Colman Domingo’s villain in The Working Man was impressed by “old-school discuss present” hosts like Jerry Springer.
The 55-year-old actor stars in director Edgar Wright’s 2025 thriller as Bobby T – the presenter of The Working Man TV present that sees contestants compete to turn into billionaires by surviving a worldwide hunt carried out by expert assassins – and Domingo has now revealed he had pulled from chat present hosts like Springer for the character.
Throughout an interview with GamesRadar+, he mentioned: “I began to take a look at old-school discuss reveals and chat reveals like Ricki Lake and Jerry Springer and all that.
“The place we have gotten to with the best way that we’re with individuals is due to these discuss reveals that modified the sport. Jerry Springer modified the sport, and the best way individuals really cope with one another – the shortage of civility that individuals have.
“So I actually leaned into Jerry Springer as a result of I believed that was fascinating. He was simply bringing individuals on to battle, and saying, ‘Oh, effectively, I had nothing to do with it, I simply requested the questions.’ Individuals go to their id.”
In addition to the Depraved: For Good star, Lee Tempo – who performs the lead Hunter Evan McCone – additionally mirrored on his antagonist, calling him “a violent particular person” who’s “performatively violent”.
The 46-year-old actor added: “Harmful individuals do not really present you their gun, and it is the very last thing you’d do when you’re attempting to be actually harmful. However he is attempting to undertaking a sure type of violent machismo.”
Tempo mentioned The Working Man TV present was a mirrored image of the present leisure business on account of its must placed on a superb present, regardless of the price.
He defined: “It makes me uncomfortable to suppose that we’re simply so complacent with violence and hostility round us and that we discover it entertaining.
“I believe it makes individuals really feel sturdy to look at violence being directed at another person, it makes you’re feeling like, effectively, that is not me.
“And I believe with our characters, we’re people who find themselves on the opposite aspect of that, and we’re creating an leisure within the fiction of the present the place individuals get to take pleasure in being on our aspect of the violence. We are the good guys. Ben Richards is the unhealthy man within the surreality of the fact present.”
The Working Man – which is an adaption of Stephen King’s 1982 novel of the identical title – is about in a dystopian future the place the poor are hunted for sport on reside TV, and sees determined contestant Ben Richards (Glen Powell) enter The Working Man sport to earn cash for his sick daughter.
Nevertheless, as the chances stack towards him, Ben discovers survival means turning the sport towards its creators.
The Working Man additionally stars Emilia Jones, Michael Cera, Katy O’Brian, Jayme Lawson and Josh Brolin.
Powell just lately mentioned The Working Man would go away audiences “considering” concerning the darkish aspect of actuality TV and the leisure business.
The High Gun: Maverick star, 37, instructed HeyUGuys.com: “Once you tackle a narrative that’s this epic and likewise, this well timed, there’s lots to tug from.
“Not solely is Ben Richards preventing for his household which I can perceive. I am very near my household, I would do something for them.
“I additionally suppose simply the commentary of actuality TV kind of the TikTok-ification of our world and the way we interact with the information and reality and fiction and all of these issues, there’s only a lot to play with.
“Only a few motion motion pictures go away you considering and I believe this one actually does.”