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Nyambi Dextrous
e rs a tile S h a k e s p e a re -
a n th e s p ia n a n d te le -
v isio n
com edy
se n sa tio n N y a m b i N y a m b i
s ta rs o n th e te le v is io n s itc o m
“ M ik e & M o lly ” a irin g M o n -
d a y s a t 9 :3 0 p m (8 :3 0 C e n tra l)
o n C B S . T h e s h o w ’s t i t l e
c h a ra c te rs a re p la y e d b y B illy
G a rd e ll a n d E m m y Aw a rd -
w in n e r M e lis s a M c C a rth y a s
a w o rk in g c la s s c o u p le fro m
C h ic a g o w h o m e t a t a n
O v e re a te rs A n o n y m o u s m e e t-
in g .
N y a m b i h a n d le s th e h ila ri-
ous
b reak o u t
ro le
of
“ S a m u e l,” a S e n e g a le s e w a it-
e r w o rk in g in a d in e r to
w h o m d ie tin g is a fo re ig n
c o n c e p t. E a rlie r in h is c a re e r,
h e s h a re d th e s ta g e w ith H o l-
ly w o o d le g e n d A l P a c in o in
p ro d u c tio n s o f “ T h e M e r-
c h a n t o f Ve n ic e ” a n d “ T h e
W in te r ’s Ta le ” fo r th e N e w
V
Yo rk C ity P u b lic
T h e a te r ’s S h a k e -
sp e a re in
th e
P a rk .
A tru e film
b u ff ,
N yam bi
w a tc h e d
365
m o v ie s in 3 6 5
d a y s l a s t y e a r.
H e re , h e ta lk s
a b o u t life a n d
a b o u t w h a t it’s
lik e to b e o n
M o lly.”
C E L E B R IT Y
I N T E R V IE W
by K am
W illia m s
“ M ik e
&
K a m W i l l i a m s : H i, N y a m b i,
th a n k s fo r th e in te rv ie w .
N yam bi
N y a m b i:
No
d o u b t. L e t’s h a v e fu n .
K W : W h a t in te re s te d y o u
in M ik e & M o lly ?
N N : W h a t in te re s te d m e in
M ik e & M o lly w a s th e h ila ri-
o u s s c rip t a n d th e id e a o f
p la y in g a W e s t A fric a n c h a r-
a c te r
th a t w a s
th e
sm a rte st g u y in th e
ro o m … a n d I w a s b ro k e .
K W : Te ll m e a little
a b o u t th e s h o w ?
N N : M ik e & M o lly is
a s h o w a b o u t tw o p e o -
p le in lo v e a n d th e w o rk
it ta k e s to k e e p it th a t
w a y.
K W : W h a t w o u ld y o u
s a y is th e s h o w ’s m e s -
sage?
N N : T h e m e s s a g e o f th e
s h o w is th a t lo v e is o u t
th e re a n d , if y o u w a n t th e
b a g g a g e it c o m e s w ith , it’s
y o u rs .
K W : H o w w o u ld y o u
d e s c r i b e y o u r c h a r a c t e r,
S a m u e l?
N N : S a m u e l is a d ry -
h u m o re d , h ig h ly -e d u c a te d
im m ig ra n t fro m S e n e g a l,
w h o s p e a k s fiv e la n g u a g e s ,
s tu d ie s E n g lis h L ite ra tu re
Nyambi Nyambi
a t T h e U n iv e rs ity o f Illi-
n o is a n d is a w a ite r a t
A b e ’s H o t B e e f. N o th in g
g e ts p a s t h im . H e ’s fa m ily.
o f o u r s h o w , a n d th e w rit-
e rs h a v e d o n e a n in c re d ib le
jo b o f c re a tin g a n d w ritin g
fo r th e s e a m a z in g a c to rs .
K W : M a rily n M a rs h a ll,
w h o ’s a fa n o f th e s h o w
n o te s th a t M ik e & M o lly
h a s o n e o f th e m o s t ra c ia l-
ly -d iv e rs e c a s ts o n p rim e -
tim e n e tw o rk T V. S h e a s k s :
W h o is re s p o n s ib le fo r th a t
d iv e rs ity ?
NN:
H e llo , M a rily n .
M a rk R o b e rts , th e c re a to r
K W : M a rily n is a lso
w o n d e rin g h o w h a s a s e rie s
a b o u t tw o o v e rw e ig h t p e o -
p le m a n a g e d to b e c o m e a
h it in o u r w e ig h t-c o n s c io u s
s o c ie ty w h e re m o s t T V a n d
m o v ie s ta rs a re th in ?
N N : T h e tru th re ig n s
s u p re m e a n d th e lo v e th a t
a ll o f th e s e c h a ra c te rs s h a re
is w h a t p e o p le u ltim a te ly
c o n n e c t to . T h e y s e e th e m -
s e lv e s in th e s e c h a ra c te rs
o r in th e ir d ile m m a s . P lu s ,
th e h e a rts o f B illy G a rd e ll
a n d M e lis s a M c C a rth y a re
d e e p ly g e n u in e a n d in fe c -
tio u s . It b e g in s w ith th e ir
g e n iu s to g e th e r.
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