His intense turn in Netflix’s smash hit thriller made the Croydon-born actor go global. Next up he’s playing Mufasa in the Lion King prequel. Bring on the big roles, he says
Aaron Pierre: ‘There wasn’t one day filming Rebel Ridge that I didn’t have a bruise or a cut’
There had been some talk of arranging a meeting between Pierre and his predecessor, but in the end it was not to be. On the morning of our interview, news has just broken of Jones’s death, at the age of 93. Pierre is clearly affected: “It’s deeply sad. I’ve said a number of times before, he is a hero of mine – he’s a hero of... from his stage work to his extensive filmography to his voice work; he’s just a phenomenal artist.
in which he plays the amusingly named rapper, Mid-Sized Sedan. Jenkins was busy casting Mufasa: The Lion King, and considering Pierre for the title role. These days, post growth-spurt and voice-drop, there’s no trace of nervous energy in the 6ft 3in actor’s demeanour, but the wonderment is still there. He has it any time he talks about his own art or anyone else’s. While his first professional acting gigs were bit-parts on British TV , it’s early stage roles he considers most foundational; playing Cassio in Othello at the Globe and getting his own go at an August Wilson play, in King Hedley II, opposite Sir Lenny Henry.
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