Patina Miller and Omar Epps explain why 'Power Book III: Kanan' was the perfect series for them to join

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Patina Miller and Omar Epps say it wasn’t a tough decision to sign on to Starz’s Power prequel, Power Book III: Raising Kanan. 

For Epps, joining the cast as Detective Malcolm Howard — a corrupt NYPD cop in Queens — was an opportunity for him to learn more about of one of Power‘s most notorious villains. 

“I was a fan of Power,” Epps tells ABC Audio, before noting that he was “attracted” to “the notion of how far Kanan went the monster that he was.”

Epps says he was also interested in exploring Kanan’s origin story, and how “a pimple-faced teenager” from a single parent home could