'Jack Ryan’s' Wendell Pierce Explains Why His Character Has To Back John Krasinski’s Hero, No Matter What

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00:00 Jack every second matters.

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00:04 - Wendell, from what fans have seen

00:09 in the trailers and the commercials,

00:12 it looks like you're doing a lot of monitoring from afar.

00:14 So I'm curious of how your relationship with Jack

00:16 is changing going into this season

00:18 and how your role is changing going into this season.

00:21 - Well, I am a part of the leadership of the agency.

00:26 And so my relationship is as strong as it ever was with Jack

00:31 because he saved my life

00:32 and I'll be forever indebted to him and I trust him.

00:36 And so, so much so that when he breaks out of his lane

00:41 and the agency is actually in pursuit of him,

00:45 that I will do everything to protect him.

00:48 I will help him from the minute it happens.

00:50 I know that I have to protect him.

00:54 And you see that in the first episode right away.

00:56 And so it's illumination of our trust,

01:02 the loyalty that I have to him

01:05 and making sure that I'm protecting him,

01:08 protecting his six, you know, at the agency

01:12 and outside the agency

01:13 and making sure he's getting to where he needs to go.

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