And once Davis MacLean was manifested onscreen, it is what it is. I already had an idea of what I was going to do, but sometimes somebody can broaden what you were thinking about, that kind of adds on to what you’re already doing. Because he kind of put things perspective for me. You’ve never played the role of a lawyer before this, so what informed your portrayal of Davis?įirst, I had to use a few references, and once I got my feet wet and got grounded, I give a lot of credit to where the character went to the director of the pilot episode, Anthony Hemingway. With Power Book II: Ghost back on Starz for the second half of its season, Method Man spoke to Vulture about MacLean’s evolution, his thoughts on real-life courtrooms, and the status of How High 3. With Tasha as a client, MacLean can strengthen his persona as an aggressive defensive attorney who champions the rights of those wrongly maligned by an unjust system. MacLean’s seeming leeriness about Tasha’s case, and the mysterious source of Tariq’s money to cover her defense, are apparently overshadowed by an opportunity for great press.

Initially, MacLean doesn’t want the case, but Tasha and James’s son, Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) - the real killer - forces MacLean’s hand by publicly announcing that he’s defending his mom. Patrick ( Naturi Naughton), James’s widow, who’s jailed following her arrest for James’s murder. Meanwhile, the lawyers on Power who survived and made it to Power Book II: Ghost are shadowed by entanglements stemming from their unsuccessful efforts to nab James and Tommy.Įnter Method Man, who plays defense attorney Davis MacLean on Power Book II: Ghost. Another federal prosecutor, who’s in cahoots with a Mexican drug lord, is knifed in jail. Egan, who’s always down to strangle or stab or shoot a perceived enemy, also kills federal prosecutor Angela Valdes (Lela Loren), James’s on-again, off-again lover. His best friend and drug-trafficking partner, Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora), murders another one of James’s lawyers, Joe Proctor (Jerry Ferrara). Patrick (Omari Hardwick) kills his onetime lawyer, Terry Silver (Brandon Victor Dixon). On the original show, coke kingpin James “Ghost” St.

In the Power universe, law is a terrible profession. This interview contains spoilers for Power and Power Book II: Ghost. Photo: Myles Aronowitz/2020 Starz Entertainment, LLC

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