Craig confirmed to TVLine that the antiheroine (who’s played by actress Lynn Whitfield) will be front and center in the upcoming project.

"When I saw her [preaching], it made me even more excited about the spin-off, because when you hear Lady Mae talking about how to love the past enough to let it go and how to look for the future, it’s just so exciting to me to do another chapter in the story," he shared.

But don’t expect the distraught widow to rope in a new love interest any time soon. "I think even if we trotted out Idris Elba with a Bible in his hand, Lady Mae would have a hard time moving on," Craig joked.

"But as Lynn always reminds me, Lady Mae is a sexual woman, a woman of passion and desire. So eventually, she would come around. But we can’t make it easy."

Craig also admitted that the last few episodes of Greenleaf purposefully laid the groundwork for a possible Tasha/Jacob/Tara triangle. "Tara is so sweet and gentle, and Tasha is so, you know, fiery and a little bit silly — but adorable," he stated.

"I think it’s a great set of options for Jacob to consider as he continues to try to find his moral and masculine center as sort of the last standing male in the family."