Altered Carbon, Season Two: Sci-Fi and Sisterhood on Set

One of the high points of Altered Carbon’s second season is the number of people of color and women in hefty roles. Of this seasons’ three lead characters, two are Black women of acting renown. Reneé Elise Goldsberry and Simone Missick took some time out on their press tour to make a Bronx-based blerd feel comfortable during his first-ever interview.

BNP: I saw the first season, loved it. Renée, what is it like to have your character be in the present (this season)? Renée Elise Goldsberry: Amazing. So amazing, so good. I’m gonna steal a little bit from you (gestures toward Simone Missick). As Simone was speaking earlier about most often as women, even if we’re like the lead woman in the show, our role is really supporting a male lead in his journey. So, season one I was very much supportive of (protagonist, Takeshi) Kovacs’ journey. Trying to bring him to himself. Trying to save him, I was there on his shoulder. Even when you saw me in the past, when we went back to the beginning, I was like there trying to train him. In season two, it’s about her (Quellcrist Falconer’s) journey. She’s trying to figure out who she is and what she’s trying to do. And that feels wonderful. BNP: Altered Carbon is a very physical universe. In that world, there’s a lot of physical things going on. Watching you both be powerful and take up space. What was that like on set? Simone Missick: So… I think that it was such a gift to work with her (gestures to Renée). Renée is a phenomenal actress, Ton…