Downton Abbey has found it’s first black character to stir things up on the upcoming season. British actor Gary Carr has joined the Season 4 cast of the award-winning period drama. Carr will play Jack Ross, a charismatic Jazz singer. The casting marks the first time a black actor will have a major recurring role on the show and...
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French filmmaker Eric Kolelas stars in a gripping mafia crime drama short, 50 Pence, which he also wrote and directed. The short film made it’s official debut on the internet yesterday. In the short, Kolelas navigates through the historic streets of Paris with a mysterious woman (Anoushka Ravanshad) after he is ordered to bring her to his dangerous boss...
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Idris Elba sat down with UK’s Guardian for a very insightful interview about his career at the launch of the Tanqueray Gin Palace in London. The Thor actor discussed, among other things, his role as the legendary political activist-turned-South African president Nelson Mandela in the upcoming biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Here are some of the highlights from the interview. On comparing his portrayal of Mandela with that of Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and Terrence Howard (Winnie):...
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BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) will present an all-black production of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, to run April 10 through Apr 28, 2013 at the BAM Harvey Theater. Gregory Doran will direct a cast that includes Paterson Joseph as Brutus (pictured), Jeffrey Kissoon as Julius Caesar, and Ray Fearon as Marc Anthony. Brooklyn, NY—The world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company returns to BAM with a new twist on Shakespeare’s Julius...
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CW’s The Selection has recast the role of Aspen for it’s second pilot. British actor Lucien Laviscount has landed a leading role in the network’s retooled drama pilot The Selection – a Hunger Games-esque drama based on a book series by Kiera Cass. Set 300 years in the future, an epic romance centering on a working class young woman chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with...
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Dowton Abbey is on the verge of diversifying it’s cast by adding a black character into the mix. The upcoming season of the Emmy Award-winning period drama will feature it’s first black cast member, Blackactors.net has learned. According to British tabloid The Sun, a casting notice was sent out to top agents searching for a black actor in their late 20s to portray a Jazz singer named Jack Ross. The notice describes the character...
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