ActressZuri Adelehas been working toward her goals professionally and centering social justice causes in her daily life.
I see it completely shifting and continuing to enhance our storytelling.
They went to UCLA for graduate school as well, and those are a couple of examples.
It’s really important to me to support that path, because the storytelling takes over.
In our own lives, we’re our majority.
I really trust them.
We are in communication with each other, [but] now it’s a little more virtual.
I feel really comfortable.
Yes, she is.
It’s something that is lasting for so long.
Got it, okay."
I hope so too.
When it’s the right fit, it is the right fit.
The journey there, though, is the classroom that helped me be ready for the job.
On the job, I’m still learning.
I feel like I’m just now finding my rhythm, and we are about to start Season 5.
Yes, all of it.
Most recently, the unhoused crisis in Los Angeles in particular.
It’s definitely highlighted that for me, especially now in the pandemic.
I’ve learned a lot from working with, in particular, Patrisse Cullors and Dr. Melina Abdullah.
Beyond that, it is a nonstop, full-time job on top of their full-time jobs.
The list goes on.
It’s a classroom.
This show is such a great classroom.
Okay, so I was really excited when this came up.
I was really excited for Malika to tap into that.
We’re using this vocabulary.
Somebody told me the other day, “Your show’s like millennial Sesame Street.”
I was excited for that.
I was excited for Malika to date women as well and to explore her queerness.
I’m always rooting for Isaac.
Their love was different.
Their love was beyond the surface.
They didn’t start off in a perfect way.
I was very excited for her to do that and choose herself.
We’ll see if Isaac gets his s*** together and if Malika gets hers together.
They’re growing, they’re on their journeys right now.
I really root for them.
I love that for her.
I love all my castmates.
Malika gets to choose herself.
They’re so great.
I got to meet so many great people.
It would be tumultuous, it would be fun, it would be necessary.
Sometimes, we disagree about how to go, or we’re learning so much.
It would be in the best way.
Yeah, it would have to be Sherry, but I could do it with anybody.
Oh, I love that question.
I see her as a leader.
I’m glad you asked me that.
Fast from the romance for a little while, although I know it’s entertaining.
I know it’s TV, it’s entertainment, so we’ll see about that.
It’s been so great to see Malika’s growth and her coming into her own and choosing herself.
Is there anything you want fans to know going into the Season 4 finale?
Don’t ask me questions when it’s over, because I really don’t know.
It’s going to be a wild ride, and then you’re going to have to wait.
The Season 4 finale of Freeform’s “Good Trouble” premieres on September 1st.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
