And I’m sure once I get my taste of that, I’ll want to do some comedy and, you know, let loose again, but I think that’s what my appetite is calling for. I started on The Get Down and Aquaman and Baywatch and The Greatest Showman, a lot of fantastical projects so I’m really looking forward to simpler things like to put my feet on the ground and go and do some of that for a little bit. A simple guy with two feet on the ground with really complex problems and I think that’s something that I’m looking forward to within this next year or maybe this next little phase. I really like to start to put together a line of work that just really represents a guy on a Thursday with the problem. If you could craft your perfect next role, what would you want it to be? There’s a lot of trust on the set and a lot of celebration of both small and large wins. So there’s a trading of what’s precious, as an actor is such a pleasure to allow Jordan to take care of our talents and you can really sense that he’s trusting us to take care of his talents in the script that he’s created. So you’re working with someone who has a very strong vision, who cares about the project, but also cares about the team he assembled to take care of his vision. And that’s so important for an actor because the morale is high, and when the morale is high on set, the confidence is high and then the work was better.
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That set was just so free and he celebrates his actors wins when you come in and execute a small moment and he’s over the moon for it. He is an actor, you know? And he has the right language to communicate with an actor. How was it working in the crazy world of Jordan Peele? You’re also in Us, which drop its trailer Christmas Day. We’re doing something that’s a bit different from that Watchmen. But we have shared some laughs about being in both of these universes and enjoy that commonality. And so Patrick is probably more excited and asking me more questions than I was asking him about what’s going on and what’s it gonna be like. No, I didn’t, but Patrick is very excited about our new Watchmen because he loves the graphic novel.
Can you talk about that relationship and alumni network that’s been developed, especially being young and black in Hollywood? Speaking of being a Yale guy, there’s a strong group of black Yale School of Drama graduates in Hollywood right now (Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett and more). And so we wanted to be sure the chemistry was tight between the two of us so once we hit the scene, we can do as much with as little time as possible. You know, we knew that we had limited real estate, detailing this really important story. We spent a lot of time in-between takes and getting to know one another and him giving me advice and that mentor-mentee relationship that we were sort of building. It was really about his experience in working on films and some of the plays that he had done and what it was like being young and being in the industry like I am and you know, he came in pretty soon after graduate school also or after his conservatory.
I’m a Yale guy and that was one of our points of entry, just talking in-between the takes and talking in the gym. He’s also classically trained, he’s a Juilliard guy.
I looked up Michael Beach and I knew that he was a black actor that had been around for a long time. And once I started to turn the page, then I began to be sort of an enthusiast. So once I got the job that, that was the moment that I had an interest in comic books. It was really about expanding my imagination and then I got to talk to the fans online to take their recommendations. This was presented to me as an exciting opportunity to go do something that was different and large scale. I’ve never read any of the Aquaman comic books or any comic books for that matter. They really wanted something that the fans could relate to.ĭid you read any of the Aquaman comics growing up? Did you read any to prepare for the role of Black Manta? They were courageous enough to not back away from the large helmet and a lot of the comic book elements of the costume.
But really, I think that the success of the Manta costume really lies in the design team. So it means I can do the things that I can do, so I can bring the attitude to the costume. The actor’s job is maybe 30 percent of making it cool and that means that I get in my best shape so I could wear the costume. How do you make one of the most difficult-looking costumes in comics look cool? release, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Mateen to discuss how he made his goofy-looking costume look cool, his upcoming work on Jordan Peele’s Us, and why he wants to play a guy who is more down-to-earth in his next role.
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