And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
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I like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I’d known of him because I’m from Europe.
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It’s the ones that deal with the inner fear, the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.
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I’ve never been really great at trusting anybody, just because of the way I grew up.
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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.
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When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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Also, I’d like to play an athlete again, while I’m still physically fit, or a musician, like Nat King Cole
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So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.
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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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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.
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It’s very important to stretch, because while it’s good to look pumped
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It’s a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?
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Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well.
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. You have to make sure you don’t hurt or hit someone. And hit the beats, because they have five cameras
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The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.
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