In season 4 of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan,’ the show’s lead character is stepping out on his own and facing new challenges.
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00:00more and more people are gravitating towards the story.
00:03It's, I'm glad that I'm able to bridge the gap
00:07between people that watch the show
00:10and know the character and know the arts
00:13and people that don't know the show,
00:14don't know this universe, don't know this culture,
00:18and, you know, bring them into that world.
00:23Now you want people to see you, Kanan.
00:25I want them to see me as me.
00:29Not who my mother is.
00:31I'm happy for you, man.
00:32Congratulations on a new season, man.
00:34Thank you, appreciate you.
00:36Now, Kanan has come a long way
00:38from the kid we all met in season one.
00:40This year, he's way more confident.
00:43How would you describe his mindset going into season four?
00:48His mindset's all over the place, man.
00:50I think, you know, you coming in from him grieving
00:53the death of his father in front of his face,
00:56not at his hands.
00:57I think you're watching him
01:00try to further establish who he is as an individual.
01:06Yeah, it's a lot going on for the kid this year, man.
01:09Like, he's gonna be thinking through and acting on a lot.
01:16He's gonna be feeling a lot.
01:18And, you know, that's the story here, man.
01:20You know, that's the story of the love
01:22of a mother and son.
01:24So one of the biggest shocks from season three
01:26is that Younique is still alive and he's back for revenge.
01:30How do you think that revelation
01:31is gonna shake up Kanan's world?
01:36I think that'll shake it up in a couple of different ways.
01:37I think there's the knowledge that, you know,
01:41his mother and Younique weren't, like,
01:45always the friendliest.
01:48I mean, I think there's a notion
01:50that he might be able to get in and, you know,
01:55mess with Rock the same way that Rock messes with Kanan.
01:58I think there's the notion that nobody really knows
02:02what Younique is on right now.
02:03I think there's the overshadowing thing,
02:07like, oh, this was his brother.
02:09You never, like, you don't know what he's out for right now.
02:12So, you know, Kanan is juggling and dealing with a lot.
02:17So this year, too, Kanan's gonna be working
02:19alongside people like Snaps, Pops, and Marchetti, too.
02:23But I wanted to ask you, as an actor,
02:25how was it like working along with legends
02:27like Wendell Pierce and Tony Danza, man?
02:32I can talk about them, but they're truthfully, like,
02:35oh, man, it's really just a blessing, you know what I mean?
02:39And for them to be so open and willing to share
02:43as people that have been doing this for so long
02:45and have such careers, I just sit back, shut up, and watch.
02:51I take in the process.
02:52I ask questions if they come up,
02:55if I'm curious about something.
02:56And again, they're beyond willing to share.
02:59So it's cool, you know, being able to be in that space
03:02and watch them do what they do in such a close proximity,
03:06after seeing it on screen and on stage for so long.
03:08But to be in the same room and call this person
03:11a scene partner, call this person a colleague,
03:14it's like, you know, yeah.
03:17Thank you, Sasha.
03:18Thank you, Sasha Penn.
03:20Now, Raising Cain, and it's grown in viewership as well, too.
03:25For you that embodies such an iconic character,
03:29what has been the most rewarding part
03:30of bringing Cain and Stark to life?
03:33It's like you just said, that more and more people
03:36are gravitating towards the story.
03:39I'm glad that I'm able to bridge the gap
03:42between people that watch the show
03:45and know the character and know the arts
03:48and people that don't know the show,
03:49don't know this universe, don't know this culture,
03:53and, you know, bring them into that world,
03:56bring them into just a family drama.
03:59You know, this is literally just people
04:01dealing with one another and dealing with life
04:05and dealing with relationship and dealing with identity
04:07and dealing with, like, all these universal themes.
04:11So, you know, being handed that baton,
04:14being put in that position, man,
04:19I try to wear it with grace.
04:20I try to wear it proudly.
04:24So I wanted to know, too, man,
04:25with Cain going out on his own more this season,
04:29him and his mother's relationship
04:30is more strained than ever.
04:32Do you think there's more,
04:34there's still hope for them to build trust
04:36at all in the future?
04:37I mean, not with her killing his father in front of him.
04:42I think, I think with any familial relationship,
04:46I think with, especially with parents,
04:49I think with anybody that has a big heart,
04:51you'll always sort of have that same sort of, you know,
04:54want, yearn, longing for that relationship.
04:58But I think as things continuously happen,
05:02and you build your, not bias,
05:05but you build your perspective based off of that,
05:08that can also sway and change the want
05:13for that relationship to be what it is.
05:16You know what I mean?
05:17I think it's funny as mirroring as they are to each other,
05:22they do things that they say are for one another,
05:25but they're like hurting one another, not realizing it.
05:30It's a weird, it's a weird little, you know,
05:33song and dance between them, it's kind of funny.
05:37So what are you most excited for our audience to see
05:40for season four of Raising Cain?
05:44I'm just excited for them to see more of the stakes
05:48that we've put into it.
05:49I think, especially coming right off the heels of a strike,
05:56you know, I think you're seeing a lot
05:57of really raw, gritty emotion.
05:59Like, I think that's been something
06:01that's been really different with this show from the jump,
06:03being that we shot through a pandemic
06:05and then we shot through it, or not shot through,
06:07but after we came back from the strike
06:09and now we're back up on that,
06:10there's just a lot of personal experience
06:14that came to the work through and through.
06:17And I'm excited to share that.
06:20You know what I mean?
06:20I'm excited to share what I've been sent here to share.
06:26Well, thank you so much, my brother.
06:27I really appreciate you.
06:28I'm looking forward to the new season too, man.
06:30Thank you for talking to me.
06:31Appreciate you, dawg.
06:32Slut up.