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-AGBAJEAs an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.
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. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.
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Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
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The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention.
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Akin is warrior or brave man
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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 just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I’m looking for,
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As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.
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It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
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Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home.
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I thought it was an interesting take on such a big-budget cult classic
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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home.
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You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.
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I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.
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It’s paying homage, very much, to that.
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And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
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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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When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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It’s one of the most beautiful places on this planet.
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The actual fights themselves are very demanding.
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So you really, really have to stay supple.
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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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I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
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Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
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Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
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