ET. have lunch and start talking through it.”. However the September 2020 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Polanco: It's always sad to see one of your co-workers move on or not be in a current season. Even though I know I'm still so young, it was a really, really, really, formative part of my life. Along with a host of other out celebs, Wiley recently performed in The Laramie Project, a play from 2000 based on Shepard’s death. Where as some trusting fans believed the post, others were immediately skeptical of the report, perhaps learning their lesson from the huge amount of fake death reports emerging about celebrities over recent months. Luckily, we're all growing individually and we'll eventually cross paths again. Caso não concorde com o uso cookies dessa forma, você deverá ajustar as configurações de seu navegador ou deixar de acessar o nosso site e serviços. The first thing he said to me was, "We're filming a regular episode of She has been married to Lauren Morelli since March 25, 2017. Amid a cafeteria protest over the treatment of Litchfield inmates, Poussey is pinned down by correctional officer Baxter Bayley (Alan Aisenberg), who inadvertently suffocates her with his knee to her back. You just have to go about it the way you would go about anything, because you're an actor and you know how to do However, the July 2020 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax, the actress best known for her role on the television series Orange Is the New Black is alive and well. Some pointed out that the news had not been carried on any major American network, indicating that it was a fake report, as the death of an actress of Samira Wiley's stature would be major news across networks. “I can’t breathe,” Poussey is heard screaming before she dies, to everyone’s shock and horror. Aisenberg: That death scene was a 22-hour consecutive day. Speaking to WNYC’s Nancy podcast Monday, Wiley said she always thought of her OITNB character as being queer, even though she wasn’t comfortable disclosing her own sexuality during the show’s earlier seasons. It's my family on Orange, the first show I was ever a regular character on. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Become a BuzzFeed News member. He knew that scene needed to have this scale to it, and to do that he wanted to take the time to get it right. Looking back on Poussey’s final moments, the cast opens up to ET about the emotional journey of filming those scenes. A newcomer when she first joined the show, Wiley went from a bit player to one of the show’s biggest scene-stealers, aside from Danielle Brooks and Uzo Aduba. “First season, I wasn’t out at all,” she said. “Someone from my cast, actually, they were doing an interview when they were talking about out gay actors in the cast and they mentioned my name and I saw it in print and I cried, I cried a lot,” Wiley said.