If you get an opportunity to talk with THEE LeToya Luckett, you’re taking it fortunately!
And if you get to choose her mind a bit about among the extra devastating scenes from Energy Ebook III: Elevating Kanan Season 2 Episode 8, you be sure to do the interview justice.
Luckett was extremely candid as she detailed Kenya’s thought course of through the hour and broke down a lot of Kenya’s motivations pertaining to Jukebox and that fractured relationship.
Kenya and Jukebox’s relationship deteriorates all through this hour after Kenya ambushes her with a conversion remedy session. It is a gut-wrenching scene, and I puzzled what was Kenya’s thought course of all through this difficult hour as she put her daughter in such a disturbing house.
“Nicely, it is heavy as a result of I really feel for Kenya on this scenario, and, after all, I really feel for Juke,” Luckett defined. “Due to her resolution to step out and do what she felt was greatest for her life on the time.
“Now that she’s making an attempt to earn her love and belief from her daughter once more, that is one thing that I really feel she’s scuffling with what she is aware of to be true within the church after which thinks is correct.
“And her additionally feeling like, do I’ve the place as a result of I left for thus lengthy to say or share together with her or to do that to attempt to make issues proper or repair Juke?
“She’s scuffling with that, however on the identical time, as a result of she’s been advised that is the fitting factor to do, she would not need to lose her daughter so far as together with her salvation and for her to go to hell by not doing it, or a minimum of providing what is correct to her or what she thinks is correct.
“Nevertheless it’s a tug of conflict in her thoughts as a result of she’s feeling like, do I’ve this place to do that? I have been gone. However on the identical time, I really feel like I need to save her.
“I need to be the sunshine in her life as a result of I am certain leaving her together with her father or simply realizing how that road life may be, she needs to supply a greater life for her. And he or she simply thinks that she’s doing the fitting factor. Though, it is most likely not. I believe there is a battle there. She thinks she’s saving her.”
Since Kenya’s return, it is clear that she went by rather a lot in these years she was away, and there was rather more to her than meets the attention. She’s a really advanced and dense character.
When requested whether or not these intricacies and complexities drew her to the position, Luckett stated, “Completely, as a result of I am advanced. Girls, on the whole, we’ve got to undergo so many alternative issues, and we’ve got to course of so many alternative issues.
“And particularly with being a mom as Kenya and as a mother of two of my very own, I may relate to Kenya in some ways. However on the identical time, I did not perceive her decision-making, and I really like characters that spark my curiosity and make me suppose more durable or overthink.
“And he or she was that. She offered all of that, and I felt like her story deserved to be advised although folks would decide her. What? You left your daughter to pursue a profession, and now you are doing this? I felt like I needed her to have the ability to share her reality, and I simply did my greatest.
“I did my greatest with making an attempt to deliver her character to life and inform her story.”
Luckett succeeded in bringing Kenya to life on-screen in a difficult position, as Kenya did appear conflicted at instances with whether or not or not she was doing the fitting factor.
So, did Kenya consider the connection she was cultivating with Jukebox got here from an excellent place?
“Sure, I believe it was her making an attempt to get her time again. I believe it was her making an attempt to earn her place as a mom once more as a result of she knew she made a nasty resolution earlier than, a egocentric resolution earlier than.
“Though going on the market, she thought that she was doing one thing for them, with the ability to present a greater life for her daughter. I believe that that has at all times been her mind-set; although she obtained caught up, I really feel this may present a greater life for my daughter.
“This could be an excellent factor for us, or this could be an excellent factor for her.
“However there’s some selfishness that wraps itself round that each time. And that’s one, the dearth of communication with Marvin, simply choosing up and leaving, and realizing that you just’re simply leaving your daughter otherwise you guys’ daughter within the fingers of the streets.
“Additionally, with the church, sure, this could be what you suppose is an effective or the fitting factor to do, nevertheless it won’t be who she is or what she needs to signify. This is not who she has turn out to be. And I do really feel that though her intentions had been good, a variety of instances that it wasn’t the most effective factor for her.”
As a result of that is Energy, Kenya’s story will not be over but, so we’ll be trying to see if there’s extra story to inform right here.
Let me know within the feedback what you considered Kenya and her introduction this season, in addition to what Luckett needed to say about this hour.
You’ll be able to watch Energy Ebook III: Elevating Kanan on Sundays at 9/8c on Starz.
***This interview has been edited for size and readability.***
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