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Kerry Washington’s been atop Hollywood’s A-list for over two decades now, and despite that, she’s never led her own action movie. Until now. Washington stars in the new Lionsgate film Shadow Force, and luckily for the acclaimed performer, she had an ace in the hole to help her prepare for the part: her husband, former Pro Bowl cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
If there’s one thing an NFL player knows how to do, it’s how to train in the offseason with a goal in mind, and that’s exactly Kerry Washington reminded herself while training for Shadow Force: this is *nothing* compared to what Asomugha had to go through when he was participating in NFL training camps (Asomugha played with the Raiders, Eagles and 49ers during his 11-year career and was considered one of the greatest cornerbacks of his generation).
Speaking to BroBible ahead of the release of her new film Shadow Force, Washington detailed how Asomugha helped her both physically and mentally prepare for taking on the lead butt-kicking role.
“One of the things I love most about my husband is his discipline. Coming from football, he’s such a disciplined athlete, and artist, now,” Washington tells BroBible.
“So I always look to him for guidance when I’m trying to create training structures. And he’s so supportive. That’s probably the biggest benefit is when I was training, the number of hours that I was training every day — working out, and then fight training with choreography and then strength training and then weapons training. It doesn’t even begin to compare to what it was like for him to go into [training] camp. So he understands and he was so supportive.”
Washington adds that it was with Asomugha’s permission that she slid into the DMs of French actor and Lupin star Omar Sy to offer him the co-lead role in the film, which Washington also produced.
In addition to Washington and Sy, Shadow Force also stars Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Cliff “Method Man” Smith. Shadow Force will be released in movie theaters on Friday, May 9 — Mother’s Day weekend. You can check out the official trailer for the film below.
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