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You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 22
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I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
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I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
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When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.
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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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I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I'm looking for, I'd like to do a lead action role. Whilst I'm still young and I still have the looks, I want to take the helm and be a renegade cop, or something like that. He's got to have a bit of an edge, but that would be nice.
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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've played different nationalities, and everything from vulnerable to strong to crooked to demented. It just increases your possibilities of work because, if people know you can do just about anything, then you're going to get more offers. That's what I want to do.
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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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And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors. I just said, This is something to get on board with.
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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. Immediately, that gives you creative license to really recreate and explore and put a new stamp on the genre.
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