For the actors Wendell Pierce And Erika Woods, art continues to mimic life. Their dynamic relationship to Power Book III: Raising Kanan It is only an extension of its romance of real life.
The couple became a complement to the successful Starz series during the third season of the program and returned to their roles for their fourth installment. Pierce interprets to Ishmael “Snaps” Henry, an old bank robber, OG distributor and Living Street Legend, taking people like Kanan (Mekai Curtis) under his wing and supports them as much as a mentor and investor with his wife Stephanie “Pop” Henry, portrayed by Woods.
Pierce said that writers subtly show the way the blows and pop influence Kanan’s journey, which then leads him to keep him as a man in the current Breeding kanan Season -—ho.
“I think, if you notice it, almost all the scenes we have with Kanan, we do business, and then we try to give it a little knowledge,” Pierce said in a recent interview with the shadow and the event of Bravity. “Writers are very unique in the mouth some Kanan tips that are in -day and is raised as he makes the decisions he makes. Thus, anything he reflects internally, he looks in many of our scenes. We are a consciousness for Kanan when he meets with snaps and pop.”
A precautionary tale
Pierce said that, while shows like Breeding kanan It attracts people thanks to the drama of all this, it is also a cautious story and only reflects a small percentage.
“This is 1% of our community that is causing capital letters, danger and violence. Ninety-nine percent of our community is made up of workers who are not out in any way,” he said. “Therefore, it is the prudent story for those who may be tempted to go to this underground economy, and it can be risked that there are consequences like this danger and violence and, in hope, make a different choice.”
Woods added: “I also think that Kanan is crying from help. We could all learn something and see a little of ourselves in Kanan, regardless of where or where you fall into our community. But it is important, as Wendell said, knowing that this is only a very small percentage of us that is reflected in the program, and therefore it is a caution tale of what can happen when you can choose the wrong way or when you can choose the wrong way. See our show and Kanan’s trip, it’s fun, interesting and exciting to see it through these eyes. “
The beauty of “art imitates life”
When asked what makes the couple a force in business and life, Woods said it is the loyalty of the couple to each other and their black love.
“They are just a force to keep in mind,” he said about Snaps and Pop. “They are a married couple and are very loyal to each other. They have their back on each other, and in itself it is a weapon for me.”
As a couple, Pierce and Woods have their secret ingredient to translate the love they share to each other into the characters they play in the program.
“We first met as companions, as actors, so it defines our out -of -screen relationship and the screen,” said Pierce. “ We have shared the same desire to be artists. We shared the vocation, what we are calling to do, and it is where we found our community and our chemistry, both professionally and, you know, personally. It is to do the work.I have a mantra: you know that the greatest relationship you will have was never between you and your work because you talk about who you are and when you see in someone, as you see in someone,
He added: “So it is the desire to be artists we found among us, which is something you see people gather. Tonight, we will go to see the Richardson Jackson … I came to New York in 1981 and I remember when Samuel L. Jackson and Latena worked together. Othello and Pauletta Washington. You know they met when they made a movie together. You see it in our community of actors all the time. The actors love the actors, so the play gathers them on the screen and outside. “”
Do personal moments set up what we see on the screen?
Woods said he likes to do a little solo work while forming a scene, but appreciates that his partner leads with a big heart.
“Wendell is a donor actor who, regardless of our relationship, he and I would have the same professionalism and way of work. So I don’t think he changes it,” he said. “I just get it better. I am very comfortable with him and we like to ask the same questions about our characters, develop a later story and have a good time working on the material. And wait for you to find that in all those who work. I just got lucky. So far, I’ve had an excellent trip.”
Black love and off the Hollywood screen is not a rarity
Pierce was very clear that what he shares with Woods is not a rarity in Black Hollywood; In fact, the norm is more often.
“What Erika and I have as artists and the personal relationship we have, as I pointed out, is not a rarity. I pointed out the couples who were artists I have seen for the last 40 years show artistic together and off screen and stage,” Waiting to exhale The actor said. “Add -ho, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance. So you have shown it today in these couples, Courtney and Angela, Pauletta and Denzel, Latena and Samuel L., but it was also in the past that you had Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.”
“It is not a rare thing; it is also in the same type of category, such as The wireWhere Black Love is demonstrating and he never gets recognition, “continued Pierce.
Look Wendell Pierce as Snaps and Erika Woods as pop in the last season of Power Book III: Raising Kanan. The new episodes are published every Friday in the Starz application at 12 am et, with the program published on television at 8pm.
