#RaisingKanan Exclusive: Wendell Pierce & Erika Woods Talk Snaps & Pops’ Ruthless Ruling & The Show’s POWERful Female Representation

A
new
episode
of

Raising
Kanan
is
streaming
on
STARZ
and
fans
are
being
treated
to
the
ruthless
ruling
of
two
new
characters.

Wendell
Pierce
has
joined
the

Power
universe
as
Ishmael
“Snaps”
Henry,
a
street
legend
drug
dealer
who’s
a
“retired”
bank
robber.
He’s
not
alone
however,
he’s
joined
by

Erika
Woods
who
plays
the
calculated
and
cunning
love
of
his
life,
Stephanie
“Pop”
Henry.

Source:
Jamie
McCarthy/Getty
/
Getty

***SPOILERS
AHEAD***

Source:
Starz
/
Starz

Snaps
and
Pop
have
agreed
to
invest
in

Ronnie
to
get
him
back
into
the
drug
game
after
his
prison
release.
And
while
most
people
are
petrified
by
the
brooding
brother
of

Unique

(who
also
killed
him
and
hid
his
body),
Erika
Woods
told
BOSSIP’s
Managing
Editor
Dani
Canada
that
Pop
is
far
from
afraid
because
she’s
a
“secret
weapon.”

Source:
“Power
Book
III:
Raising
Kanan”
Season
3
/
Starz

“Well,
Pop
and
Ronnie
have
a
little
bit
of
history
and
I
love
kind
of
playing
into
that,”
said
Woods.
“She’s
not
afraid
of
anyone.
And
I
really
like
the
mystery
behind
her
she
presents
herself
as
one
way,but
she
has
this
whole
other
agenda
and
she’s
really
quite
smart
and
she
was
easy
to
base
off
of
a
few
women
in
my
life.”

She
continued,

“You’re
gonna
be
excited
to
see
where
Pop
goes
on
her
journey,
I
think
people
kind
of
downplay
her
like,
‘Oh,
it’s
just
a
woman.
She
doesn’t
know
what
she’s
doing.’
She’s
kind
of
the
secret
weapon.
She
and
Snap
have
this
like
hidden
language
and
she
plays
into
all
that
with
her
femininity
[and]
her
confidence.
But
just
as
quick
as
she
can
give
you
some
honey,it
can
turn
sour.
And
I
always
thought
that
was
a
good
weapon
with
women.”

Source:
Jamie
McCarthy
/
Getty

Wendell
Pierce
also
spoke
on
playing
Snaps,
who’s
a
far
cry
from
Detective
Bunk,
the
iconic
character
he
played
on

The
Wire.

“That’s
the
the
best
thing
about
Snaps,
he’s
completely
different,”
he
told
BOSSIP.
“You
know
an
actor
always
wants
to
be
as
diverse
and
show
range.
I’m
really
happy
about
the
comments.
You
know
from
people
who
say,
‘I’ve
never
seen
you
this
way’
and
I’m
like
that’s
that’s
a
good
thing.
You
don’t
want
to
pigeonhole
yourself.
And
so
I
love
that
about
Snaps.
He’s
given
me
an
opportunity
to
do
something
different
and
portray
a
character
that
most
people
haven’t
seen
in
my
career.”

Source:
Arturo
Holmes
/
Getty

Elsewhere
in
the
conversation,
the
two
dished
on
the
powerful
female
representation
that
includes
Woods’
no-holds-barred
portrayal
of
Pop
and
Patina
Miller
whose
been
enthralling
fans
with
her
portrayal
of
HBIC,
Raquel
Thomas.

“It
really
is
also
a
great
demonstration
of
Black
women
and
the
talent
but
the
talent
that
young
Black
actresses
have,”
said
Pierce.

Watch
our
#RaisingKanan
exclusive
with
Erika
Woods
and
Wendell
Pierce.

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