"If I'm being honest the more that went along whilst we were developing the script, I kept thinking - god I would really love to play that guy, because he scared me more. Butler was initially going to play the prosecutor, but decided Clyde was such a good character he would switch roles. It turns out Clyde is a government 'fixer' and despite being thrown in jail, orchestrates a terrifying series of assassinations and murders as vengence for the failures of the criminal justice system. Clyde is understandably upset, and - ten years on - decides to take the law into his own hands. The two killers are caught, but hotshot prosecutor Jamie Foxx gives one of the suspects a ridiculously light sentence in exchange for testifying against the other. He plays Clyde Shelton - an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered at the beginning of the film. The movie is rather a change in direction for Butler - with this character undoubtedly his most villainous role so far.
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