LaKeith Stanfield.
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LaKeith Stanfield played a brainwashed man in Get out, a silent philosopher in Atlantaand a code exchange telemarketer chased by Armie Hammer in Sorry to bother you, everything before hiring a therapist. In a new interview with Level, the actor discussed the toll playing William O’Neal on Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah took over your mental health. The new film follows FBI informant O’Neal as he struggles with the decision to assassinate Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton, played by Stanfield’s Get out brother Daniel Kaluuya. “In the scene where I had to poison him, a lot of that ended up not going to the final cut, but we shot [me mixing it in] Kool-Aid, and I had to go through all these moves, ”he said. “With someone like Daniel, whom I respect as a human and artist, like Fred Hampton, it felt like I was actually poisoning President Fred Hampton.” He says co-star Dominique Fishback told him that sometimes “your body doesn’t always differentiate the experience from your imagination”. “So, sometimes, your body thinks that this is real, whatever you’re doing,” he explained. “It is no wonder that I am feeling so stressed and having panic attacks. I realized going ahead before going into something like that again, maybe having a therapist. ”He later confirmed that he got a therapist this year, just in time for Judas and the Black Messiahdelayed launch of.
Stanfield’s love for co-star Kaluuya is so healthy, especially since this is the second time Skins alum stole a paper from him. “You know what, for Get out I auditioned to like each Occupation. I went in and read with Jordan Peele. And then I read it to another – I think it was Rel’s role – and I ended up reading it for my role, ”he said. “Damn, I forgot all about it.” He has no grudge against Kaluuya or the casting directors. “If they had asked me to play a hat in this film, I would have done that,” he added.