Janelle James Explains Why ‘Abbott Elementary’ Had Trouble Casting Child Actors: “They Had To Go Find Kids”

Five seasons into Abbott Elementary, Janelle James has seen a whole new class of young actors come into their talent. The Golden Globe nominee explained that there aren’t “a lot of dark-skinned Black kids” with agents, which made it initially difficult casting the ABC sitcom, which is set in a predominantly Black elementary school in […]