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When youre doing that, Im not going to converse with you.
Noel plays Dimitri, a community strongman who runs drugs and heads a gang.
He is made to come to terms with who he is versus who he thought he was.
Thats what is most frightening about this particular movie, how grounded it is in reality.
Did the topical nature of the story appeal to you as well?Yeah.
Typically, Im very happy-go-lucky.
To go into character was easy when those are the people that are literally running after you.
Between action and cut, psychologically, that is something that affected me.
I had to go out there.
So I did definitely stay in character sometimes when it might not have been healthy.
I got my therapy in, taking yoga classes, things Ive never really done before.
I did a romantic comedy.
I was picking persimmon in an orchard.
Youre fighting avatars of very real villains that live and breathe in this country.
I dont even know what to say.
I would sort of go into another place.
And Id be like, What?
I was in a warped fugue state.
I think that might have been my own body having its survival response, because I couldnt leave.
I had to participate in it, and like I said, Im very sensitive.
So I think part of that blackout was my body deciding to stay and fight.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
