This post contains details from Monday nights episode ofAll American: Homecoming.
MITCHELL EDWARDS:I was very excited to get a couple placements on the show!
I wrote this song about five years ago, and it was about a scenario that was completely imagined.
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So they asked me if I had any songs in my catalogue that could potentially work alongside that storyline.
I pitched this song to them.
So it was kind of cool.
that was the case with this song.
I had no real source material for the story of the song.
It just was the feeling of the beat.
So to find a story later was really dope.
EDWARDS:I think having music and now having a whole new path in life really excited him.
Were not really thinking about the challenges that may come.
He just knows that hes very excited about the opportunity.
There is no partner or no pacifier that you’re free to rely on to get there.
How has it been for you to see him grown over so many seasons?
And so I think Bringston is that for him.
When he goes to Bringston, its really a chance for him to kind of redefine himself.
I think another thing to take into consideration is that he loses football very early.
I think he really enjoyed it, which is why we see more grace come from him.
EDWARDS:Yeah, I think so.
Theres a brotherhood that he was yearning to be a part of that he didnt know.
The first brother that he made was JR. That is what caused that betrayal to be even more painful.
I think with both Keisha and JR, Cam was slow to love them.
I definitely think he mourns both Keisha and JR, the loss of those relationships.
DEADLINE: Their breakup scene in the previous episode was very heartbreaking.
How was it to film that scene with Netta Walker?
Me and Netta just have great trust for each other.
When its her take and when its my take, were both in it.
I think that we did that that day, We came in, we were ready.
DEADLINE: Youve gotten to work so much more with your other cast mates this season as well.
How has that been?
EDWARDS:Thats always a lot of fun to mix up the circle and change the dynamics.
So I spent a lot of season one working with Netta.
So when we started to break that up, that was already fun.
Then this season, I feel like Ive worked with pretty much everybody.
It brings a whole new side of the job out.
Each character has a different relationship with the other.
Me and Martin [Bobb-Semple] are really close.
It was a lot of excitement, being able to shuffle the cards, so to speak.
DEADLINE: How did you feel finding out the show would end after this season?
Do you feel closure with Cam?
EDWARDS:Me in particular, I certainly do have a lot of closure.
Its been a long journey.
We all know where this character started.
I think it was fulfilling.
I think that that was awesome.
We saw him playing sports and how he has other talents in the arts.
We got to see all those different things.
The news also came on my very last day of filming.
DEADLINE: Whats next for you?
EDWARDS:So my journey is very similar to Cams, in that the next thing will be music.
Its time for my next chapter.
Of course, Im an actor for the rest of my life.
