Daveed Diggs joins Black-Ish!

OMG yes! Rainbow Johnson has a brother and of COURSE itโ€™s Daveed Diggs.

Daveed and Tracee

If you know anything about me, you know that Iโ€™m obsessed with both Black-Ish AND Hamilton so this is a huge win for me. For those of you that might not know, Daveed Diggs is most known for his roles as Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the multi award winning Hamilton. He even took home a Tony this year for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. While I love all of the characters in Black-Ish, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) is hands-down one of my favorites, so Iโ€™m excited to see what the creators have brewing for her storyline and her families storyline. Anyway, according to sources, Daveedโ€™s character is named Johan, and doesnโ€™t get along with Dre (Anthony Anderson).

Via variety.com:

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โ€œHeโ€™s sort of a hipster, entitled kid who gets on Dreโ€™s nerves,โ€ creator and showrunner Kenya Barris said. โ€œHeโ€™s constantly on a search for the best conditioner for his hair. Heโ€™s probably gone to Penn or Wharton and could have gotten a great-paying job, but heโ€™s trying to find himself. That attitude more than anything makes Dre want to strangle him.โ€

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For Diggs, who won a Tony for playing Thomas Jefferson andย the Marquis de Lafayette in โ€œHamilton,โ€ thereโ€™s even a tiny link to French culture.

Johan โ€œhas been to Paris twice and heโ€™s like, โ€˜You Americans!’โ€ Barris said. Johan, as it happens, doesnโ€™t like his butter to be too cold and complains about Americansโ€™ mania for refrigeration. โ€œHeโ€™s like, โ€˜This butterโ€™s making my croissant crumble,โ€™โ€ according to Barris. โ€œDre is constantly snatching food from him.โ€

The upside for Johan, who will have a โ€œsubstantialโ€ recurring arc in the third season, is that the Johnson kids think heโ€™s extremely cool โ€” except for Diane (Marsai Martin). โ€œSheโ€™s not buying that sh*t,โ€ Barris said.

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I love it already.

-Shanda

 

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