z265cz zknz >>> we are back now with "conviction" star merrin dungey america." >> thank you so much for having me. >> this next episode gets pretty heavy. you guys attack black lives matter. how on set do you keep yourself from getting too intense? >> we have a lot of fun. we play banana grams. haley atwell dressed as a banana in my trailer. because why not. >> there's the image. >> if anything helps you lighten the mood that is. >> 5:30 in the morning, i think. >> oh, my goodness. >> then the show itself, playing your character. is it a ton different than who you are. >> yeah, she's a lot stronger and tougher, yeah. not silly with maxine. and we get to find out more about her. >> bananagrams lighten the mood so do the dogs. we're doing a big month lifelong adoption. >> haley is a foster of animals and she's gone through a couple true love in howard and he is the set pet. we love him so much. that's howard right there. he's just incredible and he was rescued from north carolina, i believe, when there was the floods. so he is just found his home with haley. i think she might send out eng

. >>> we are back now with "conviction" star merrin dungey who plays tough, no nonsense on the new abc legal drama. welcome to "good morning america." >> thank you so much for having me. >> this next episode gets pretty heavy. you guys attack black lives matter. how on set do you keep yourself from getting too intense? >> we have a lot of fun. we play bananagrams. i found hayley atwell dressed as a banana in my trailer because why not. >> there's the image. >> there's the image. >> if anything is going to help you lighten the mood, that will. >> that was literally like 5:30 in the morning, i think. >> oh, my goodness. >> then the show itself, obviously you're enjoying playing your character. is it a ton different than who you are? >> yeah, she's a lot stronger and tougher, yeah. not silly with maxine. and the great news about this episode, we get to find out more about who she is. >> bananagrams lighten the mood so does a dog and obviously we're doing the "gma" big month-long adoption series. you have a dog on set. and she's gone through a couple different ones but found her one true l