How was playing Quell in season two compared to season one?
I love season two, I’m so glad Quell is back. The Knockturnal: So you guys play such powerful female characters in Altered Carbon. So he had to go back home and find his happiness, so you know, be happy with you and everything else will fall into place. You know, one thing about Takeshi in this season that I wanted to make on the forefront of this story was you know he spent all this time looking for this person, looking for this love but he was really unhappy with himself. You have to find your happiness within you. The Knockturnal: Is there a message you want to give to anyone watching this series?Īnthony Mackie: You know, everyone deserves to be happy and don’t look for your happiness outside you. So, I don’t see it in the near future but I would love the ability to be somebody else for a day.
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We haven’t even figured how to make cars not run into each other. Do you think this concept would happen in real life?Īnthony Mackie: I doubt it, you know.
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The Knockturnal: Well this entire series had me at the edge of my seat every single episode. So it was more of an experience of taking that character and putting him in the second season and putting my flavor on it. I saw season one but I never read the book. I read a little bit of some of the material for season two. Did his work influence your role?Īnthony Mackie: Oh no, not at all. The Knockturnal: And this series is based on the Richard Morgan book. So I always try to be the best I can be when I play a solider. If you’re a soldier on the right side or the left side you still believe what you believe and it’s not my job to tell you if it’s right or wrong. So I always try to portray them in a respectable light. (Laughs) I got kicked out of ROTC three days in so I know I can never be a soldier but I feel like when I look at soldiers because I have soldiers in my family, veterans, it’s humbling, you know, because we’re able to live the life that we live because of the sacrifices they make. What about that role intrigues you?Īnthony Mackie: I’ve recognized people who can do what I can’t do, who have the backbone to be the man that I am not. The Knockturnal: You’ve played so many soldiers in your career. We all knew how lucky we were to be on season two of the show. That was one thing about this, we were so lucky with our cast and even when the actors from season one came it was still just fun and everybody had a good time. It was unforgiving and relentless and everybody played fair and there were no divas. You know, that was a week-long sequence that we did every single day for fourteen hours a day. How was it working with season one characters?Īnthony Mackie: It was a lot of fun, everybody came in and they were ready to play. The Knockturnal: And one of my favorite parts of the series is when you were in that circle fight and you got to fight all of the characters from season one. I think there’s a great feeling when you can walk around and kick people’s ass with no inhibition whatsoever. How did it feel playing Takeshi Kovacs?Īnthony Mackie: You know, it was a lot of fun. The Knockturnal: Season 2, absolutely love Altered Carbon. We sat down with cast members Anthony Mackie, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Simone Missick, Will Yun Lee, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Torben Liebrecht, and Lela Loren to see what’s in store for Netflix’s Altered Carbon season two. Kovacs’ returns to his home planet on the hunt for his new mission while partnering with new and familiar allies along the way. Takeshi Kovacs, played by Anthony Mackie, the lone surviving soldier, continues his quest to find his long-lost love Quellcrist Falconer, played by Renée Elise Goldsberry. Netflix’s action-packed series Altered Carbon is back for season two and will have viewers at the edge of their seat the entire time. New stacks, new sleeves, and even more vengeance.