And sometimes that causes him to push a little too hard-to take the air out of the room, to where you don’t give your children the space to express their own perspectives, opinions and feelings. He wants him to be excellent because he recognizes excellence within him. ![]() So, you don’t want to give anybody any excuses for counting you out, for dismissing your presence. They can perceive you as not being as important. Other people can perceive you as a threat. I think that causes him to hold on that much tighter to his children, in particular his son, recognizing that just by virtue of being a young Black man, you can be threatening. ![]() I think your goal as an actor is to just make sure that they’re understood, that you understand why a character or why a human being can make the decisions that they make in life.ĭEADLINE: Why do you think Ronald is so domineering towards Tyler? Why do you think he treats his son the way he does?īROWN: Ronald is somebody who’s already lost his first wife, and the biological mother of his two children to a drug overdose, and he knows how fragile family can be, and how easily it can be taken away from you. I think that Randall is a part of me, but I think Ronald is just as much a part of me as is Randall. When you come into people’s homes once a week, they feel as if the character that you portray is you. There’s something about doing something completely different from what people know you for that excites me. It was also incredibly energizing, because both Kelvin and Taylor were so locked in to their characters, and also playing with Renée Elise Goldsberry was an absolute joy. So, it was a bit schizophrenic, going back and forth, but I had a plane ride to make an adjustment from one to the other. I was flying from LA on Friday night to work on Waves Saturday and Sunday, and then flying back to work Monday through Friday on This Is Us. I was actually shooting them concurrently. You hope and pray that your children come back safe and sound, in one piece, and that the world gives them a fair shake, right?ĭEADLINE: Speaking to that, what was it like going from playing a father who is loving like Randall on This Is Us, to Ronald, who is very demanding in his approach?īROWN: Pretty awesome, dude. Because this father probably has very similar fears for his son that I had for Kelvin. I realized the reasons that I was fearful were actually the reasons why I should do it. But it’s a good part, right?” And I was like, “Yeah, man, it’s a good part.” He said, “Should I not do it, just because he’s Black?” And I was like, “Oh, sh*t.” Once you do it, and you put it out into the world, you can’t fault anybody for how they receive it, and how they receive it may run the gamut. So, we had this conversation and I shared with my concerns for how he could be viewed, and how the character could be viewed. ![]() I told him what my concerns were, and he said, “Please, share ideas on what you think we can do to make the film better, because I don’t want to lose our audience at the midway point.” And then he said, “Maybe you should talk to Kelvin, too,” who was out in Los Angeles training as a wrestler. I felt like there was something beautiful about being able to shed the hatred that she had for her brother, something beautiful about the relationship that she has with Luke -but whether or not that central event is something that’s going to be damaging or uplifting to see a flawed, but good human being make a terrible decision? I talked to Trey about it. BROWN: I continued on with the movie, but I still had that concern.
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