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And now you’re playing yet another DEA agent in your second film with Clint Eastwood.

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Same job, completely different characters. This one is a wisecracki­ng guy. It’s almost, like, just me. Eastwood is the kind of director you’re just like, ‘What do you want me to do? I’ll do whatever.’ When you’re in a TV show, you have to pretty much do whatever is on the page, because there’s so many moving pieces. But with him, you really get to explore.

Eastwood is one of those guys that cast me early on. Back in the day, I auditioned for Million Dollar Baby’ and in his breakdowns there was none of that (racial categorisa­tion). There was just like, ‘Here’s the character.’ He’s always going by his own rules. There’s no labelling when it comes to a Clint Eastwood movie.

By ‘breakdown,’ you mean … ?

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