That’s what was happening, particularly with Veronique’s character. “As a fan of the show, I hate knowing stuff early and I tried to hold it off for as long as possible. And I was able to get those scripts a lot earlier, but I didn’t want to,” Idris reveals. “I have a lot more power behind the camera. Idris, who is now a producer on the FX crime drama, adds that the one downside of that promotion is finding out things sooner than he did previously. “I’ve always wanted to put some mannishness on this character and have him grow out of the boyish teen figure and truly become a leader, given the opportunity. “Him becoming a father is great because Franklin finally has something to lose,” Idris observes.

Making matters more complicated and ethereal, Veronique is pregnant with their first child. It’s a maturation process that includes Franklin attempting to go legit with his live-in girlfriend and business partner, Veronique (Clarice‘s Devyn Tyler). That’s what Franklin is dealing with now.” That’s going to be exciting because they say, ‘Everybody can get it,’ but the real challenge is keeping it. But now it’s 1986 and he’s fully at the top of his empire, so the only way to go is down. “We’ve seen Franklin grinding and being this kind of young, entrepreneurial figure in the drug game. “Jumping ahead 15 months was incredibly smart of the writers,” Idris tells TVLine.

The Franklin Saint that fans saw in Snowfall‘s two-part Season 5 opener this week is the one star Damson Idris, the man behind the character, has always wanted to play.

The following contains spoilers from Snowfall‘s Feb.

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