#edarvilleedit

I am personally very passionate about this, and as a black actor, I deeply and intimately know what it's like to fuckin' work twice as hard to get half the recognition. I'm so proud to be a part of this show that has the guts to really explore the female rage that comes with living in a system that isn't fair, and that allows room for and institutes arenas for this kind of discrimination and white male privilege that is dominating our society. And to be a part of that conversation, it's what I love most about being a part of the show.

PHOTOSHOOT MEME Eka Darville

unrelated: welcome to the trip, kevin. hope you trip on your face.

Krysten Ritter and Eka Darville attend the ‘Marvel’s The Defenders’ New York premiere at Tribeca Performing Arts Center on July 31, 2017 in New York City.

Krysten Ritter & Eka Darville - On the Set of Jessica Jones in New York | August 16, 2017

Finn Jones and Eka Darville attend the “Marvel’s The Defenders” New York Premiere at Tribeca Performing Arts Center on July 31, 2017 in New York City.

Eka Darville photographed for InStyle Magazine

The only thing that clued me into the fact that this might be important was that the audition sides had Netflix and Marvel on as the two producing houses. Other than that, it was a couple of lines and these weird, obscure scenes with some dude eating peanut butter. I was just like, “Okay, whatever. I’m just going to have fun with this.” It was a series regular role, so I knew that much, but from the initial sides that they sent through it was a total surprise. I think it was my second callback, they gave me all new scenes that they had just written for it and all of sudden the character had some meat to him. Before that it was flying blind.