Feb 18, 2021
This week we were thrilled to sit down with Emmy nominated powerhouse, Adina Porter. You Might Know Her From True Blood, The Newsroom, The 100, Underground, Lackawanna Blues, The Morning Show, and American Horror Story: Cult, Roanoke, and Apocalypse. We had a total ball with Adina digging into her theatre beginnings with Suzan-Lori Parks’ brilliant play Venus, her scene stealing work as Lettie Mae in Alan Ball’s vampire romp True Blood, the grace of Cynthia Nixon (they became friends when they worked together in the much discussed 2001 revival of The Women), the wild ride that is The Morning Show (Anne’s new obsession), and what happens when you go with Chaz Bono and the AHS cast to see Cher aka mom in concert. All that and some very important Pepe the Prawn follow-up. Have at it!
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Anne’s favorite Maury episodes are the phobia episodes “Mustard”
Sarah Paulson and her crimped hair in AHS
Neo-Muppet Pepe the Prawn (est. 1996)
Pepe the Prawn interview with Bonnie Hunt thanks to @amoniamoni
Bonnie Hunt and her bff David Alan-Grie
Adina in a lot of gay content: The Fluffer, Swoon, Gia
Adina has been in 4 American Horror Story series: Murder House, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse
In AHS Cult, she plays a reporter who joins a clown cult on the heels of the 2016 election
She won an Obie for her performance as Venus Hottentot (Saartjie Baartman) in Suzan Lori-Parks’ play in Venus (directed by George C Wolfe). Sat at a dinner table across from Nina Simone.
On True Blood (Alan Ball) she played Lettie Mae (Tara’s mom)
Adina looked very old in True Blood and colored her teeth, but Adina started dressing like she dressed at the Emmy’s afterparty
Is 7 years older than Rutina Wesley who played her daughter on True Blood
There is a True Blood reboot in development
Played Rickie in the HBO adaptation of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s play, Lackawanna Blues
That felt more like theatre, but Underground felt like a black cast, which was filmed on a plantation with slaves quarters.
Poster at the plantation gift shop: “12 Years a Slave starring Brad Pitt”
First acting teacher was Butterfly McQueen, who was best remembered from Gone with the Wind. She died when a kerosene lamp tipped over and started a fire in her house.
She showed Joan Collins her Tinder matches on the sets of AHS: Apocalypse
Starred in the 2001 revival of The Women (with former guests, Julie Halston, Heather Matarazzo). A brunette was the most challenging. Cynthia Nixon as the best.
Adina’s late husband was good friends with Cynthia Nixon’s mother.
Phone call with Jennifer Aniston’s character on The Morning Show was her stand-in reading the lines.
Scene from The Morning Show that is reminiscent of Smash
Adina co-starred in gay movie, The Fluffer. Adina recommends ErikaLust.com. Want so make sure the porn she’s watching she pays for so the actors get paid.
Worked with Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word (2017)
Went to see Cher wth Chaz Bono (her AHS co-star) and a bunch of other castmembers. They got a private audience with Cher. Picture with Cher on her Raya profile
Adina was in The Morning Show with Billy Crudup (aka the Joker) who was in the 2002 revival of The Elephant Man with next week's guest.
Billy Crudup left Mary-Louise Parker when she was CORRECTION: 7mths pregnant
“UK Hun?” From Drag Race is charting in the UK (aka “Kylie’s Chart”)