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\n\tIn 2019, Wendell Pierce was walking through London\u2019s Piccadilly Circus to make it to that night\u2019s performance of \u201cDeath of a Salesman,\u201d when he stumbled upon a massive billboard. The ad was for the latest season of \u201cJack Ryan,\u201d the Prime Video series in which he also stars. As he looked at himself on the Technicolor screen, it struck him that the London Film Festival was also screening his latest film, \u201cBurning Cane,\u201d for which he\u2019d won best actor at Tribeca.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn this moment, Pierce developed his personal mantra: \u201cI want to do the trifecta every year,\u201d the Juilliard grad remembers thinking, meaning he would star in a theater production, a TV series and a film annually. \u201cThis is what I trained for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut, this month, he raises the stakes to a quadfecta.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis weekend, lucky ticket holders can watch him onstage in the Shakespeare Theater Company\u2019s production of \u201cOthello,\u201d then head home to catch the Season 3 finale of \u201cElsbeth\u201d on CBS, and finally \u2014 after refueling by popping a bag of popcorn \u2014 stream the new \u201cJack Ryan\u201d movie, subtitled \u201cGhost War,\u201d on Prime Video. Or, if they wait a couple of weeks, they can sign up for the quadruple feature of Shakespeare, the \u201cColumbo\u201d-like comedy, the military action movie and the modern-day drama of the \u201cPower\u201d universe, in \u201cPower Book III: Raising Kanan,\u201d where Pierce plays a rare robber to his usual cop roles. (The Starz series premieres on June 12.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wear that with a badge of honor, and I\u2019m humbled,\u201d Pierce says about the diversity of his IMDb. \u201cThis is a dream. This is the actor\u2019s life that I\u2019ve always wanted and hope to continue. That\u2019s what I love, and hopefully people can see the range and the dexterity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen he logged on to Zoom with Variety<\/em> from Washington, D.C., Pierce had just finished telling the London story to his young co-stars during rehearsal for \u201cOthello,\u201d a bucket list role since his school days. His advice to them: \u201cFocus on the accumulation of events that get you to this point. Don\u2019t think of all the things that are taken away from you, but think of the events as they accumulate; it drives the momentum of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s why I always proudly say \u2018I am a journeyman actor,\u2019\u201d Pierce explains. \u201cSometimes people say, \u2018Oh, Wendell, you shouldn\u2019t say that,\u2019 and I go, \u2018No, a journeyman actor can be seen on the stage, on television, and in cinema.\u201d Doing all at the same time speaks to that goal as an artist.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSince Pierce\u2019s first appearance in Variety<\/em> \u2014 a post-grad role as an ensemble player in the traveling stage production of \u201cDuke Ellington\u2019s Queenie Pie,\u201d \u2014 on Oct. 1, 1986, he\u2019s built a resume as eclectic as the jazz that\u2019s the soundtrack to his New Orleans hometown: from Detective \u201cBunk\u201d Moreland in HBO\u2019s \u201cThe Wire\u201d and trombonist Antoine Batiste in \u201cTreme\u201d to that Tony and Olivier-nominated turn in \u201cDeath of a Salesman,\u201d as well as roles in popcorn films like Marvel Studios\u2019 \u201cThunderbolts*\u201d and DC Studios\u2019 \u201cSuperman\u201d (which also debuted simultaneously last year).<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on as Pierce looks back on his four-decade journey.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhat do you remember about performing in \u201cDuke Ellington\u2019s Queenie Pie\u201d?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tI had just gotten out of school. That was one of my first jobs, and we went on tour \u2014 first in Philadelphia, and then here in Washington, D.C., at the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe were with some of the most talented people around \u2014 Marion Caffey, Larry Marshall, Denise Morgan, Tina Fabrique, Lillias White, Terry Burrell, Ken Prymus \u2014 they were Broadway stalwarts, and then in the pit was the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Every night to hear that music, Duke Ellington\u2019s final piece, being played by orchestra, I saw a level of excellence, proficiency and commitment that I\u2019d never seen before, and I saw how it manifests itself in performance. It was a great lesson to learn right at the beginning of my career. It\u2019s still one of my fondest memories.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhat is it like to be back on stage in D.C. with \u201cOthello\u201d? Have you ever played this role before?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tNo, this was on my bucket list. It\u2019s one of the great roles that I\u2019ve wanted to pursue; there\u2019s always been anxiety around it. You always put it off and then you say, \u201cHey, man, one day you have to face your fears and accept the challenge.\u201d That\u2019s one of the main reasons I did it. One of the young actors asked me that the other day, \u201cWhy do you still do theater?\u201d I said, \u201cThis is a great challenge, and especially Shakespeare, takes it up to even another level.\u201d I still have fear, but now I have courage, and courage is acting in the face of fear to accept your challenges. The experience is teaching me so much about myself and the work and preparation. You\u2019re never too old to learn more about the craft.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhat have you learned about yourself?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tYou can never prepare enough. Every day, there\u2019s more and more and more to learn.<\/p>\n

\n\tI also have learned why we do Shakespeare 400 years after the fact. He was masterful with the language to put into the verse and prose exactly what you need as an actor to play it: letting you know exactly what\u2019s happening in the minds and in the emotions of the characters, and at the same time, instructing you how to play it without direction. He uses the melody of the words, the structure of the verse in its meters, and the image of the poetry that he puts together. It\u2019s all there for you. When in doubt, just go back to the text. It\u2019s like peeling an onion; the complexities are all in there. I know that I\u2019m going to be discovering things on the last day of doing it. That\u2019s the great thing about it, and that\u2019s a level of artistry when it comes to writing that is seldom seen. And what makes it classic is that it spoke to people then, hundreds of years ago, it\u2019s speaking to us now, and it will speak to us long after we\u2019re gone. That\u2019s what makes it classical theater.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhat does this production say about our time?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tHow easily we could be manipulated. How dangerous it is to let inference, propaganda and rumor be exaggerated to the point that it changes people\u2019s lives, and to the point where it can take people\u2019s lives. We go to war on rumor. We go to war on inference. We go to war on manipulation, and people die. And how, even on a personal level, people allow betrayal and jealousy and envy to whip them up to a level of violence and depravity. It\u2019s not just a good story; it actually happens. This is a cautionary tale, and that\u2019s why it should speak to people, even today, on a personal level and in the community.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tEvery year you like to do theater, TV and film. What is it like to have \u201cOthello,\u201d \u201cElsbeth\u201d and \u201cJack Ryan: Ghost War\u201d debut on the same day?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tIt is with great pride that this is happening right now, and after this experience, I\u2019m adding to the trifecta to make it a quartet. I need to do some Shakespeare or a classical text every year to keep those chops up, so it\u2019ll be TV, film, theater and a classical text.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve had this experience before, and that\u2019s where my mantra came from. We were speaking about that today in rehearsal: to focus on the accumulation of events that get you to this point; don\u2019t think of all the things that are taken away from you, but think of the events as they accumulate, and it drives the momentum of the story. It\u2019s the same thing with career and creation. Think of the accumulation of material that gets you to the point.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\u201cJack Ryan\u201d ended in 2023, but now, you\u2019re back playing James Greer in the movie. What was it like to explore more of his backstory, especially as it factors heavily into the plot?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tIn the series, we got to lay the foundation for all these characters. Now you have this momentum for a film, these two hours where the audience, even those who aren\u2019t familiar with the series, are taken on a thrill ride. It is like the series on steroids. It puts you in the action even sooner than you would during a season of a TV series. To be able to go and shoot something for three months that allows you to have that same impact and not take up as much of the year, so you get a bigger bang for your buck, and still have all of the things that you love about the series when it comes to the thrill, the espionage and the intrigue. It\u2019s a concentrated, powerful piece. That\u2019s the thing we love about doing the movies; the series gave you a chance to develop the entire world, and now the movies will give us a chance to make that concentrated impact. Hopefully, this will be the first of many more.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tIs there a chance of getting a theatrical release for the next \u201cJack Ryan\u201d movie?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tThere was a possibility that this one was going to be [in theaters], too. So hopefully we\u2019ll be a part of that movement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWas there anything you got to do in the movie that you hadn\u2019t gotten to do in the series?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tThat thrill ride of a car chase through London. It was the first time in years that they allowed a film crew to go at the speeds that we were going. Having a stunt driver behind me most of the time and not having any control of the car, I felt like I was riding on the hood of a rocket ship. It\u2019s a thrill ride. I had to act very hard not to smile all the time, because I was like a kid in a candy store on a roller coaster ride; I had to put on a very serious look. That was something I had never done before, and it\u2019s comparable to the car chase in \u201cThe French Connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWe shot that over the course of a month, on the weekends, when it would be easier to get the streets. So, every weekend, we would do the car chases, and I loved it; every weekend, I knew I was going on a thrill ride.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tYou get to show off your funny side on \u201cElsbeth,\u201d playing police Captain Wagner. In the Season 3 finale, he goes out in the field to help Elsbeth (Carrie Preston) solve the crime. What did you enjoy about that?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tThe story reflected what was happening in real life because Patti LuPone is in our finale. The character she plays is someone that Captain Wagner is enamored with, and that\u2019s why he goes into the field. It was great to work with Patti LuPone. She was a blast, and Michael Urie, too. It was great because we do a lot of theater, and we all went to the same school, Juilliard.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHad you ever met before?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tVery briefly. Marianne Elliott, who directed \u201cDeath of a Salesman,\u201d directed her in \u201cCompany,\u201d so I met her briefly on opening night in London.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd then when we worked together [on \u201cElsbeth\u201d], it was a blast. We talked about teachers that we had in common, things that were helpful, things that were difficult, and we realized that we wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything in the world. As difficult as it may have been, it helps us with the challenges that we have in the business. I actually said, \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve met a challenge or had a more difficult time in my 40-year career than I had at Juilliard.\u201d It was a really challenging time, especially when you\u2019re incubating your talent at a very fragile moment in your life, when you\u2019re a young person. I\u2019ve never faced anything in the business that was as difficult as some of those challenging times when I was in conservatory. So I appreciate that, because it taught me how to persevere.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\u201cElsbeth\u201d has been renewed for Season 4. What would you like to see happen next for Captain Wagner?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tI just love all the guest stars that we have. I enjoy the formula of the round robin; it\u2019s like a repertory theater company. The first thing I anticipate with every script is who our guest star is. To have people like Patti LuPone, Michael Urie, Tracey Ullman, Stephen Colbert, Alan Richter, and the list goes on and on, it\u2019s just fun. It\u2019s absolute fun.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWho are you trying to recruit to guest star next?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve succeeded a couple of times: having Vanessa Williams on was a coup. I\u2019m trying to get Tony Danza on, because I\u2019ve worked with him on \u201cRaising Kanan.\u201d Tony does this whole Frank Sinatra thing; I really would love to have him come on and sing in the show. Andr\u00e9 De Shields [his co-star in \u201cDeath of a Salesman\u201d] has already been on, and it was great to have him.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThe final season of \u201cRaising Kanan\u201d begins next month. What has it meant to be part of that show?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tI was pleasantly surprised when they asked me to be a part of it, because I\u2019m always a cop. I\u2019m always a detective. I\u2019m the CIA officer, so it was cool to have both of those shows [\u201cElsbeth\u201d and \u201cRaising Kanan\u201d] on television right now, where I\u2019m literally playing cops and robbers. I really, really love that dichotomy.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tWhat\u2019s it like to see it come to an end?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tI love the world of the show, and \u201cPower\u201d is a universe, so you never know when your character can pop back up on one of the other shows. It\u2019s like reading a good novel where you know the people, you know the places, and you can\u2019t wait for the intrigue of the story. It\u2019s a crime noir series going on every week, and it\u2019s totally different from the comedy of \u201cElsbeth,\u201d which is like \u201cThe Mary Tyler Moore Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\tHow do you characterize the significance of the \u201cPower\u201d universe for Black entertainers?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tThe networks and the studios are the folks that need to learn the lesson that we all know as Black creators from the beginning of time: We are populated with an abundance of talented creators and artists above the line and below the line. I was just thinking about this the other day, when you see a first accomplishment of a Black person being the \u201cfirst\u201d there should be a sense of accomplishment, and then a sense of shame that we are living in a world that, in the 21st century, it\u2019s the first time a person of color has reached a certain plateau, or done a particular job. When we, in the community, have known three, four, five generations of people who have been able to do that.<\/p>\n

\n\tThere was a Black man [Charles Frederick Page], from my home state in Louisiana, who actually discovered flight, and his invention was stolen on the way to the World\u2019s Fair. I was thinking about that as Artemis was being flown by the first Black pilot in space. We live in a time where we have to fight erasure. We have to be vigilant and make sure that we tell our stories. I think of that accomplishment when I think of Black creators, creating shows, plays and films to make sure to fight against those elements that don\u2019t want our stories to be told, that want to change and erase our history.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tIt\u2019s also a coup to be one of the few actors who have been in both a Marvel and a DC movie. And in the same year.\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tThere had to be some coordination around filming dates. And then one of the producers asked me, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell us you\u2019re on that other movie?\u201d I said, \u201cYou guys have me with a non-disclosure agreement. I couldn\u2019t tell them about you, and I couldn\u2019t tell you about them. I wanted to honor the contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tI am always so, so impressed by the passion of the fandom. When you see how special it is to them, it makes you want to be a part of something that special. I love the fact that I\u2019m a part of something that makes people feel so good. Pleasing the people who appreciate the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC universe, that\u2019s the best thing about it.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tNext year marks the 25th anniversary of \u201cThe Wire.\u201d How do you describe the legacy of that show?\t<\/h5>\n

\n\tDavid Simon said it best: \u201cAll the pieces fit. All the pieces matter.\u201d [The show] reminds people of the dysfunction of our country that we are still dealing with. \u201cThe Wire\u201d was the canary in the mine, letting us know these issues will be self-destructive and it has been prescient in the impact that it has in the industry. I hope that people reflect on the importance of the material, and there\u2019s a retrospective and a reexamination of the issues that it brings up. A reexamination of why it is important to shine a light on those issues, because that\u2019s the role that we play as artists. It\u2019s the place where we decide to show our issues, and we as a community come together and decide what our values are and possibly act on those values. I hope there\u2019s an affirmation to tackle some of the issues that \u201cThe Wire\u201d brought up and still brings up.<\/p>\n

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\nThis interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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