“But fans responded so well that his storylines grew and he had more to say and do. I didn’t have many scenes at all,” Jordan recalls. “Initially, Maurice was kind of an ornamental character. The character’s evolution is especially impressive when one considers he was originally developed as a small, ancillary role. Maurice has become his own being outside of me. “I’ve watched and studied and developed as an actor, and I just try to use all of that to build Maurice up. “A lot of it comes from the page, and some of it is from my own experiences,” he explains. This includes all of those hilarious moans and mirations. Jordan says he infuses some of himself into the character as well. Tyler has done a wonderful job of creating a gay Black character based on the people he grew up around, who helped him form Maurice.” “But Maurice definitely has a charm that I don’t have and a boldness and a courage that I don’t.

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