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'The Pitt' Star Isa Briones Is Ready to Give Her Stethoscope a Break

'The Pitt' star Isa Briones talks about Season 2, Santos and Langdon's feud, misogynist fans, and her new role on Broadway in 'Just in Time.'

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What appealed to you about Santos at first? And how has your understanding of her changed or grown over two seasons?
I’ve played the girl next door before and there’s a time and a place for that type of character. But I think there’s something really awesome about not being palatable, especially as a woman. This character is not for everyone. Sometimes in my everyday walking through the world, I’m like, “Sorry… Little old me, I’ll make myself smaller.” And Santos simply will not do that. She’s like, “I am going to take up space.” And I think that’s a really refreshing character to see and powerful to play. It’s also a reminder for me to stop apologizing for existing. My god.

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There’s a not small subset of diehard Pitt fans who hate Santos. What do you think drives that?
So much of the discourse is very Langdon-versus-Santos, and that’s just misogyny. [Those two characters] are actually kind of the same, but one of them is a woman. When women are going through something that is not explicitly said all the time, a lot of people are like, “I don’t like her.” Why is it when, when a woman has a lot going on, people are like, “Oooh, scary”? A lot of people don’t have the patience for that with a woman. But I also get that Santos comes in hot. When you first meet her, she’s got a lot of these prickly walls up. She has a “doesn’t play nice at recess” vibe. But also, I think it’s very clear to see in the nuance of her character there’s something going on.

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BrutulTM said:

It doesn't sound contradictory to me. She says yes, Santos is a bit of an asshole, but people would be more tolerant if it was a man. May or may not be true, but I don't see it as contradictory.

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Gravel said:

And here I figured she was acting like an asshole. Turns out that's just her personality.

Her "everyone is raping little girls" and "don't trust any men" schtick is so obnoxious.

Anyway, I meant to say it in my last post, but the conclusion to season 2 just felt like kind of a letdown. It was very anticlimactic. I also kind of dislike that they've chosen to end both seasons with all these fucking people hanging out together after work. I can't imagine after a 15 hour shift that you'd want anything to do with any of them.

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