I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them..
ADEWALE AKINNUOYE-AGBAJEThat’s the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.
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I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that.
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It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.
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I’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.
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So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.
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Akin is warrior or brave man
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The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.
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That’s the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.
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Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.
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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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Personally, I love Toronto.
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It’s a good way of getting you into the zone for the scene.
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You don’t want it to be a replica or an imitation.
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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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I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.
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I knew him as a commercial director and thought one of his commercials was great.
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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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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense.
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Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home.
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Trust in your abilities and you’re the author of your own destiny.
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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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Each actor was serviced in the movie, and we tried to do that in this movie as well.
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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home.
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I’d like to do a lead action role.
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I’ve played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented.
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When a child wants to be accepted, he’ll do anything.
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