Powers’ Gianni Paolo Reveals First Interaction With Daniel Sunjata AKA Mecca On Book II: Ghost
This week on the Crew Has it with Gianni Paolo and Michael Rainey Jr. They have Daniel Sunjata, who played Mecca aka Dante Spears on the second season of Power Book II: Ghost. During the opening session of the interview, Paolo described his first interaction with Sunjata at his trailer on set.
Daniel Sunjata: This is crazy.
Paolo: I’m so happy to have you because, honestly, we didn’t do. Did we not have one scene together in season two?
Sunjata: No we did not.
Paolo: but I think we were so close.
Sunjata: We were technically in a driving sequence together but we were in different cars. So, I mean that’s really doesn’t count.
Paolo: We had never like ever even came, I think not even for table reads or anything.
Sunjata: No, I mean you came and said hello to me that day.
Paolo: That’s right you
Sunjata: You came and knocked on my trailer.
“I have to tell that story, so I am a massive rescue me fan; one of my favorite shows, such a good show. So, when I heard you were coming on Ghost season two. I was like, oh my God, no way, like I gotta go meet him. So Mike had went home and I’m sitting in my trailer with LaToya who plays Diana Tajada and I heard your voice walk by and your trailer closed. I’m like oh my God like he’s in the trailer like I’m just gonna because we’ve been on the show for a while,” said Paolo.
“I’m gonna go just introduce [myself] you know welcome to the family all this stuff. I don’t know if you were on an important phone call or a business call but I went and knocked on your trailer and I was like hey man I just want to say like big fan like so excited to have you on the show this season like I love your work and you’re like oh thanks man cool. And I was like man yeah we’re excited he’s like yeah, cool. I’m like all right Ill talk to you later I went back to [my] trailer told LaToya it didn’t go well.”
Sunjata added, “In my defense, Toya was there. Maybe I was caught off guard by her because she’s so stunning. I got maybe that tongue-tied I couldn’t respond to your thing.”
Power Book II: Ghost season three is slated to premiere later this year.
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