'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4 - Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa

Moviefone speaks with Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa about 'Jack Ryan' Season 4. "He had a lot of input on the writing and directing," Pena said of John Krasinski.

Premiering on Prime Video beginning June 30th is the fourth and final season of 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan,' which is based on the popular literary and cinematic character and stars John Krasinski (‘A Quiet Place’) in the title role.

What is the plot of 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4?

The fourth and final season of ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ finds the titular character on his most dangerous mission yet: facing an enemy both foreign and domestic. As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) is tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country. As Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.

Who is in the cast of 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4?

'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' season 4 stars John Krasinski (‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’) as Jack Ryan, Wendell Pierce (‘Selma’) as James Greer, Michael Kelly (‘Man of Steel’) as Mike November, and Betty Gabriel (‘The Purge: Election Year’) as CIA Acting Director Elizabeth Wright, with Abbie Cornish (‘Sucker Punch’) returning as Cathy Mueller. Joining the cast this season are Michael Peña (‘Ant-Man’) as Domingo Chavez and Louis Ozawa (‘Predators’) as Chao Fah.

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa about their work on 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4, how Peña’s character is different than Jack Ryan, why Ozawa’s character is torn between business and family, and working opposite actor and filmmaker John Krasinski.

(L to R) Michael Peña and Louis Ozawa star in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4.

You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interviews with Peña and Ozawa, as well as Betty Gabriel and Abbie Cornish.

Moviefone: To begin with, Michael, what were some of the aspects of this character that you were excited to explore on screen? Also, how is Domingo Chavez similar and different from Jack Ryan?

Michael Peña: I mean, I got to be honest with you, there's not a lot of similarities. He's like this cerebral kind of a person and he figures things out. I think Chavez is more of a fill-player. He fills out the situations and I think that he has a lot more experience, especially in battle, so to speak. For me, the interesting part of it, which was difficult as well, he’s not a character that emotes very much, and it's more about the amount of focus that he has on the task at hand. So he's that kind of guy. For the most part, what you see in the series is somebody who's very motivated, but very focused on one thing, and he's not very animated.

(Left) Louis Ozawa as Chao Fah in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4. Attila Szvacsek/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.

MF: Louis, your character, Chao, is a family man but also a ruthless businessman, and he seems torn between the two. Can you talk about that?

Louis Ozawa: Absolutely. Family comes first with him. But he's a self-made man and he's not a unambitious man. I think ultimately his hubris, his ambition, is a bit of his downfall, too. So it's a delicious combination to kind of play off of. He's got his ambitions and that that's at odds with his family. I think he's similar to Jack Ryan in a sense that he's always thinking two, three, four steps ahead of everyone. He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, and maybe he's not. It's been a joy to play this role. I was saying earlier that I get to scratch every itch that an actor has, in this role.

(L to R) Michael Peña as Domingo Chavez, and John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4. Credit: Jonny Cournoyer/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.

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MF: Michael, what was it like for you working with John Krasinski on this series?

MP: I mean, he had a lot of input on the writing and the directing, and of course the producing of it all. Sometimes it's interesting because when you're doing something with a person that's producing whatever it is that you're doing, you see them and they're looking at you. You're like, "Is he acting with me or is he looking at how I'm doing it?" So it can make you a little bit self-conscious about it. Because he's like, "Right, right. Can you do that again?" So, it's literally the director just right there.

John Krasinski as Jack Ryan in Prime Video's 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Season 4. Credit: Jonny Cournoyer/Prime Video. Copyright: Amazon Studios.

MF: Finally, Louis, what was your experience like working with John Krasinski?

LO: Well, John is fairly hands-on being a director, so, as the executive producer, has a lot of creative input into every scene that we're in. But he's also an actor. So, one of my most emotional scenes that I had, he gave me the space. He said, "Hey, we need to give Louis a few minutes to be there. Whatever you need in this moment, if you need to call your wife and talk to her.” He was recollecting kind of moments from ‘A Quiet Place’ and how he got into that place. He was like, "I just got on the phone with my wife," which is weird because she was on set. But anyway, he was like, "Yeah, you can get on the phone with your kids, whatever it takes." So I appreciate both the fact that he is a director and an actor.