The Good Fight star Nyambi Nyambi has revealed the “crazy” racist backlash he received on Twitter after his character’s speech against neo-Nazis in the show’s third season.
The actor, who plays Jay Dipersia in the drama, performed his “It’s time to punch a few Nazis” soliloquy in the fifth episode of season three, when his and Cush Jumbo’s characters are caught up in a mass brawl with an alt-right group.
“When it aired… the backlash that I was getting on Twitter… I heard so many different ways to be called the ‘n-word’ – it was crazy,” revealed Nyambi at the Television Critics Association press tour.
“But that’s what it is to be an artist, I guess, the kind of artist I want to be. Somebody who isn’t afraid to question the status quo and play in that arena. It was an interesting time, but one that I am really, really proud of.”
The Good Fight season four will see Michael J Fox reprise his The Good Wife role of attorney Louis Canning in the spin-off.
Hugh Dancy is also joining the cast as a lawyer and Zach Grenier has been added to the show as a regular.
