Trick of the light: Ria Zmitrowicz as Roxy;
IN AN EMPTY field somewhere in London, Roxy (Ria Zmitrowicz) stares at the bolts of electricity dancing between her fingers. She screams and channels the energy at a pylon in the distance, setting it ablaze. Her gift is the beginning of a new world order envisioned in The Power, a TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s seminal 2016 book, which sees all young women develop these newfound electrical abilities, overturning the patriarchy. “We weren’t modelling a revolution based on anything we’ve seen in the real world,” showrunner Raelle Tucker tells Empire. “We were collectively imagining what a new revolution would look like right now.”