'From' Season 2 Interview: Harold Perrineau

Moviefone speaks with Harold Perrineau about 'From' Season 2. "I don't ask questions and don't take offered information," he said about the show's mysteries.

Premiering on MGM+ beginning April 23rd is the second season of the popular series ‘From,’ which was created by John Griffin and is executive produced by ‘Avengers: Endgame’ directors Anthony and Joe Russo, and ‘Lost’s Jack Bender and Scott Pinkner.

What is the plot of the show ‘From?’

'From' takes place in a nightmarish town in middle America that traps everyone who enters. Unwilling residents strive to stay alive and search for a way out, but they are plagued by the terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest, and secrets hidden in the town itself.

When Tabitha (Catalina Sandino Moreno) and Jim Matthews (Eion Baily) arrive with their children Julie (Hannah Cheramy) and Ethan (Simon Webster), they meet the town's de facto sheriff Boyd Stevens (Harold Perrineau) and his estranged son Ellis (Corteon Moore), as well as other residents including Donna (Elizabeth Saunders), who is the head of Colony House, and Victor (Scott McCord), who is the town's longest resident.

The first season ended with Tabitha and Victor exploring caves underneath the town, Boyd trapped in a mysterious tree, and a new bus filled with passengers arriving unannounced at the local diner.

Who is in the cast of ‘From?’

‘From’ stars Harold Perrineau (‘The Matrix Reloaded,’ ‘Lost’) as Boyd Stevens, Catalina Sandino Moreno (‘Maria Full of Grace’) as Tabitha Matthews, Eion Bailey (‘Almost Famous’) as Jim Matthews, David Alpay (‘Man of the Year’) as Jade, Elizabeth Saunders (‘It’) as Donna, Shaun Majumder (‘Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle’) as Father Khatri, Scott McCord (‘16 Blocks’) as Victor, Chloe Van Landschoot (‘Carrie’) as Kristi, Ricky He (‘Arrow’) as Kenny Liu, Hannah Cheramy (‘The Hallow Child’) as Julie Matthews, and Simon Webster (‘The Knight Before Christmas’) as Ethan Matthews.

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Harold Perrineau about his work on season 2 of ‘From,’ why he doesn’t want to know about the overall direction of the series, the lessons he learned from ‘Lost,’ his character’s journey, and the show’s new mysteries.

Harold Perrineau stars in 'From' season 2 on MGM+.

You can read our full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, Elizabeth Saunders, and Scott McCord about ‘From’ Season 2.

Moviefone: To begin with, how much do you know about the overall arc of the series and are you surprised by the direction the season two scripts are taking the series?

Harold Perrineau: Well, I'll start up by telling you that I, on purpose, don't know anything about the direction or where it's going. For me, it makes it safer so that I'm not playing something that might happen later. I purposefully, don't ask questions or take offered information because it makes my job easier if I just have to deal with what's happening in front of me. I don't know what's happening. That being said, I'm super surprised by what's happening in season two. I had no idea this is the way we were going to go, and that's why I just leave the writing to the professionals. I let them tell the story that they're telling because they are really skilled and it has me on the edge. I imagine all the rest of our audience members are going to be exactly the same way.

Harold Perrineau stars as Boyd Stevens in 'From' season 2 on MGM+.

MF: Is that a lesson you learned from your time on ‘Lost?

HP: Well, kind of yes, and kind of no. In ‘Lost’, we really had no idea and that was really difficult. I think what I did learn is, how to ask the right amount of questions. I needed to know that in the first season, the reason Boyd was so sad and estranged from his son is because something terrible happened with his wife, and that's what ended his relationship with his son. I needed to know that. I didn't even need to know what happened, but I needed to know at least that it did. Where in ‘Lost,’ you wouldn't have known that and one day you would've been like, "Oh, that's right. He shot his wife. What?” I get what I need to know in order to layer it for where I am, as opposed to where I'm going.