John Leguizamo was ready to lead a dramatic TV series — so he helped create a platform to stream it

When John Leguizamo spoke out about diversity on Sunday night’s Emmy Awards telecast, he said, the audience at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles “got real quiet.” “I’m one of Hollywood’s DEI hires,” he said from the stage. “That’s right. DEI: The D is for ‘diligence,’ the E is for ‘excellence,’ the I is for ‘imagination.’” He said the industry often engaged in “brownface” casting, citing Marlon Brando in “Viva Zapata!” Al Pacino in “Scarface” and Natalie Wood in “West Side Story.” Leguizamo said in an interview that, as he...