This is us Star Sterling K. Brown Recalls a missed opportunity while preparing for the debut of his new television series, ParadiseS
“This is us He suggested a little catharsis. Usually at the end of each episode you have a chance to load weight, “Brown told Variety In an interview published on January 24, referring to the new series. “This one, the weight is simply continuing to accumulate. This is more intrigue and expectation. “
While this new Hulu series offers Brown opportunity to grow in a different direction than your beloved character, Randal Pearson, he reunites And a fogelmanwho serves as the creator of the series and an executive producer – the same role as he had This is usS And unlike his latest experience with Fogelman, said Brown, he can branch and direct an episode (or more) from the new series.
“What most intrigues me is the presentation. As a director, you have to get intrigued with the totality of all this. And sometimes I’m like, “I’m not interested in this,” he explained. “I will leave the world builders to do their own thing. But if I would do it, it would be a fun opportunity because I know this crew. I know they would have my back. “
Brown is also an executive producer in the new show position, which gave him the opportunity to really fall into the details of the series, such as a soundtrack inspired by the 80s of the show.
“Almost feels much like BridgertonWhich I watched the pandemic, ”he explained. “It is as if we have taken those songs that are very familiar and have updated them in the covers. I remember Jordan Peel in the US made a cover of “I got 5 on it” -Ba-dump bum, ba-dump bum, ba-dump bum. And as soon as you heard it in the trailer, every black man was like, “Oh, s – t! “I have 5 on it”! “We hope for a particular demographic, they will hear the songs and will be like ‘o, s – T.’
The partnership with Fogelman in the new Hulu series was easy, the actor said. “He goes,” I wrote this show and as I write it, I realized I was writing it for you. ” He said, “If you are not interested, everything is fine, I understand – but if you are, then we can talk about it.” So, I was like, “Brother, you wrote six years of drug shit-let’s look for.”
Paradise is located in a quiet, rich community and follows the story of Xavier Collins, a secret service agent and a father of two whose world turns upside down after a former US president is killed.
As Brown said, “Paradise is the study of this story, but it is also about how people deal with the crisis, how you continue when the world is turned upside down and you don’t have to see a way to move forward, but there is. “
Paradise Hulu premieres on January 28th.
