{"id":971,"date":"2026-05-29T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=971"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:38:19","slug":"euphoria-star-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje-went-method-to-play-alamo-speaking-in-his-southern-accent-for-9-months-was-a-sacrifice-i-was-happy-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=971","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Went Method to Play\u00a0Alamo: Speaking in His Southern Accent for 9 Months \u2018Was a Sacrifice I Was Happy to Make\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tActors have learned how to saddle up since the advent of Hollywood. But rarely does a job call for riding a horse while furiously swinging a mallet \u2014 and charging at Zendaya buried in the dirt up to her neck.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=969\">Feature Spinoff \u2018Kiri and Lou Go Raaa!\u2019 Sets Annecy World Premiere, With Voice Leads Jemaine Clement, Olivia Tennet to Attend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs Alamo Brown, the towering strip club tycoon and self-proclaimed \u201cking of pussy,\u201d Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje had six weeks to train for a 30-second scene, a wince-inducing cliffhanger in which he nearly knocks Rue\u2019s head clean off her body.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThat was some of the best acting I\u2019ve done in the show,\u201d says the Nigerian British actor, chuckling, \u201cbecause you couldn\u2019t tell I was truly petrified of falling off the horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAkinnuoye-Agbaje is the big bad in Season 3 of \u201cEuphoria,\u201d his screen time nearly matching Zendaya\u2019s. We meet him in the first episode, sandwiched between four women in a hot tub, wearing nothing but a snakeskin Speedo, a gold chain and a cowboy hat. Alamo rescues Rue from her indentured servitude to one drug lord and brings her into his equally dangerous orbit of outlawry.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHis impulsiveness and violence drive the tension in the season, which finds the central group of friends grown up and scattered across Los Angeles, their bad decisions unprotected by the guardrails of suburbia.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThey\u2019re no longer in high school and are going out into the Western frontier of life, trying to make their way \u2014 some legitimately and some illegitimately,\u201d Akinnuoye-Agbaje says. \u201cAlamo represents a rude awakening for these young adults, and the consequences for their choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAkinnuoye-Agbaje broke out as the ruthless prison-gang leader Simon Adebisi in \u201cOz\u201d before taking on warlord-turned-priest Mr. Eko in \u201cLost.\u201d Over his three-decade career in Hollywood, the 58-year-old actor has embodied kingpins, monsters and, in \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d a slave trader. He calls \u201cEuphoria\u2019s\u201d murderous sex cowboy \u201cone of the most intense roles and processes I\u2019ve had in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=967\">Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Reunite in Disney+ Docuseries About an Australian Sailing Team They Co-Own<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor nine months, Akinnuoye-Agbaje maintained Alamo\u2019s accent, trading his affable London lilt for a menacing Southern growl. \u201cNot being able to be fully present as myself with friends, family and just life was a sacrifice that I was happy to make to create a great character,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEven after \u201cEuphoria\u201d wrapped, Akinnuoye-Agbaje struggled to shed Alamo Brown. \u201cIt takes me about a month to get out of the accent and get back to myself,\u201d which involves exaggerating his natural voice to recalibrate. Touching his cheeks, he says, \u201cYou see me clean-shaven \u2014 this is part of the process of taking him off of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt might even take me two weeks to shave, because it feels weird to do it straight away,\u201d he says, laughing. \u201cI almost have to give Alamo a respectable exit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEmbodying a kingpin whose empire is built on exploitation and murder was challenging for Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who is a practicing Nichiren Buddhist. For two hours a day before arriving on set, Akinnuoye-Agbaje chanted, \u201cNamu-my\u014dh\u014d- renge-ky\u014d,\u201d a mantra that helps him find stillness. \u201cIt\u2019s really important that I have a spiritual anchor, so I don\u2019t get caught up in some of the dark vibes,\u201d he says. \u201cYou have to know your boundaries \u2014 who you are and what you feel you can delve into without getting snatched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs \u201cEuphoria\u201d approaches its climax, Rue is secretly working with the DEA as an informant while her life remains in Alamo\u2019s hands. With one episode left, Akinnuoye-Agbaje is anxious for viewers to see how their game of cat and mouse (or shall we say cat and rat?) resolves.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s quite a voracious fan base. Occasionally I\u2019ve looked at my comments, but I try to stay away from it because it\u2019s the audience\u2019s show, and it preceded me,\u201d he says. \u201cBut what I have seen is how people have embraced the character of Alamo. Even though he does present an ominous threat to our beloved Rue, they still love to hate him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=965\">Kanye West Set to Kick Off Summer Tour in Istanbul, With Fans Expected to Flock From Countries Where He\u2019s Been Banned<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje went Method to play &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; villain Alamo Brown, speaking in his Southern accent for nine months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1001,1002],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje","tag-euphoria-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Euphoria\u2019 Star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Went Method to Play\u00a0Alamo: Speaking in His Southern Accent for 9 Months \u2018Was a Sacrifice I Was Happy to Make\u2019 - 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