And the actress reveals whether she thinks Dre killed Marissa.
Dominique Fishbackwasn’t offered the lead role inSwarm but she wanted it, so she asked for it.
The rest is TV history.
Dominique Fishback in ‘Swarm’.Prime Video
So I told my team after, ‘Listen, it’s possible for you to tell him thank you.
I’m honored, but I don’t wanna play Marissa.
I wanna play Dre.’
Dominique Fishback in ‘Swarm’.Prime Video
I was like, if that’s the case, so be it."
She didn’t have to fight very hard.
“‘But if that’s the role you want, that’s the role you get.’
And I was almost like, ‘What?
But no, it was mine just from asking for it.
And I got nervous.'”
Nervous for good reason.
“I think she really loved Rashida.
I think Rashida loved her as well.
While the Prime Video series leaves some elements to interpretation, there’s one thing she never questioned.
And you could see Dre is washed with a yellow light in this moment and all this stuff.
I could end up believing that if I wasn’t there.
Dre loves Mariss so much, she would never do that.
I don’t see that happening.”
