P-Valley returns with double-episode premiere Dec.4

Welcome back into Good Day DC. It is 10:13 now. It has been a long wait, but we are heading back to Chuck and Lisa, where the stars of the Pink are getting ready for their final round. P-Valley returns for its third and final season of the double episode premiere December 4th on Star. So here's a sneak peek for you. You just gotta trust me again. No good can come from you cozying up with that thug across the street. We're doing this our way. Ooh, here to tell us all about the show's highly anticipated return are P-Valley stars Shannon Thornton and Nico Adnan. Guys, welcome, welcome, welcome. It is so good to have you. Thank you. Congratulations. A third and final season. Yeah. What are you feeling right now when you think about this is the end of the road, but it's been a great journey? I'll start with you, Nico. I'm feeling blessed. I'm blessed, highly favored, and ready. You know, like we filmed, what, two a year and a half ago? Uh-huh. It wrapped, and you know, in the post, and this is, like I was saying, this is the gift. To you all, it's time now for you all to receive it. It's the next wave of it. The show's been talked about for so long, even in between the waits, so. Yeah, and with your character, Keyshawn and Uncle Clifford, of course, what can you tell us about the third and final season without giving too much away? But are there any surprises in store for fans where, you know, they might have some questions. There are so many surprises. There are so many surprises. And you guys are going to be... And for a treat, especially because on December 4th, we have a two episode premiere and it's amazing. I'm so proud of what all of us have done this season. It kind of feels like this space where you get to be able to see all of our characters really take the reins in a different kind of way in terms of what do you want your life to look like? You know, and seeing these people be able to do that, you know, the attack on women's bodies, you know, the economy, and just taking a chance on yourself. Yeah, listen, you got me real then. Come on. Bring it in, D.C., bring it in. I'm in favor. Let's go back to you because your character is so representative of just being unapologetically, in that case, herself, right? What do you hope, as far as the messaging, you know what do you hope comes across when it comes to just... People, just embracing who they truly are. You know, Shannon, you've said this before in terms of having your own empowerment, you know, and like coming to your own rescue. And I think like take a chance on yourself and dream bigger. That would be like what I think. I think that the character, Uncle Clifford, that's what she's going through. And that would be a message because so many of these characters are like these descendants of Chuckalissa of the South that people kind of put on the outskirts and it's like this is their opportunity literally to be all that they can be. Yeah. And speaking of that and just standing in your power, Shane, I want to talk to you about your character, Keyshawn. How did you find that fine line between just being so vulnerable, her character, but also not allowing your character to fully be defined by all the trauma that she's been through? Because she's a human being and she's... She is not defined by her circumstances and what she's been through. She is not just a victim of domestic violence. She's not a victim at all. And although she does have this ability to be vulnerable, I always say that Keyshawn is delicate but not fragile. Hmm. But she's also... She's also super headstrong and very, very smart. And she has this will to survive and to be free. And you see that fight in her this season, for sure. Yeah, both of your characters are so powerful in their own right. How did you all lean into... Bringing those characters to life on screen. Like, what was the most challenging part about bringing Uncle Clifford to life and Keyshawn? You know, I think it's one of those lines, honestly, that Autumn Night actually says in season one of P-Valley. So if you've been binge-watching it, you know you're going back. But they always underestimate the pretty one. And I think that sometimes people always think that what you look like is all that you are, and it doesn't include your intellect. It doesn't include your savvy. Keyshawn being such a business-minded person, you know what I mean? Uncle Clifford being non-binary, but think that, oh, it's only going to be one thing. And it's like, no, it's this and that, and I want it all. Yeah. Yeah, and how about you, Shannon? I think what was really important It's important when... Putting this character together and the process that I went through was remembering that this person is multifaceted and to make sure that I dive into all of her layers and everything that Just everything that makes Keyshawn who she is. Yeah. I can only imagine, too, just at certain points, that could be a little challenging. That's where the acting chops really come in. Come on now. It's in all of the characters. Take me back to the first moment before this was shopped around and Starz picked it up and you read the script. I mean, instantly, what made you say, like, I have to be a part of this? And what do you truly hope that fans, by the end of this season, take away from the show and its cultural impact? Nika? For me, it was more than a stereotype. You know, the character could easily move in a different direction, but I feel like Katori Hall, as a playwright, as a Pulitzer Prize-winning Olivier-handling Tony nominee, like, she is a woman... Yes, run all her awards, because she is a woman that is from the South and that definitely articulates the South with a panache and a spirit of integrity. You know, and that to me was written in the words because it's so authentic and I just feel like the show, it's been, it's such a highly produced show and you don't get that these days, you know, so it's literally a space where you can, you mean you got your Emmy. Oh, you did your research, huh? I'm just saying. Good day, D.C. You know, you got yours, and we coming for ours as well. We coming for ours because it gets us in the next space. Yeah, we are speaking that. And how about you? What do you hope just the legacy is when the season wraps up and fans are like, man, P-Valley, that was it right there? That I just hope everybody, when they watch our show, they see themselves. And I think our show is a show that represents People that you don't necessarily talk about or highlighted in society, a lot of marginalized groups. um hmm. And... This show in this show. You finally get to be seen. Yeah. What was it like wrapping up on set? I mean that last you know cut that's a wrap I mean take me back to that moment. I feel like you're reliving it all over again Well, we probably wrapped at different moments We had different scenes where we where we wrapped and I remember I held it together the entire time and they're like, that's a series wrap for for Shannon Thornton and I was good. And then Katori Hall, the creator, showrunner, she said this beautiful, like, it was this beautiful speech about my playing Keyshawn and how I handle her with such care. And I was okay. I'm like, I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. I'm holding it together. Our makeup artist, Jada Nell, who's been with us from season two to season three, she walks up to me and she doesn't say a word. She's like... And as she's opening her mouth, my eyes just, it just pours out and she starts crying. And that's when I realized, I'm like, okay, this is it. And it was, but it was so beautiful. And we've, we've made, it's family really. Absolutely. I was just in a state of being blacked out because it was so much work. Yeah. It was so much work. This is a monstrous, it's an epic. And so literally I was just holding all of that in. And, you know, You know, having been through the seasons of the show, it has taught me that it's really not over until you all receive it. Real talk, you know, because of the cultural impact, it's such another wave that happens when we're filming it, when we are in post-production, and now that you guys are ready to digest it, it's yours, so let's talk about it. We're ready. Only a few weeks to go, December 4th. Again, a double episode for the premiere. Nico Shannon, thank you guys so much for stopping by.