In short, Randall is arguably the best character on the total tearjerker of a series.
The fact that actorSterling K. Brownhas alreadynabbed an Emmy awardfor the role offers compelling proof.
Such talent couldn’t have sprung out of thin air, right?
Before he began playing a beloved part in the Pearson clan, who was Brown?
But such wasn’t always the case.
(In reality, it was reduced to a background part.)
And it gets worse from there.
Brown added, “But I went to the movie with my family.
And I went opening night.
I was like, ‘Mom, I’m about to be in my first movie.’
We watched the movie, and it was evident to me that I got cut out.
My mother was like, ‘Were you the brother playing basketball in the background?
You were good!'”
gets turned into a vampire.
But let’s be honest.
No one can, or should ever replace @jarpad & @JensenAckles."
C’mon, how could you not love this man?
To date Detective Carter, played byfellow 2018 NAACP Image Award winnerTaraji P. Henson.
Unsurprisingly, he had no trouble making Henson’s character (and everyone else) swoon.
“Carter lived out her dream,” Henson said.
“There’s one episode where she’s sniping from the roof.
She did badass stuff!
Would you want to do more badass stuff?
Absolutely, who wouldn’t?”
Being a strong female character of conviction, and being wooed by Sterling K. Brown, reallyisliving the dream.
In an interview with theMinnesota Spokesman-Recorder, the actor gushed, “Army Wiveswas a gift from God.”
Hurd inWhiskey Tango Foxtrotwas not his most iconic role to date it’s not for nothing, though.
It indirectly led to his casting in NBC’s ratings giant,This Is Us.
However, it was this small, fortuitous byline that reeled in the big fish.
Prosecuting O.J.
Simpson on American Crime Story
If you haven’t yet watchedAmerican Crime Story’sThe People v. O.J.
Simpson, suffice to say that you should.
Based on the infamous trial of O.J.
His responsibility was to Christopher Darden, and to Ron and Nicole."
Brown and Paulson’s mutual respect doesn’t end there, either.
Paulson also toldEntertainment Tonightthat Brown is “smoking hot” and has an “enormous heart.”
For his part, Brown posted Paulson the sweetest birthday messageeveronInstagramin December 2017.
“He was a big fan of the show.
Penny and Rae’s response?
“Uh, yeah.”
Then, in a surprising turn of events, Brown gets curved, hard.
To his credit, he fares well until Grylls identifies the frozen raccoon as dinner.
A visibly stunned Brown says to his host, “Bear, I don’t like raccoons.”
Are you dying of laughter yet?
And honestly, more than a little reminiscent Randall’s quirks onThis Is Us.
In real life, Spell was not guilty.
But Brown light-heartedly explained toVulturethat, despite the controversial subject matter, filming wasn’t all bad.
In fact, the love scene he shared with Hudson was pretty damn steamy, by his own account.
“It took me aback,” he said of the intimacy.
“Kate and I both collectively were like, ‘Woah.’
I clutched my pearls!
But it’s going to be good, even without the booty shot.”
What booty shot?!
Apparently, the original scene included a “full moon.”
We’ll just have to settle for (hopefully) more shirtless Randall onThis Is Us.
“I said, ‘Listen, I’ve been practicing my Wakanda.
I know you’ve already got the titular characters taken care of, but how can I be down?
Because man, it’s a black superhero.’
It’s huge,” Brown toldPeopleof pleading his case to executive producer Nate Moore.
