Then you’re going to get more offers. That’s what I want to do.
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Then you’re going to get more offers. That’s what I want to do.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEWell, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEImmediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI like the fact that there was a European, first-time director. I’d known of him because I’m from Europe.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEThat’s the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJESo, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI’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-AGBAJEYou don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJECertainly, I look for different characters ’cause I always like to keep people guessing, and I also don’t like to get typecast.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEWhen a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEWhilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEYou had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEWhat I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEI knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEAnd then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
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