Mekhi Phifer isn’t enjoying Roman on Excessive Potential, so how does his character Arthur match into season 2?
Throughout the Tuesday, September 23, episode of the hit ABC sequence, Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) was proven a photograph of the person (Phifer) everybody assumed was Roman. She confirmed it wasn’t her ex, and Phifer’s character in the end turned up once more on the finish the place he informed Morgan he was Roman’s pal Arthur.
Excessive Potential star Judy Reyes solely teased to Us Weekly the place Arthur’s story goes from right here, saying, “What I’ll say is Arthur exposes a historical past that he’s had with Morgan. He additionally reveals a friendship that he had with Roman as effectively.”
The hunt to trace down Roman “continues” from right here.
“The truth that he’s not Roman additionally continues to lift questions for all of us,” Reyes, 57, added. “Because it continues to unfold, I believe that we’ll proceed to search for him. I believed that we’d discover him this season however we haven’t [yet]. So I’m excited to learn how the remainder of the crew is concerned as a result of now we incorporate Soto’s crew into the seek for Roman.”
She continued: “So I’m inquisitive about seeing the way it impacts their story arcs and the way they’ve grow to be engaged in serving to Morgan discover Ava’s dad. We haven’t discovered him — but. So get excited as a result of we haven’t discovered him … but.”
Whereas pitching potential actors who ought to play Roman, Reyes threw Michael B. Jordan‘s title on the market. Excessive Potential viewers already know that the thriller surrounding Roman’s whereabouts has been explored because the present premiered.
Government producer and showrunner Todd Harthan beforehand teased a “deepening thriller” when it got here to Roman.
“I feel frustration is an effective factor with an viewers. It’s a wholesome frustration —don’t give them an excessive amount of of what they need too quickly,” Harthan informed Us in February. “I’d be completely mendacity if I stated I’ve all of the solutions to that thriller. The beauty of welcoming different brains to the room is how we ensure that we don’t fumble this ball and we inform this story in probably the most satisfying manner possible. There’s some cool stuff coming although.”
Harthan additionally mentioned the casting course of for a task like Roman.
“We’ve talked about it fairly a bit like, ‘Wow we have now the time and hopefully now the present is a hit and we might go and get this actor or that actor.’ However the reality is, I haven’t had a deep dialog with Kaitlin about it — and she or he’ll have a powerful opinion. She’s very lively and concerned with casting and has unbelievable instincts,” Harthan informed Us. “So the quick reply is not any. We’ve got some favorites and actors I actually respect that may be nice.”
Harthan was wanting ahead to bringing in additional characters into the fold in season 2, including, “Simply the casting alternatives — not only for visitor star roles — however recurring roles. We’ve by no means met Morgan’s mom and father both. We haven’t met anyone. So Roman is a extremely vital and wonderful piece of casting. I fantasize about who it might be however I haven’t zeroed in on an individual but.”
Excessive Potential airs on ABC Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET earlier than streaming the subsequent day on Hulu.
