Daniel Kaluuya has had a charmed career, starring in contemporary classics like 'Get Out,' 'Black Panther' and now 'Queen & Slim.' The actor talks stardom, choosing roles and collaborating with black artists.
After appearing in the first season of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian anthology series “Black Mirror,” the British actor went on to deliver a breakout performance in Jordan Peele’s genre-redefining psychological horror film “Get Out,” for which he wasIn the two years since, he’s had memorable turns in Marvel’s megahit “Black Panther” and Steve McQueen’s critically acclaimed “Widows” before once again taking the lead in the Thanksgiving release “Queen & Slim,” directed by Melina Matsoukas from...
That gut instinct has led the 30-year-old London native to work almost exclusively with some of the most acclaimed black directors of our time, including Peele, Steve McQueen and Ryan Coogler, though Kaluuya says that was never intentional. It’s merely a byproduct of avoiding roles that aren’t fully formed human beings.
"[I] felt for him, felt for their predicament,” he said. “Everyone thought I was crazy because ‘Get Out’ came out and [afterward] I was like, ‘I want to do a rom-com.’ I was telling everyone I wanted to do a rom-com. And then [‘Queen & Slim’] came in and I was like, ‘Yeah, man.’” The actor says working with Waithe and Matsoukas — a rare example of two women of color collaborating on a major studio film — was “inspiring.”“They’re a force,” he said. “I was fans of them in isolation. I came across a Lena script, the original pilot of [Showtime series] ‘The Chi,’ and I’m like, ‘Who the ... is this? This writing is amazing.’ And then Melina, I was a fan of the Solange video and the ‘On the Run’ trailer she did [for Beyoncé and Jay-Z], and then ‘Insecure.
“He’s the man, he gets paid $38 an hour,” he said. “It’s the mentality of, even though the date’s not going well, he still thinks he’s going to get laid. That’s entitlement. Entitlement because he thinks he’s a catch. It’s not overtly aggressive but it’s innate. And trying to, in that first bit, still make him likable.”
Next came stints in local youth theaters. “Anything that was free, I’d do it,” he said. “Because I was doing that, I got my first job,” a play that was performed underneath a church. “I was acting in some random place,” he said with a laugh.
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