Bill Duke Instagram – ON THIS FLASHBACK MONDAY: “Mandy”, starring Bill Duke and Nicholas Cage.
Bill received rave reviews for his role in “Mandy” The Hollywood Reporter called Bill “Mandy’s Secret Weapon”.
Bill Duke, played Caruthers, Red’s (Nicholas Cage) friend, a man living off the grid and away from prying eyes in a modest RV encampment-cum-arms depot.
“Caruthers interregnum lends the film a welcome, and necessary, layer of reality to augment its unreality. Caruthers knows who, and what, Red is after, and he’s happy to expound as plot demands. “So whatcha hunting?” he asks. “Jesus freaks,” Red replies. “I didn’t know they was in season,” says Caruthers.”
“Being a movie’s designated Exposition Character is, about nine times out of ten, a thankless job. Mandy thanks Duke profusely, because he takes that job, that one scene, and channels the function of exposition into language thick with gravitas. “No one knows where they come from,” Caruthers tells Red, framed by golden light pouring in from the windows as he sinks in his recliner. “First it was stories from the interstate, leaving truckers for dead, prostitutes vanishing, and gutted bodies on doorsteps, and always the same: Biker gang, black bikes, only seen at night.” Duke draws out each line, every word, as though the syllables are the last bits of meat he’s sucking from the bone. He’s enjoying himself, a wary tremble in his voice as he warns Red that he’s got low odds of avenging Mandy and living”.
Link to article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bill-duke-is-mandys-secret-weapon-1144353/
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