United Kingdom, April 16 -- Kerry Washington slid into Omar Sy's DMs to give him a role in 'Shadow Force'.

The 48-year-old actress hunted down the 47-year-old actor online to ask if he wanted to play Isaac Sarr after she and her husband Nnamdi Asomugha had brainstormed together on who would be the right choice for the character.

She explained to US TV show 'Extra': "I used to go on these hikes with Nnamdi, with my husband, and we'd be naming actors - 'no' - naming actors - 'no, no no' - and then one day, I don't remember whether it was Nnamdi's idea or my idea, but one of us said Omar, and we were both like, 'That's it!'

"And so it was with Nnamdi's permission that I slid into Omar's DMs."

Omar "loved" the unique way Kerry - who co-st...