The fourth season of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black is almost upon us, and loyal viewers can expect more drama and more laughs. Actress Selenis Leyva, who plays Gloria Mendoza in the series, dished on what fans can expect to The Huffington Post.
“I think [Season 4] is going to be one of the most talked about seasons,” Leyva said. “There’s a lot more conflict, there’s division amongst the groups more than ever. This is the season of the rise of the Latinas and there’s a lot of conflict within that.”
Things could become a bit dangerous at Litchfield, according to some hints from Leyva. “There’s a lot of danger lurking around the corner this season,” said Leyva. “My heart was beating fast for the six months we were shooting.”
Prison overcrowding will be a theme of Season 4, as was hinted in Season 3 when staffers added four beds to each living space instead of the usual two. "This season really drops in a totally different way," said Brooks to Vogue. "The prison is becoming overpopulated. All the new inmates really add more tension, and believe me, it is tense."
"We start with political agendas, the corporatization of the prison, the stratification of people into their little mosaic groups,” said show creator Jenji Kohan at the 2016 Winter TCA Press Tour . “We want it to be a surprise, but [you can expect] all the fun stuff like race and hate and some things from current events that we wanted to filter through our lens."
Orange is The New Black debuts on Netflix on June 17.
