How Does Mahershala Ali Get Into Character?
One way Mahershala Ali – especially while working on multiple projects at once -is that he makes music playlists for each individual character
Mahershala Ali: Our Job is “to consistently put ourselves in a position where we’re uncomfortable and going beyond our comfort zone”
Ali points out that having anxiety or fear about a role shows that he’s getting close to finding his character.
Mahershala Ali on Playing the Villain in ‘Luke Cage’: “The task is for you to humanize them”
“If you go into playing these people and put your energy toward the anger and the violence, you disconnect yourself from the root of who these people are, who any character is.” – Mahershala Ali