Gabrielle Union on Diversity in FlashForward

In an article posted on Sci-Fi Wire, Gabrielle Union talks about the diversity on ABC’s new show FlashForward and her on-screen marriage to John Cho (Star Trek’s Sulu). You can read the interview by clicking here. The last time we saw Union in a major TV role it was opposite Damian Lewis (Charlie Crews, Life) and before that it was with Stuart Townsend (Kolchak, The Night Stalker). Its good to see minorities making a comeback on network television. I’m not as optimistic as she is about the future of minorities on TV. Okay, she doesn’t actually address it, but she alludes to it in her comments about some networks giving lipservice to diversity and some actually doing something about it. Personally, I don’t think networks care about minorities on television. If they do care, its just to keep people from pointing it out. Now they can say, “look we have John Cho and Gabrielle Union on a show.” So, what other shows are there minorities on your network? Do you have any other shows the center around minorities? What about that commitment to diversity? I think she’s a fine actress, but if I were her, I wouldn’t get too comfortable.

"A lot of people give lip service to ‘We want to increase diversity,’ and then you just never see any people of color. They actually really mean it. If one thing doesn’t work out, they come up with more opportunities. So they’re like, ‘We want you back in the family,’ and by chance, the next day the Goyers [executive producers Jessika Borsiczky Goyer and David Goyer] called them, and they were like, ‘Do you think Gabrielle would ever be interested in returning to television?’ They’re like, ‘Funny you should ask. We just talked to her about this.’"

Maybe David Goyer has a crush on you, Gabrielle.