"""<p><strong>The 1-Sentence Pitch:</strong> """"It's the story of crack cocaine and how it changed Los Angeles,"""" says showrunner Dave Andron.<br><br><strong>What to Expect:</strong> Set in 1983, <em>Snowfall</em> unfolds the story of the crack epidemic through a young, ambitious entrepreneur named Franklin (Damson Idris); Gustavo (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler working for a crime family; Teddy (Carter Hudson), a CIA agent who gets mixed up with a deal to fund the Nicaraguan Contras via cocaine; and Lucia (Emily Rios), the independent daughter of the crime family Gustavo works for. """"It's funny, because you don't hear the word 'crack' until the midway point of the season,"""" says Andron, who created the series with Oscar and Emmy nominee John Singleton. """"It's not just about South Central. It's not just about the CIA. It's really about what happens when that bomb gets dropped and how it changes everything in these communities.""""<br><br><strong>Britspeak:</strong> Idris is British, a fact that gave Singleton pause when it came to hiring the newcomer. """"I was told to spend a day with John in South Central, just talking in an American accent, because he was kind of scared that I wouldn't [sound] authentic,"""" says Idris. """"His mom was there, and I'm saying things a British person would say, like, 'Oh, how lovely your hair looks today.' And his mom's like, 'He ain't from here, huh?'"""" <em>— KP</em><br><br>(Photo: Mark Davis/FX) </p>"""
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