Energy Ebook III: Elevating Kanan is the third installment within the Energy Universe. In contrast to the remainder of the sequence within the franchise, this present takes its viewers again in time to the teenager years of infamous Energy character Kanan Stark. Made notorious in Energy by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, on this sequence, we are going to see how Kanan grew to become a monster.
Elevating Kanan creator Sascha Penn has defined why the character and his origin story are so intriguing.
Mekai Curtis studied 50 Cent’s efficiency in ‘Power’ to rework into Kanan Stark for ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’
50 Cent debuted Kanan Stark, the mentor to James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) and Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora) within the second season of Energy. We watched the terrifying gangster attempt to enact revenge towards Ghost for a number of seasons. We additionally noticed facets of his softer aspect as he shaped a bond with Ghost’s son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr).
After studying he earned the function of 15-year-old Kanan, 20-year-old Mekai Curtis started to review 50 Cent’s depiction to tell his personal portrayal. “I started watching Power again, just to see the mannerisms he has or certain cadences or whatever, certain relationships that might pop back up with what’s happening,” he instructed Entertainment Weekly. “Just trying to get his dialect and his movement down to bring that essence to the character, while also establishing that this is like 30 or so years in the past. So it’s keeping that essence but also reverse-engineering it to give myself room to grow with the character to eventually get to where 50 had Kanan.”
50 Cent has praised Curtis for nailing his efficiency. “I went through a period where my jaw was broken because I’ve been shot in my face, so I spent a long period of time speaking without moving my jaw, like having my teeth closed and talking, and it just slurs a little bit — and he got that down!” he instructed EW. “So you notice that and I’m like, ‘Yo, this kid is special!’”
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ creator Sascha Penn explains why Kanan Stark is such an intriguing character
Over the course of six seasons of Energy, the present launched a slew of characters, however solely a handful may develop into leads in a derivative. Penn explains that Kanan was at all times an intriguing character. He revealed that fifty Cent and Energy creator Courtney Kemp at all times knew that there was extra to the villain’s story.
“Kanan was one of the most polarizing characters, if not the most polarizing character, on the original Power, and he was also pretty mysterious; he was enigmatic,” Penn instructed TV Insider. “And one of the reasons why is because the way 50 Cent was able to capture Kanan in the original Power gave us so much creative latitude to imagine him as a 15-year-old. 50 Cent’s portrayal of him was scary and charming and heartbreaking and heartfelt. He really put a ton of depth into that character, and that really allows for a ton of creative opportunities when you’re doing an origin story.”
Although the primary season of Energy Ebook III: Elevating Kanan continues to be rolling there have already been some beautiful revelations.
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ creator Sascha Penn stated the clothes was probably the most difficult facet of the present
Although Curtis, Penn, and the Elevating Kanan writers had 50 Cent’s blueprint from Energy to work from, the wardrobe within the prequel sequence proved to be way more difficult than anybody may have anticipated. The ’90s had been such a novel second in time and to seize the music, really feel and wardrobe wasn’t precisely a simple feat.
“This is really the challenge of the series,” Penn instructed Complex. “That wardrobe of that era is not that easy to find. Keep in mind, we have to have doubles and triples of it, because if it gets dirty or if we have to shoot someone… one of the real challenges is getting wardrobe that was authentic to that particular moment. We try to get the real stuff.”
Nonetheless, the costuming division and set designers nailed it. You’ll by no means know that Elevating Kanan was filming in 2021.