Lamorne Morris recalls struggle of being only Black character on New Girl: 'Sometimes you take it personal'
Lamorne Morris recalls struggle of being only Black character on New Girl: 'Sometimes you take it personal'
Lamorne Morris says he sometimes struggled not to 'take it personal' when 'New Girl' stumbled with its only Black lead: 'I'm the one Black character on this show, and they don't know how to figure out my character.'
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In the new Saturday Night Live biopic Saturday Night, Lamorne Morris plays Garrett Morris, SNL's first Black cast member who has trouble finding his place on a predominantly white show. As the only Black lead on New Girl for the majority of its run, the actor strongly related to his character's struggles.
"Garrett being a fish out of water, I definitely felt that in my early years," Lamorne Morris tells Entertainment Weekly. "Being in New Girl, I was a new character after the first episode, so a lot of time was spent trying to develop my character and figure out who I was on the fly. And even though it's not personal, sometimes you take it personal, and you're like, 'What the hell, man? I'm the one Black character on this show, and they don't know how to figure out my character. He ain't got no job. Is that the storyline now?'"