“Colman Domingo from The Madness” on the pragmatic-paranoid character, the slow-paced thriller and the “Fear The Walking Dead” finale

Colman Domingo is a political pundit whose life becomes a paranoid chaos The madness. He originally enjoyed success on stage, including his Tony Award-nominated performance The Scottsboro Boys and supporting roles in all of Chadwick Boseman’s films 42 to Ava DuVernays SelmaDomingo found his breakthrough on screen as Fear the walking deadThis is Victor Strand. In the years that followed, he gained further recognition, including being nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Rustin and Emmy-winning performance in HBO’s euphoriaamong other things.

Domingo plays the main role The madness as Muncie Daniels, a former social rights activist who now works as a media analyst for CNN. As Muncie becomes more and more famous and is about to divorce his wife, he takes a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods, but discovers his neighbor’s dismembered body there and narrowly escapes the two of them cleaning up the body. Since his efforts to report the crime are not believed, Muncie begins to suspect that something bigger is at play and that someone is conspiring against him, leading him down a rabbit hole of paranoia to find out the truth.

Next to Domingo the ensemble Craziness Cast includes The Last Day of Ptolemy Grayis Marsha Stephanie Blake, Twenties‘Gabrielle Graham, Bad monkeyis John Ortiz, Slow horses“Tamsin Topolski, Reasonable doubt‘s Thaddeus J. Mixson and The color purpleThis is Deon Cole. I’m coming from OGis Stephen Belber and Justified The series, a veteran of VJ Boyd, proves to be a gripping mix of psychological thrills and David Fincher-style character drama The game.

Before the show’s premiere Screen rant Colman interviewed Domingo for discussion The madnesshow Muncie Daniels is a far more pragmatic character than many others in the conspiracy thriller genre, jujutsu training for the show and how this further influenced his performance, as well as a reflection on this Fear the walking deadSeries finale and thoughts on a possible return to the post-apocalyptic franchise.

Domingo worked closely with the showrunners and director to make “Muncie.”A very measured guy”

“It really comes down to the psychology of where Muncie is right now…”

Screen Rant: I’m three episodes in The madnessand I’m addicted. I love your character, I love the world and this rabbit hole that takes us down the abyss. When I talk about Muncie, I like that he doesn’t have quite the shy paranoia that we might see from someone like Michael Douglas in the ’80s, but you can always tell that the gears in his head are turning at any given moment. What’s it like to not only achieve that energy, but also maintain it for an eight-episode production?

Colman Domingo: I would say it started with my director and showrunners Steven Belber, VJ Boyd and Clément Virgo. We were very clear about how we were going to position Muncie and made sure he was a very measured guy. He is more pragmatic. I think part of his development is actually letting something affect his heart, letting it trigger him and making a decision. But he’s always thinking and moving slowly in a way. That’s what I love about the series. I think Episode 1 progresses a bit slowly, but then it starts to pick up steam.

It really comes down to the psychology of where Muncie is right now. He’s kind of in a really nebulous place where he’s very centrist in his views, he’s not really active, but his discovery is going to lead him down a rabbit hole, I’m sure. He would never want to go down, but he has to it because it will free him too. He will free himself from madness in many ways. I think that was a very conscious thing, he’s the eye of the audience and he’s the narrator you can rely on. But now you just look at all sides of the world and how they perceive him.

Domingo was surprised to learn the nature of jujutsu

“I love that that was underneath his core…”

So when you talk about becoming more active, this series also requires you to become quite physically active, even in Episode 1, right at the beginning, and I’m sure in future episodes as well. What was it like getting into that side of things and regaining an awareness of who this character is, as opposed to someone like Victor Srand, who is a survivor and used to this type of struggle?

Colman Domingo: Yes, it’s funny that you mentioned Victor Strand because Victor Strand was always very argumentative. He wasn’t really the most athletic person, but he just did what he needed to survive, to pick up something. And now I actually had to do jujutsu training for Muncie Daniels because it was something he did as a hobby. I love that that was deep inside him and he did things like that by trying to stay fit, going for runs and being physically smart. But he didn’t know that he would need that to actually actively deal with it and save his own life and that of his family. I just think that’s really cool.

I really enjoyed the training. I trained with jujutsu masters in Toronto for three weeks and was unaware of it (the intricacies). I was driving past jujutsu places and thought, “Oh, that’s intense, I would never do that.” And then suddenly I had to do it and thought, “Oh, I get it.” It’s about energy and it’s about your body to be used in different ways. So, I love it. I understood why they chose Muncie to do jujutsu because you have to think ahead and actually think and use someone else’s body and manipulate them to be successful. I found it interesting that he learned these skills, but he didn’t know he would need these skills.

Domingo has a unique constitution for his potential Walking dead Return

“…I never say never…”

I see I’m on time. I just mentioned Victor, but it’s crazy to think that a year ago today was the series finale of Fear the walking dead came out. I’m curious if you ever look back at Victor and think about a possible future for him in this universe.

Colman Domingo: First of all, this is crazy because literally last night I was with Kim Dickens and Alicia Debnam-Carey and we had no idea it aired a year ago. That’s wild, it was an unconscious celebration. I guess I never say never, but I think that after eight seasons in Victor Strand’s storyline, I’ve kind of squeezed everything I could out of him. I think Victor Strand could only exist in his own universe.

I think so. He couldn’t be part of the franchise. It would have to be all about the world he builds because Victor is someone who can constantly change and that’s what I really loved about him. But right now he’s kind of turned into his cousin (The Madness) Muncie Daniels, and I think that’s cool. (Laughs)

Um The madness

Muncie Daniels is a political consultant turned television pundit who may have lost his bearings in life. While Muncie takes a working vacation to the Poconos to write the great American novel, he is the only witness to the murder of a known white supremacist, and now he is framed for the crime. Muncie is forced to go on the run in a desperate fight to clear his name and uncover a global conspiracy before time runs out. Along the way, he reconnects with his family, finds unlikely allies, and fights against disinformation in a post-truth age.

The madness
Premieres on Netflix on November 28th.

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