Ntchito yodziwika bwino ya Tony Todd ndiyotambalala, ndipo mbiri yake ili ngati Candyman ndi Kokafikira, Mawonedwe a TV mu Star ulendo ndi Ma X-Files, ndi mbiri yochititsa chidwi ndi zisudzo ... ndipo sakuyimitsa posachedwa. Todd ali ndi mbiri yochititsa chidwi ya 230 yochitira dzina lake, ndi 13 mwa iwo omwe akukonzekera kapena asanatuluke. Kanema wake waposachedwa kwambiri (pambali pa omwe sanatulutsidwe Candyman) ndikulowa kwatsopano kwambiri pamalingaliro owopsa a anthology, Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood 3. 

In Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood 3, Todd ndiye njira yathu kudzera pagawo lililonse pamene iye (William) ndi msungwana (ku Brooklyn, wosewera wa Sage Arrindell) amathawa zoyipa zosaneneka. Pomwe amabisala kwa omwe amawatsata, Brooklyn ikufotokozera William nkhani zingapo zowopsa zomwe zimawoneka pazenera. Ah, mantha ochokera pakamwa pa makanda.

Posachedwa ndinali ndi mwayi wolankhula ndi Tony Todd wabwino komanso waluso pantchito yake, zokonda zake, Candymanndipo Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood 3.

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Kelly McNeely: Choyamba Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood mu 1995 anali wanzeru kwambiri m'magulu ake ndi ziwawa za apolisi komanso andale atsankho. Ndipo kulowa kumeneku - Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood 3 - amalankhula za magawano azikhalidwe ku America. Zowopsa nthawi zonse zakhala zosokoneza pakati pa anthu chifukwa chofufuza zamantha, ndikuganiza. Kodi mukuganiza kuti tingatengepo lingaliro ndikuphunzirapo kanthu? Kodi zowopsa zitha kupangitsa dziko kukhala malo abwinoko?

Tony Todd:  Ndikuganiza kuti kanema wabwinoyu amapangitsa dziko kukhala malo abwinoko. Ndakhala gawo lalikulu lazinthu zowopsa, ndipo ndakhala ndikuthandizira kwambiri mafilimu owongoka. Ndimakonda nthano. Ndipo ndikuganiza chiyani Nkhani Zochokera ku Hood 3 amachita ndi - onsewo - akufotokozera magawo atatu kapena anayi omwe amakhala ngati magawo amoyo ku America, monga opanga mafilimu amawona. Ndipo makanema owopsa akhala akuchenjeza nthawi zonse, chifukwa chake ndi njira yabwino kuti anthu aziwoneka ndikunena kuti "chabwino, sindikufuna kulakwitsa".

Kelly McNeely: Tsopano, mwakhala mukukhala nawo m'mafilimu ena omwe akhala odziwika bwino, makamaka a Candyman komanso anthu omwe amakhala mdera lomwe nthawi zambiri sakhala akuwonetsedwa mufilimuyi. Tsopano ndi Nkhani Zopezeka M'nyumba 3 - lomwe lili ndi mawu olimba ngati chilolezo cha anthology, chimamveka bwanji kukhala gawo lofunikira kwambiri m'mbiri yamtunduwu?

Tony Todd: Ndachepetsa. Mukudziwa, ndili kusukulu yasekondale, ndipo ndimakoka tsitsi la atsikana, ndikuyika zikwama pamipando ya aphunzitsi, sindimalota kuti ndidzakhala pachiwonetsero chachikulu. Koma ndimadziwa kuti ndikufuna kuchita, ndine wosewerera zisudzo. Ndiye ndipamene ndidayambira, ndi zomwe ndimangobwerera. Mukangokhulupirira zamatsenga, ndiye kuti zamatsenga zimachoka, motero ndimaphunzira nthawi zonse kusunga mapazi anga ndikukwaniritsa zolinga zanga mtsogolo. Ngati izi zimakhala zomveka. Ndikuyamikira kuti mukundiuza kuti ndine chithunzi, koma sindimayenda ndikundimenya pachifuwa ndikumanena kuti "Ndine chithunzi", ndiye kuti nditha kutaya [kuseka].

Usiku wa Dead Dead (1990)

Kelly McNeely: Kodi pali gawo kapena kanema kapena sewero - monga ndikumvetsetsa kuti mwachita zisudzo zambiri - zomwe zakulimbikitsani kuti mukhale wosewera?

Tony Todd: Ndine wokonda kwambiri Billy Wilder, adalemba makanema ambiri. Ndikukumbukira ndikuwona Dzuwa litalowa ndi William Holden ndi Gloria Swanson pomwe ndinali ngati zaka 12, ndikukhalapo mkwatulo wangwiro pakunena nthano, kuchita, maluso okongoletsa. Nditapita kusukulu yopanga zosewerera, tonse tinatengeka ndi zomwe Robert De Niro anali kuchita galimoto Yoyendetsa ndi Wopweteketsa Bull, mukudziwa, kudula zinthu zakutsogolo. Amasintha mawonekedwe, ndipo mumatha kuyang'ana mdziko mwanjira ina kudzera pakamera, ndipo mumayang'ana diso labwino. Kaya ndizowopsa, zosangalatsa, zisudzo zamaganizidwe, sewero lowongoka, nthabwala, ndine wokonda wamkulu wa Richard Prior mwachitsanzo. Ndipo ndiwo mayendedwe ngakhale palokha. Ndizosangalatsa kukhala ndi zonunkhira zabwino, koma ndibwino kukhala nawo omwe anthu sadziwa za chitsimecho. 

Kelly McNeely: Ndikumvetsetsa mbiri yanu yomwe mudapangira Candyman idagwiritsidwa ntchito kudziwitsa zotsatira zake, kodi mudakwanitsa kukhala ndi gawo limodzi pa kanema watsopanoyu? Chifukwa chongofuna kudziwa, sindikudziwa ngati mungathe kuyankhulapo ngakhale pang'ono.

Tony Todd: Njira yanga yothandizirana idasungitsa zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa kale. Zili m'manja, Jordan [Peele] adalemba ndikumpatsa Nia [DaCosta] ndipo ndizosangalatsa kukhala ndi malingaliro achikazi pofotokoza nkhaniyi. Ndipo tabwerera ku Cabrini-Green - komwe kulibenso - ndiye ndikumverera kodabwitsa. Ndikulakalaka kanemayo akanatha kusiya pomwe tinanena kuti anali, Okutobala 16, koma mphamvu zomwe zikufuna anthu ambiri m'mipando ikachitika, chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti chikhala chodabwitsa. Aliyense akuziyembekezera, aliyense akuyembekezera aliyense akuyembekezera izi, zomwe ndi zabwino. Kukhala m'modzi mwamakanema asanu owopsa omwe akuyembekezeredwa kwambiri, ndi dalitso.

Candyman

Kelly McNeely: Mtundu wa anthology umalola Nkhani zochokera ku Hood kuthana ndi mavuto osiyanasiyana osiyana siyana monga kusankhana mitundu komanso kupatsidwa ulemu. Ndikudziwa kuti ndinu wolemba wokonda. Kodi mungafune kuthana ndi mtundu wa anthology?

Tony Todd: Ndine wolemba, koma ndili ndi mwayi wopanga nkhani yonse yokhala ndi chiyambi, pakati, ndi kutha. Osati kuti iyi siyofunika - ndikutanthauza kuti ndinakulira Malo a Twilight yomwe inali sewero la theka la ola sabata iliyonse, simunadziwe ngati mudzakhale pa pulaneti, kapena sitima, kapena ndege, mukudziwa, zinali zamisala. Chifukwa chake ndimayamikira mawonekedwe, koma ndimakonda kwambiri kuyenda ulendo wautali mpaka usiku zikafika polemba, ndimalemba zochuluka kwambiri [ndikuseka] kenako ndimazisintha pakapita nthawi.

Kelly McNeely: Tsopano mukuchita izi, mumafunsidwa mafunso omwewo tsiku lonse. Ndiye ndi mutu uti womwe mumakonda kukambirana? Kapena pali china chake chomwe mumakonda kwambiri chomwe mumakonda kukambirana kapena kukambirana?

Tony Todd: Chabwino, zisudzo. Zisudzo zidandipulumutsa, ndidalinso mphunzitsi ndikuthandizira kupulumutsa ophunzira achichepere omwe analibe chitsogozo ndipo pamapeto pake adapeza chidwi chawo. Chimodzi mwazabwino kwambiri pamoyo wanga ndikugwira ntchito ndi womaliza, wamkulu August Wilson, ndidayamba Mfumu Hedley II. Ndipo polankhula zakulemba, pomwe tidatsegulira anthu kuti zinali kupanga kwa maola anayi. Pofika nthawi yomwe timagunda Seattle, tinkafika mpaka maola atatu ndi khumi ndi asanu. Chifukwa wolemba wabwino amaphunzira. Simusintha, mumasanza, ndichokonda kwakanthawi. Chifukwa chake ndi nthawi zomwe zidasintha moyo wanga. Ndipo ndakhala ndikugwiritsanso ntchito chiwonetsero chamunthu m'modzi chokhudza a Jack Johnson Mizimu Mnyumba. Malingana ngati dziko likupitilizabe kusintha momwe liliri ndikumangotidabwitsa, tonse tili ndi zolimbikitsa zomwe titha kufikira ndikutola.

Gahena Fest

Kelly McNeely: Tsopano, ndikudziwa kuti muli ndi mbiri yanu ndi zisudzo, ndipo inenso ndimagwira ntchito zosewerera. Chifukwa chongofuna kudziwa - ndipo ili mwina lingakhale funso lodzaza - mukuganiza kuti tsogolo la zisudzo ndi zonse zomwe zikuchitika pakadali pano?

Tony Todd: Ndikuganiza kuti iyi ikhala nthawi yakhama kwa olemba. Tonse takhala tikutseka kwazaka pafupifupi zonse. Olemba adayenera kupirira maubwenzi ndikuchepetsa ndikupeza ndalama zatsopano, ndipo ndikuganiza zaka zitatu kapena zinayi kuchokera pano, tiyamba kutuluka pamenepo. Bernard Rose ndi ine - omwe adatsogolera oyamba ndikusintha Wolemba Candyman - akugwira ntchito yomwe ikhala yodabwitsa kwambiri, kuti ibwera chaka chamawa, ndipo ndi zomwe angandilole kuti ndinene za izi [kuseka]. Tinawombera munthawi yeniyeni kumayambiriro kwa mliriwu. 

Kelly McNeely: Ndi ntchito yanu, mwachiwonekere mwakhala nawo pama franchise angapo ofunikira monga DCU, Star ulendo, The X-Files, Stargate… Kodi muli ndi zomwe mumakonda kapena zina zomwe simunachitepo zomwe mumakonda kubisalira?

Tony Todd: Nthawi zonse ndimayang'ana maudindo abwino a abambo nthawi ndi nthawi. Ndatha kuchita zochepa, koma osati pamlingo womwe ndikufuna. Ndili ndi ana awiri okulirapo, ndipo nthawi zonse ndimafuna kuwapatsa china choti athe kuwonera. Ndimakonda zodabwitsa. Amandidabwitsabe, ndikuganiza othandizira anga ndi anthu anga tsopano akundikankhira ku TV, tiwona. Ndikudziwa kuti pali mapulojekiti awiri omwe akukonzedwa, chifukwa chake tiwona zomwe zikuchitika. Ndipo nthawi zonse ndimafuna kubwerera kukaphunzitsa, ndimakonda kuphunzitsa, palibe china chopindulitsa kuposa icho. 

Kelly McNeely:  Mwakhala mukuphunzitsa kwakanthawi. 

Tony Todd: Inde, ndikutanthauza, kupitirira apo, mukudziwa, muyenera kubwezera. Ndili ndi mwayi wamaphunziro aulere ku pulogalamu yabwino ku Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, kenako a Trinity Rep Conservatory, ndipo adandilola kulowa, adati azilipira, ndipo ndizomwe ndimayesetsa kuchita. Nditayamba sewero, ndidabwerera kumzinda wakwawo wa Hartford, Connecticut, ndipo ndidagwirako ntchito ndi ena ... tidzawatcha ophunzira osasinthika, ndipo tidatha kuwapanga kuti akhale oseketsa. Ndipo amalankhula bwino komanso okonda. 

Imfa

Kelly McNeely: Ndikudziwa kuti pakhala malingaliro oseketsa akuyandama mozungulira, monga Candyman motsutsana ndi Leprechaun. 

Tony Todd: Inde, tidawombera. Simukufuna kuyika Candyman mgululi. Ndiwokondedwa kwambiri pazifukwa. Ndipo ine ndidasokoneza lingaliro la Leprechaun. Koma ndikuganiza kuti kanema watsopanoyu atsegula mitundu yonse yazinthu zatsopano komanso zotheka. Ndikutsimikiza kuti sangayime ndi amodzi. 

Kelly McNeely: Kodi mukuganiza kuti pali munthu m'modzi yemwe a Candyman sangapambane, atati apange imodzi mwamakanemawa? 

Tony Todd: Ayi, sinditero, ayi. [Akuseka] Palibe mwa iwo amene ali ndi maziko olimba monga iye alili. Ndipo ndikunena izi ndikumwetulira.