Colman Domingo Talks Inspirations for His ‘Working Man’ Villain

The upcoming Running Man remake is about in a United States the place folks watch contestants attempt to survive being hunted. Watch any sport present (or actuality TV basically), and the host is as essential because the gamers themselves, and that’s the place Colman Domingo is available in.

He performs Bobby Thompson within the movie, who hosts the titular blood sport that’s the speak of the nation. We obtained slightly little bit of the character within the trailer, and in accordance with Domingo, enjoying a man like that’s like “[being] in a complete totally different movie than anybody else.” Like he informed Entertainment Weekly, Thompson’s solely seen via the context of his present, the place he’s “working, manipulating, charming, not solely the studio viewers, however the company as nicely.”

Regardless of not having any backstory to lean on, Domingo revealed two inspirations for Bobby: his previous theater days of “having the ability to maintain an viewers” and Jerry Springer, whose actuality present was once a giant deal within the mid-2000s and have become a dependable time-killer for schoolkids throughout snow days. Domingo watched the two-part documentary on the late TV present host the night time earlier than filming his scenes and acknowledged Springer’s talent in “inciting and letting folks…do what they should do on a platform and actually allow them to interact within the worst habits and nonetheless really feel like he had nothing to do with it. He’s simply there shifting the present alongside. I felt like, what an attention-grabbing strategic method to abstain from any duty of what occurs on that set.”

Bobby’s must preserve the plenty entertained additionally extends to his look, which Domingo mentioned comes courtesy of author/director Edgar Wright and costume designers protecting him wanting “impeccable in each manner. Perhaps it made sense for Edgar to solid me as a result of I feel he knew I may presumably pull it off.” Fashion has all the time been an indicator of Wright’s motion pictures, and Working Man seems to be to maintain that pattern going—which, to Domingo, is a good incentive to see the movie in theaters on November 14. The vacations aren’t any stranger to occasion movies, and he’s optimistic “this one goes to be a huge occasion in our cinemas.”

Need extra io9 information? Try when to count on the newest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and all the pieces it’s essential to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.