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Fishbume Plays Ike
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his mother got Fishbume
his first agent because she
realized that the only thing
her son was hapjjy doing weis
school plays. Her maternal
nurturing Immediately be
gan to pay off, and at age 10,
Laurence appeared In his
first professional play, the
New Federal Theatre's pro
duction of Charles Fuller's
"In My Many Names and
Days." His success In that
play led to a recurring televi
sion role that lasted several
years on the perennial day
time drama "One Life to
Live." By age 12, Laurence
was cast in his first feature
film, director Joe Manduke's
1975 drama "Combread,
Earl and Me."
Perhaps the turning point
In his young but already pro
lific career came when he
was only 14, with a role in
Francis Ford Coppola's Viet
nam War epic "Apocalypse
Now." That film led to Fish
bume receiving roles in oth
er Coppola films. Including
"Rumble Fish," 'The Cotton
Club" and "Gardens of
Stone."
Other than his years as a
student at the High School of
Performing Arts In New
York, Flshburne's training
as an actor has been primar
ily "on the job." Working In
high profile and critically
acclaimed supporting roles
In such films as "Class Ac
tion," "King of New York,"
"Red Heat" and "Nightmare
on Elm Street 3," among
many others, was more en
lightening than any master
class In acting. "'Apocalypse
Now' was an education at the
hands of some rather dy
namic teachers -- Coppola,
Marlon Brando and Robert
Duvall, among others," Fish
bume says. And It was all an
apprenticeship for his star
turns as Furious Styles In
John Singleton's "Boyz N the
Hood," his Tony Award
winning role as ex-con Ster
ling Johnson In last year's
Broadway hit "Two Trains
Running," and now as Ike
Turner. The success of "Two
Trains Running" at Yale Re
pertory In 1990, prompted
renowned director Lloyd
Richards to take the produc
tion to Seattle, the Old Globe
Theatre In San Diego and the
Doolittle In Los Angeles to
fine-tune the play before
opening on Broadway In
April 1992. As Fishbume re
calls, 'The day before 1 was
cast in 'Two Trains Run
ning," 1 was cast in a revival
of Leroy Jones' play "The
Dutchman' at the Mark Ta
per Forum In Los Angeles. I
was cast opposite Terf Garr.
and it was a play I've always
wanted to do. But then they
called to say 1 had won the
part of Sterling Johnson."
Fishbume opted for that role
instead, and began his Jour
ney toward stardom on
Broadway.
"I always wanted to do a
black play on Broadway, the
great white way, where you
say, 'No, man, 1 don't have to
be tap dancing and singing to
be up there!' That stuffs
beautiful and I dig those who
do It well, but it's not me. I'm
a dramatic actor. I can make
you cry, and make you weep,
and touch you, emd make you
laugh, and all that through
the drama, through this
play, written by August Wil
son, who's got these Pulitzer
Prizes, this track record that
rivals O'Neill, and Lloyd
Richards, who broke the col
or line as a director back In
'59." In addition to the Tony
Award for best featured actor
In a play, Fishbume also col
lected the Outer Critics Circle
Award, a Drama Desk Award
and a Theatre World Award
for his role.
It was while Fishbume was
starring on Broadway that
he first read the script for
"What's Love Got To Do With
It," but Initially turned down
the offer to play Ike Turner.
"In terms of the way he (Ike)
was written in the first act of
the script I saw the possibili
ties to make him reklly char
ismatic. The problem was in
the second and third act - he
just became a monster. For
that reason I didn't express
Interest."
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