Jeremiah Bitsui Interview: Dark Winds Season 1
Dark Winds is the latest AMC series to take the world by storm. The network, known for quality mystery thrillers, has once again knocked it out of the park with a show based on the iconic Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman. With new episodes airing every Sunday, and AMC+ subscribers one week ahead, the story of Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon, Westworld) trying to solve the seemingly unconnected crimes happening on the Navajo reservation has audiences gripped.
A large part of the central mystery ties back to Hoski, played by Jeremiah Bitsui, who has been an AMC mainstay thanks to his role as Victor as Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. The mysterious so-called Father has been lurking on the edges of the story and slowly revealing his involvement in the the cases Leaphorn and his team need to solve.
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Screen Rant spoke to Bitsui about the dual nature of Hoski, and what he represents in a story about generational trauma. The actor also shared thoughts on his character's potential fate, Dark Winds' season 2 two renewal, and the upcoming conclusion of Better Call Saul.
Screen Rant: There is deception and disgrace everywhere that you go. Can you talk about playing such a complex and double-sided character like Hoski?
Jeremiah Bitsui: With Hoski being on the deceptive and dark side, I think my job was really to try to bring a humility to him. Hopefully, by the end, though you probably hate the guy, he's someone that has layers that really have you wonder, «Why is that guy so screwed up? What's going on there? Why so deceptive, why so dark.?»
Underneath all of that, hopefully by the end, you get that this is someone that's been a ticking time bomb. It's someone
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