00:00It doesn't matter what race or ethnicity you are, you can still feel connected to B.M.F.
00:05It's a single-family household.
00:07You know, a lot of us have similar, you know, similar problems, similar things you'll be
00:13going through with our family that we might not even know.
00:17But B.M.F. is about soul.
00:19It's about what the brothers did.
00:21It's about what they preached and what they taught and how they did and what they did.
00:26Why they did and what they did.
00:27It was their last option.
00:28So, it wasn't just even about them doing what they did.
00:33It's about the family and storytelling about the soul.
00:37Listen up.
00:39We're about to take over the whole nation.
00:43Cleveland, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, L.A.
00:51Pledge of Allegiance to the Black Mafia family.
00:54To the Black Mafia family.
00:56Starting with you, Meech, you are a new actor starting last season.
01:05I mean, literally playing the role you were born to play, but still new to the game at the time.
01:10What do you feel like your approach has been now that you have a little more experience under your belt and are getting more comfortable in this role coming into season two?
01:16I feel like the approach has been more pressure just because I know I have to be better.
01:23I have to prove to all the people that thought season one was luck that I'm a natural and I'm not really what I say I am.
01:30Season two, everything is elevated.
01:34It's all about elevation.
01:36Everything is elevated from the dialogue, the scenes, the action, everything.
01:40People are going to be able to see more of my accountability, my nuance, and the stuff that I incorporate.
01:48It's a different region.
01:49Y'all are going to be more in my head.
01:51Y'all are going to be seeing more of my tactics and how I solve my problems.
01:57It's hard work about things, you know, without Terry, since Terry's going to be legit, to deal with the car service.
02:03So I'm going to be mingling the movement by myself, putting crews together, trying to help us make money together instead of beefing, going to visit places by myself.
02:19And other people that's from there, giving a lot of people chances.
02:25So it's just, you know, and as far as it's all, showing the type of person my dad is and the type of child he has at such a young age, even by itself and you have to do it alone.
02:36Makes sense. Awesome. Thank you for that.
02:38And now, Miles, you are a little bit more of a veteran in the acting game, but what has your approach been season two, seeing is that your character's been through so much.
02:47He's experienced heartbreak.
02:48He's had to make tough decisions.
02:49He's had to commit some murders along the way, and it's really changed who he is.
02:55So how have you been able to tackle this differently the second time around?
02:58It was fun trying to figure out the ways where I can play off of the storyline of me and Meech's brotherhood and the loyalty
03:11and the trials of Triple H's that we go through to get what we were trying to get, and then also a person that is trying to get me and to get to the person through me while holding two, you know what I'm saying, homicides over my head, a gun, and my mother's life.
03:28You know what I mean?
03:29So it was difficult, but also fun as an actor, you know, being able to just play a character, also playing two different characters, you know?
03:38It was depth inside of depth.
03:40So I loved it.
03:41I loved the experience of it.
03:43All the characters kind of find themselves at a crossroads at the end of the third episode.
03:48What was it like to film these scenes that were so, like, harrowing and pivotal that it's going to, like, kind of take the storyline and down a fork in the road?
03:55It was fun.
03:56It was fun.
03:57I found myself learning a lot more about the group and what they went through because I didn't really know about BMF before even filming the show.
04:06You know what I'm saying?
04:06And even still, if I did know about BMF, it would just be about the name and not the back end, you know what I'm saying, behind the scenes.
04:15So first two seasons, even this season, that we just got done filming, stunts, you know what I'm saying?
04:22And that was a big one, you know, how many times they would come out the club and it would be a shootout, you know what I mean?
04:28Or, you know, different times where I would have to go and boot camp and learn how to cook some crack, you know, and stretch it, you know?
04:35So, like, all those different, you know what I'm saying, scenarios where I found myself adding to a scene and adding to the beats and the moments to make it more of a dynamic to it.
04:44So, yeah.
04:45Now, Meach, for you, of course, these are personal stories to an extent.
04:49Are you learning a lot more now than you previously knew or did you already know all the source material coming into it?
04:56I'm learning more about my dad's childhood, how he grew up.
05:00He always told me, but never really wanted to detail.
05:02You know, this is like a whole total learning experience within itself because I didn't even know anything about how my dad grew up.
05:11You know, hardships and obstacles he faced at such a young age, trying to become his own man.
05:19You know, I've dealt with a lot.
05:21Like, a lot.
05:23You know, the pregnant 17-year-old doesn't go through.
05:26It's like taking care of himself.
05:27Made his first million dollars at 17.
05:29You know, so it's crazy to actually live in it.
05:34Once I did see everything that he did and beat it, I had to live in it with myself in his shoes.
05:40And that was what's crazy is the most.
05:43He dealt with a lot of jealousy.
05:45Made the people who stayed in itself.
05:47He remained the same the whole time.
05:50It's hard to stay the same.
05:51Now, for each of you, have you gotten a lot of responses or what has the response been, especially now that the season's going to delve into when BMF got to Atlanta and whatnot?
06:01Have you gotten a lot of response from people who were around during that time or remember living through it?
06:05Maybe not necessarily from the characters you're actually playing, not necessarily from your father, Meech, or, you know, not necessarily from the characters that you play.
06:10But people who were there during that time and kind of remember this, have you gotten a lot of response from them, from your portrayal?
06:16Yeah, we got a response from a lot of people.
06:19And the people that we got a response from, our main audience was the people that lived, you know what I'm saying, those moments or grew up watching them or hearing about them, grew up wearing those clothes and those hairstyles.
06:29So, while watching this show, you didn't have to be from Detroit or a gangbanger to relate with this show because it had family.
06:38It had the 80s and 90s, all the way up to the 2000s era.
06:41It had the hairstyles that you could see that your mama was wearing, you know what I mean?
06:45So, it brought everybody in as a whole to watch this show.
06:49So, yeah, I feel like it doesn't matter what race or ethnicity you are, you can still feel connected to being a single-family household.
07:00You know, a lot of us have similar, you know, similar problems, similar things to be going through with our family.
07:08You know, we might not even know.
07:10But being a nephew is about soul.
07:12It's about what the brothers did.
07:14It's about what they preached and what they taught and how they did, what they did, what they did, what they did, what they did.
07:20It was their last option.
07:22So, it wasn't just even about them doing what they did.
07:26It's about family and storytelling about soul, all the life experiences that you go through with your family, you know.
07:34So, I'm just glad that you're able to show the world and portray it to the world, you know, exactly how he really was and how the family really was.
07:42Absolutely.
07:42Absolutely. Well said.
07:43Thank you both so much for your time today.
07:46Appreciate you.
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