The actress says Autumn Night did what she needed to do on P-Valley.
Warning: This article contains spoilers forP-Valleyseason 2.
Autumn Night (Elarica Johnson) said goodbye to Chucalissa during the season 2 finale ofP-Valley.
Elarica Johnson as Autumn Night on ‘P-Valley’.STARZ
Her exit was one of the many developments in the jam-packed episode.
To remedy that, Autumn stole from the Pynk’s account and put Chucalissa in her rearview.
There’s one more thing: She’s pregnant.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you find out Autumn would be leaving?
ELARICA JOHNSON: Well, actually I knew when it was happening because it was my choice.
It’s something I discussed withKatori [Hall].
She has done what she needed to do and it was time for her to move on.
Season 2 saw Autumn running the Pynk with Uncle Clifford.
What did you love about that change from last season?
Seeing her step into her power.
I love the power element.
Autumn was waiting to let that out.
Her backstory is she comes from a place of power, she works with money and powerful people.
She came to the Pynk to hide because she was running away from something pretty dark.
Also, it gives a bit of a backstory to the audience and it was really fun.
It felt like a different character.
Honestly, I love being on set with Nicco.
Every time I saw a scene where we were together, I knew it was going to be great.
Secretly, Autumn knows that Uncle Clifford is the one in charge, but she has the knowledge.
Those arguments and the big blow ups were very intense, but fun.
Can you talk about how business savvy she is?
People say business is separate from friendships, and that’s exactly where Autumn comes from.
She was going to navigate her with business head on the way she [saw] fit.
What does it mean to you to be part of that storyline?
That’s really important.
They could see there was a lot of pain, but also a lot of love to give.
That didn’t change, it’s just the circumstances changed.
There’s two sides to this in terms of Autumn and Andre for me.
[They] would make a great couple if there wasn’t so much messy stuff in between.
What mark do you think Autumn left on Chucalissa?
A huge mark and there’s going to be a big space moving on.
She was a big personality and was the keyhole into Chucalissa and the Pynk for the audience.
Even within her broken relationships, they came form a really nice place.
The same goes for Mercedes.
They learned a lot from each other.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
