I played a character on Oz and people still approach me in the streets today.
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEThe actual fights themselves are very demanding.
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I just want to keep the diversity and the options open.
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I just said, “This is something to get on board with.”
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I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
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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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You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.
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Personally, I love Toronto.
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Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.
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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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You had that in the Carpenter version, and you have that in this prequel.
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So you really, really have to stay supple.
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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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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 has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.
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Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.
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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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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home.
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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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. 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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It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything
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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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It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
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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 want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
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I’d like to do a lead action role.
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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.
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