WATCH | Lex Scott Davis On Preparing For Her Role In 'Suits LA' - video Dailymotion

From her dance roots to leading roles, the actress shares how discipline, purpose, and community shape everything she does.

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00:00So I wanted to actually stay on the character of Erica.

00:04She's known as savvy and strong-willed. I wanted to ask you, how did you prepare

00:07to step into the role and did you pull any inspiration from any real life figures at all?

00:12Absolutely. In leading up to the first audition, I went back to watch the original show,

00:21which I had never seen at that point. And I wanted to watch the first episode to understand the tone,

00:27to understand the world. I accidentally binged the whole first season when I should have been

00:33studying for the audition. But I did watch everything and I was very inspired by the women

00:43in the original, specifically Pearson, played by Gina Torres. I really loved her strength

00:49that she had and in her dominance. And I just felt like she was a powerhouse.

00:55And although Erica is different from her, there's a lot of inspiration I did pull from Pearson.

01:02But I had to put a pin in it. I'm going to come back to it because I didn't want it to be like

01:08I was copying something. Because exactly what you're saying is I also left room for me to add

01:15to it and to fill in colors as Lex and life experiences and women in my life that have

01:22inspired me to fill the shoes of Erica Rollins. Another person is my mom, who was a paralegal for

01:30the majority of her life and now still is running a law firm where I'm from in Baltimore, Maryland.

01:36And she also happens to be a very fabulous lady. So pulling a little bit from her,

01:42mixed with things that I found relatable to Erica, just as Lex and the things that she was fighting

01:49for herself and trying to prove her worth to other people around her. I think that is something

01:55we all can relate to. And so just taking the time to be truthful to what was on the page and

02:02lean into that. And I really believe that Erica is really an amalgamation of all these wonderful,

02:09powerful women in my life.