Warning: This article contains spoilers for the series finale ofClaws.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you all know this was going to be the final season ofClaws?
Was four seasons always the plan?
Kevin Rankin and Niecy Nash on ‘Claws.'.TNT
This was a particularly wild season.
How are we gonna come back from that?
That was one of the points where I was like, “What am I gonna do?”
Niecy Nash and Anthony K Hyat as Desna and Tony on ‘Claws.'.TNT
So there were so many things that needed to be figured out behind the scenes.
And then on camera, it’s how am I navigating all of these relationships?
It is just so many things, even the relationship with Tony, all of it.
‘Claws’ stars Karrueche Tran, Judy Reyes, Niecy Nash, Jenn Lyon, and Carrie Preston in the TNT drama’s series finale.TNT
As a character, you feel like you are barely keeping your head above water.
Are you of the mind that Desna didn’t force these women to do anything?
Or do you think Desna maybe has a lot to apologize for?
Niecy Nash and Harold Perrineau on the TNT drama ‘Claws.'.Alfonso Bresciani/TNT
The thing is, like the series and in life, you are accountable for yourself.
They want the money too.
Watching the series finale, we only really see Desna through FaceTime in the first half.
Niecy Nash as Desna in the ‘Claws’ series finale.TNT
Was that to build tension, or did that involve a hump production had to get over?
So there were spaces and places that we needed to fill in.
It just was a casualty of the pandemic.
Do you suggest people rewatch the season now?
Was that full-circle element of that shootout something you were really excited about?
And it’s like, “Oh my God is Desna really killing Ann?
She’s shooting this woman, what is going on?!”
Was it important to you that Desna and her crew got a happy ending?
I enjoy that because it was the thing that they were always looking for.
Nobody saw that coming.
Yeah, and it plays with expectations too.
Something terrible has to happen."
You get left with the idea that “Oh, they’re back together in Cuba.”
Speaking of Cuba, what was it like filming that final Havana scene?
Did that come late in production?
Did it get emotional?
We were so cold.
My foot was still in the cast, so we were sitting outside literally shaking.
Because of the way it ended, we were not together because of the pandemic.
We just got a call like, “Hey, that’s it.
Nobody is coming back.”
Oh, okay."
So there was no big speech to the crew.
We did not have a traditional series wrap.
That’s a little challenging.
How about the guys?
I’m a fan," blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
“My name is Niecy,” whatever, whatever.
He was already Dean.
And I was like, “Is he okay?
Why you not talking back to me?”
And I was like, “Oh, he’s already in it.
Oh, let me get together.”
I’ve never quite had that experience before.
Who do you want to shout out from the crew?
Because I especially think wardrobe, and hair and makeup played a big role on this show.
I will tell you that my makeup artist for all of the seasons was Naima Jamal.
Dolores Ybarra was our costumer.
The looks became iconic in a way because we had not seen this decadence.
“You just gonna put on four belts?
What are you doing?
Oh, you just gonna glue beads to your eyebrows?
Uh, okay.”
And in this world, it all worked.
What are you most proud of in working onClaws?
For example, you all told a story about Black women that we don’t often see.
This is such an LGBTQ-affirming show.
It could be many things.
She doesn’t have to be the traditional mother with the husband and the 2.5 kids.
She’s just herself.
So that particular woman I feel like was served in this series.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
