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 As for physical preparations, Washington also took a less than strenuous path. “I was actually in better shape doing the play, and I sort of let it go.” Washington didn’t take up any sort of strict exercise regimen to prepare for the role, as he thought it didn’t call for a particularly muscular or sharply drawn physique. “I just felt like [his character, detective Keith Frazier] is sort of settled in his ways, and he’s had his routine, and he’s in over his head, so I didn’t…” I never wanted to look too neat…he [has] style, but he [doesn’t] have money.” Washington thought it appropriate to portray his character as confident yet lacking any actual clout. According to him, the powers that be in this film – from the mayor to the bank chairman (Christopher Plummer) to the shady power broker (Jodie Foster) – are “on this other level that these kind of guys that I play will never get to…He’s not invited to their parties. He didn’t make it to that barbecue in the Hamptons…” Washington actually brought much more to the role than just shaping a character from scripted lines. As he and his co-stars acknowledge, he often improvised lines, something he feels very comfortable doing when working with director Spike Lee. “I like working with Spike. It’s familiar territory. I like going to Brooklyn to DeKalb and rehearsing…It’s like coming home for me.” As Washington points out, he first started improvising lines with Lee while shooting Mo’ Better Blues. “That was the first time I can remember really [thinking], ‘Okay, we’ll just fool around or just set the set scenario and see what happens.” Washington’s improvising was somewhat difficult for his co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor to adapt to, though despite this fact, “We had a good time together.” Washington says of Ejiofor, “[He’s] really an elegant and just a good man, and a great actor,” but “it was tougher for him because…I’m just riffing,” while Ejiofor, who is British, was “trying to learn how to speak [with an American accent]” at the same time. Though they only had a handful of scenes together, Washington says he really enjoyed working with Jodie Foster, and has nothing but glowing things to say about her. “I like her a lot. Obviously she’s a great actress. I was excited about the opportunity to work with her,” Washington says. In a landscape that was both new and familiar, Washington seems to have thrived on the set of Inside Man, adding his own flourishes both on and off screen and picking up some tips from Lee along the way. Though working with Lee was very much a familiar experience, this time around Washington had the chance as a budding director in his own right to look over Spike’s shoulder with new perspective. “I sat in…after rehearsals with [Lee] and his [director of photography and they ... |
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