Delroy Lindo Talks DA 5 BLOODS – Jessica Zack interviews
Delroy Lindo, who has appeared in numerous films and television series since his breakout performances in a trio of Spike Lee films in the 1990s (Malcolm X, Crooklyn and Clockers), is garrulous and energized, eager to discuss the timeliness of his latest role.
“Oh man, this is exactly why I went to acting school,” he comments by phone from his home in Oakland. “Any actor presented with this kind of character, this conflicted, demonically afflicted individual, is going to eat it up.”
The character he’s talking about is Paul, a troubled Vietnam veteran in Lee’s new movie Da 5 Bloods, set for release on Netflix on Friday, June 12. Continue reading…