Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje says he studied crocodile behaviour to prepare for his role as Killer Croc in Suicide Squad.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc
Akinnuoye-Agbaje is part of the all-star ensemble cast of the upcoming comic book film and will play supervillain Waylon Jones aka Killer Croc, who was born with scaly skin.
And the actor reveals that he studied the way the animals kill and walk as he got ready to take on this role.
Speaking to IGN, the actor said: "I studied a lot of video on how they kill. I was very intent on bringing the characteristics of a crocodile to him... Even the way I walk, I walk like I'm moving through water. So he has this sinuous twist. When I was studying and training in the mirror, I did various walks but the minute I did that the whole prosthetic came alive and took another dimension.
"It was very creepy, but it was very, very animalistic. So we have this kind of sinuous walk like he's walking through water even when he's walking on ground. All of this came from watching them, studying them."
Suicide Squad sees Akinnuoye-Agbaje team up with filmmaker David Ayer for the first time while he stars alongside Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Joel Kinnaman, and Jai Courtney.
Akinnuoye-Agbaje is no stranger to the comic book film genre as he took on the role of Algrim in Thor: The Dark World back in 2013.
The role of Killer Croc and Suicide Squad is set to be one of the biggest movies of Akinnuoye-Agbaje's career and is on course to be a big hit this summer.
The actor has also completed work on Wetlands and is currently working on the new TV mini-series Watership Down. He will voice the character of Captain Vervain in the new animated series.
Suicide Squad is released 5th August.
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