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major amounts of buzz to every project he’s involved in. Most recently, the coming of age drama 'The Spectacular Now', and just a bit ago, with the first installment of 'The Hunger Games' franchise. But the Nigeria native knows the difference between staying humble and treating yourself after weeks of hard work. “I'm a sneaker head. Jordans are clearly my life. That's where I spend all my money on. It really is a bad obsession,” he says. “Now that I’m making money for myself, I’m almost like filling up that void. Overcompensating for the years when that wasn't possible.” His love of kicks came from his love of playing basketball, which could’ve taken him a different route in life. “I played ball in high school, not really in college. I never got to reach that 6'3" I was hoping for. 'The Hunger Games' has really opened up a lot of doors for me. It was definitely a life changer, no doubt about it."
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“I'm just really happy about the buzz 'The Spectacular Now' is getting. It's a labor of love movie. It's not the kind of movie Sexy, Hollywood wantsconfident to make. and Charles Michael Davis shines in his debut to Hollywood wants franchise potential. overly loyal fans, and undeniably hott supernatural They want 3D."
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“I think this movie is a very realistic depiction of what high school was like. Movies often make movies based off other movies. With high school movies, the source material isn'tlucky high enough school, the f you’ve ever been to cross paths with Charles Michael Davis, source material is 'Sixteen Candles'.”The 28-year-year old is about to enter consider yourself just that—lucky.
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living rooms across the nation as Marcel, A big bad vampire, and the latest villain to sign up to take on The Original Family in the CWs fall supernatural spinoff drama; 'The Originals'. Joseph Morgan’s Klaus character has met his match in Marcel, and the south ain’t big enough for the both of them. After watching any scene between the two, you can’t help but see how that’s a problem. Marcel is here to wreck sh*t up, and up until now, he hasn’t met a soul, living or dead, that’s dared to stand up to him.
So how does a villainous vampire come TOP intoRELISH a franchise already so heavily followed? STANDARD "Easy", he says, “reassuring,” CARDIGAN even. “That was actually one of the things ISSUE that was on my mind and made it easy to /CW WATCH & JEANS Originals e h go forward in the process. Knowing that I’d T TALENT'S OWN be working with Joseph, who I knew, and knowing the quality of his work and the quality of those whom he worked with, I knew from the get go that this would be a good family experience.”
But don’t expect the "new guy act" with this vamp. Charles Michael Davis assures us that something you’ll see right away on the new series is the contagious chemistry between his cast mates and him. “I think that’s something that we feel, as cast members and as people,” he says.
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Longtime buddy, Joseph Morgan, was actually the one to break the news to Davis that he was cast as Marcel. “He started mentoring me right away and telling me what to expect." But unlike his on-screen counterpart, Davis oozes lament and care, if not through his mesmerizing eyes, than through his perfect Colgate smile. He dishes on his cast members of supernatural creatures bring something different into the melting pot that is the New Orleans set show. “Phoebe [Tonkin] has this feral sort of cat like sexiness. Leah [Pipes] has this womanly intelligence. Her favorite movie is 'Annie Hall', and I get it, Diane Keaton? I totally get it. Danielle, [Campbell] her favorite actress in performance is Angelino Jolie in 'Girl Interrupted', and she brings in a little bit of that. And of course, I love the playfulness of Claire [Holt]. “There’s a performance right now that I always find myself going back to,” he says. “Denzel Washington in 'Training Day'. The mix of his confidence, sexiness, coolness, uniqueness, and edge to it, all of these elements, I think you’ll see in this show. Everyone’s bringing in their own fresh takes on some of the same themes. What we have is signature; it’s our own.” - DIO ANTHONY
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