Ato Essandoh haifaffen ɗan littafin Schenectady ya kasance ko'ina; yanzu zai tafi Mars

A CIKIN HOTUNA: Ana ganin Ato Essandoh a cikin wani sabon hoton tallata jama'a, kuma, an saka shi, daga agogo daga Firayim, yana shawagi a cikin wani abu daga jerin Netflix mai zuwa, "Away," a matsayin matashi da ke tashi a Glenville kuma a matsayin Main Trey Ferry a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na CBS "Lambar."

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Ato Essandoh dole ne yayi zato.

Ba game da abin da zai yi tare da rayuwarsa ba. Ya hango wancan. Ba game da matsayinsa na bayyana a gaba ba, duka biyun. Waɗannan duk an kama su, don mai yiwuwa kusan rabin. 
A matsayin madadin, bayan na tambaye shi wanne ne daga cikin ayyukansa na allo da ya fi wuya a shirya a cikin aikinsa na shekaru 25, lallai ya zata. A gare shi, kodayake, wannan lamari ne. Yana nufin ya yi shi. 

Kuma a cikin kariyarsa, akwai 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da yawa don lafawa ta hanyar tunaninsa. Ya yi Tanis a cikin 2005 Will Smith mai ban dariya "Hitch." Ya yi aiki tare da Leo DiCaprio a fim na 2006 na yakin basasa mai suna "Blood Diamond." Ya fito ne a matsayin D'Artagnan a fim din Quentin Tarantino wanda ya ci Oscar mai suna "Django Unchained" - wanda a karshe ya ce shi ne, garin makamai, mafi wahalar shirya shi. Kuma ya kasance ƙari a kowace rana a kan 2016 Scorsese-Jagger collab “Vinyl,” tare da matsayin mai zuwa mai zuwa a cikin shirin Netflix na “Away,” wanda ke zuwa a watan Satumba. 

Koyaya yayin da ya nufi Mars a cikin sabon aikin sa a matsayin ɗan sama jannati, kuma yayin da yake murna da sana'ar goge kafada da ma'amala tsakanin manyan yan wasan kwaikwayo da masu gudanarwa na zamani, yana da mahimmanci a tuna wurin da labarin Essandoh ya fara: Schenectady.

An haifi Essandoh a cikin sararin samaniya a cikin 1972, ga mutanen da suka yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka daga Ghana. Mahaifiyarsa da mahaifinsa sun sadu a cikin jihohin kafin zuwan ƙarshe zuwa Schenectady shekaru bayan haka, lokacin da mahaifinsa ya sami aiki a Basic Electrical.

"Mahaifiyata za ta yi magana a cikin Washington kuma mahaifina ya kasance a Cornell," in ji Essandoh. “Bayan haka sun hadu a wani wuri a tsakanin. Sannan mahaifina, wanda ke binciken injiniyan lantarki a Cornell, ya sami aiki a Basic Electrical. Don haka ne ya sa suka ƙaura zuwa can bayan abin da ke da mafi kyawun har abada a rayuwarsu. Cewa suke da ni. Kuma mun zauna a cikin Schenectady, Woodcrest Drive. ”

Lokacin da yake magana game da yarintarsa, abubuwan tunawa da Essandoh sun sake dawowa da sauri cikin sauri. Ya zauna a Glenville har zuwa aji na biyar (kusan shekaru 12). Ya tafi Glencliff Elementary College a Alplaus kuma daga baya aka tura shi zuwa St. Helens [yanzu Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish School]. Abin da ya fi dacewa ya fi dacewa a gare shi, ya yarda, shi ne yadda madaidaiciya ta kasance don tafiya da kekensa zagaye da gidansa na Glenville.

"Abin da na sa a zuciya game da Schenectady shi ne kawai amfani da kekuna ko'ina," in ji Essandoh. "Kuma hakan ya sake faruwa a ranar wurin, kun riga kun sani, mahaifiyarku da mahaifinku kawai sun kore ku daga gidan bayan sun shawarce ku a karshen mako da ku sake dawowa don cin abincin dare."

Wurin da Essandoh ya fi so ya yi tafiya da kekensa shi ne ramin tsakuwa na baya a kan Woodcrest Drive, galibi ana kiransa “ramuka.” "Za mu je wurin tare da sauran yaran unguwar na tsawon awanni kuma kawai mu yage shi."

Motsawa zuwa New Rochelle

Abin baƙin ciki, lokacin Essandoh a cikin Schenectady ya zo ƙarshen zagaye na 1984, lokacin da iyalinsa suka ƙaura zuwa New Rochelle. Daga ƙarshe ya tafi Cornell, yana bin sawun mahaifinsa, kuma ya ƙuduri niyyar nazarin aikin injiniya.

Hakan ya kasance har wata rana a makaranta, wani wuri zagaye na 1993, lokacin da ya sami suna.

“Wani darakta ne ke yin wannan wasan kuma ita ko shi ya kasance kan sa ido ga mafi kyaun abokina Marcus wanda ya kasance injiniya ne. Na kasance kamar, 'Marcus ba mazauni bane, zan iya ɗaukar saƙo?' Sannan ta kawo min kayan cikin wasan. Ba zan iya yin ko wani abu a baya ba, don haka na kasance daidai da, 'Kana buƙatar in yi wasa, ban samu ba?' Na yi sanyi. ”

Don haka Essandoh da aka sani da budurwarsa a lokacin, ya bayyana {cewa wani baƙo ya ba shi aiki a cikin wasa kuma budurwarsa ta fara dariya. A wancan lokacin, ta kuskura ta yi hakan sannan ta katse wayar.

"Kuma don haka na ƙare da yin wasan," in ji Essandoh. “Kuma tabbas shine mafi kyawun gwaninta a rayuwata. Ba a ɗauka na bayyana a matsayin wani abu da ya fi abin da na gani a wurin nuni, kamar Denzel Washington. Ni ba ta yadda na dauke shi a matsayin abu daya wanda ka iya zama wani abin da kawai kake yi a matsayin kokarinka ba. ”

Koyaya yayi shi. Kuma bayan 'yan shekaru kawai ba tare da neman rayuwa a matsayin injiniya ba kuma ya koma tsibirin Rhode, ya rubuta kansa tabbaci na manufa. 

"Bayan haka bayyanuwar kawai ta sake dawowa wurina," in ji Essandoh. “Don haka lokacin da na gano kaina a cikin New York Metropolis, wataƙila bayan shekaru uku zuwa 4 [a kusa da 1997], sai na fara zuwa ajin da ke bayyana. Ban san abin da aji mai bayyana zai kasance ba, duk da haka na ji kamar na kasance a wurin zama, ɗan iska, ya zama kamar, waɗannan mutane ne na kaina. Na samu. Wadannan mutane sun gan ni. ”

Essandoh ya fara ɗaukar ƙaramin matsayin wasan kwaikwayo duk a cikin New York da farko. Wasan kwaikwayo na farko da aka nuna, a cikin wata kyauta da aka sani da "Karo na Uku," ya kasance a matsayin ɗan saƙon babur wanda babu wanda ya buge shi da mota ban da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo mai tasowa a lokacin Bobby Cannavale. Essandoh yana tuna gayawa dukkan abokansa dangane da matsayin - da babbar kururuwarsa a halin yanzu - ya fi son shine mafi kyawun lamarin a wannan duniyar tamu. Kuma ya sake tuna taron Cannavale a wani lokaci a wani wuri akan saitin Vinyl. "Shekaru goma sha biyar ko sama da haka, muna kan 'Vinyl,'" in ji Essandoh. “Kuma ina kamar, 'Yo, Bobby menene mutum? Kuna tuna cewa 'Duba na Uku' yanzu kuna iya yi? ' Kuma ya kasance kamar, 'A'a, dude.' ”

Matsayi 'Hitch'

Barkwanci baya, sana'ar Essandoh da sauri ta kai shi matsayi mai kyau, kamar yadda ya yi fice tare da Will Smith a cikin fim din "Hitch." Duk ta hanyar yin fim a New York, Essandoh ya tuno da ɗimbin jama’ar da ke kewaye da Smith, daga baya kuma suka kewaye shi a cikin fage don kallo, wanda ya ce ba daidai ba ne saboda shahararren mutumin nan Smith.

Idan ya zo ga tsayi na zahiri, duk da haka, labarin da ya fi so Smith daga saiti ba shi ne ainihin fashin wasan da za su yi a tsakanin al'amuran ba. Ya kasance lokacin da ya zauna tare da Smith a cikin taksi.

"Muna tuka mota ne zuwa Fifth Avenue ko abu daya kamar haka," in ji Essandoh. "Kuma kun riga kun sani, wannan shine Will Smith a saman ƙarfinsa don haka na yi imanin yana yin wannan fim ɗin, 'I Am Legend.' Muna bayan motar da muka harba ɗayan wuraren kallo a ciki, bayan haka kawai muna zaune a shirye don taksi ɗin ya sake tashi don haka za mu ɗauki ɗayan ɗayan ko abu ɗaya. Muna kawai dakatar da ceasearƙashin faifai mai ƙafa 300 [na Smith] a fuskar ginin. ”

“Ya kasance kamar wani hoto ne mai kyau: Takalmin motar ya tashi sama kuma na ga silhouette din kuma bai ganta ba sakamakon ya ratsa ni. Bayan haka, a yayin tattaunawar, sai ya zama kawai ya bayyana a kafaɗarsa, ya bayyana, ya lura da hoton kuma sai kawai ya sake komawa cikin maganganun. Ya duba ya fi so kawai ya kasance akan sa ne akai akai. Kuma na kasance kamar, 'Wannan kyakkyawa ne.' ”

Abin mamaki na Essandoh ya girma yayin da ya fara matsayin taɓawa ya bar kuma ya dace bayan fim ɗin. Koyaya mafi wuya shi shirya shi, ya yarda, shine "Django Unchained."

Essandoh ya ce "Saboda kawai jin nauyin duk wani mutumin da ya san zai mutu, yana rokon ransa." "Wannan yana da rauni sosai kuma ban da haka na gano cewa zan gwada wannan tsawon rana."

Sanin jin

Koyaya, ga Essandoh, shirye-shiryen shine zai sa shi farin ciki ga kowane matsayi. A karshen watanni da dama - yayin da duniya da yawa ke cikin keɓewa - jarumin ya haɗu da kowa yana jin keɓe kai tsaye, bayan ya gama fim ɗinsa na “Away” a cikin Janairu. Abin mamakin shi ne cewa halinsa, Kwesi, dole ne ya mallaki wannan ma'anar kaɗaici yayin da aka tura shi zuwa duniyar Mars - ma'anar da yanzu ta canza ta zama al'ada ga ɗimbin Mutane a cikin kullewa.

"Na yi imanin cewa dukkanmu mun yi aiki mai wuyar fahimta a kansa," in ji Essandoh game da jerin abubuwa 10 "Away." “A matsayinka na dan wasan kwaikwayo, a kowane lokaci kana duban wasan kwaikwayon ka kana tafiya, 'Oh, da na zartar da wannan.' Yanzu ina da ƙarin bayanai. Don haka idan muka sake samun wani kakar kuma idan dukkanmu muka rayu a wannan kakar, ina da abubuwa da yawa da zan ba mukamin. ”

Wannan lokacin - mafi karancin rayuwa - ya kasance mai wahalar gaske ga Essandoh. Ganin cewa yana buƙatar ya kasance tare tare da gidansa a Ghana, a halin yanzu yana amfani da ƙarin lokacinsa na kyauta don karɓar fayilolin fayiloli biyu.

"Ba shi da alaƙa," wanda aka rubuta tare da abokinsa Chris Cecot, waɗanda suka haɗu a duk tsawon lokacinsa a cikin Schenectady, suna bin maza 2 - Cecot fari ne kuma Essandoh baƙar fata ne - yayin da suke magana game da launin fata, ganowa da duniya. "Kasancewar an haife mu a wuri guda, mun yi fatan samar da juxtapose rayuwarmu biyu da kuma kokarin yin magana dangane da bambance-bambancen da ke tashi a wuri guda, yadda na kasance abin ya shafa, dangane da yadda abin ya same shi," Essandoh ya ambata. 

Kyakkyawar kyautar sa ta yanzu, "Rediyon Zamunda," tana biye dashi da wani aboki yayin da suke nitso cikin ayyukan zane-zane, al'ada da kiɗa. Ma'auratan suna isar da baƙi waɗanda ɗayansu kawai ya san, kuma suna da zurfin tattaunawa game da tunanin yadda mutumin ya sami wurin da suke a wannan lokacin.

Littlean sani Esssandoh bai sani ba, labarinsa na sirri zai yi kyau adreshin. Ganin cewa kowannensu ya bayyana yana kare Essandoh da aiki, yana mai godiya cewa Schenectady na iya kasancewa duk wani ɓangare na rayuwarsa tare da aikinsa akan “Rashin alaƙa.” Fiye da duka, ko mazauna yankin sun kama shi ko a'a, yana buƙatar ku sani cewa shi “Haɗaɗɗen tsari ne kuma ya girma.”

“Akwai kasar gona mai cike da kerawa wacce ke can, duk inda aka haife ku. Akwai kowane lokaci tatsuniyoyi masu ban sha'awa duk inda kuka je. Ni kawai wani misali ne na waɗannan batutuwa. ”