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As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.

As an actor, you just like to be able to play as much range. I just want to be invisible. I want to be able to be perceived as an artist as opposed to 'a black actor': that's the joy.


Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (/ˌædeɪˈwɑːleɪ ˌækɪˈnuːeɪ ɑːˈbɑːdʒeɪ/; born 22 August 1967) is a British actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Simon Adebisi on Oz, Nykwana Wombosi in The Bourne Identity, Kurse in Thor: The Dark World, Killer Croc in Suicide Squad, Mr. Eko on Lost, Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones[1] and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama Concussion.[2]

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When you're a large black man in Hollywood, the obvious stereotype is one of force and menace.

    Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje   
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I'm from Europe, England, and I actually lived in Italy.

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The practice of pumping up before the scene, especially if you've got your shirt off, most actors will do that.

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I don't really discriminate with my art. To me, it's my art, and it's to be expressed through whichever medium is there, whether it's treading the boards in the theater, on the small-screen TV, or on the large screen. I love theater, and it's definitely something I would love to do.

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 Tags: Love Art Me Through Something TV
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To play these twisted, tormented characters is very draining. You have to sit in the pocket of that character for the duration of the shoot, which is normally an average of three months, and that can be taxing!

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 Tags: Character Play You Three Average
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I don't really look at genre. I mean, sometimes you might be playing heavies a lot, and you're like, 'Hey, it'd be nice to do a romantic comedy.'

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I grew up watching 'Rambo' and 'Rocky' and all of those movies, so you have a surreal moment, even as an actor, when you're in front of these guys, whether it's DeNiro or Stallone. You have a moment like, 'Geez, that's Sylvester Stallone,' and then you have to snap out of it and get back in the pocket of the character.

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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. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies. It's the ones that deal with the inner fear: the unknown realms and the mysticisms that are scary.

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 Tags: Fear Me Speak Movies Unknown Human
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