I was born in the ’80s, but I don’t remember all of the ’80s.
I’m a New Yorker, so there are certain sensibilities. He had to split his time, but we never felt as though he wasn’t there. But, what was personally cool to me, is the fact that as an executive producer, he was on set nearly every day. I auditioned for it, but the process moved really fast the second time around.Į: What was it like to work with John Singleton, who is this really prolific director who has had so much influence in Black cinema and the industry in general?ĪJ: Well, you know, John is a trailblazer in the industry, and anytime that his name is attached to something it brings a certain cache to the project. So it kind of came to me through auditioning. I’m part of the second installment of it. They initially did a pilot of it, and the pilot was reworked and retuned over at FX. a period piece, and it kind of deals with a part of our history that was swept under the rug.Į: How did you get involved with the series? Was it something that came across your desk? Had you heard about the fact that John Singleton was making this project?ĪJ: I had heard about it, through the trades initially, because this project has been floating around for a few years now.
Recently, we sat down to chat with Joseph about Snowfall, what he’s learned from Singleton, and what it was like to return to the ’80s.Į: Congratulations on Snowfall, it looks incredible.Īmin Joseph: It’s been a cool ride. Most recently, he’s starred in Baywatch opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Priyanka Chopra, and he’s also been seen in everything from FX’s The Shield to Southland to NCIS. Joseph is no stranger to the big or small screens. It was the beginning of an era that would birth gang warfare, unimaginable wealth, and the war on drugs.
#UNCLE JEROME SNOWFALL SERIES#
The series follows Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), an ambitious 20-something, who shifts from selling bags of weed for his Uncle Jerome to peddling crack cocaine throughout his neighborhood. Starring as Jerome Saint, a small-time drug dealer in John Singleton’s ’80-set series Snowfall, the New York native will take us on a journey to unmask the early days of the crack-cocaine epidemic in South Central LA. Scene-stealer, Amin Joseph, is ready to return to the 1980’s.
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