Actor Emma Lahana believes it is important to create shows and films where all the voices are represented fairly and that was one of the reasons for her to join the critically-acclaimed young-adult superhero drama Marvel's "Cloak & Daggers".
In the show, screening on Amazon Prime Videos, Lahana plays the role of Brigid O'Reilly, an honest cop whose life intersects with the lives of two lonely teenagers coming to the realisation that the tragedy that killed their parents also imbued them with superpowers.
"It is wonderful to work on this show because we have a diverse writers' room. It is important that showrunners ensure that everyone is represented. These voices need to real and they need to be heard. We were lucky to have Joe Pokaski at the helm because he made sure that people are seen, heard and represented properly," Lahana told PTI in an interview from London.
"The writers were really in tune with what is currently going on in America. It is a very progressive show so everything landed perfectly."
"Joe wanted that we stay true to the fact that as a woman you are constantly coming up against men all the time. She is new to the department and there is hostility that she faces."
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