There is a new “badass queenpin” on the town in “Energy E-book II: Ghost,” and her identify is Noma. In true “Energy” trend, the spinoff collection introduces one in every of its latest ruthless characters, performed by Caroline Chikezie, in probably the most explosive means attainable throughout season three’s premiere, which aired on March 17.
The episode’s opening scene ends with Noma chopping off a girl’s hand to retrieve an auctioned-off blue diamond ring her fiancé, Mecca (Daniel Sunjata), was supposed to present her earlier than he was killed. (Aka the identical ring Mecca gifted Monet in season two.) However Noma would not even really make her presence identified till midway by way of the premiere, when she rolls up on Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.), Brayden (Gianni Paolo), and Cane (Woody McClain) at Mecca’s penthouse, demanding that they begin pushing medicine for her as penance for, she believes, killing her first lieutenant.
Based on Starz, Noma is the “ruthless new join” who disrupts Tariq’s plans to exit the drug recreation and places him, Brayden, and Effie (Alix Lapri) again in enterprise with the Tejadas as they’re “challenged to maneuver extra weight than ever earlier than.” Clearly, she’s right here to shake issues up. The truth is, Chikezie tells POPSUGAR that her “no-nonsense, f*ck round and discover out” character “is not enjoying any video games” in the case of her enterprise, particularly since she’s stepping in to exchange Mecca.
“She is a badass queenpin,” the actor proclaims of Noma. “The blokes worry her, and they need to as a result of in the event that they mess together with her, they are going to discover out. She has no tolerance for nonsense — she do not play any video games.”
Chikezie says a lot of what we see of Noma in “Energy E-book II” season three was created by showrunner Brett Mahoney when she booked the function. Nevertheless, the actor introduced her queenpin character to life by drawing extra inspiration from an unlikely supply: Denzel Washington’s Frank Lucas from “American Gangster.” “Once I learn Noma, I instinctively knew what was wanted to be carried out in an effort to painting her,” Chikezie says, referring to the Oscar winner’s notorious character. “I can not even discover a feminine to liken her to. She’s form of male, energetically talking, so [she’d definitely] be Denzel in ‘American Gangster.'”
Based on Chikezie, the Tejadas, Tariq, and his crew aren’t going to know what hit them this season with Noma calling all of the pictures. “When she comes into their lives, they’re working their little factor, however she is available in and he or she form of takes over a bit and reveals them what’s what,” she says. “So yeah, she shakes up a number of stuff. She restructures the entire thing they’ve happening. I do not need to say an excessive amount of, however tune in and watch, you will begin to see how issues unfold.”
New episodes of “Energy E-book II: Ghost” air each Friday on Starz. See photographs of Chikezie’s new character forward.
