Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living is back and even better with its most recent launch of season five. The comedic sitcom surrounding an Assisted Living Facility has not only brought warmth to our living rooms but also laughter. Interestingly enough, it has brought the same joy and humor to the cast. Onsite! spoke with Courtney Nicole, who plays Leah on the show, as she spoke about having fun on set while filming the show as well as the what it means to be apart of the long-standing show created by Tyler Perry.
You may hear about stories where cast members of comedic projects can’t keep their composure on set and are forced to improvise due to them not being able to control their laughter, well, this is the case on the set of Assisted Living. Nicole admitted that there has been many times where she broke character due to the humor of her cast mates.
The actress said, “You know David Mann is on the show right? That’s all I got to say.”
“The first time I heard Tamela say on set, she was like, ‘Oh, I’m [going to] laugh’ I was like ‘oh ok I felt better’ because I would always be trying not to laugh,” Nicole continued.
She went on to reveal that in episode three, she can see herself holding her laugh in. She later added that being on set is fun.
“It can be laugh out loud days on set a lot of times,” Nicole noted.
A Dream Come True
The on-screen actress, who also has a strong theatre background, reflected on being apart of the show that’s been on air since 2020. She acknowledged that it has been a dream of hers to be apart of a long-standing project.
“It is a dream, when you’re writing your goals down, and you’re like ‘oh I want to book a series regular role, a longstanding role with beautiful people’ it’s a dream come true. I get to go to Tyler Perry studios and film another season, it was amazing,” Nicole said.
Nicole’s theatre background has helped her thrive in her on-screen role as Leah.
She explained, “Alot of your favorite actors have theatre backgrounds. I think its a great place to start, you have to tell a story in two hours. Alot of the work comes in the before [and] because of that you have time to play and dig into stuff, which, I think just helps with character building, development of the story, all of those things. So, bringing that to a set, is great. It helps with your armor, its your tool bag.”
However, Nicole does advise taking television courses to fine tune certain skills when it comes to tv acting.
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