February 17, 2017

Michael K. Williams Asks Himself "Am I Being Typecast?"

 

 

 Michael K. Williams is best known for his role in the critically acclaimed HBO show "The Wire".  He played Omar Little a well known "stick-up man" who robbed drug dealers in Baltimore.  Since then, he's expanded on his acting catalogue, being featured in a bunch of major movies and shows. In this short but insightful clip, Michael Williams asks himself "You think I'm being typecast?" He sits in a room with many different characters (that are all him) and they debate the topic.  Check out the short clip below as Michael K. Williams shows that he can play any character he wants. Oh and by the way if you don't know what Typecast means, google describes it as such...

verb.

assign (an actor or actress) repeatedly to the same type of role, as a result of the appropriateness of their appearance or previous success in such roles.