‘1923’: Aminah Nieves Opens up About Cole Brings Plenty Tribute in Season 2

1923 paid tribute to the late Cole Brings Plenty, who played Pete Plenty Clouds in Season 1, in the Season 2 premiere that debuted on Sunday, February 23 on Paramount+. The actor, whose uncle is Yellowstone star Mo Brings Plenty, died in April 2024 at age 27. His 1923 character is a love interest for Aminah Nieves‘s Teonna Rainwater (pictured above, left, next to Brings Plenty’s Pete, right). TV Insider connected with Nieves ahead of the 1923 premiere, and she opened up about honoring Brings Plenty’s memory while expanding Teonna and Pete’s storyline in Season 2.

The 1923 Season 2 premiere opens with an in memoriam to Brings Plenty, showing footage of him as Pete in Season 1. Pete is played by Jeremy Gauna in Season 2. Honoring Brings Plenty’s contributions to the series by recasting the role instead of writing Pete out of the story is “the best thing we could’ve done,” Nieves tells TV Insider. She admits that she struggled to return to the series as she grieved the death of her friend.