Actor wonders what ‘an American brother’ would have brought to acquire Out and Selma instead of Daniel Kaluuya and David OyelowoSamuel L Jackson has criticised the casting of black British actors in roles about American race relations.
In an interview with the unusual York radio station Hot 97,Jackson suggested that Jordan Peele’s satirical horror film acquire Out, which starred British actor Daniel Kaluuya as an African-American man falling victim to white liberal racism, and could have benefited from having an American actor as its lead. Related: Black American actors slighted as Brits nab roles: 'we can't narrate our own stories?' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com