black
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Certainly, I look for different characters ’cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don’t like to get typecast.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Creative Explore Genre Immediately License Recreate Stamp
I’m known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I’m known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Fate Hope Influence Performance Soul Way
Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
You had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
It’s the ones that deal with the inner fear, the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Carpenter Deal Fear Inner Mysticisms Realm Scary Unknown
Certainly, I look for different characters ’cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don’t like to get typecast.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
And if it means you’re getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that’s what you’ll do.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Certain Fight Getting Mean Notoriety
The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
In terms of what I’m looking for, I’d like to do a lead action role.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur
. You have to make sure you don’t hurt or hit someone. And hit the beats, because they have five cameras
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Beat Camera Hit Hurt Someone Sure
I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE

Anand Thakur