{"id":6371,"date":"2015-09-25T16:13:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2016-01-07T14:10:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T14:10:27","slug":"matt-adcock-meets-captive-star-david-oyelowo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/reviews\/matt-adcock-meets-captive-star-david-oyelowo\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Adcock meets \u2018Captive\u2019 star David Oyelowo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"captive_poster\"<\/p>\n

As the gripping new crime drama Captive hits the UK, Matt Adcock\u00a0caught up with the lead star in London … (read Matt’s\u00a0review<\/a> of the film)<\/strong><\/p>\n

M.\u00a0 Why in world where we\u2019re told people are disillusioned with God did you decide to make this film that has a Christian book at its core?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"527034041_640\"D. Because I don\u2019t necessarily agree with that assessment. Never more has been more of a need for redemption \u2013 hope and finding out what God really is: which is Love\u2026 The two people in the film are not pursuing God but find that faith, grace and redemption intersect with them in this very dark situation that they find themselves in\u2026<\/p>\n

M.\u00a0 In the film there is a line where Brian describes himself as having a \u2018demon in him\u2019 \u2013 what are your thoughts on that?<\/em><\/p>\n

D. Well, I\u2019m a producer on the film and it was a line that I wanted in the film even though it was not in the original script. But he said that, it\u2019s in Ashley\u2019s book, he talked about feeling that he felt he had been possessed by a demon.<\/p>\n

For me personally there is a physical, emotional life and a spiritual life and Brian had engaged in a very dark spiritual space to do what he did\u2026 He was taken over by something to do what he did \u2013 you can\u2019t not have that in the movie.<\/p>\n

M.\u00a0 Could anyone have the capacity to act as Nichols did if pushed?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Movie-Captive-Star-David-Oyelowo-Interview-At-Rocking-Gods-House-2\"D. I don\u2019t think everyone has it in them to be a murderer but we all have buttons within us and personalities whereby through nurture maybe nature \u2013 we can go to places that are fundamentally the opposite of \u2018Godly\u2019. You know \u2018sin is sin\u2019 \u2013 and I really struggled with playing a murderer.<\/p>\n

M. You were scarily convincing can I just say<\/em><\/p>\n

D. Why thank you, but I could identify (as a father of four) with the notion of being kept away from my children and what that could elicit within me, so there are things that can come along and push you to do things that you probably didn\u2019t know were within you to do.<\/p>\n

No one knows how they will react in situations like that but grace is grace and God is God.<\/p>\n

M. Do you think believers invest their time in overtly faith based films or just maybe \u2018be\u2019 Christians in wider films?<\/em><\/p>\n

D. For me, I am not interested in preaching to the choir \u2013 I feel that anything that has an overt agenda cannot be good storytelling or art \u2013 it should be thought provoking rather than leading you to a clear agenda ridden opinion on the basis of the person who created the art. For me I want to make films that make you look at your life\u2026 and are films that even if you don\u2019t come from a place of faith you can watch it and get something from it \u2013 even it\u2019s just entertainment value.<\/p>\n

M. How much did you have to work out physically for the role?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"captive\"D. Yeah, that was painful. Brian Nichols was an ex football player so was a big guy and I, as much as possible, especially when you play an actual person you\u2019ve got to get as much of an assimilation of the real person as possible\u2026<\/p>\n

You also want to play on the audience\u2019s prejudices. You have this big black man who kills four people and then takes this diminutive white woman hostage, that does all kinds of things to your prejudices whether you\u2019re black or white. And as a black person I was like \u2018Do I really want to play the black guy who goes and murders people?\u2019\u00a0 but ultimately it was the humanity\u00a0 of the people involved that came out\u2026<\/p>\n

So yes it was a lot of time in the gym, a lot of work but my wife was very happy with it!<\/p>\n

M. Thank you so much.<\/em><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Click this banner to find and download some fantastic additional resources that explore the issues raised in CAPTIVE from\u00a0@EthosMedia<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>