But hes not the only Pearson onThis Is Uswholl be doing a fair amount of soul-searching in season 2.
As it turns out, the action-movie hero carried special status around the Pearson household.
Rockywas Jacks favorite movie, and Sylvester Stallone was Jacks favorite actor.
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Youll never believe who the f Im working with!?
And hes not able to do that.
So, instead of expressing that, Kevin does what he does and he suppresses everything.
And then it comes to a head pretty quickly.
Now well begin to peel back more layers that will reveal a fraught core.
Hes starting to realize, Things do come easy to me.
He wants to be an actor, hes an actor.
He wants to get this girl, he gets this girl.
Things just happen and everything breaks my way.
And diving into that thats a very scary thing when you dont have the answers.
In questioning his charmed place in the world, Kevin enters unstable territory.
It leads him down a dark path, says Hartley.
One of the wonderful things about Kevin that Ive always liked is hes very self-aware.
That is a lot to ask of someone.
But its a totally different level, so who knows?
Season 2 is definitely darker, and its definitely heavier, says Hartley.
But at the same time, the laughs are going to be a lot louder, too.
Which is why Hartley feels that the long, slow build-up to the revelation about Jacks demise was necessary.
Its well worth it.
You want all the little nuggets before you get to this final conclusion of how he died.
