However, as the movie started coming together, hope started rising.
What’s his relationship like with Michael Fassbender’s character Cal?
MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS: Moussa is what we call the trickster.
Can you talk some more about Moussa’s abilities?
How he uses what he’s channeling and what he brings to the table as an assassin?
What are you hoping your assassin outfit looks like?
Image via 20th Century Fox
WILLIAMS: I’m just hoping he looks like a bad ass.
He’s a voodoo assassin, it’s whatever that means.
I don’t want him to look typically like anything.
Image via 20th Century Fox
Is there a chance we’ll see a bleeding effect with your character?
Where we’ll see your ancestor interact with you in the modern time?
WILLIAMS: Yes, there will be.
Image via 20th Century Fox
We saw some voodoo stuff in the garden, is that permitted by Abstergo for you to have?
WILLIAMS: That is actually some of Moussa’s weapons.
Do they not mind you keeping that?
Image via 20th Century Fox
WILLIAMS: The garden area, the altar.
Yeah, that’s some of Moussa’s trickery.
They want our power on some level.
Image via 20th Century Fox
So they give us little safe havens where they feel are safe to play with our gifts.
It backfires miserably for them.
What’s it been like working with Justin as a director?
WILLIAMS: Man I really, really love this dude, Justin.
Crystal clear, and he has a certain reassuring pop in of feeling where you trust him.
He just has a really crystal clear way of communicating that just makes you want to trust him.
He knows what he wants.
What’s surprised you or met your expectations of working on a film like this?
WILLIAMS: I think the main thing that has exceeded my expectations is this amazing set.
I think this is the coolest office I’ve ever been asked to come work in.
It’s a really dope set.
The designs are beautiful, and it makes you believe where we’re at.
I believe every inch of this set, nothing is taken for granted and I love that.
The stuntmen that we have are in my opinion some of the best in the business.
I’ve never seen stunt actors like this on this level before.
Not just stuntmen, I consider them to be stunt actors.
Are you familiar with the games at all?
WILLIAMS: No, not a gamer.
I’d never even heard ofAssassin’s Creedbefore I was offered the project.
Have you looked into them since?
WILLIAMS: Oh yeah.
The battle of good and evil and all that stuff is a very interesting world.
Ancestral energy, all of that past and present.
I did a lot of studying.
What was the biggest draw for you that made you say yes to this project?
Was there any one particular thing that made you say yes?
So that was kinda cool for me, my son is all excited.
This is my take on an action hero so I’m really psyched about that.
Of course another opportunity is to be in scenes with Michael Fassbender.
So that was another easy sell for me.
It’s an interesting take of right over wrong, light over dark.
I like those types of things.
It feels like there’s franchise potential too.
Is there something that’s been discussed, hey maybe come back for more?
WILLIAMS: (Shrugs) If that were to happen I have no problem with that at all.
It’s a great crew of people.
For your sons sake would you like us to run a rumor that youre gonna be inBlack Panther?
WILLIAMS: Oh man, dude, you got a Christmas envelope coming (laughs).
Thats the one my kids want for me, actually.
