deveshpatel:

I heard that Mr. Neill Blomkamp only had you in mind for the role. Did this make it easy for you to play the character or did this put more pressure on you? It was very flattering. I just came on and he was like “I want you to do you, just bring what you want to the role.”  I was like “Really?” It was incredible because you’ve got a guy that exactly knows what he wants but he trusts in his actors incredibly. So we’ve got to come on and have a really good time and play, so I didn’t really feel the pressure.