It was also initially heavily improvised, so I wanted to try and create that feeling.”Ī gifted artist with an impressive track record onstage and on-screen, Diggs earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his role in 2018’s Blindspotting, which he also wrote and produced. Calypso music was initially a sounding board for political issues, to teach lessons as well as to entertain. “I wanted ‘Under the Sea’ to capture that extemporaneous vibe. “Sebastian’s a Calypsonian, and Calypso was born in Trinidad, so I wanted to lean Trini with it,” Diggs notes. This called for a research trip to Jamaica, as well as weekly video chats with the late calypso historian and Trinidadian playwright and director Tony Hall. “I talked to a lot of people to get a handle on the things Sebastian may have gone through, what could have led him to be the advisor to a king, trying to let those things inform the dialect choices as opposed to just taking on a standard Caribbean accent,” he explains.
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