The Oscar winner returns to television as an elite assassin in Peacock’s new adaptation of the classic novel and film.
The actor—who worked with a veteran military expert and a real-life sniper, learned some Spanish and German, and was taught how to apply prosthetics in preparation for the complex role—is curious about how audiences will react to his frequently disguised, morally gray character. “There’s a sociopathic quality to him,” the actor said of the highly skilled lone wolf he plays in The Day of the Jackal, speaking during a Vanity Fair–hosted event for the series on Wednesday night.
I love this idea of audiences oscillating in their affections and going, I’m repelled by this person, yet I’m kind of intrigued by them.” The Oscar winner said that although he and the Marvels star don’t share much screen time, they spent a lot of time together as first-time producers, talking on the phone and over Zoom. “Lashana and I met in the gym about two months before filming started, and that was virtually the only time we physically saw each other for, I’ll say, five months,” he said.
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