‘Pose’: Billy Porter & MJ Rodriguez Discuss the Final Ballroom Scene

The series finale of “Pose” was filled with joy, triumph and heartbreak as the groundbreaking show lost one beloved character (Billy Porter’s Pray Tell) but saw success for others, including Mj Rodriguez’s Blanca. Perhaps its most magnificent moment was the last ballroom scene that featured both of those characters. In the story, it was a celebration of life after they were admitted to a new HIV/AIDS drug trial. On set, it was a celebration of production as the already grand “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” became even larger-than-life with a rain moment. Pray and Blanca took to the dance floor to perform together, dancing and lip-syncing to Diana Ross’ version of the song. “It was her moment of reckoning,” Emmy-nominated Rodriguez says of her character in Variety Making A Scene presented by HBO.