Because the chapter closes on Energy E book II: Ghost, one in every of our good Girlfriends is dishing on her character’s steadiness bringing to the present.
Within the fourth and ultimate season of the present, Golden Brooks performs Janet Stewart, the pragmatic cousin of Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige), who steps into the chaos surrounding Monet’s crumbling household construction.
“Janet is available in as Monet’s cousin and this voice of purpose,” Golden informed BOSSIP’s Managing Editor Dani Canada. “She was once in that life with Monet, so though she’s faraway from it, she nonetheless serves as that steadiness, that anchor for her. Monet’s entire life and household construction are sort of off the hinges, and Janet is available in proper on the time the place Monet wants somebody she will belief—somebody protected, who can rehabilitate her and never be a risk to the household.”
Based on Golden who “pinched herself” on the set of the present, viewers will proceed to see the distinctive dynamic between Janet and her cousin, and the robust love her character dishes out.
“She brings out a lighter aspect to Monet, however she will flip it and say, ‘No, no, no, I do know you. I do know the place you come from, and I do know what you’re doing with these youngsters—you’re going to lose them,” stated Golden.”
And whereas Janet appears quiet, the Girlfriends alum informed BOSSIP that there’s greater than meets the attention.
“She’s at all times watching and listening. She has this calm, strategic vitality—she’s not reactionary like Monet. Because the episodes go on, you’ll see extra of what Janet is aware of and what she has to supply.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Brooks answered a query about Janet’s similarities to a different pivotal character on the present; Diana Tejada (LaToya Tonodeo).
Diana, very similar to Janet, has at all times been largely level-headed and tactical, and though Diana had an explosive outburst when she killed Officer Felicia Lewis, the similarities are nonetheless there.
“Janet and Diana are extra strategic, extra analytical. They collect data earlier than they act, not like Monet, who strikes from emotion. I feel there’s a quiet energy in each of them,” Brooks stated, acknowledging a possible mentor-mentee relationship between the 2 characters.
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