With director Tanya Wexler’s Jolt now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, I recently spoke to Laverne Cox about making the action-comedy. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Jolt is about a woman (Kate Beckinsale) with a lifelong, rare neurological disorder, who experiences sporadic rage-filled, murderous impulses that can only be stopped when she shocks herself with a special electrode device that she has to constantly wear. After finally finding a man she trusts, she’s heartbroken when he is killed the next day. As you can probably guess, she decides to embark on a revenge-filled mission to find his killer. Jolt also stars Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, David Bradley, Ori Pfeffer, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci.
During the wide-ranging interview, Cox talked about why she wanted to make the movie, what people might be surprised to learn about the making of Jolt, getting to work with Stanley Tucci since she’s a big The Devil Wears Prada fan, and the secret to playing a detective on camera. In addition, she talked about why she would love to make a project on Tracy African Norman who was the first trans woman model to achieve prominence in the fashion industry, Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming Netflix series Inventing Anna, what it was like working with James Spader on The Blacklist, and more.
Check out what Laverne Cox had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
Laverne Cox:
- What TV series would she like to guest star on?
- What movie or movies has she seen the most?
- If she could get the financing to produce anything what would she make and why?
- Why she would love to make a project on Tracy African Norman who was the first African-American trans woman model to achieve prominence in the fashion industry in the ‘70s.
- Was it disappointing to not have any scenes with Stanley Tucci since she’s a big The Devil Wears Prada fan?
- Why she wanted to be in the movie.
- What might surprise people to learn about the making of Jolt and a movie?
- What’s the secret to playing a detective on camera?
- What can she say about Shonda Rhimes’ upcoming series Inventing Anna.
- How does it compare to Shonda’s previous work?
- What was it like working with James Spader on The Blacklist?