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Yeah, absolutely. I’ve always been into fashion from watching fashion shows, reading magazines growing up, and watching shows like Project Runway. I’ve always been into different art forms and fashion is one that I’m interested in and one that I’m interested in entering. I would love to walk a runway show one day and do more editorial work.
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s a moment in season 2 where the name e acting, it’s not difficult to translate to film and tv e from Dennis and "D-Love" to Ghoshface se a lot of what stage is about is getting to the root of he scene is about. What’s the objective in the scene? happens. Also, just the simple fact that are you trying to do to your scene partner? What tactics ow a father and what that means and how u using? Do I intimidate them, do I joke around with anges the way he prioritizes his life is a
All of those things are what make characters unique and his growth. There’s also a pretty major how I approach any character that I play. I try to figure hat happens to him in the first episode at are the overarching objectives that my character wants an't wait for fans and the audience to see se it changes the course of his life. It’s his life. Also, just starting from the script, and honoring that thing that makes him reconsider how ople wrote these words these punctuations for a reason. een living up to this point. at’s very much so in theatre whereas in film and TV it's a
ferent. People might freestyle, the writer might say you ange the words or say it how you would say it but I
like to start with what’s on the page and go from there.
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to mind. I played Solly Two Kings in Gem Of The Ocean which is an August Wilson play. He JEWELRY. has a series of plays that are set in Pittsburgh in different eras and this is the first one set in the Bottom Right: T-Shirt by KAPPA, Pants by BOGNER, 1900s. King was like a 70-year-old man, very wise, carried a walking stick that he put notches Jacket by NANAMICA,
in of all the slaves he helped get to freedom. He had this wealth of knowledge and personality. Sneakers by SAUCONY. I was a sophomore in high school when I played him and I remember my friend coming up to me and being like, 'You’re going to win an Oscar one day!' And I was like word, ok I’m with it. And that’s a role I’m excited about revisiting when I’m 60-years-old because I do plan on acting for the rest of my life. Later on in life, I played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet with the Chautauqua
Theater Company in Western, New York. The show itself is about three hours long and I was talking and performing for about 2 1/2 out of the 3 hours. It took a lot out of me. I had to rely on the skills and tools that I’ve gained from my education.
ents are a great support system in different ways. I was raised primarily by my mom but also father as well. There was a moment where I was going to attend a Catholic high school se that’s where some of my family had gone. In the middle of the summer, after I had bought
forms and stuff for school I told my Dad, 'I don’t want to go. I don’t really know how to tell ut, I don’t want to go to this school. I want to go to Murrow and study theatre.' He spoke to d through that conversation, I was able to change my enrollment and go to a performing arts chool. My mom always supported me even if she was at work, if she had to call off to drive to ddle or elementary school for the 20 minutes I was in the scene and then dip out in the middle
ould do that. And I would look out and see her in the back of the theatre. Then both of them ogether and helped put me through college. I’m very blessed, have an amazing support m. I always felt like I was in the driver's seat but I had people who believed in me, my abilities ere able to meet me where I was. It came from drive and passion but they were always able t me there. My mom would say, 'if you want it you have to work for it' and once she and my w me working for it they got behind me. And my brother too would come to all of my shows.
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at does that mean. On a bigger level, I think I’d fit the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, that kind of Very interested in playing a musician, a saxophone I use to play alto and tenor saxophone when I was o that would be full circle for me. Also Afrofuturism, I hey’re turning one of Octavia Butler's books into a ght now and that’s something on my radar. And that are pushing the envelope, pushing the narrative roducing black people in different lights, are the s that I’m interested in.
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I’m interested in playing roles specifically written for black people. It’s almost trendy to have a diverse show. There are a lot of roles that are "open ethnicity" but I want y’all to cast me not just because I’m a good actor but be aware of
my blackness. Even if I’m existing in a town in middle America where there aren’t too many black people if I’m playing the role I am now the one black person in this town so what does that mean. On a bigger level, I think I’d fit well in the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance, that kind of vibe. Very interested in playing a musician, a saxophone player. I use to play alto and tenor saxophone when I was a kid so that would be full circle for me. Also Afrofuturism, I know they’re turning one of Octavia Butler's books into a pilot right now and that’s something on my radar. And works that are pushing the envelope, pushing the narrative and introducing black people in different lights, are the projects that I’m interested in. Interview by Nigel Isaiah
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script in a movie. What inspired your return to the genre?
they were good projects. They were great movies, and I wanted to be a part of working with irectors like Sofia Coppola and Liesl Tommy. The scripts were great, and its roles you
t seen me do. I felt like I could dive into those roles and showcase a different part of me. 's the trajectory of my career. Where I’m trying to head, where I’m trying to go? In the big e of things, it’s the versatility that gives you longevity. I’ve been working on my craft since I ur years old and, I'm at this point and age where I’m ready to align those vehicles.
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add any new abilities to your skillset while preparing for this movie? It’s funny because I’ve never played a character like Ted White. I don’t identify with this character at all: I’m not an abusive guy, I’m not an insecure person. I’m not a pimp in that kind of manipulative way. I’m just so far from Ted in terms of our characters as men that it was challenging to discover that [character]. What I found through the discovery, it’s not always a monster that makes them a monster. Sometimes it’s the insecurities of a little boy. What would make a man hit a woman? Damaged people damage people and I had to identify with that.
You’ve been working with legends like Forest Whitaker, Bill Murra and your brothers and sisters who are all iconic. I’m sure you’ve learned and soaked up so much from them. When you were filming Marlon for NBC, Naked and Sextuplets for Netflix, and as you get ready to release more film projects with HBO Max, I believe you are the big legend on set? What type of gems are you hoping that people who work with you are soaking up? The same things I got to learn from the legends I've worked with. Each one taught me something different. From Tom Hanks, I've learned, from Sandra Bullock, I've learned. One of the greatest lessons is the greatest people make the greatest stars. They're both so generous and kind, not just with the actors but with the entire crew. When you want to be a star and headline a production, you must understand the power of your energy as the star on set. You make the journey for everybody, all the cast and crew, a beautiful fun, journey by being the light of all things happy on the set. When I have a set, I think it's my job to make sure the temperature on the set always remains cool. The set is always fun, it's always comfortable, everyone is there to work, laugh, support each other, and have a great fucking time. As an actor, if you're unapproachable, you can't learn things from your crew. From the assistant camera crew to the food guy they can always say, 'if you're standing here, I can hear you better,' or 'you know that moment when the camera pushes in, I think right then is when it's best for you to give me your all emotionally because I think that's when it will peak.' So they help your performance when you're approachable. Sometimes craft services will come up to you and give you a joke, 'aye you know what you be funny,' and you think ahh shit that funny so you put it in. For me, I love every member of my crew because I know that they are helping the production and me as well.
your return to the craft, Is preparing for stand-up comedy shows like riding a bike, or are
nding a new voice on the stage?
wasn't like I mastered the bike when I put the bike down. I just had my training wheels on and
arning to ride without them before I quit. Coming back, I'm finding that it's helping me as an performer, writer, producer, star. It's given me poise in every scene. I'm not as desperate as I be. I know when to be on when to turn it off. I'm not trying to find it, I know where it's at. I trust tincts because I'm on stage every weekend dong stand up. I know my audience. I know just uch to do, just how far to go, just how far to pull back. It's an art form you learn over time,
ping your sense of humor. You're developing your character. You're developing your voice and dience, they don't know your voice until you dictate what your voice is by how passionate you are he things you say. And the line, there is no line. You create the line by allowing yourself to push e, you know what I mean. Some guys can say whatever the fuck they want to say and it's us. Some guys are always so reserved to say what they really want to say and they find their o say it and that becomes hilarious. And now and then when they go over their line you go,
out of pocket for that guy.' For me, I have no limits. I go black, white and everything in between gray. I want to be able to say whatever the hell I want to say and the audience to trust that it's
g from a good perspective and a healthy point of view even though it's a little twisted.
e acted, written and/or produced in a TV or film project every year since 2013. With your Max deal, we know more is coming including Book of Marlon. What can we expect from pcoming projects and roles, and at this level in your career what’s the end goal?
n expect the unexpected because I don't know what the hell I'm going to be doing. I think it's o be a little bit more serious. It's going to be a little crazy and a little more grounded, a little bit mature, a little bit more romance. I think overall you can expect the same caliber of funny but ravity when it comes to digging into the drama in various roles and maybe some action as well, se that is something I want to get into. I think the endgame for me is there is no endgame. I
look at it like five, ten, twenty years and in the five years hopefully I'll be one of the top 10 male n the industry that gets to work with the best directors, with the best scripts, the biggest budgets out and make the best popcorn movies. And I want to be versatile enough to do it all and my ce follows. They won't care if it's a superhero movie, a gritty drama, or a cop thriller.
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