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Emil Pinnock

Emil Pinnock

Actor

Nov 1, 2026

9:25
Get Chris Shaw up in there.
9:26
Yeah, I think the biggest part, too, that really comes from those shows that you brought up because it's interesting is like, having a writer's room that people who have a love for like all of those old black shows is like bringing that inspiration into the room where we like everything don't have to be like shoot them up bang bang And all this different stuff like where are those characters of the uncle or the grandfather that's really raising somebody, the aunt that's trying to make something happen, a Lamar that could be from the community, but he don't got to have a pistol on him.
9:54
His brother comes from the same community, was out there doing it, but really trying to actually get out.
9:58
We like these are our stories, too.
10:00
We don't have a problem with all the other stuff, too.
10:02
But we're like, how do we come in the writer's room? That was one thing big with Malcolm.
10:06
He's like, yo, for a long time, he didn't even want a shooting to happen.
12:25
And we start putting the team together before even, it took what, a process of what, three, four? Almost three
8:58
Get Chris Shaw up in there?
9:00
Yeah, I think the biggest part, too, that really comes from those shows that you brought up because it's interesting is like, Having a writer's room that people who have a love for like all of those old black shows is like bringing that inspiration into the room where we like everything don't have to be like shoot them up, bang, bang.
9:15
And all this different stuff like where are those characters of the uncle or the grandfather that's really raising somebody, the aunt that's trying to make something happen, a Lamar that could be from the community, but he don't got to have a pistol on him.
9:28
His brother comes from the same community, was out there doing it, but really trying to actually get out.
9:32
We like these are our stories, too.
9:33
We don't have a problem with all the other stuff, too.
9:36
But we're like, how do we come in the writer's room? That was one thing big with Malcolm.
DJ Hed
DJ HedHOST
12:08
real?

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