BD Wong over zijn rol als Hugo Strange in Gotham

RDJ134 8 maart 2016 om 02:04 uur

BD Wong is bij ons nerds altijd een guilty pleasure om te zien, want deze acteur weet met zijn aanwezigheid altijd een grote indruk achter te laten met zijn rollen in films en TV series. De enkele kijkers die Gotham nog volgen, weten ook dat hij daar de villain Hugo Strange speelt. Nu had de website Collider een interview met hem, en daar in vertelde hij over zijn rol in Gotham en liet hij ook nog iets los over het briljante Mr.Robot.


How did you come to this role, and did you always know that you would be playing Hugo Strange, or were they very secretive about that?

WONG
: The two jobs that I have these days - I have a job on Mr. Robot and on Gotham - are extremely secretive about what they're doing, in a similar kind of way. They did come to me and say that they were looking for somebody to play Hugo Strange, but they didn't say much else about it, at all. It started out being an 8-episode arc that is now a 9-episode arc, but they wouldn't say exactly what was going to happen. I still don't really know what's going to happen, and that makes it fun. I literally know what's happening as I'm shooting it. Where we actually end up is completely up in the air to me. So, my research and looking back into Hugo Strange is was all I really had to go on when it came to knowing where it was going to go. It was way better than my expectations of what this character could be, as it evolved.

What is the appeal of a character like Hugo Strange? Do you like the fact that his agenda is a bit mysterious?

WONG:
Yes, I think mystery is only an actor's friend. If you understand how to find the pocket of the mystery in any character that you're playing, then you're going to be that much further ahead of the game and the audience will be leaning forward, trying to figure you out. The downside of that is that you can overdo it and be so cryptic that people don't care anymore. You want to try to find a balance that works for the character. This character is not necessarily as mysterious as he is very colorfully bad. He's bad, but he also loves being bad and enjoys what he's doing. He really digs what he's doing. He's much more villainous than other characters that I've played. I've played characters who are antagonists or who are considered villains, but this guy is derived from the comic books, so it's much more of a real comic book villain, and that makes it really fun. I'm at the right stage in my life where it feels fun to just let go and play and enjoy it.

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