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KW:
How did a virtual unknown come to be your co-star?
DW:
Well, [director] Tony Scott said, “I got this
girl. You don’t know her. She hasn’t done
anything, but she’s right for the part. After
I read with her, I wasn’t nervous, but I was just
like, “Well, she hasn’t done anything.”
But he was right. She’s a lovely girl, a sweetheart.
And she has that quality that you want to care about
her, or take her of her.
KW:
Have you ever had premonitions in real life
like your character in Deja Vu?
DW:
You know what? I had an odd one today. I’m
going to get the mail out of the mailbox, and I’m
standing out on the street by my front gate when I had
a feeling somebody’s going to drive by. So I just
stood out there. I just had a feeling somebody was coming,
so I decided to stand there for a minute. And it wasn’t
ten seconds before a white truck goes by. Then it stops,
and backs up. And it’s Eddie Murphy, and he gave
me the whole scoop on Dreamgirls.
KW:
What’d he say about it?
DW:
He said that Jennifer Hudson is stealing the movie.
Have you seen it yet?
KW:
Yep.
DW:
Does she steal it?
KW:
She sure does, even though he and Beyonce’ and
Jamie Foxx certainly hold their own.
DW:
He said she stops the movie. And they applaud.
As was the case with Jennifer Holliday, like I saw on
Broadway. That was an amazing moment in the theater.
KW:
The same thing happened at my screening. A
standing ovation during the movie. What was it like
filming Déjà Vu in New Orleans?
DW:
I’m glad to have been a part of getting the film
community back in there. I went all around the city.
I saw tremendous devastation, and there was a lot of
listening to people’s stories of what they’ve
been through. There’s a long way to go there,
so I was happy to play a part, in some way, of helping
by spending a little money down there and putting people
to work.
KW:
Why is it that you only do dramatic roles?
Are you just that serious a person?
DW:
There’s a clown in me that’s waiting
to get out. [Laughs] A lot of people have said to me,
“Why don’t you do more comedies? You’re
real funny. People don’t get to see that side
of you.” I think it’s been eking out in
my films more and more, especially Inside Man where
I improvised a lot, and there were some funny lines
that came out that weren’t written.
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