Cynthia Erivo Went All In to Create 5 Distinct Characters in ‘Poker Face’: “The Script Looked Insane”

“Five personalities, 11 days—go,” says Cynthia Erivo. That was the mission that the Wicked star was given when she was cast in five different roles on the season two premiere of Natasha Lyonne’s Peacock series, Poker Face.

In the episode, titled “The Game Is a Foot,” Erivo plays not one, not two, but a grand total of five different sisters—Amber, Bebe, Cece, Delia, and Felicity, with the latter being a secret sister— former child stars who each went down wildly different…