Jeremy Allen White Praises Ayo Edebiri's Directorial Debut in 'The Bear' Season 3
Jeremy Allen White is gushing over Ayo Edebiri!
While attending the season 3 premiere of their Emmy-award winning series The Bear on Tuesday (June 25), Jeremy, 33, sang his praises for Ayo, 28, as she makes her directorial debut in the new season.
Keep reading to find out more…“It was the best,” Jeremy recalled to Variety. “I wasn’t acting in that first day of hers, I was on set just like hanging out.”
“I can say she did a beautiful job. She was very confident, I mean everybody knows how smart she is,” Jeremy continued. “She’s a beautiful actress and a very intuitive actress. And I think she’s a very beautiful and intuitive director as well.”
Ayo also talked to Deadline about her emotional response to directing her first episode.
“I cried. It was written very beautifully,” Ayo said of reading the script for the first time. “I was just so moved by it and really really touched that Chris [Storer] had me in mind to direct it.”
She added, “I could see it as soon as I read it.”
Season 3 of The Bear premieres June 27 on FX and Hulu. Watch the trailer here!
Also pictured inside: Jeremy Allen White grabbing breakfast to go on Wednesday morning (June 26) in Studio City, Calif.