I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
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Anand Thakur
I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
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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And if it means you’re getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that’s what you’ll do.
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I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
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
There’s always your initial trepidation about doing a remake, but that was alleviated by the fact that it was a prequel.
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It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything
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I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
You don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.
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I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.
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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
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You really have to act your pants off to stay alive.
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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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