Kerry Washington was once fired from a TV show for not being 'urban'

Scandal star Kerry Washington used to not be a household name. Before being launched into stardom, she was dropped from two other TV pilots for not being “hood” enough. "I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast … For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more ‘girlfriend,’ more like ‘hood,’ more ‘urban,'" Washington said on Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series.