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‘Smoke’ Star Jurnee Smollett on Her ‘Flawed’ Detective Character in Apple TV+ Series: ‘I’m Not Interested in Just Playing the Strong, Badass Woman’

Summary by Variety
SPOILER ALERT: This story includes major spoilers from “Smoke,” now streaming on Apple TV+. When Jurnee Smollett was approached about starring alongside Taron Egerton in the Apple TV+ series, “Smoke,” she remembered hearing about the story that inspired the show when she just a kid. “We had moved from New York to L.A., and my […]

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Variety broke the news in on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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