Erivo was making her entrance at the 2019Tony Awardswhen a reporter asked her to name her guilty-pleasure song.
Erivo took the meeting and the role, embodying the Queen of Soul in the third iteration of theGeniusseries.
“I was like, ‘I’m happy!
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I don’t need anything else.’
I definitely hope that wherever she is, she got those vibes from me.”
Genius: Arethapremieres Sunday, March 21, at 9 p.m.
ET on National Geographic.
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