And I know what that is like, to have your parent growing and learning with you. I was raised in the South by a single mom and she was 15 when she had me. It's like a universal thing, whether you're black or white or whatever. And what I realized is that why it feels so familiar, why Raq feels so familiar, is because she is a lot of women. Having been raised by a single mother, did you see any similarities in yourself that allowed you to play this role?Ībsolutely. So it all kind of happened the way it was supposed to happen. They trusted my instincts and I trusted my own instincts. And it was just a process where my voice mattered. But I love that you got to see her vulnerable side with her son her sexy and flirtatious side with Symphony her very much like the Mama Bear when she goes to meet Unique and then just the matriarch when the family is all together and that love.Īnd I love Sascha Penn, our show creator, who was so collaborative in wanting to talk about the process and talk about what I saw for the character and the traps that I wanted to stay away from with this character. That's the easy thing for black women to play - strong. Not just the strong woman, because that's easy. I just loved that Raq got to be many different things and that was all in one script. And I know what it's like to be in a position of power and have men question you at every turn and always having to prove yourself. I know what it's like to be the mother and to be the child of a young mom. I know this woman.” I know what her inner struggle is. I never read a script so fast in my life and I closed it and it made me a little emotional because I was like, “Oh my God, I get this woman. I have to be really intentional when I sit in rooms about the things that I want to do, and you have to voice that in order for it to come. Because I told them the kind of characters I wanted to play - three dimensional. And they hadn’t told me what the show was actually, they just said we have this character. It just so happened I ended up in the right place at the right time, talking to the right people about Power. For our sixth season things were about to change and I’m like, “What am I going to do next? I've been with one character for six years.” You know, it's kind of like a scary place to be. I was finishing up my run on Madam Secretary, thankfully that ran for a long time. How did your role of playing Raquel Thomas on Raising Kanan come about? You don't really get that kind of process. On the stage you just have to go with your instincts because it is fast, because it is a show and there are people waiting. This role allows me to sort of have those moments, to really be thoughtful about my character thoughtful about the work thoughtful about what I want to do because we have the gift of time on our side. And so for me, the big part of it is trying to stay in your character while the reset happens, where the camera shifts or while you're doing the next scene, so it just makes it longer, and you're in character more. Your process is kind of broken up until you film. You get up at three and four in the morning and then, you're going through a process. But with TV, it's a long extended amount of time. So with the theater work, you do your show in 2 hours and then you go home. I think what’s challenging about it really is the sort of longevity of it. But for now she’s happy to return to season 1, discussing how she came to understand Raquel even in her darkest moment, and what she’s eager for fans to see in season 2 when the show returns August 14. Raising Kanan is returning for a second season later this year, and Miller acknowledges the show left viewers with a lot of cliffhangers to grapple with. Navigating every obstacle in her family’s path, from pushing her son to get an education and do more with his life, battling rival drug lords, making all of the tough decisions including teacher her son to kill his father who happens to also be a police offer, and nurturing relationships with women in need, Raquel works hard to watch over and protect her male dominated family, all while raising her son on the mean streets of New York City in the 1980s. On Raising Kanan, created by Sascha Penn***,*** Miller plays Raquel “Raq” Thomas, the mother of the man who will grow up to become Power’s fearsome super villain, Kanan. But she’s stepped into an entirely new world as the lead of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan, a prequel to and second spin-off series from Power, the series created by Courtney Kemp alongside Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Patina Miller has been Broadway royalty for over a decade, a Tony winner for the 2013 revival of Pippin and star of Sister Act and this summer’s Into the Woods.
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