Daniel Sunjata's Growing Resume... and Wardrobe

So, Ranger is a great nickname. Do you have any?

Um, I don't. People pretty much call me Daniel.

We could make one up for you. Okay. We could be like D Sange or something like that.

D Sange. Why not? I love that. D Sange.

What's up, guys? Nicki Novack here in the Young Hollywood studio with One for the Money star Daniel Sanjata. How's it going?

I'm well, how are you?

I'm great. You're looking very much like some of the movies you've been in in the past. Like very fashionable. A lot of people know you from Devil Wears Prada. Sex and the City.

Sex and the City. I heard that's the one you get the most.

I do get that the most. It's interesting. Like there's just one episode of that one show, I get stopped more for, aren't you weren't you in Sex and the City then for seven seasons on Rescue Me?

You made an impact.

I guess so, or the show did anyway.

And you're from Chicago?

I am, originally.

But you shot Rescue Me in New York.

Uh, yes, yeah. We sure did.

All right, so New York, Chicago pizza, which is better?

Hmm, that's a tough one. It's really hard to find a bad slice of pizza in either city.

So One for the Money. Mhm. There was a lot of chemistry. Joe Morelli skipped out on Dale. 50 grand dead or alive. I can do this. You must be a badass recovery agent. You might like his better. So Ranger is a great nickname. Do you have any?

Um, I don't. People pretty much call me Daniel.

We could make one up for you. Okay. I'm I'm willing to be. Um, we could be like D Sange or something like that.

D Sange. Why not? I love that. D Sange.

So you're also, you're going to be in The Dark Knight Rises.

Yes. Yes I am. Yes I am.

J-Just chatted with Morgan Freeman and heard an interesting story that he said since he lives in Mississippi, he said that the script was so tight that he actually had somebody fly and deliver, hand deliver the script. Yeah. What was your?

My experience was much the same although I did not get to see the entire script. I only got to see the pages that I was on and I had to sign away my life and you know, confidentiality agreement and they did as much as they could to really keep the movie under wraps.

Well you seem to delve into your character and because of the fashion that I'm getting from you like I said in you from Devil Wears Prada and from any fashion tips that you can give?

You know, uh I tend to get my I get my wardrobe from the jobs that I get. So, you know what I mean like at the end they they're like, hey don't you want to it's it's the truth. This is the dirty inside secrets.

We're here to give you the real. You are because most actors when I ask them they're like, no, they didn't give me anything. You're like, yes. I got my my swag on.

I'm a guy. I hate shopping. I if I'm looking at a wall full of jeans I start sweating. It's too many choices. Just give me And so when you have like, you know, talented stylists who are dressing you for an on camera job and they're going to give you a pair of Ernest sewn for half off.

I have a feeling that there's a lot of women out there that wouldn't mind going shopping with you and helping you out. If you're you know

I could use it. I could use a help. I'm terrible with it. I got a red-green color deficiency. I pick weird colors. It's why it's just blue, black, blue. I keep it real simple.

So what color's my dress?

Purple? It is. No, it's it's it's it's pink. Right? Pinkish.

Close. Red? Am I a see This is real. Mind you that's another fashion thing. Guys would be like that's pink. But basically, yeah. Girls would be like what's this light coral with an off tone of.

See, yeah. My palette is not that developed.