Harewood,who plays CIA director in Homeland, says UK actors may be able to more easily ‘unshackle ourselves from the burden of racial realities’The Homeland actor David Harewood has stepped into the controversy over black British actors playing African American roles, or arguing that Britons may be better suited to some parts because they are not burdened by “what’s in the history books”.
In an article for the Guardian,Birmingham-born Harewood writes that it is perhaps because they are not genuine American brothers” that he and other black British performers are able “to unshackle ourselves from the burden of racial realities – and simply play what’s on the page”.
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Source: theguardian.com