{"id":6055,"date":"2018-12-03T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudd.co.uk\/dev\/blackfilm\/?page_id=6055"},"modified":"2018-12-03T16:08:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T16:08:07","slug":"exclusive-winston-duke-on-playing-mbaku-in-marvels-black-panther","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/exclusive-winston-duke-on-playing-mbaku-in-marvels-black-panther\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Winston Duke On Playing M\u2019Baku In Marvel\u2019s Black Panther"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1543853231492{margin-top: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Winston-Duke-Black-Panther.jpg?id=5601) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1543848703848{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”380px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”5725″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” title=”In association with:” el_id=”association-note”][vc_column_text]\n

Exclusive: Winston Duke On Playing M\u2019Baku In Marvel\u2019s Black Panther<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”5913″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\"\"The wait is almost over as\u00a0Marvel Studios\u2019\u00a0Black Panther is ready to hit theaters on February 16.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by\u00a0Ryan Coogler<\/strong>\u00a0from a screenplay he co-wrote with\u00a0Joe Robert Cole,\u00a0<\/strong>the cast includes\u00a0Chadwick Boseman<\/strong>,\u00a0Michael B. Jordan,<\/strong>\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o<\/strong>,\u00a0Danai Gurira<\/strong>,\u00a0Martin Freeman<\/strong>,\u00a0Sterling K. Brown,<\/strong>\u00a0Daniel Kaluuya<\/strong>,\u00a0Angela Bassett,\u00a0<\/strong>Forest Whitaker<\/strong>,\u00a0Andy Serkis<\/strong>,\u00a0Letitia Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Winston Duke,<\/strong>\u00a0Florence Kasumba<\/strong>,\u00a0Shaunette Ren\u00e9e Wilson<\/strong>,\u00a0Isaach de Bankol\u00e9,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0John Kani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cBlack Panther\u201d follows T\u2019Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T\u2019Challa\u2019s mettle as king\u2014and Black Panther\u2014is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.<\/p>\n

\"\"For Winston Duke, this is his breakout role as M\u2019Baku, also known as Man-Ape. Best for his role of Dominic on CBS\u2019s\u00a0\u201cPerson of Interest,\u201d<\/strong>M\u2019Baku is described as \u201cone of Wakanda\u2019s most powerful warriors and one of T\u2019Challa\u2019s biggest rivals.\u201d Duke\u2019s past credits include appearances on\u00a0\u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit,\u201d \u201cThe Messengers\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cMajor Crimes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In speaking exclusively with Blackfilm.com, the Tobagonian native spoke about his role, working with the cast and the fan excitement for this film.<\/p>\n

How did this role come about for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve been following Ryan\u2019s work for a really long time. I loved Fruitvale, I loved Creed, and I just knew that the type of worlds and work that he creates is something I wanted to be a part of. I wanted to be a part of projects that have a really strong social justice footprint, even while being commercially viable and commercial successes. That\u2019s a deep part of his mission. You know what I mean? And I wanted that to align with my own.<\/p>\n

So I put that out there, I let my representatives know that this is the kind of work I want to be a part of. And when I got the opportunity to be in the same room for the audition, I just kept going, and he\u2019d talk to me. We worked for like 45 minutes in the audition. He\u2019d have me do it this way, do it that way, do it this way, do it that way, try this way. And I got to also learn that\u2019s the way he works. He likes a lot of options. And even when he shoots, he\u2019ll shoot the same scene in like five different ways, five, six different takes, and he\u2019ll choose this one and use that for the film. So I got to learn a lot of who he was, and that\u2019s kind of how it came about.<\/p>\n

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How much of M\u2019Baku were you aware of from the comics?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0So from the comics and from the cartoons and everything, I knew he was definitely usually a functional character. So he\u2019s a character that usually serves the function of challenging T\u2019Challa and losing. And he\u2019s, a lot of times, just a punchline. And what\u2019s really great about this film is that we took a departure from that, and really fleshed out a character with integrity, with backstory, with culture. So instead of making him this one-off leader that is the head of this religious cult that no one really knows about, he\u2019s the head of Jabari, one of the major tribes of a country. So there\u2019s a lot of lineage there. There\u2019s a lot of culture there. There\u2019s a lot of agency within that, because he\u2019s a man with a lot of responsibilities. He\u2019s responsible for a people. You know what I mean? And he\u2019s part of a community.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s really great that we didn\u2019t have to follow that same narrative, and that same narrative that sometimes had racial implications that were deeply problematic. You know what I mean? With the white gorilla fur, Man-Ape, and all these things. We got a chance to create something that was human.<\/p>\n

\"\"Where does your history with Marvel Comics come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0So I\u2019m from Trinidad and Tobago, so comic books for me were actually one of my first inlets into American culture. And if it\u2019s one thing I did know, is that comic books are definitely deeply an American creation. You know what I mean? And these characters are American creations, American \u2026 Captain America is an American creation. Superman is an American creation. So it really offered me a really cool chance to interrogate American culture and learn about it.<\/p>\n

A lot of times there was this \u2026 I wasn\u2019t able to afford comics when I first, as a kid. Ten years old, nine years old, even. And there was a neighborhood comic book store, and the name of the comic book store was Winston\u2019s, believe it or not. And it was run by this Korean family, I believe, Korean family, and they would give me free comic books when I couldn\u2019t afford any comics. And I\u2019d collect cards and all these things, so I learned about all of these comics when I was a really young kid. I learned about the X-Men, and this idea of you might not see a lot of people like you, and the people who are like you might be judged and oppressed, but as the world \u2026 As you get older and you get more exposed to the world, there are more people like you, and it gets better, and you\u2019re actually a person of purpose. And learning that really was helpful for me, so I actually have a pretty long history with comic books.<\/p>\n

\"\"Have you seen all of the other Marvel films?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019ve seen almost all of \u2019em. I think because the last year has been so busy, I haven\u2019t seen some of the newest releases. I didn\u2019t see Guardians 2, and I didn\u2019t see Spiderman: Homecoming, but I\u2019ve seen pretty much everything else. I even saw the old Punisher with Dolph Lundgren, and all those people back in the day. All the old, really bad 1980s Thor, and Captain America. I loved that movie back in the day.<\/p>\n

How much did you train for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0We were doing different types of training, so I was just working out probably six days a week. Lifting things, running, doing different routines to create this character that didn\u2019t look aesthetically like he\u2019s a gym head. He\u2019s working out outside, he\u2019s running, he\u2019s picking up rocks maybe, pushing trees, or something. He\u2019s a strong man, and he uses his weapon. He\u2019s strong and he\u2019s able because he knows his weapon. He\u2019s not doing curls.<\/p>\n

So doing fight choreo training probably four to five days a week, and fleshing out what we want the fight to look like. Everything was deeply collaborative, so all that happened over like three months, and it was pretty cool.<\/p>\n

What was it like on this set, with this cast, and you\u2019re seeing the hype build up through social media?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Winston Duke:<\/strong>\u00a0The first question is what\u2019s it like being on set with these people. And to be honest, it didn\u2019t feel intimidating because of the atmosphere that was created. So no one came in to set, on set, with a lot of ego. Ryan created a really great space that felt deeply collaborative.<\/p>\n

So before any shooting happened we had pre-production where we did a table read, and we were working on our dialects, and doing fight training, and everyone was training together so you got to really know everybody. And develop relationships that you\u2019re comfortable working with them. So when you\u2019re on set, it\u2019s not like you\u2019re working with \u2026 I wasn\u2019t working with Forest Whitaker, I was working with another actor who really wanted to make a cool story. I was working with Chadwick Boseman, who wanted to make a cool story. So same thing with Michael B. Jordan and Daniel Kaluuya. So it never felt weird because it was deeply collaborative.<\/p>\n

Second question, which was the hype built around it. Didn\u2019t realize it until we were done shooting because we\u2019re working and we\u2019re not really seeing that. We just are working and creating this thing, and creating this story, and creating a world, and creating different cultures that no one\u2019s ever seen, so we\u2019re just having fun doing that. And it\u2019s not until after, when #BlackPantherSoLit, really is going crazy, and Geeks of Color, and Black Superheroes Matter. Everyone\u2019s hittin\u2019 and we hit Comic-Con, where it actually becomes a reality because we\u2019ve now emerged from our creative cave, and we\u2019re meeting the people that this means so much to. Like narratives like this means so much to, they\u2019ve been waiting for years.<\/p>\n

So at Comic-Con you\u2019re in a room with I think it was like 6000 people in Hall H and we got a standing ovation just from showing up. And that\u2019s when it really galvanized, that, \u201cOh my God.\u201d I lost my voice and I wasn\u2019t screaming.<\/p>\n

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