It was a real character piece.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEThe 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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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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I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
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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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I just said, “This is something to get on board with.”
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You don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.
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Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home.
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I just want to keep the diversity and the options open.
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Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks
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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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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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It’s very important to stretch, because while it’s good to look pumped
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I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
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It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.
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What is a shame is that there isn’t stuff that is as great as ‘Oz’ on a consistent level around today.
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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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