Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2020 11:56:37 GMT
On her BAFTA non-nomination ...
www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/steve-mcqueen-baftas-lack-of-diversity
Good for her.
www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/12/steve-mcqueen-baftas-lack-of-diversity
Other prominent British actors have voiced their disappointment with Bafta. Erivo, who was directed by McQueen in the Bafta-nominated film Widows, said she was asked to sing at the ceremony on 2 February, even though she had missed out on a best actress nomination. Erivo turned down the invitation.
“I felt like [the invitation] didn’t represent people of colour in the right light,” she told the US entertainment website Extra. “It felt like it was calling on me as an entertainer, as opposed to a person who was a part of the world of film, and I think that it’s important to make it known that it’s not something that you just throw in as a party trick, you know?”
“I felt like [the invitation] didn’t represent people of colour in the right light,” she told the US entertainment website Extra. “It felt like it was calling on me as an entertainer, as opposed to a person who was a part of the world of film, and I think that it’s important to make it known that it’s not something that you just throw in as a party trick, you know?”
Good for her.
