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I only knew them as addicts, but my parents and my grandparents, and other family members that are older than me, had this unconditional love for them. I didn’t get to witness them during that phase in their lives. And I’ve only known them as addicts because I wasn’t born prior to their addictions. “I had family members that were on drugs.

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“All Black families have been affected by the crack epidemic, in some way or another, my family included,” Bean says, her voice softening. One of the ways Bean taps into Wanda’s humanity, she says, is to draw from her own personal experiences. But once you add the layers of addiction, crack and poverty, the role becomes that much more intense.” “There are so many plights that you already have to overcome as a Black woman in America. “‘Beautiful’ might not be a word that most people would use to describe Wanda’s journey, but I consider it beautiful because I can bring so much depth to it and remind people that addicts are human too. “It’s very exciting for me to have a character that has such a beautiful arc and so much depth,” Bean reveals. “We are working to make sure his legend lives on through Snowfall.”Īs Singleton did, Bean wants to continuously remind viewers Wanda is a person first. “He laid the foundation for us,” Bean says.

He was the one who had envisioned and planned out how that alternate-universe finale was going to go.” I loved seeing Wanda’s alternate life in that finale and it was such a soft spot to shoot that without John. The finale was Episode 10, but John, who was such an amazing legend, had always been the director for the finales. He passed while we were shooting Season 3, Episode 7. “None of this would have been possible without the late John Singleton,” she says reverentially. Although John Singleton, who co-created Snowfall, died before he could work on Season 4, Bean says it feels like the way the story is playing out for Wanda and Leon is exactly how he would’ve wanted it to be. In Episode 4, Leon tries to return the favor by saving Wanda and getting her as much help as he can while she recovers in the hospital. It’s like, ‘If no one else has you, I got you.'” When you find someone who has gone through things like you have and you struggle through something with someone, it creates an unbreakable bond and they will always have that. I mean, she was cooking in his crack house for him. Leon and Wanda bonded and they have so many similarities even though he’s the one who sort of got her hooked on crack. “As dysfunctional as Franklin’s home life may come across, he still has the support and love of his family. “Their home lives growing up may not have been as supportive as the loving family unit Franklin has,” Bean continues. In that way, Leon and Wanda are like a chosen family, she says. Wanda and Leon both see the genuineness and loyalty they have for one another and that’s going to always keep them connected because Leon and Wanda came from something.” And more than anything, which I feel is greater than love, they have loyalty,” the Atlanta native adds.

“They have love, like really genuine love. Wanda and Leon’s connection also underscores aspects of her humanity, Bean says.

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