Edie Falco<\/strong><\/a> leaned into Nina Hobbs\u2019 Texas roots to transform into the Anchor Bay Prison Warden for Mayor of Kingstown<\/em><\/a> season 4.<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt different playing someone who grew up in Texas then a very east coast, urban environment that I\u2019m more familiar with,\u201d Falco, 62, told Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively during the Mayor of Kingstown<\/em> red carpet on Tuesday, October 21. \u201cI think that helped me figure out more about who she is.\u201d<\/p>\n Falco joins the Paramount+ show\u2019s star-studded lineup for its fourth season \u2014 set to premiere on Sunday, October 26 \u2014 and her character is a \u201cpretty powerful\u201d woman with a \u201chuge responsibility\u201d to keep her prison in line. Not to mention, Hobbs will also be going head-to-head with Jeremy Renner<\/strong>\u2019s Mike McLusky.<\/p>\n \u201cI had not anticipated getting as deep into the scenes as we ended up getting into,\u201d Falco told Us<\/em> earlier on Tuesday about working with Renner. \u201cWhen you work with someone, in the course of the scene, as it kept going, I realized I was becoming more invested in my character\u2019s point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n Even though they\u2019re both major Hollywood players, Falco and Renner had never worked together before. She told Us<\/em> that it was \u201cgreat fun and great tension\u201d with Renner that comes across onscreen.<\/p>\n \u201cYou never know, when you start a project, how that\u2019s going to feel,\u201d Falco added. \u201cSo I was pleasantly surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n Renner was taken aback by how Falco is totally different in real life compared to her \u201cpretty intense\u201d character.<\/p>\n \u201cShe ends up being one of the sweetest, most gentle girls around,\u201d Renner added. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t think that when she plays this gnarly Nina in the show.\u201d<\/p>\n Season 4 is a pretty personal one for Renner\u2019s Mike as it will see his brother, Kyle (Taylor Handley<\/strong>) as an Anchor Bay inmate. Renner doesn\u2019t think that this makes him reckless, but \u201ccertainly desperate\u201d when dealing with Falco\u2019s Hobbs.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a big thing for him. He was very desperate a lot of the time and very helpless,\u201d Renner teased. \u201cThat drove him to be desperate and have to make different choices and [be] vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n Falco teased that Hobbs won\u2019t be \u201cgoing down easy\u201d throughout the season \u2014 no matter what gets thrown her way.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s a survivor. She\u2019s been through a lot, even having to do this job in this environment,\u201d the actress shared. \u201cShe\u2019s been faced with all kinds of adversaries. She\u2019s just having to recalibrate, perhaps, in a way that she didn\u2019t anticipate.\u201d<\/p>\n Renner explained that Mike will feel \u201cdefeated in some ways\u201d because Kyle is behind bars. (The Mayor of Kingstown<\/em> season 3 finale<\/a> showed Kyle getting arrested after shooting a fellow SWAT team officer.)<\/p>\n
\n Edie Falco as Nina Hobbs and Clayton Cardenas as Torres.<\/span> Dennis P. Mong Jr. \/ Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"How](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MOK_401_DPM_0206_0131_RT-mayor-of-kingstown-excl.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky and Edie Falco as Nina Hobbs.<\/span> Dennis P. Mong Jr. \/ Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n