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他们本就自带不凡气场，走上舞台后这份气场分毫未减。在大卫·奥本斩获托尼奖与普利策奖的戏剧《求证》中，唐·钱德尔饰演一位饱受精神健康问题困扰的数学天才，阿约·埃德比里则饰演他同样有着自身困境的女儿。
这是二人首次合作。
埃德比里表示，得知有望与钱德尔合作时她“非常开心”：“他就像是我心目中演员‘四大巨头’之一。”
钱德尔称，二人在台下就已经建立起了父女般的情谊：“我确实会主动关心她，问她几点睡觉。要是她熬夜发消息，我就会说：‘嘿，咱们明天还有演出呢！’”
这部戏剧的核心围绕着凯瑟琳展开——这位年轻女子为照顾年迈的教授父亲罗伯特，搁置了自己的人生。
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该剧探讨了从父母身上继承的一切，以及回馈父母的一切。当被问及参演《求证》后，她是否以不同的眼光看待自己的父母时，埃德比里回答道：“很难不去这么想。我们都会经历这样一段从未预料到的时期——当生活发生改变，你会突然反应过来：‘哦，现在轮到我照顾父母了。曾经的父母，如今反倒成了需要我照料的孩子。’”
《求证》是一次深刻的内心探索，但埃德比里已准备好迎接这份挑战。多年来，她一直是好莱坞冉冉升起的新星，凭借《熊家餐馆》一角家喻户晓，还因此斩获了艾美奖。
钱德尔出演过50余部电影，塑造了风格迥异的众多角色：比如在《航班》中与丹泽尔·华盛顿演对手戏的冷面律师，是“十一罗汉”团队成员之一，穿上钢铁侠战衣也毫无违和感。
当被问及是否曾有过某个时刻，觉得自己的事业终于站稳脚跟时，钱德尔答道：“周二啊！说真的，每次你完成一部作品，都会想‘行了，这就到头了！’你永远不知道之后还会有新的机会找上门，哪怕之前已经接连不断。”
他还曾在《卢旺达饭店》中饰演一位真实存在的英雄——卢旺达大屠杀期间的酒店经理。他表示，为了促成这部电影的拍摄，自己愿意付出一切，甚至告诉制片人，如果他们找到更“有票房号召力”的明星，他仍希望能参与其中：“没错，绝对说过。我当时就说：‘我只想帮忙促成这部电影开拍。’所以我确实那么跟他说了。万幸的是，最终这个角色落到了我手里。”
《卢旺达饭店》也为他带来了奥斯卡最佳男主角提名。“获得认可当然很棒，”他说，“我从事这份工作是因为热爱，想要参与其中。之后会发生什么都顺其自然，你懂的？……但我真的希望我——！刚才那句话说出来了吗？你们听见了吗？我刚才是不是说漏嘴了？”
尽管在影视圈打拼多年，但《求证》是钱德尔的百老汇首秀，埃德比里也是如此，该剧的两位制片人巴拉克·奥巴马与米歇尔·奥巴马同样是首次涉足百老汇。
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当被问及在布斯剧院登台是何种感受时，钱德尔说：“就像在说‘准备好了，出发吧’，你懂吗？我感觉后台候场时，等着那盏提示灯亮起，提示灯灭的那一刻，就像坐过山车时，车子慢慢往上爬。然后我们走到台上，灯光亮起，嗖的一下！出发了！我不知道接下来会发生什么。拭目以待吧。希望我能记住所有该说的台词，别拖搭档的后腿，我们能共同带来一段奇妙的演出。”
如今看来，埃德比里与钱德尔的配合十分默契，即便在没有剧本的即兴时刻，也能让人感受到他们亲如家人的氛围。
当被问到“拥有了这段情谊后，你们还会考虑再度合作吗？”时，二人异口同声地回答：
埃德比里：“绝对不会。”
钱德尔：“还挺希望不会有下次的。”
timing perfectly！“这答案本来就只能是这样！”钱德尔笑着说道。
网络独家内容：观看唐·钱德尔与阿约·埃德比里的加长专访（视频）https://www.cbsnews.com/video/proof-don-cheadle-and-ayo-edebiri-make-their-broadway-bows/
加长专访时长：阿约·埃德比里与唐·钱德尔 27:24
更多信息：
- 《求证》，纽约市布斯剧院上演（演出至7月19日）| 票务信息
- 黑鸟集体PBC
本报道由约翰·达米利奥制作。编辑：劳伦·巴内洛。
“Proof”: Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri make their Broadway bows
April 19, 2026 / 10:13 AM EDT / CBS News
They’re larger-than-life, and somehow on stage they still are. In “Proof” David Auburn’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Don Cheadle plays a mathematical genius with mental health issues; Ayo Edebiri plays his daughter, with issues of her own.
This is the first time they’ve ever worked together.
Edebiri said she was “very happy” when she was presented with the prospect of working with Cheadle: “He’s on, like, my Mount Rushmore of actors.”
Cheadle says the two share a father-daughter relationship off-stage: “I do check up and see what time she’s going to bed. And when she’s texting too late, I’m like, ‘Hey, we do have a show tomorrow!’”
The play centers on Catherine, a young woman who put her life on hold to care for her aging father Robert, a professor.
Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri as a mathematics professor and his daughter in the Broadway revival of “Proof.” CBS News
The play involves what you take from your parents, and what you give to your parents. Asked if she’s thought about her own parents differently since acting in “Proof,” Edebiri replied, “Kind of hard not to. It’s a weird thing that we all go through that you don’t realize you’re gonna go through – when it changes and all of sudden you realize like, ‘Oh, now I’m taking care of my parents. Now my parent’s sort of my child.’”
“Proof” is a deep dive, but Edebiri is up for the challenge. She’d been a rising star in Hollywood for years, but her role in “The Bear” made her a household name. It also made her an Emmy-winner.
In more than 50 films, Cheadle has played an astonishing range of characters, like a stone-faced attorney opposite Denzel Washington in “Flight.” He’s one of the “Ocean’s 11” crew, and he looked right at home in an Iron Man suit.
Asked if there were ever a moment when he thought his career finally had traction, Cheadle replied, “Tuesday! I mean, really, we have this every time you do the last thing, you’re like, ‘Well, that’s it!’ You don’t know that it’s just gonna keep happening, just ’cause it has been happening.”
He also played a real-life hero, a hotel manager during the Rwandan genocide, in “Hotel Rwanda.” He says he would’ve happily done anything to get that film made – even going so far as to tell the producers, if they got a more “bankable” star, he still wanted to be part of the project: “Yeah, absolutely. I was like, ‘I just want to be a part of helping to get it made.’ So yeah, I did tell him that. And thankfully, it came my way.”
“Hotel Rwanda” also scored him an Oscar nomination for best actor. “It’s great to be recognized,” he said. “I do this because I’m passionate about it and I want to be a part of it. Whatever happens after that happens, you know? … But I really hope I – ! Did that come out? Did you hear that? Did that come out of my mouth? “
For all of his years in show business, “Proof” is Cheadle’s Broadway debut, as it is for Edebiri, and for two of the show’s producers, Barack and Michelle Obama.
Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle. CBS News
Asked what it’s like to take the stage at the Booth Theatre, Cheadle said, “It’s like, ‘Here we go,’ you know? I feel like when we’re backstage, and we’re waiting for that cue light, and the cue light goes off, I feel like when you’re on the roller coaster, and it’s like [creeping up]. Then, we come out here, and it’s lights up, and it’s like whoosh!!! Here we go! I don’t know what’s gonna happen. We’re gonna see. Hopefully, I remember to say all the things I’m supposed to say, and don’t throw my scene partner, and that we have some magical experience.”
Now it seems Edebiri and Cheadle are so in-sync, that even in moments when there is no script, you still get the sense they’re family.
Asked, “Now that you have this relationship, do you think that you’ll work together again?” they responded simultaneously:
Edebiri: “Not at all.”
Cheadle: “Kinda hope not.”
Perfectly timed! “There was no way that was gonna be any other answer than that!” Cheadle laughed.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Watch an extended interview with Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle (Video)https://www.cbsnews.com/video/proof-don-cheadle-and-ayo-edebiri-make-their-broadway-bows/
Extended interview: Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle 27:24
For more info:
- “Proof,” at the Booth Theatre, New York City (through July 19) |Ticket info
- Blackbird Collective PBC
Story produced by John D’Amelio. Editor: Lauren Barnello.