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image copyrightNetflix We re so used to seeing black characters defined by white people, Viola Davis tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. And when they re defined by white people, their voice gets taken away, their sexuality gets taken away. They are defined in the image of - take what I m about to say with a grain of salt - but I m gonna say it, they are defined in the mind-set of the oppressor.
She s chatting on a Zoom call with a group of mostly white, European journalists about her new movie, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom.
It s an adaptation of a 1982 August Wilson play about the blues singer Ma Rainey, set in a recording studio on a hot summer day in 1920s Chicago.
Bridgerton on Netflix: What s it about, who s in it and where is it filmed?
The eight-part period drama launches on the streaming service on Christmas Day
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Viola Davis is running her own race now she is older
The Fences star knows that Hollywood is centred around pretty being your value as a woman but now she is older, she has realised being who she is is more beautiful than anything else 16 December 2020
She shared: Pretty is your value as a woman. What they put out there. When you become an actor, you feel that doesnât have much to do with it. Itâs just the work! Then you get into the business, and people think looks are a prerequisite for acting. That it has something to do with it. And it really doesnât. It really doesnât have anything to do with your value, even, but when you get to Hollywood, you see how much that leads the conversation. But the glorious thing that happens, when you get older, is you begin to run your own race. You have more challenges, where you have to dig deep and find tools in you to slay these dragons. Then, gradually, you begin to wake up, every day a little different.
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The diversity of the show is one of the biggest strengths. Derry Girl Nicola Coughlan on new show Bridgerton
Daring, witty, sexy – Bridgerton is one of the most anticipated series of the year. Georgia Humphreys meets some of the stars involved.
Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington, Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton. Pics: Netflix/Liam Daniel.
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Daring, witty, sexy – Bridgerton is one of the most anticipated series of the year. Georgia Humphreys meets some of the stars involved.
Period dramas can feel well-worn – like we’ve seen it all before.
But that’s far from the case with eight-part series Bridgerton, which follows debutante Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) – one of eight Bridgerton siblings – as she searches for a husband in Regency London.