Colman Domingo is a political analyst whose life becomes a paranoid mess in The Madness. Having originally found success on stage, including his Tony Award nomination in The Scottsboro Boys and having supporting roles in everything from Chadwick Boseman 42 for Ava DuVernay SelmaDomingo found his breakthrough on-screen role as Fear the undeadIt’s Victor Strand. The years since then have seen him receive further acclaim, including his Oscar and Golden Globe nomination in Rustin and Emmy-winning performance on HBO’s Euphoriabetween others.
Star Sunday The Madness like Muncie Daniels, a former social rights activist who now works as a media commentator for CNN. Amidst his rising star profile and his wife’s pending divorce, Muncie goes for a weekend getaway to a cabin in the woods, only to discover his neighbor’s dismembered body, and narrowly escapes them both in the process. of cleaning. the body. As his efforts to report the crime are not believed, Muncie begins to suspect that something bigger is at play and that someone is plotting against him, leading him down the rabbit hole of paranoia to uncover the truth.
Alongside Domingo, the group Craziness cast includes The Last Day of Ptolemy GrayMarsha Stephanie Blake, Twenties‘Gabriela Graham, Bad Monkeyby John Ortiz, slow horses‘Tamsin Topolski, Reasonable doubtThaddeus J. Mixson and The color purpleIt’s Deon Cole. Coming from O.G.Stephen Belber and Justified Veteran VJ Boyd, the show proves to be a gripping mix of psychological thrills and character drama in the same vein as David Fincher. The game.
Before the program’s premiere, Screen speech interviewed Colman Domingo to discuss The Madnesshow Muncie Daniels is a much more pragmatic character than many others in the conspiracy thriller genre, training jujutsu for the show and how this further influenced her performance, as well as a reflection on Fear the undeadthe series finale and thoughts on a possible return to the post-apocalyptic franchise.
Domingo worked closely with the producers and director to make Muncie”A very restrained guy”
“It’s really the psychology of where Muncie is right now…”
Screen Rant: I’m three episodes in The Madnessand I’m hooked. I love his character, I love the world and this rabbit hole that takes us down. When talking about Muncie, I love how he’s not quite the skittish paranoia that we might see in someone like Michael Douglas in the ’80s, but you can always tell the gears are turning in his head at every moment. What’s it like to not only achieve that energy, but maintain it throughout an eight-episode production?
Colman Domingo: I would say it all started with my director and my showrunners, Steven Belber, VJ Boyd and Clément Virgo. We were very clear about how we were going to prepare Muncie and really make sure he was a very measured guy. He is more pragmatic. I think part of your evolution is getting to the point of actually letting something affect your heart and being triggered by it, and making a decision. But he’s always thinking and moving slowly, in a way. So that’s what I love about the series. I think episode 1 is a little slow, but then it starts to pick up.
It’s really the psychology of where Muncie is right now, he’s in a really nebulous place where he’s very centrist in his views, he’s not truly active, but his discovery is going to take him down a rabbit hole, I’m sure. he would never want to fall, but he needs to fall, because that will also set him free. He will free himself from madness in many ways. So I think that was a very conscious thing, he’s in the public eye, and he’s the narrator that you can trust. But now it’s just a matter of looking at all sides of the world and how they perceive it.
Domingo was surprised to learn the nature of Jujutsu
“I love that it was underneath your core…”
So when talking about becoming more active, you have to be quite physical on this show as well, even in episode 1, right at the beginning, and I’m sure in the next few episodes. What was it like coming into that side of things and, again, having the kind of awareness of who this character is, versus someone like Victor sSrand, where he’s a survivor and he’s used to this kind of fighting?
Colman Domingo: Yes, it’s funny that you mentioned Victor Strand, because Victor Strand was always very quarrelsome. He wasn’t really the most athletic person, but he would just do whatever he had to do to survive, to catch anything. And now, I had to actually train Muncie Daniels in jujutsu, because that was something he did as a hobby. I love that it was behind his core, and he was doing things like that, trying to stay in shape, running, being physically astute. But he didn’t know he would need it, to actually be active and save his own life and that of his family. So, I think that’s really cool.
I loved the training, I trained for three weeks with jujutsu masters in Toronto, and I didn’t realize [the intricacies of it]. I would drive by jujutsu places thinking, “Oh, this is intense, I would never do that.” And then suddenly I had to do it, and I thought, “Oh, I understand.” It’s all about energy and using your body in different ways. So, I love it. I understood why they chose to have Muncie practice jujutsu, because you have to think about the future, and you have to actually think and use someone else’s body, and manipulate that to be successful. So I thought it was interesting that he was learning these skills, but he didn’t know he would need these skills.
Domingo has a unique condition for his potential Undead Return
“…I never say never…”
I see that I’m arriving at the right time. I just mentioned Victor a moment ago, but it’s crazy to think that a year ago today was the series finale. Fear the undead it went out. I’m curious if you look at Victor and think about a potential future for him in this universe.
Colman Domingo: First of all, this is amazing because I literally was with Kim Dickens and Alicia Debnam-Carey last night and we had no idea it aired a year ago. This is crazy, it was an unconscious celebration. I guess I never say never, but I think after eight seasons of Victor Strand’s arc, I’ve kind of gotten everything out of him that I can. I think the only way Victor Strand could exist would be in his own universe.
That’s what I think. He couldn’t be part of the franchise. It would have to just be about the world he’s building, because Victor is someone who can keep transforming, and that’s what I really loved about him. But now, he’s kind of turned into his cousin, [The Madness’] Muncie Daniels, and I’m okay with that. [Laughs]
On The Madness
Muncie Daniels is a political consultant turned TV commentator who may have lost his way in life. During a sabbatical from working in the Poconos to write the great American novel, Muncie becomes the only witness to the murder of a known white supremacist, and is now being framed for the crime. Muncie is forced to go on the run in a desperate fight to clear his name and uncover a global conspiracy before time runs out. Along the way, he will reconnect with his family, find unlikely allies, and fight misinformation in the post-truth era.
Source: Screen Rant Plus