Sterling K. Brown on Playing a ‘Dick’ in ‘The Predator,’ Why Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ Isn’t a Musical, and ‘Frozen 2’

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Brown’s acting trophies come from portraying kind-hearted good guys: criminal prosecutor Christopher Darden on “The People vs.

O.J.

Simpson: American Crime Story” and Randall Pearson, who grew up as the lone black person in his household on “This Is Us.” But the actor told IndieWire he is grateful for chances to “show a slightly different color” this year: He played Wakanda’s traitorous prince in “Black Panther,” an assassin in “Hotel Artemis,” and a dentist with a rap sheet in “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” one of his two Emmy-nominated performances this year (along with his network series).The mean streak continues in “The Predator” (September 14), which premiered its first footage Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con.

Shane Black’s sci-fi ensemble features Brown as Will Traeger, an alien technology expert through his Project Stargazer.

Studying artifacts from past predator attacks, Traeger is amassing all the knowledge he can about the creatures.

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