Ross speaks about the legacy of the show, filming Pose and American Horror Story simultaneously, and more.

Warning: Spoilers fromPoseseason 3, episode 3 are discussed in this article.

Posebrought back the entire family for its final season, and that includes Ms. Candy.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I hear you’re very busy these days.ANGELICA ROSS:I’m extremely busy.

I’m in Los Angeles right now filmingAmerican Horror Storyseason 10.

Yeah, there’s a lot of things going on.

I saw some of your tweets and you were saying that you had to filmAmerican Horror Storyand yourPosereturn simultaneously.

I imagine that must’ve been tricky with the COVID of it all.It was extremely tricky.

The production offices between the two shows had to negotiate with each other about who could have me when.

It was obviously really difficult with all the COVID planning.

You mentioned you spent your birthday and Thanksgiving quarantined in a hotel.Yeah.

Had you been expecting that call to return toPose?

There’s even probably BTS video of us dancing.

All of those girls are my sisters.

This episode shows the origins of the House of Abundance.

We know it very intimately.

How did you approach forming the background for Candy?Poseis a show about real authenticity.

It doesn’t shy away from the very problematic struggles of all of the intersections.

With Candy being a dark-skin Black trans woman, I know not to gloss over that experience.

Survival sometimes looks like adopting the tools of your oppressors.

It was just a thing.

You weren’t considered beautiful.

It’s about not being seen, it’s about not being heard.

It’s so funny to me because I just turned 40.

I also caught the hammer line.It’s so funny.

So, fill in the gap and feel free to ad lib."

A lot of times, during those funny things, I’m just ad-libbing.

I think it does it so beautifully.

I wanted to ask about the fairytale ball.

It looked like so much fun.

I found myself just in awe of it, especially of Indya Moore.

It was a reunion for me and the girls.

I just was so happy for them, proud of everybody.

Did your Sleeping Beauty look evolved through fittings?It was fully evolved from day 1.

The fittings were in the hotel because of COVID.

I didn’t go to the studio.

Once he actually sat down to formulate a plan, it came together.

What was that experience like for you?

We really did not have time to play.

We just didn’t.

Things were tough already as far as the COVID restrictions.

I consider myself a crew member.

So, I know the crew by name, they know me.

It’s all love.

I know thatPosehopefully opens the door for us to see even more shows like this.

We were absolutely gagging.

We know that there are places where they don’t hold the line for us.

I just know that people expect me to say some amazing things.

I have some great interviews out there where I say some eloquent things.

But I’m a Black trans woman who experiences both racism and transphobia together.

It gets to be too much at certain points.

I started to feel me losing control over the veneer, over the polish.

She’s a sister.

Janet Mock is my sister.

When she’s right and when she’s wrong, I’m standing by her.

And when she’s wrong, her and I will have conversations, just like sisters do.

I performed with these girls.

I competed with these girls.

I’ve worked with these girls in the club.

I’ve gone through the struggle.

Some of them doing shows and others looking down on the girls because they’re doing sex work.

It’s such a struggle.

The Mimi Markses, the Tommie Rosses.

Within every episode, I plan to give these legends their light.

This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.