My worst moment: ‘Swagger’ star Orlando Jones on being unceremoniously dumped from a show
[Editor’s note: This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.]
The Apple TV+ series “Swagger” follows a group of young basketball prospects and the ambitious, straight-laced athletic director at their swanky prep school is played by Orlando Jones. The character believes the path to success when you’re a Black person in a white environment often means suppressing one’s true emotions. “You swallow everything,” is how Jones put it. “Repress and play chess.”
The world of the show is one he’s very familiar with: “Every male in my family played professional sports,” said Jones, who was a high school basketball All-American himself. “My father played professional baseball and coached basketball for 30 years at the collegiate level.” So Jones has plenty of insight into this experience. “I literally grew up in
