Congratulations on such a great series,
I've watched the first two episodes that I'm immediately hooked on the show.
What's going to happen?
I wonder if you could start by telling us a bit about your character.
Water Flynn!
Moved to Chicago when he was 20 years old
from the streets of Dublin and Glasgow.
And then he proceeded to take over the entire city
and for a man of his years,
he's still the top man.
And to get to that position, I think,
took a bit of the knowledge
of Ireland.
And he's the king of Chicago, and along comes
Tommy fucking Egan
So you can imagine what's going to happen
or is, is it all?
Who knows? Who knows
what's going to happen every day?
His great opening sequence because his opening
opening scene in the show is immediately dislikable but likable
at the same time because he had no comment about... He's fucking lovable!
He's a serial killer psychopath.
A fucking absolutely adorable.
I get it.
He's like, Oh, it's his daughter immediately.
And you're just like, Oh, I hate.
I can't wait to see what's going to happen with his character.
How did you balance that?
Because it's so easy
to make a dislikable character, so make it dislikable character
or make him likable.
Yeah, I think, you know what?
Because I think he's just
just tell the truth that he can't because he doesn't know he's being an asshole.
He thinks inside his head he's doing the right thing.
And it's just
I know that he knows he's a big, an asshole. Yes.
And he's kind of stuck in our old school,
misogynistic women in the kitchen bullshit.
And he doesn't see his daughter
Now, though, he's kind of knowing the world that entirely.
He hasn't tried hide it from them,
but it doesn't seem as though there is a crime boss.
You know what I mean?
Girls do? No, no, no, no, no.
That's not who he is supposed to be.
So Victor, the son, is going to take the throne one day.
Not too soon,
but so we'll see how those simply
and there from what I've seen, must be pretty spectacular.
Oh, it's going to be it's going to be great and like,
you just seem to have like an insult, but you seem to have a kind of
it does care about her in a way that it's almost like, I don't want you
to get involved in what I do.
Yeah, yeah, that's duh.
But I think it's more misogynistic than not.
He's just like, no women are supposed to do this.
You know what I mean?
Only gives a fuck about the world.
He think that's just what people do?
You'd be better successful.
Sell drugs
for thirty plus years and never been cuaght,
so much as all these beautiful suits, and he's doing something right?
Absolutely.
I like the fact that they've moved Power to Chicago
because Chicago has such a great history of crime.
Did you do any research on the history of Chicago
because you like kind of the Irish threads into Chicago as well?
Well, you know,
I don't, you know, I got into the old Chicago ideas, gangsters.
There's a lot of reading about it, but I was really excited
about getting there and spending time with Joseph [Sikora].
Early on in the year, way back in February last year,
we're going to drive around and call and meet
politicians and, you know, just get to know what to say.
But because of all the restrictions that came to fuck all,
but Joseph has a vast knowledge of Chicago because he's born and bred there and
uses just
a vast knowledge of most things I should use, but has.
I got a lot of stuff from them, and it was invaluable.
And then sometimes we would try and improvise scenes and we start talking
about Chicago in the games and he will just leave me in the dust.
We started later that he had so much information
that I can't keep up with other people talking about who would say this?
Yeah.
Is there a favorite fact about Chicago that you found out about the crime
that like you were like?
Yeah, I will always tell people about this.
Well, this just yeah.
I mean, there's tons of stuff that I search about
and there's tons of stuff.
Like I say, lockdown, which I didn't really get in order to say
I was going through the stages or from location back to your apartment.
And I was my Chicago for like eight months.
And I mean,
I went through a couple of walks here and there, but
you couldn't really get to enjoy this day.
Most of the it was lockdown or,
you know.
Plus, we couldn't leave the film.
We were all a COVID bubble, so everyone on set was tested
and we couldn't leave because we can be with other people
outside the bubble, in case of infection
So, yeah, it was a boy in a bubble scenario.
A movie boy in a bubble.
Well,
speaking about the bubble, then this is effectively
a brand new cast to this show, apart from Joseph as Tommy
and how does it feel being new players in such a
wildly popular show?
And how is the casting of
getting together to make this kind of like crime syndicate?
Well, I think we're all very lucky because, like you say,
power is already established as is phenomenal franchise.
Incredible show with some amazing actors and.
We all get to play with Tom Egan,
so we don't blame all these new characters.
Sure. And I think it's very exciting.
I love it.
And we don't have to know that world
because this is a whole new world we are creating with Tommy.
And it's an interesting.
Absolutely.
I mean, it's just instantly these characters
just come off the screen and you can't wait to follow them down.
Yeah, yeah.
And yeah, as
Anthony Fleming III
Kris Lofton, Isaac Keys,
Gabrielle Ryan, Shane Harper, Lili [Simmons].
I mean, the cast is incredible.
all these great actors I get to play with,
and everyone wants to bring everyone's
evolving and creating this new character,
and I still am including myself.
And it's a lot of fun to watch and be part of.
After
all, long time, it's going to be it's going to be.
I can't wait for people to see it because, like you said,
the cast is just so phenomenal, including yourself, by the way.
But as you're playing
like a pretty nasty criminal guy, I've always wondered
this is any particular scenes, like violent scenes or drug scenes
or anything that you find particular particularly difficult to shoot.
That would depend on what it is. The violence is a part of life
I'm not into just doing it for the sake of doing it.
Not interested in, but it's part of the story and it makes sense then.
Yeah, why not?
Don't fucking sugarcoat it.
You said it's very true, that is very true.
Do you sometimes have a bit of fun playing antagonist?
Do I have fun playing?
Yeah, the bad guy's s always fun to play - you kidding me?!
Yeah, it's a lot of cussing and swearing.
For whatever.
Just, yeah, it's fun.
It's a lot of fun because I'm a
I honestly, I'm a complete ham.
I am.
I'm the quiet guy in the world when I'm home.
But when I go play on sets like this, it's just a ton of fun.
A lot of fun as well.
Yeah, it just seemed like a lot of fun to play,
is there a particular episode that's coming up that you can't
wait for viewers to see because it's just going to be like below their minds?
Oh God, oh god.
Oh God.
Yeah, yeah.
I...I think - three or four that... they're all great.
Everyone is phenomenal.
Every single one is great.
Every single scene
and single minute.
Every second.
Honestly, even by the end of episode one, I was like, I'm
going to be the amazing show.
Yeah.
It will be, I guarantee it.
under a guy, you know,
Joseph, is incredible,
he told me, and so beautifully,
you just want to see him.
In my opinion, I want to see what Tommy Egan
is going to do and how he does it
and has and as we then have the
I and a clash and the clash,
what happens there in the family dynamic, I mean, it's all going on.
That's just one part of the story.
Then you have Diamond and all the other side,
so on.
It's going to be so good.
I can't wait for everyone.
Well, actually to catch the rest of the season because I'm hooked already.
So I thought
if you could sum up this season, in three words, a final question.
If you could sum up this season, in three words, what would it be
to grab people and bring them in highly fucking addictive.
Those are great three words.
Highly fucking addictive
really works in so many different levels because, you know it's about drugs.
Yes, there you go.
I meant obviously all that
should be on the poster marketing.
Well, there you go.
Highly addictive.
Oh, that's amazing.
Well, it's been so great talking to you.
I'm such a big fan
and I can't wait to see where your character goes in Power
and I can't wait for everyone to see this season.
Wonderful. Really nice to meet you.
You take care of yourself.
Take care.
Thank you very much.
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