This story contains spoilers from Season 1 of “Cross,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Taking on a beloved character who’s been portrayed by other actors multiple times isn’t an easy task. So for Aldis Hodge,

Cross' showrunner Ben Watkins and leading man Aldis Hodge explain why the actor taking on the iconic role has been years in the making and why the Prime show goes hard.

If your idea of Alex Cross is Morgan Freeman from the movies “Kiss the Girls” (1997) and “Along Came a Spider” (2001), the Amazon series “Cross,” based on a best-selling series of novels by James Patterson,