I was really honored when he said, “It’s the best superhero show right now. I have a friend who’s a TV writer and huge comic-book fan. The family is an aspect we’ve never seen. What sets “Black Lightning” apart from other superhero series? All the fancy kicks he does make me look good.
My stunt double Eric has been doing martial arts since he was 6 he helps to train me. I’ve studied boxing, but Black Lightning has a martial-arts background that’s a different skill set. Once I started seeing positive changes, I also recognized this would give me career longevity. When I turned 40, I went through a big change in diet and became a huge workout buff just to get healthy. What made you think you could play a superhero now? We’re just so happy for you!” I haven’t gotten used to it yet. I was at church and my pastor said, “I see you everywhere. When you’re a kid, you go, “I’m gonna be the best actor ever! I’m gonna be a star!” At this point in my career, it’s kind of like, “Well, maybe it’s not gonna happen.” So, the fact that it’s happened is amazingly cool. How big a deal is your first headlining TV gig?
#VIGILANTE 8 LIGHTNING SERIES#
Williams, a married father of two, spoke with The Post by phone from Atlanta, where the series is filmed. It’s the first lead TV role for the actor, who has been on dozens of hits such as “Friday Night Lights,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “ER,” and even “Nash Bridges.” Pierce, a divorced father of two daughters, worries about returning to crime-fighting as a gang targets his community. He portrays high-school principal Jefferson Pierce, a retired vigilante named Black Lightning, who fights off bad guys with bolts of electricity that shoot out from his hands. “To just play exactly who I am - a person in his 40s, a family man trying to do all these sizable things - it was tailor-made,” said Williams, 47. ‘Black Lightning” star Cress Williams says he’s the right guy for the role of a middle-age crusader with a real life.
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