Why did Sterling K. Brown refused a chance in directing this is us

Here we are Star Sterling K. Brown Recalls a missed opportunity as he prepares for the first appearance of his new TV series, Paradise.

“Here we are offers a few catharsis. Usually, at the end of each chapter, you had a chance to lay down a burden, ”said Brown Diversity In an interview published on January 24, referring to the new series. “This one, the burdens are still stacked. It is more curiosity and expectation. “

While this new Hulu series offers Brown the opportunity to grow in a different direction to his beloved character, Randall Pearson, he is reunited And fogelmanwho serves as the series creator and executive producer – the same role as he was Here we are. And unlike his last experience with the Fogelman, Brown said, he could branch out and direct a chapter (or more) of the new series.

“What I am most captivated in any kind of performance. As a director, you have to be fascinated by the integrity of it all. And sometimes I’m like, ‘I don’t really care about this,’ he explained. “I will let the world builders do their thing. But if I were to do it, that would be a fun opportunity, because I know that bunch. I know they would get my back. “

Brown is also an active producer of the new show that has given him the opportunity to dig into the details of the series, such as the 80s soundtrack inspired by the show.

“It almost feels very similar BridgertonI was watching him over the pandemic, ”he explained. “It’s like we’ve taken these very familiar songs and we’ve updated them in the covers. I remember Jordan Peele ‘us’ made a cover of his got 5 on it’-ba-dymp, five ba-dymp, five ba-dymp. 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 certain demographic, they will hear the songs and similarly,’ Oh, S – T. ‘ “

A partnership with Fogelman on the New Hulu series was easy, the actor also said. “It’s going, ‘I wrote this show, and as I wrote it, I realized I was a kind of writing for you.’ He said, ‘If you are not interested, all well, I understand – but if you are, then we can talk about it.’ So I was like, ‘Bro, you’ve written six years of shit-ass-assassing me-let me take gander.’ “

Paradise Set in a quiet, rich community and following the story of Xavier Collins, a secret service agent and father to two whose world turns upside down after the former President of the US was killed.

As Brown said, “Paradise is to explore that story line, but it is also about how people deal with an emergency, how you move on when the world has been flipped upside down and you do not necessarily see a way to Move on but there are. “

Paradise Premieres on Hulu on January 28.