During an interview with ComicBook.com yesterday in promotion of his upcoming comic book film Bullet to the Head, Lost alum Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje briefly discussed his upcoming role in Thor: The Dark World, his affection for Marvel Studios and his thoughts on Anthony Mackie — Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s co-star in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete — joining him in the Marvel pantheon.Don’t worry; there’s much more to come, but we wanted to tease the full interview with a peek of what we could get out of him on the question of Thor: The Dark World.ComicBook.com: I always have a hard time wrapping my head around going from Thor, where everybody’s wearing something that takes an hour and a half to put on, versus something like The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, where you can basically wear your street clothes in. Is there an adjustment to your mentality, when you’re acting for a full day as opposed to all the prep time when you’re working on something like Thor?Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: [Laughs] Yeah, there is a difference. Really, I play two characters, sometimes in the same day, so it wouldn’t just be an hour and a half; sometimes it was four or five hours in makeup. But that’s all part of the process and I think that process informs the performance.Ultimately, when you get in front of the camera, it comes down to the same thing. I mean, yes you will have spectacular outfits on, and maybe ingenious prosthetics but when you do look into the eyes of the other characters, be they aliens or superheroes, you are going to be relating to them as an actor. So the job is the same, the process may be different, and it is a bit surreal.You know, we were out in Iceland on these black volcanic mountains, and it’s spectacular, and then you’re in Brooklyn, in the ghetto, and those are distinctly different. And you enjoy both of them–I enjoy both of them–but yeah, there is an adjustment. The thing about doing a Mister and Pete, or even a Bullet to the Head is it’s grounding.It’s very grounding and it reminds you of why you do your craft–as well as Thor, to be honest, because I don’t know an actor who wouldn’t say they would enjoy doing a Marvel movie. It’s the height of the experience of performing, really. As a boy, as a man, you always dream about superheroes, action heroes, supervillains. To get to be able to perform them, or even two of them is great.Yes, you’re right–it’s extremely different and sometimes surreal being in the mountains of Iceland and then in the ghettos of Brooklyn…but I think that balance adds for not only a healthy lifestyle but career, and it’s grounding.ComicBook.com: Did you have any words for your co-star, Anthony Mackie, on that? You were already dealing with Marvel when you were shooting, but obviously he still hasn’t started shooting Captain America: The Winter Soldier yet.Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: It’s funny–when we were working on Mister and Pete, I was already prepping for Thor so I hadn’t known about Anthony’s involvement at that time but all I can say is, he’s in very good hands and he’s an extremely accomplished actor. They certainly wouldn’t have chosen him if he didn’t know how to do the job so I think they’re both in good hands and I would just say enjoy the process; it’s just great fun.ComicBook.com: I was hoping you could clarify something for me; when I talked to Tom Hiddleston, he told me that he’s signed for like five movies or something; is that something normal that you all have to do as the price of admission into the Marvel Universe?Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje: I think it all depends on the character. You never know what will become of what character–nobody ever really dies. I think that’s all I can really say; it depends on the character you’re playing.
