‘Power Book IV: Force’: Joseph Sikora Says It’s a ‘Badge of Honor’ to Always Be Recognized as Tommy
Joseph Sikora has thrived as Tommy Egan since the pilot episode of Power debuted in 2014. Quick-tempered and menacing, Tommy embraced the chaos and violence of his work while his best friend James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) tried to run from it.
Since then, Sikora hasn’t been seen as anyone other than Power. However, the actor says he loves being known for the character and he wouldn’t want it any other way.
What is the release date for ‘Power Book IV: Force’?
The release date for the Tommy Egan-led Power Book IV: Force is quickly approaching. Though Starz has not yet announced an exact release date, we do know that the new series is set to drop in early 2022. “It definitely is in terms of its violence and sexuality very old school Power,” Power Universe creator Courtney Kemp told Deadline.
Sikora is also loving this new journey that his character is on. “It’s really f—ing good,” he told Entertainment Weekly of the upcoming series. “People are going to love it. think that it’s going to take all facets of Tommy that we’ve built up to until now to not only survive but to potentially thrive — and to potentially leave. You don’t know if it’s going to be one city and then another city and if he’s going to keep bopping or what connections need to be made.”
Joseph Sikora says its a badge of honor to be recognized as Tommy
Sikora has worked in Hollywood for years before embodying Tommy on Power. However, even when he was in the most recent season of Ozark, people recognized the Chicago-born actor as Tommy. While some actors are terrified of being typecast, Sikora says he wears it as a badge of honor.
“I take the role of Tommy and being always recognized as Tommy in some ways as a badge of honor,” he told XXL Magazine. “I think that the Black community specifically, calls out bullsh*t pretty quickly and if I didn’t have my “T’s” crossed and my “I’s” dotted and I didn’t bring truth to that character then the character would not have been accepted. Period. So that’s better than any award.”
Now that Tommy is headed to Chicago, which is still one of the most segregated cities in the country, we’re going to see how the gangster navigates things.
Joseph Sikora says Tommy is the most honest character in the ‘Power’ Universe
After all six seasons of Power and the freshman seasons of both Power Book II: Ghost and Power Book III: Raising Kanan, a lot of characters were killed off. However, Tommy has stood tall, thriving in the chaos. Sikora says that his character has survived because he’s never tried to be anyone other than he is.
“Tommy fully embraces who he was, and says so on Power: “I’m a hustler. These streets raised me. I owe my life to the game,” the actor told EW. “Tommy was the most honest character on Power, so I think this comes back to the roots of Tommy. Now that he’s an empty shell, what are the qualities of Tommy that keep him going? Well, he’s kind of already told us on Power, and now we get to watch that. It’s almost like watching a flashback in the future, in some ways. Because what we’re doing is we’re seeing how Tommy became Tommy — but after he lost everything.”
