Ariyon Bakare: The meaning of Life

The actor currently starring in sci-fi horror film Life on his early inspirations and understanding the world

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I love a script where from the off you have a huge emotional reaction to it, and that was true of reading “Life”. I was completely locked in from the first pages.

The character I play, Hugh Derry, is a microbiologist who goes into space with a team of scientists to study a sample collected from Mars, but the life form proves way more intelligent than anyone expects.

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