The cast of Will Trent joined their fellow ABC stars on the red carpet of Disney’s Upfronts presentation at New York City’s Jacob Javits Center on Tuesday (May 12) night. Iantha Richardson, Erika Christensen, and Kevin Daniels were all on hand to celebrate the successes of Will Trent Season 4 and look ahead at what could be next for Season 5.
Speaking to TV Insider at the event, Richardson reflected on the season’s cliffhanger ending, as Faith spearheaded an effort to follow up on the sex trafficking ring case she’d only begun to scratch the surface of throughout the season.
“I feel like it’s something bigger than her, and she needed something bigger than her to stay in the GBI-APD world. There was a lot that was circulating this season around her feeling like… ‘What does matter to her?'” Richardson said. “These girls do. I think the livelihood of people who can’t take care of themselves do. And this specific case gives her something to zone in on. Her zone of focus, of genius, genuinely helping people with compassion. And what better way to do that than to center on something like sex trafficking? I’m excited for her.”
Christensen, whose Angie finally returned to work after months of bereavement over the death of her husband, is excited for her character to be part of the effort in Season 5 — especially if it means Angie working more closely with Faith.
“I hope we find a way to have some success with the trafficking case. That’s complicated. I don’t know. I hope it runs a long time, so it can earn some real forward strides with that. And Faith and Angie don’t get to hang out a lot, so it’s cool that they seem to be on a path forward to working together more closely,” the actress said.
Meanwhile, Daniels said he hopes to explore more of Franklin’s personal life after Season 4 made him a series regular for the first time and introduced his ex-boyfriend into the mix. However, he also has another pitch for the future of the show.
“All of us were stuck at the airport for six hours yesterday,” the actor explained, “So we thought, ‘Maybe the pilot’s missing! Can we figure out, was he murdered?'”
“We want to do that episode,” Richardson agreed.
Will Trent, Season 5, Premiere Date TBA, ABC
– Reporting by Meredith Jacobs
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