Collider: Congratulations on Season 2!
STERLING K. BROWN: Always.
Employment is always a good thing.
Do you have a sense of what the second season will be?
Are you the keeper of secrets?
BROWN: I have some secrets.
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The writers have been gathered for a while, since before the announcement.
The first three episodes of the season have been written.
Andthe first three episodes of the season slap.
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Its very, very good.
BROWN: Thats very funny.
Political conspiracies, lies, and the human heart collide in Brown and Dan Fogelman’s reunion effort.
Or do you prefer to not know too far ahead of whats happening?
BROWN: You know what?
I actually like having the information.
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We knew when Jack died.
We knew how it happened.
We knew all of those things.
Some people dont [want the information], and I never quite understood that.
The art is something that everybody can help to construct together.
If youre an actor, you know how to be surprised with whatever it is.
I have a sense of how it comes to an end, which is cool.
And how far is he willing to go, now that he has this information?
Theres his daughters safety and well-being.
There is the knowledge that his wife could be alive.
Control is everything for Sinatra.
She did it with Billy.
Shes probably got something on Jane.
Shes Machiavellian, in that way.
Control gives her a sense of stability.
Is that the way to go about it?
Sitting here, I still very much want to shoot her in the head.
That means, number one, hes gotta figure out whos killed the president.
He now knows that it wasnt Sinatra.
She owned up to killing Billy.
She would have owned up to that.
Having somebody in her place is not anything thats beneficial for her or for [Xavier].
Hes gotta get his daughter back, and hes gotta figure out if his wife is alive.
We get this little nugget that someone from outside the bunker is the one responsible for killing Cal.
Did somebody forget to lock the door?
How did that happen?
Are we going to learn more about how someone got in?
Everybody has their ideas and their thoughts and their suspicions, and its somebody weve met.
Im not saying anything [else].
Dan didnt give you the last episode for a reason.
What was your reaction to reading that finale script?
Did you feel like you already knew all the answers going into it?
Were there things that still surprised you, reading how it all played out?
BROWN: There are things that surprised me.
As an actor, I would be reminded of things.
I was reminded of the cigarette from the pilot and the number on that.
Its so hard to talk about.
There are lots of little things that happen.
Episodes 105 and 108 connect in a really cool way.
Thats really all I can say.
And Ive actually heard nothing but great things from anyone Ive ever talked to thats worked with you.
What do you enjoy most about really digging into it with other actors?
How important is that to you?
I attempt to show up prepared.
If somebody wants to go over the scene beforehand, Im happy to go over the scene.
I love actors and I love acting.
I live to have that fun, in that moment.
“You think you’re the only person here who knows how to shoot a gun?”
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