The star of the new crime drama Cross, based on James Patterson’s novels, brings a methodical, detailed approach to his work.
When Aldis Hodge sits down for an interview, he is a man with the time on his mind. Not that he’s watching the clock. Rather, as we begin to talk about his role in the new crime dramajob: horologist. That is, a designer of timepieces. And it’s a passion, he says, which informs every part of his life.
“There is no delineation or deviation; rather, when it comes to my process of design, I just have different conduits for execution, meaning I’m going to hit a watch this way, I’m going to hit a character this way,” Hodge says. “So the method to my madness comes from a base of formulaic design. I start with blocks, and then we get what we get.
“This adaptation of 2024, the authenticity, the roots, the honesty that you get is from Ben Watkins,” Hodge says. “Ben made it a standard to say, ‘look, this character, he’s going to be black, he’s going to live a black experience’, which means we have to have conversations that some people may be afraid to address or approach because they don’t know how to.”
“I think that is great because you have to be able to have your work informed by the root source,” Hodge adds. “If you’re trying to build anything great, it will always take a team, and due to the humility of Mr Patterson and the brilliance of Ben Watkins, that’s where you meet in the middle, and you get the true nature of Cross.”Though Hodge does not recall the specifics, he and Watkins met when they were both teenagers, playing in a basketball league in Los Angeles.
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