We spoke w/ 'The Power's Toni Collette & John Leguizamo about exploring real-life fears through science fiction.
From Raelle Tucker, the Amazon Studios original series The Power uses the sci-fi/fantasy genre to explore what would happen if women were to suddenly develop the mysterious ability to electrocute at will. Naturally, the global reversal of the power balance this causes leads some to feel threatened and see it as a danger that needs to be controlled and punished, instead of as the gift it could be.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO: A lot of things spoke to me about this script. Of course, I love the speculative fiction of it, using science fiction and real science to talk about this organ that evolves in women, and especially adolescents, and that it protects them and gives them the power. That aligns with everything that’s happening in the world.
How hard is that for them to deal with, when their daughter has this power and they want to support her and figure out what’s going on with her, but at the same time, she can be very dangerous to their son? LEGUIZAMO: Those were new pages that were brought to me, and I was so thrilled by it. I love hip-hop. Hip-hop is my whole life. Hip-hop culture is what got me through my youth. So, to do it with my TV/movie daughter was so thrilling. Auli’i can actually sing. She can actually rhyme. So, to do it with her, while she was looking at me askance, I knew that she was judging me, so it helped me be this awkward dad. It was so fun.
COLLETTE: It’s so funny because, as humans, we’re just so arrogant. We think we’re invincible. One of the things I love about the show is that this is about evolution and it’s happening to us, in this time. I find it so interesting and exciting. My character says, “Our world may never be the same.” We’re dealing with big ideas and big changes. It’s a very ambitious show, and it’s so successful in its ambition.
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