Chinaza Uche plays the role of Coffee, one of the patients at New Hyde who becomes friends with Pepper, but ultimately ends up being killed in the fourth episode.
Uche recently spoke with SciFi Vision on the experience of filming his character’s last scenes. “Victor [LaValle] was really lovely, because we had lots of conversations about it, because it's super intense,” the actor explained to the site. “And we did discuss why it happens, what it means to each of us, how to portray it on the camera.” He added that he knew it would be upsetting for people. “I didn't want it to hurt the audience too much. I don't know, I loved Coffee, and I was like, ‘Wow, I think if it works, this is going to really hurt,’ but I think that's the point.”
The actor also spoke about the physically chaotic “blood room” sequence, what drew him to the role, how he prepared to play Coffee, the care he took in grounding the character’s mental health experience, and more.