When I first got the audition, I remember looking at it and being like, “A Fresh Prince reboot to play Carlton? I can’t do what Alfonso did.” I didn’t even put two and two together and realize that it was a dramatic reimagining. When the opportunity to do this show and play this character originally came your way, was there ever any hesitation on your part? The original Carlton, in the sitcom, was such a specific character, so did it ever concern you to take on this role, knowing that it would not be what people expected? And so, I guessed that they would probably find common ground, but I wasn’t really explicitly told that. And they’re both just young Black men, trying to find a place in the world. They’re both just looking for a place in the world. SHOLOTAN: What I think is so good about the show, as far as the writing goes, is that while I was never explicitly told, from the writing, I was immediately like, “Oh, I know what journey they have to go on.” Carlton and Will are presented as these two characters that seem completely diametrically opposed, but you see the similarities in them. You’re right, much more and it would have been like, “Carlton is irredeemable.” They really toed that line well, of having Carlton be unlikable, for lack of a better word, and yet still so loveable.ĭid you know, from the beginning, that relationship would change, or was that something that evolved and you found out about it, as the season went on? SHOLOTAN: I’ve gotta hand it to the writers. I also love that, just when I thought it was at the point where I might be past being able to like Carlton, that dynamic really flipped.
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I have to say, the change in their relationship from the original series was probably the only thing I didn’t like about this reimagining when it started, but I also trusted that it would go somewhere. Since every time I would show up to work last season and it was like, “All right, now you have to yell at each other,” it was good not to have to do that as much, this season. With where they leave off at the end of Season 1, and where Season 2 picks up, they’re hand-in-hand, trying to take on Bel-Air together, and I think that’s gonna be really, really cool to watch, especially because I also love Jabari.
But what I love about our show is that you get to see that happen in real time. I know when our show premiered, a lot of people were actually really put off by that because, in the original, Carlton and Will were best friends. It’s something that has been such a long time coming because it was such a staple of the original. OLLY SHOLOTAN: I would say the thing that I was most excited for was just Carlton and Will getting along, and the audience watching Carlton and Will get along. What were you most excited about, when it came to what the possibilities could be for Season 2? Collider: Your character has already had such a journey of growth, after everything that Carlton did and went through with Season 1.
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