Look who’s the change agent!
We thought it’d be interesting to come full circle there.
Back in the day,George Clooneyplayed overlord Booker Brooks at the plastic plant.
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That’s how the character of Robin was born.
Then we thought, wow, that’d be great if Robin was trans.
Alexandra was so wonderful inTransparent, so we got her to do this.
We never wanted this to be primarily about that.
We wanted that she was trans to be secondary to the fact that she was a really tough boss.
We were looking for some guidelines as to what is real.
Alexandra was very open and very helpful about it.
And Robin goes, “No, I fought those battles.
I have PTSD about that.
I do not want to go back to those fights.”
Those were Alexandra’s words.
It took her a long time to get freaking happy.
It was a great moment to add to the character.
Is Robin sticking around for a while?We’re going to keep her!
We like her, she does a bunch.
She’s already shot a few episodes beyond this one.
So we can expect more action at Wellman Plastics?We love tapping into the history.
We even brought back an actor who was one of the recurring workers back in the day.
Her name is Juanita [played by Evelina Fernandez].
The Conners airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
