Overview

• Jurnee Smollett put on 20 pounds to authentically portray Michelle Calderone, a former Marine turned arson investigator in Apple TV+’s Smoke.
• She followed a regimen of severe physical training to build the muscular presence that mirrors her character’s workaholic escape from trauma.
• Her in-depth research into attachment styles included interviews with marines, firefighters and detectives to ground her performance in realism.
• Smollett drew on personal experiences with family trauma to connect with Michelle’s body dysmorphia and lone-wolf mentality.
• Smoke, created by Dennis Lehane and co-starring Taron Egerton and Greg Kinnear, is releasing new episodes weekly on Apple TV+.