Sterling K. Brown explains why he was 1 of the only ‘this is us’ stars to reject instructor role in the last season

This is us Star Sterling K. Brown Remembering a miss the opportunity as he prepares for the debut of his new TV series, Paradise.

“This is us offered a bit of catharsis. Usually at the end of each episode you got a chance to put a burden down, ”Brown told to Black In an interview published on January 24, with reference to the new series. “This one, the burdens just continue to pour up. It’s more intrigue and expectation. “

While this new hulu series gives Brown an opportunity to grow in a different direction than his beloved character, Randall Pearson, he reunites with Dan Fogelmanwho acts as the series’ creator and performing producer – the same role he had on This is us. And unlike his last experience with Fogelman, Brown said, he might be able to branch out and direct an episode (or more) of the new series.

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“What I’m most intrigued by in every kind of thing is achievement. As an instructor, you must be fascinated by the whole of it all. And sometimes I’m like ‘I don’t care about this,’ he explained. “I let the world builders do their things. But if I had to do it, it would be a fun option because I know that crew. I know they would have my back. “

Brown is also a performing producer at the new show-a position that has given him the opportunity to really dig into the details of the series, like the show’s 80s-inspired soundtrack.

“It feels almost a lot like BridergonAs I saw on the pandemic, ”he explained. “It’s as if we’ve taken these songs that are very well known and we’ve updated them in the covers. I remember Jordan Peele in ‘USA’ 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 person was like, ‘oh, s – t! “I got 5 on it”! ‘We hope for a particular demographic, they want to hear the songs and be like,’ Oh, s – t. ‘ “

It was easy to collaborate with Fogelman in the new Hulu series, the actor said too. “He goes,” I wrote this show, and as I write it, I realized I was the kind of writing it for you. “He said, ‘If you’re not interested, all good, I understand – but if you are, we can talk about it.’ So I was like, ‘bro, you’ve written six years of dope-ass shit-let me take a gander.’ “

Paradise is set in a quiet, wealthy community and follows the story of Xavier Collins, Secret Service Agent and Father of two if the world turns upside down after a former US president is killed.

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As Brown expressed it, “Paradise Is the exploration of this story, but it is also about how people handle crisis, how you move on when the world has turned upside down and you do not necessarily see a way to move forward, but there is. “

Paradise Premier at Hulu on January 28th.