Brian Tyree Henry on Apple TV+'s Dope Thief, Julia Roberts and chemistry with co-stars
If you ask Brian Tyree Henry about taking time off, he bursts out laughing – he has become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood.
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His latest role is in the limited series Dope Thief for
Apple TV+ , which premiered on March 14. Henry and Wagner Moura play Ray and Manny, two long-time friends in the US city of Philadelphia who pose as federal agents, conducting fake raids to steal drugs and money.
It is a series of easy scores until they rob the wrong people and become targets.
Soon they are hiding from the real Drug Enforcement Administration and a drug kingpin while trying to keep their families safe.
Brian Tyree Henry (left) and Wagner Moura in a scene from Dope Thief. Photo: Apple TV+ via AP
'The minute that Wagner and I met each other, it was an instant electricity … we just felt like we knew each other all our lives,' said Henry. 'That is exactly what you needed for Ray and Manny.'
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