"Random Roles" with Cree Summer (AVClub.com)

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https://www.avclub.com/from-rugrats-...mer-1847275731

A Different World (1988-1993)—“Freddie Brooks”

AVC: How did you find the transition to live-action then? Was working on something like A Different World a shock?

CS: When I started voice acting as Penny at 11 years old, that actually led into a lot of on camera work. I was working on camera all the time when I was in Canada. I moved to L.A. by myself at 17, and I booked A Different World within six months. I’ve always done both, but probably predominantly animation.

I’m back on camera now. I’m working on a beautiful show on FX called Better Things. I’m also a writer on that show now.

AVC: Going back to A Different World, you came in on that show on the second season, when it was already established as well. Did you have that same feeling then? Were you thinking, “I like the show and I want to be on that show?”

CS: The funny thing was, I remember being with my family in North Richmond, California, and my family used to call me Canada because I talked different than everybody else. I remember A Different World coming on the TV and my grandma said, “Canada, you should be on that show.” It was a prophecy. She was very witchy, so she probably, unbeknownst to herself, was voicing an incantation. Thank you, Grandmama.