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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Anand Thakur
I think always as an actor. I go in knowing how I’m going to play it. That’s about it.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
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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.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home.
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Akin is warrior or brave man
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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.
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It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
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Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing.
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just to show people the range that I have, and for them to be able to see the artistry beyond the color.
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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.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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It was a real character piece.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
I made a concerted effort, last year and this year, to get a range of characters
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well.
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