While cutting together scenes for the new series “Forever,” Mara Brock Akil, who has created shows like “Girlfriends,” “Being Mary Jane,” and “The Game,” recalls asking her video editor to pause for a moment. Was there a problem? No. Akil was watching someone very right: the show's female lead, Lovie Simone.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, not only is this girl beautiful, she’s acting her (expletive) off,” Akil said. It was a privilege to know that “something that I wrote is aligned with her moment.”
