The star appears in the new Prime Video series.
"When I auditioned for the piece, I did not do my research beforehand, because I didn't want to get all freaked out – which is my usual," she said.
"I do not Google what the directors, what the writers, have done beforehand, because I did not want to put them up on a pedestal. So I had no idea that Alan Ball won an Oscar when I auditioned forSpeaking further about learning about, she recalled:"I have a particular guy friend who loves comic books, and when I told him what I was about to do, he was like, 'Woah!'"I just keep my head down in the given circumstances and make every moment count.
"I remember being in my Airbnb reading and going, 'I have to go back to the script, I have to learn my lines, but one more,'" Porter continued, as she also addressed Prioress, her character in the show. "Prioress is a smart bitch, she's damn smart. So I was just beyond grateful to – what's the expression? – wet my whistle, or be able to dial it in.
"She's a warrior, and then you're gonna see she's all these other things to get people to talk. They were just like, 'More, Adina! More!' And I was like, 'Alright, we're gonna go for it!'"
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