Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan premiered on Starz in July and completed its first season on Sept. 26. Created by Sascha Penn and spun off from the 2014 Energy present, it’s a prequel sequence chronicling the rise of New York Metropolis gangster Kanan Stark. Mekai Curtis leads the present because the namesake character, beforehand performed by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. However the supporting characters are simply as vital.
Certainly one of them is Kanan’s uncle Marvin Thomas. Performed by London Brown, he helps to boost Kanan and molds him into the person he ultimately turned. He’s additionally the household fixer, at all times down for no matter. However there have been instances when he was unable to return via, like within the Energy E book III: Elevating Kanan Season 1 finale.
In an interview with Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Brown shared his ideas on the most recent episode, his hopes for his character, and extra.
The place ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ left Uncle Marvin
Within the season 1 finale, Raq tapped Marvin to get Kanan out of city after the try on Detective Malcolm Howard (Omar Epps). He was near choosing up his nephew when he was stopped and arrested by police on drug fees. On the station, Marvin realized Toni had set him up, however he wasn’t fearful, boasting he’d be nice.
With nobody else to go to, Raquel Thomas (Patina Miller) requested Symphony Bosket (Toby Sandeman) to select up her son. And he did, driving Kanan right down to Maryland.
What’s arising in ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 2?
To Brown, all Marvin actually desires is for his sister to respect him. He thinks the following season will “explore more of that and continue more of what happened in the first season.”
“Marvin has a lot of issues. There’s a lot of things that make Marvin who he is. It’s a lot of great things about him, but there are also a lot of personal demons that he’s trying to face,” he defined. “So in the second season, I think people are going to see the struggle of him having to deal with needing to rid the vestiges of his past.”
“That whole daughter thing is one of those things that I think you guys are gonna see him trying to rid himself of as he tries to mend his relationship with her,” Brown continued, referencing Marvin’s combat together with his daughter Jukebox (Hailey Kilgore).
“But also, he’s trying to mend his relationship with his sister,” Brown added. “Because as far as we know, his sister just knows that he didn’t show up. He was trying to, but he didn’t. So Marvin gotta patch up a lot of relationships throughout the show that will come up as we move forward.”
London Brown’s hopes for Marvin
Whereas we’re all glad to listen to about Marvin engaged on himself and his violent tendencies, Brown hopes he received’t “lose his edge,” due to how enjoyable it’s to play him.
“I just want him to be respected still,” he shared. (*2*)
“So if we can get some resolution to that and still let Marvin be a work in progress, I think that would be a fine middle ground,” Brown concluded.
Elevating Kanan Season 2 is filming now in New York Metropolis. Starz has not shared a launch date for it, however the present ought to return in 2022.