SAMANTHA MORTON HAS never been one to play things safe. In a career spanning over 30 years, she’s taken to challenging roles like a precog to water, whether she’s sporting a zombie skin disguise as nefarious Alpha in The Walking Dead or playing an actual precog alongside Tom Cruise in high-concept sci-fi Minority Report. Her next role is Zelda Perkins, a key voice in bringing down Harvey Weinstein, in true-life drama She Said. She tells Empire what’s driving her at this stage in her career.
You play Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant in She Said. Why were you compelled to take the role?