Genre icon Tony Todd aikinsa yana da faɗi sosai, tare da ƙididdiga a cikin tsofaffi kamar Candyman da kuma Tashan karshe, Bayyanar TV a star Trek da kuma Fayilolin X, da tarihi mai kayatarwa tare da wasan kwaikwayo… kuma baya tsayawa nan da nan. Todd yana da kyawawan abubuwan yabo na 230 don sunansa, tare da 13 daga waɗanda ke yanzu a gaba-ko-bayan-samarwa. Fim dinsa na kwanan nan (ban da wanda ba a sake shi ba Candyman) shine sabuwar shigarwa a cikin jerin labaran tarihin hangen nesa, Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3. 

In Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3, Todd shine hanyarmu ta kowane layi yayin da shi (William) da wata yarinya (Brooklyn, waɗanda Sage Arrindell ke bugawa) suka tsere daga mummunan mugunta. Yayinda suke ɓoyewa daga masu bin su, Brooklyn ya gayawa William jerin labaran ban tsoro waɗanda suka rayu akan allo. Ah, tsoro daga bakin jarirai.

Kwanan nan na sami damar yin magana da Tony Todd mai ban mamaki da hazaka game da aikin sa, sha'awar sa, Candyman, Da kuma Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3.

Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3 sauka a kan DVD da dijital a ranar 6 ga Oktoba, kuma fara aiki syfy Oktoba 17th a 9pm

Kelly McNeely: Na farko Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood a cikin 1995 ya kasance mai cikakken iko a sassansa tare da tashin hankalin 'yan sanda da' yan siyasa masu wariyar launin fata. Kuma wannan shigarwa na musamman - Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3 - yayi magana kan rabe-raben al'adu na yanzu tsakanin Amurka. Tsoro ya kasance koyaushe mai kula da zamantakewar al'umma saboda binciken da take dashi na al'ummata, ina tsammanin. Shin kuna ganin zamu taba daukar alamar kuma muyi koyi da ita? Shin tsoro zai iya sanya duniya ta zama mafi kyawu?

Tony Todd:  Ina tsammanin wannan fim din mai kyau ya sa duniya ta zama wuri mafi kyau. Na kasance jigon wasu abubuwa masu ban tsoro, kuma na kasance babban jigon fina-finai madaidaiciya. Ina son labarin labari. Kuma ina tsammanin menene Tatsuniyoyi Daga Hood 3 yake shine - dukkansu a zahiri - yana faɗi kashi uku ko huɗu waɗanda suke aiki kamar yanki na rayuwa a Amurka, kamar yadda thean fim suke gani. Kuma finafinai masu ban tsoro koyaushe suna tatsuniya ne ta koyaushe, saboda haka hanya ce mai kyau don mutane su duba kuma suce “yayi, ban taɓa son yin wannan kuskuren ba”.

Kelly McNeely: Yanzu, kun shiga cikin wasu fina-finai waɗanda suka zama abin birgewa, musamman Candyman da wakilcinta na wata al'umma wacce galibi ba a cika samun wakilcinta a fim. Yanzu tare da Tatsuniyoyin Daga Hood 3 - wanda ke da irin wannan kakkarfan murya kamar anthology franchise, ta yaya yake jin kasancewa irin wannan muhimmin bangare na tarihin jinsi?

Tony Todd: Na kaskantar da kai. Ka sani, lokacin da nake makarantar sakandare, kuma ina jan gashin 'yan mata, ina saka kayan kwalliya akan kujerun malamai, ban taɓa yin mafarkin cewa zan kasance a kan babban allo ba. Amma na san cewa ina so in yi, ni dan wasan kwaikwayo ne. To anan ne na fara, shine abinda koyaushe nake komawa. Da zaran kun yi amannar talla, to talla ta tafi, don haka koyaushe na koyi kiyaye ƙafafuna kuma burina na sa ido. Idan hakan yana da ma'ana. Ina godiya da kuka gaya mani ni gunki ne, amma banyi yawo ba ina bugun kirji ina cewa "Ni alama ce", to zan rasa fara'a [dariya].

Daren Rayayyen Mutuwa (1990)

Kelly McNeely: Shin akwai rawa ko fim ko wasa - kamar yadda na fahimta cewa kun yi wasan kwaikwayo da yawa - hakan ya ba ku kwarin gwiwar zama dan wasan kwaikwayo?

Tony Todd: Ni babban masoyin Billy Wilder ne, ya rubuta fina-finai da yawa. Na tuna gani Sunset babban titi tare da William Holden da Gloria Swanson lokacin da nake kamar 12, kuma kasancewa cikin farin ciki fyaucewa game da labarin labarai, wasan kwaikwayo, dabarun salo. Lokacin da na tafi makarantar wasan kwaikwayo, dukkanmu mun shaku da abin da Robert De Niro yake yi da shi Taxi Driver da kuma raging Bull, ku sani, yankan kaya. Zai canza yanayin, kuma kuna kallon duniya ta wata hanyar daban ta hangen nesa na kyamara, kuma kuna neman kyakkyawan ido. Ko dai abin ban tsoro ne, mai burgewa, wasan kwaikwayo na hankali, wasan kwaikwayo madaidaiciya, ban dariya, Ni babban mai son Richard ne misali. Kuma wannan shine zagaye duk da kansa. Yana da kyau a sami manyan kayan ƙanshi, amma yana da kyau a sami waɗanda mutane ba su san hakan da kyau ba. 

Kelly McNeely: Na fahimci bayan gida da kuka kirkira don Candyman an yi amfani dashi ne don sanar da abinda zai biyo baya, shin kuna iya samun wani tsarin hadin gwiwa akan sabon fim kwata-kwata? Kawai saboda son sani, ban sani ba ko da ma za ku iya magana game da shi kwata-kwata.

Tony Todd: Tsarin aikina shine suka haƙo abin da aka riga aka kafa. Yana cikin manyan hannaye, Jordan [Peele] ya rubuta shi kuma ya ba Nia [DaCosta] kuma abin mamaki ne a sami hangen nesan mata da ke ba da labarin. Kuma mun dawo cikin Cabrini-Green - wanda babu shi yanzu - don haka wannan abin ban mamaki ne. Ina fata idan fim din ya iya faduwa lokacin da muka ce shi ne, 16 ga Oktoba, amma ikon da ake so ya fi so mutane da yawa a kujerun lokacin da ya yi, saboda ina tsammanin zai zama abin mamaki. Kowa na hango shi, kowa na jiran kowa yana jiran sa, wanda yayi kyau. Kasancewa cikin ɗayan manyan finafinan ban tsoro 5 waɗanda aka fi tsammaninsu, alheri ne.

Candyman

Kelly McNeely: Tsarin tarihin ya ba da izini Tatsuniyoyi daga Hood don magance yawancin al'amuran rayuwa na ainihi kamar wariyar launin fata da ladabi. Na san kai marubuci ne mai son karatu. Shin kuna so ku magance tsarin tarihin?

Tony Todd: Ni marubuci ne, amma na fi son ƙirƙirar cikakken labari tare da farawa, tsakiya, da ƙarshe. Ba wai wannan ba mahimmanci bane - Ina nufin na girma tare The Twilight Zone wanda wasan kwaikwayo ne na rabin sa'a kowane mako, ba ku taɓa sanin ko za ku kasance a duniya, ko jirgin ƙasa, ko jirgin sama ba, kun sani, mahaukaci ne. Don haka ina jin daɗin fom ɗin, amma na fi tafiya mai nisa zuwa cikin dare idan ya zo batun rubutun, nakan rubuta hanya da yawa [dariya] sannan in gyara shi a kan lokaci.

Kelly McNeely: Yanzu kuna yin waɗannan lalatattun 'yan jaridar, koyaushe kuna yin tambayoyi iri ɗaya duk rana. Don haka menene batun da kuka fi so don tattaunawa? Ko kuwa akwai wani abu da kuke matukar sha'awa game da shi wanda kuke son magana game da shi ko tattauna shi?

Tony Todd: Da kyau, gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo ya cece ni, ni ma na kasance malami kuma na taimaka ceton ɗaliban ɗalibai waɗanda ba su da shugabanci kuma a ƙarshe sun sami sha'awar su. Daya daga cikin mafi kyaun kwarewar rayuwata shine aiki tare da marigayi, mai girma August Wilson, na fara aiki Sarki Hedley II. Kuma magana game da aikin rubuce-rubuce, lokacin da muka buɗe wannan don jama'a ya kasance aikin awa huɗu. A lokacin da muka buga Seattle, muna samun sa'a uku zuwa goma sha biyar. Saboda marubuci nagari yakan koya. Ba ku gyara ba, kuna yin amai da shi, yana da sha'awar wannan lokacin. Don haka waɗancan lokacin sune suka canza rayuwata. Kuma ni ma ina aiki a kan wani mutum daya da aka nuna game da Jack Johnson da ake kira Fatalwowi a cikin Gidan. Muddin duniya ta ci gaba da juya yadda take kuma ta ba mu mamaki, dukkanmu muna da wahayi da za mu iya kai wa ga tsinkewa.

Jahannama Fest

Kelly McNeely: Yanzu kuma, Na san kuna da tarihinku tare da wasan kwaikwayo, kuma nima ina aiki a gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Don haka kawai saboda son sani - kuma wannan na iya zama tambayar da aka ɗora - me kuke tsammani shine makomar wasan kwaikwayo tare da duk abin da ke gudana a yanzu?

Tony Todd: Da kyau, ina tsammanin wannan zai zama lokaci mai kyau ga marubuta. Dukkanmu mun kasance cikin kullewa kusan shekara guda. Marubuta dole ne su jure alaƙa kuma su kame kansu kuma su sami sabbin hanyoyin samun kuɗaɗen tattalin arziki, kuma ina tsammanin shekaru uku ko huɗu daga yanzu, za mu fara fitowa daga wannan. Bernard Rose da Ni - wanda ya jagoranci na farko kuma ya dace Candyman - suna aiki a kan wani aiki wanda zai kasance mai ban mamaki, saboda haka zai fito wani lokaci shekara mai zuwa, kuma wannan shine abin da zasu bani dama in faɗi game da wannan. Mun harbe shi a ainihin lokacin farkon annobar. 

Kelly McNeely: Tare da aikinku, a bayyane yake kun kasance ɓangare na manyan fannoni na fannoni daban-daban kamar su DCU, Star Trek, fayilolin X, StargateShin kuna da wanda kuka fi so ko wani wanda baku yi ba tukuna wanda da gaske zaku so a yi shi a asirce?

Tony Todd: Kullum ina neman kyakkyawan uba kowane lokaci sannan kuma. Na sami damar yin 'yan kadan, amma ba irin matakin da nake so ba. Ina da yara biyu da suka girma, kuma koyaushe ina son in basu abinda zasu iya kallo. Ina son abubuwan mamaki Suna yawan ba ni mamaki, ina tsammanin wakilaina da mutanena yanzu suna tura ni zuwa talabijin, don haka za mu gani. Na san akwai ayyuka biyu da ake kan bunkasa, don haka za mu ga abin da zai faru. Kuma koyaushe ina son komawa ga koyarwa, Ina son koyarwa, babu abin da ya fi wannan lada. 

Kelly McNeely:  Kun jima kuna koyarwa. 

Tony Todd: Ee, ina nufin, kashewa da ci gaba, kun sani, dole ne ku bayar da baya. Na sami sikolashif kyauta zuwa wani shiri mai ban mamaki a Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, sai kuma Trinity Rep Conservatory, kuma sun bar ni, sun ce in biya shi gaba, kuma abin da nake ƙoƙarin yi ke nan. Lokacin da na fara wasa, sai na koma garinmu na Hartford, Connecticut, kuma na yi aiki tare da wasu… za mu kira su daliban da ba za su iya kuskure ba, kuma mun sami damar sanya su abin gyara (dariya). Kuma magana mai kyau da son rai. 

Mutuwa

Kelly McNeely: Na san akwai wasu maganganun ban dariya da zasu biyo baya, kamar su Candyman da Leprechaun. 

Tony Todd: Haka ne, mun harbe wannan ƙasa. Ba kwa son saka Candyman a cikin rukunin sansanin. Ya kasance ƙaunataccen ƙaunataccen abin tsoro saboda dalili. Kuma ni ne wanda ya lalata tunanin Leprechaun. Amma ina tsammanin sabon fim din zai bude kowane irin hanya da dama. Ina da tabbacin ba za su tsaya da guda daya ba. 

Kelly McNeely: Shin kuna tunanin cewa akwai wani ɗan mugunta wanda Candyman ba zai iya cin nasara akansa ba, idan zasu yanke shawarar yin ɗayan waɗancan finafinan? 

Tony Todd: A'a A'a, ban yi ba, a'a. (Dariya) Babu ɗayansu wanda ke da tushe a zahiri kamar yadda yake. Kuma ina faɗin hakan ne cikin murmushi.