The cast of Power Book IV: Force is currently in Chicago filming the second season of the series starring Joseph Sikora, who plays Tommy Egan in the show. The cast elected to go out to dinner on Saturday evening to celebrate Lili Simmons’ 29th birthday.
In the show Simmons plays the character Claudia Flynn, who is the only daughter of Walter Flynn, the biggest kingpin in Chicago. According to starzpower.fandom.com, she also serves as an anti-hero turned final antagonist in season 1 and possibly one of the main antagonists in season 2.
Speaking of Simmons, earlier this month, she returned to Westworld in Season 4, Episode 2. Simmons played host to Caleb and Maeve just before they entered the new Delos Park, held in the 1920s Golden Age. She asked them to pick a “bespoke” outfit made to their sizes and took a moment to hit Caleb before Maeve pushed her away, according to postapocalypticmedia.com.
Per Post Apocalyptic Media, she previously the role of the “new” Clementine Pennyfeather.
According to Variety, Force they added four new cast members for season two.
Carma Zumbado (“Chicago PD”), Miriam A. Hyman (“The Chi,” “The Laundromat”), Manual Eduardo Ramirez (“Snowfall,” “Queen of the South”), and Adrienne Walker (“Law &. Order: Organized Crime”) will all join the new season of the series as regulars.
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