She froze, however, as his eyes focused on her with sharp intent. He was young—much younger than she’d expected for a renowned crime lord of the Empire. Surprise twanged in her stomach. "Being someone that is half-black and half-Iranian and proud of both sides, it gave me a community of people that identify as blackish," Yara said. "Because so many times, if you are of any race, there is a certain feeling of this meter of like, ‘How black am I? How Iranian am I?’ and it's hard when you're both to feel as though you can coexist as both and be fully both." did. “Overall, we will have a big bad that we will slowly hint at. We’re embracing a monster of the week, hence all the monster effects, which I haven’t done before,” she said. her engagement to boyfriend and ready-to-wear clothing mogul Zandy Reich