Sterling K. Brown talks about the forthcoming premier of the fourth season of This Is Us.
The season 3 finale saw Brown’s Randall and wife Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson) decide to move to Philadelphia. It was Beth who came up with the idea, and the newly elected City Councilman jumped right on board.
“The move to Philadelphia is inspiring, in that it gives Randall access and opportunity to be of direct service to the African-American community in a way that he hasn’t had to [up to] this point in his life,” Brown told Entertainment Weekly. “The nerves of it are, it’s such a central part of his identity — Am I enough? — that he’s going to be very critical of himself and the impact that he wants to have. Whether he falls shorts of what he wants to accomplish could send him in a couple of different directions.”
As to the premiere, Brown added: “It’s really cool and it broadens our world in a way. We’re not necessarily understanding how characters are connected to the Pearson plan at large… There will be something that is disruptive, from the beginning.”
Season four will include many a “restarts” for the Pearsons according to creator Dan Fogelman.
Season four of This Is Us premieres on NBC on September 24.
