Michael K. Williams/Omar Little

The third interview that I found to be very interesting was the interview with Omar Little.  Michael K. Williams is the real actors name that plays the role of Omar Little within The Wire. In this interview we learned how Michael K. Williams got into character, how his character developed throughout the show, and how he personally relates to his character. the interview is conducted by Page31TV. 

Within 2:32 of the interview, Michael K. Williams is asked what his favorite scene within the television show. He replies revealing that it is a very hard question to answer but answers if he had to choose one scene he would choose the court room scene. In this scene he discusses how he put the lawyer in place. He did this by conveying the fact that the lawyer would not have a job if it wasn’t for people such as himself. Omar Little played a gang banger that would rob other drug dealers for money. He expressed that he would never hurt a civilian but whoever was involved in “the game” was fair game because those people knew what they were getting themselves involved in. At three minutes and three seconds the interview shows the court scene revealing how Omar Little made his point in a smooth and efficient way. Everyone in the court room was stunned and realized that there was truth to what Omar was saying. Four minutes and twenty two seconds into the interview, Michael K. Williams talks about how Omar was a man with a moral code. He would never go after anyone who was not involved in “the game”. “The game” was a code for the street that everyone knew that if they were involved in the game they were fair targets to everyone else who was involved in the game. At four minutes and thirty three seconds Michael K. Williams was asked what his character Omar Little and himself had in common. His answer revealed that his sensitivity to certain issues is what they both had in common. Throughout the show Omar made mistakes, but the amount of compassion and sensitivity that he portrayed made the audience grow to like him and a want of success upon Omar Little was yearned for within the show. At four minutes and fifty five seconds, Michael K. Williams revealed that he used music to get into character. Michael K. Williams listened to what he thought Omar Little would have listened to. This music included Biggie, “Ready to Die”, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, “My Life”, Naz, “Still Maddock album”, “As I walked… Michael sings the rest”. The last song is what Michael K. Williams listens to before he is shot by a little kid. At six fifty two the song, “Good in me until you see the fool in me” is the song that really got him into character before he died on the show. Michael K. Williams reveals that the audience learned to love his character through the compassion that he showed even though he had made wrong choices. The sensitively he acquired ruled out the immoral qualities that he contained.