When Power first landed on our screens in 2014, it quickly became a hit due to its quick-moving plot, twists and characters – not to mention a 50 Cent theme song that has stood the test of time.
Now, Curtis Jackson (known professionally as rapper 50 Cent) has taken to the UK for inspiration as he executive produces Fightland, another gripping series all about British boxing, drugs and revenge.
As well as being full of the kind of drama we expect from the Power universe, the series does feel unlike anything we've seen on UK television. Airing across Sky and NOW in the UK, with a Black-led cast, set and filmed in London and being the kind of glossy series we're used to seeing across the pond, does it feel as though Fightland could be breaking new ground for UK TV?
“I think that’s always a good thing when you’re a part of a project that is either not seen often or hasn’t been seen at all," series star Nicholas Pinnock said when asked by Radio Times.
View Green Video on the source websitePinnock continued: "It’s important because it opens the path for others to come in and go, ‘Oh we can do that’. It also opens a path for an audience to go, ‘Oh I didn’t know I could enjoy that’. So yeah, it feels great.
"I think the cast are just so fantastic. There are a lot of people that an audience may not recognise or have seen very often who just have this wonderful opportunity to showcase their talents. And that was really nice to just be a part of that as well.”
Of course, Pinnock is known for a variety of roles but has also more recently starred in Heavyweight and starred as American boxer Jack Johnson in the play, The Royale. The actor describes boxing as the perfect medium for storytelling as it "parallels a lot of the battles we go through as human beings".
With a creative team behind it that includes some stellar talent but also champions diversity both on and off the camera, how does it feel to be part of a show that does it so seamlessly?
When asked about it, actress Tahirah Sharif said: “I’ve been wanting to be a part of something like this for so long. I feel really proud actually to do something like this that is Black-led, that has a lot of Black creatives as well behind the camera and is, as a proud born and bred Londoner, for something that is very London, very UK to be on such a global scale like this – that’s probably one of the things that I’m most proud of."
She went on: "Viewers, especially in the US and around the world, will really get a good insight into a very authentic London – its diversity, its culture, its landmarks, everything, the streets. Where we filmed, it was all filmed in London. It’s not like we were filming in a studio pretending to be that, we were in east London a lot of the time. It’s very cool being able to shoot in your home town.”
Fightland premieres on Sky TV and NOW on Thursday 27 August. You can sign up to NOW from £3.99 a month.
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