Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost, which launched its third season in March, features Woody McClain as the title character. In addition to being a sequel to Power, it is also a spin-off. Both series are created by Courtney Kemp. The actor plays the character of Cane Tejada, the son of Mary J. Blige’s character, who appears in the series.
On the season 3 finale of Ghost, Cane is in a different situation now compared to the previous season finale as he and his siblings are now in a war against Tariq and Brayden.
We recently caught up with Woody McClain in this exclusive Q&A.
The Knockturnal: Can you break down the behind the scenes development of the scene between Cane and Tariq?
Well, it’s just always been like staying in the truth, you know what I mean? Even with that fight scene, that wasn’t how it originally went down. And we’re able to have conversations with our showrunners. That’s why I feel like Courtney set the bar really high with actors being able to come with opinions. And come with thoughts and ideas. And Brett came on and elevated that to a whole nother level. So just having these conversations with our showrunners meant everything and I think that’s what made that scene so dope because we were able to be like, βwould Tariq get a punch in on Cain?β if you know what I mean.
Woody McClain: Like, can we see that happening? I don’t know. because we saw Cane kill people with his bare hands. just think stuff like just having these conversations, open conversation and everybody knowing their characters, it just elevates the entire project.
The Knockturnal: When did you find out that Lorenzo was going to be killed?
Woody McClain: Before we started the season, they let everybody know where their journey was going. But you’re not supposed to share your journey with other actors. I mean, you probably can, but I don’t like to do it. I just like for everything to be a surprise. So I knew Lorenzo was going from the beginning. And it was definitely an emotional one because Berto is such an amazing actor. I’ve learned a lot from him. He’s so grounded, a great father, and it was hard to keep that secret from him, you know what I mean? It was really hard, but I think they did a great job with the scenes that we had with Berto.
The Knockturnal: Being that you have been in the industry for over a decade now, do you find acting fulfilling right now as you are still growing?
Woody McClain: I appreciate that. It’s been such a journey because it’s one of those things where you can never say you perfected it. Like you could always continue to grow and always continue to get better. And that’s always been my whole life journey, is to get better, not only as a human, but as like a son, as a brother. You know what I mean? And doing that with acting is so beautiful because I can always just get better.
And anybody that’s seen me from the New Edition Story to now, even from interviews, you can kind of see the growth by, you know, my first interview, I didn’t really talk. I don’t think I ever said anything. I said two words, but like, you could just kind of see the growth of the artistry. And it’s like I loved it. I think acting was like the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. And it’s helped me to communicate more. And it’s just been amazing, man. So I really do appreciate you even saying that to me, that that means a lot.
