Ayo Edebiri has opened up about her debut as director in season three of The Bear , describing it as the “peak of artistic collaboration”. The third season of the popular FX restaurant drama, which follows Jeremy Allen White ’s award-winning chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto as he attempts to transform his late brother’s Chicago sandwich shop into a fine dining destination, returned on 26 June. Edebiri, who has won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild award, and an Emmy for her role as sous chef Sydney, directed episode six, titled Napkins .
The episode follows Liza Colón-Zayas’s character Tina Marrero, who starts as a line cook at the restaurant and works her way up to becoming a sous chef. Edebiri described working with the cast and crew as a “blast” and talked about how much she learnt from each member. “I feel like I got a master class in acting from Liza and from the other actors who got to grace the screen," she told Variety .
“I feel like I learned so much from our crew, from our camera department...
just from everybody. “It was really a blast and an honour to get to helm an episode that showcases everything that Liza can do. I mean, not even everything, like a fraction of the things that she can do.
She’s such a powerhouse.” Talking about what it felt like being directed by Edebiri, Colón-Zayas called her “fearless”. “She’s open, smart and fearless.
So fearless that I was watching and putting ideas in my head like, ‘Why can’t I j.
