama just ended after four seasons, Harold Perrineau is already saying "I am waiting for the movie version. If you did it for Sex and the City…" He says that his character Dean "was a scary role to take on because we wanted to make sure that we did it right. We talked about issues that you really might have as a person living with autism, and really tried to present the character Dean as a human being, not as autism, or not as some caricature of what autism is." The thoughtfulness paid off, with him seeing nothing but support from the Autism community, with parents walking up to him saying things like "this is exactly the way my son approaches things." The actor first gives a special shoutout to showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois, who he feels was the inventive dramedy's secret sauce. "It was a really great show that people I think didn't get a chance to really check out. It looked like a niche show. It had a certain look, but it was really interesting, and really on the edge and spoke politically about a lot of things. And it was helmed by five women of all different shapes and sizes. Man, that's a dope show." On those five women, including his TV sister Niecy Nash, he says "We were so connected, and so just right for each other, like she is my sister for the rest of my life. She's just an amazing person on set, and an amazing actress, and Desna and Dean are just for me forever together. And that's just the two of us. And then if you count the rest of the magic that those ladies brought, Carrie Preston and Judy Reyes, Jennifer Lyon, Karrueche [Tran], we literally still text every day, that whole group of people." https://ew.com/tv/harold-perrineau-l...eer-interview/ Attached Images