So, I was really excited about what that would entail. From Euphoria, I knew this was going to be a very unique process. I love this idea of trying a new form and working with a new director. I had so much fun doing High Fidelity and even Dolemite, and I’m realizing I like comedy and drama that’s a fun space where I can be free within these wide boundaries. What ultimately made you say yes to the role? You were handpicked by Sam Levinson to play Destiny. “When it’s questions of this being inappropriate or he’s quote-unquote ‘raping’ her, this kind of answers all those things.” “I think it turns it on its side and, hopefully, did what it needs to do in terms of shocking people, which I hope then made all the other stuff worth it,” she says. While there’s yet to be an official word about a possible season two, Randolph believes season one’s closing satisfies concerns regarding the necessity of the graphic sex scenes that characterized each episode, particularly as it relates to who was manipulating who. “I think it’s clever and I think it gives a great setup for what could be moving forward.” “It’s not just, what do you think of this man doing this thing to this woman? It’s taking back the power for women in the sense of, that girl knew what she was doing,” Randolph tells The Hollywood Reporter in the chat below. The unexpected shift has caused many viewers to double down on early critiques that the series was “ torture porn.” But Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who plays Jocelyn’s manager Destiny on The Idol, says the season one ending isn’t misogynistic, as some have argued. Sara Ramirez on Tackling the Hollywood Machine, Fatphobia and "Sexual Freedom" in 'And Just Like That' Season 2
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