October 16 - 22, 2022 BY GEORGE DICKIE
Jewel Staite
OF ‘FAMILY LAW’ ON THE CW Many of your scenes are with Victor Garber, who plays your character’s estranged father. How is he as a scene partner?
Oh, he’s fabulous. ... He is very generous. He’s always on time. He’s the kind of person that says, you know, if you’re five minutes early you’re late. (Laughs) So he’s always on time, he’s overprepared and he knows everybody’s name and he’s there to work, which I love. There is no diva-ness about Victor Garber. He is there to work and he’s always prepared, so I love that about him, and he makes everybody step up to that. So we all have to show up willing to work and be super-prepared. He’s also really fun. He’s got a great sense of humor and he’s very sardonic, very sarcastic and selfdeprecating and I love all of those things about him. So we all have a similar work ethics around here.
‘The Hair Tales’ tells women’s stories from the top down
Yeah, I feel like all we do is sort of yell at each other on this show. But we’re very tight in real life and he’s become a bit of a mentor to me and I go to him when I have questions and things about how to handle the work of the show and the brunt of the show and being in all day every day. He’s got some really great advice on how to maintain my energy levels and all of that and I feel like he’s quite protective over us and it’s been pretty wonderful to get to know him as well as we have.
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Tracee Ellis Ross is an executive producer and the main interviewer for “The Hair Tales,” premiering Saturday on Hulu and OWN.
So your relationship is the complete opposite of that of your characters?