How Not to Start an Interview
The A.V. Club: Your bios frequently mention that you go by the nickname “Chewie.” Is that a voluntary nickname, or something you got stuck with?
Chiwetel Ejiofor: I actually don’t like it at all. And I try and get people not to do that. Without being dogmatic. It’s just an abbreviation of my name that’s stuck with people. It’s just one of those things where I’m trying to remove an abbreviation of my name. It’s really tough.
Not the interviewer’s fault–whoever writes his bio needs to update it–but man…that’s the sort of thing that makes you want to crawl under a table and just give up. Mr. Ejiofor is great in Redbelt, by the way…I’ll have more thoughts on David Mamet’s new film later this week, but for now I’ll simply note that his performance was quite good.