![]() Thompson: You are shrewd, and the choices and moves you make are very considered. (left to right) Joseph Sikora and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson attend the Power Book IV: Force Premiere. The audience we have has already learned to love our character, but this could do more because the people who haven't watched before can come and see it for the first time. It is the biggest marketing piece you've had connected to the universe, and it could potentially do better than everything else. Marketing-wise, this is the biggest old-fashioned cookie-cutter thinking, traditional Hollywood way of doing things. The beauty of it is that it is written well enough for you to tune in for the first time, and you see Tommy coming into a new town in Chicago you don't have to know him from Power. Once there is the clear focus on who it is, they can tune in and find everything they'd been missing. Having him be white is the possibility for the show to outperform, and it's also an opportunity for an audience that hadn't taken a look at the universe because they didn't see themselves in it. ![]() Did you think twice about doing that?ĥ0 Cent: No. Tommy is the lead character in this season, and he's white. Thompson: You mention the diversity and people seeing themselves represented on screen. ![]()
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