Although the actress has widespread acclaim for her performance as the fiery and quick-witted Elektra Wintour on the Ryan Murphy-led series, and is regarded as one of the drama’s breakout stars, she had reservations about playing the character due to her ‘antagonistic’ nature.
In a recent interview with V Magazine, Jackson admitted: “When I first read for the auditions, I saw the power in her, but when we actually convened on set and I had to deliver those lines to beautiful Blanca and speak to my children that way—it was so far off from me.” Jackson said the realisation that Elektra was Pose’s antagonist was “hard”, and although she pushed through it and delivered (arguably) one of the greatest characters on television, she experienced “a