‘All American: Homecoming’s Mitchell Edwards Talks Cam’s Heartbreak & Explains How His Own Music Impacted His Character’s Story
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Monday night’s episode of All American: Homecoming. Mitchell Edwards has certainly gone on a journey with Cam Watkins, the character he’s played across several seasons of both All American and All American: Homecoming. “It was a full journey of a character to go from the pompous, cocky football jock who thinks he’s better than the lead to becoming the graceful, supportive boyfriend and friend to the leader of the [latter show],” Edwards told Deadline, speaking about Monday night’s episode, when the arc really came full circle for him.
After Cam’s breakup with Keisha, he’s tasked with pouring his pain into new music for a major recording artist. While that artist ultimately doesn’t appreciate what Cam brings to the table, the character handles such an emotionally fraught moment with a level of grace that would’ve seemed unlikely to come from the version of Cam audiences meet in the first season of All American.
Not only was Edwards able to explore new depths to his character in this episode, he was also able to infuse more of his own art into it, as his own song, “Playing No Games,” is featured toward the end.
In the interview below, the actor spoke about the intersection of his art and reflected on everything that’s led Cam to this moment where he could handle such heartbreak with his head held high. DEADLINE: What was the conversation to get your song, ‘Playing No Games,’ in this episode, and what does it mean to you for that to happen? MITCHELL EDWARDS: I was very excited to get a couple placements on the show!
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