MGN-AFRICA»» pin:2A123D88 Sophie Okonedo interview: I have to go across the Atlantic to get work: Sophie Okonedo is one of Britains most accomplished and acclaimed actors but most of her job offers come from the US, where last month she won a coveted Tony award for a Broadway role. So why is the UK neglecting its black stars? Few British actors have had a rave review from Barack Obama. But there on Sophie Okonedos mobile phone, when we meet in a cafe near her north London home is the 44th president of the United States, revealing, in a dressing room at the Ethel Barrymore theatre on Broadway, that he and Michelle had enjoyed so much watching her play a poor Chicago mother in the recent revival of Lorraine Hansberrys 1950s play A Raisin in the Sun, in a cast that also included Denzel Washington. Strictly, the Obamas were still in the middle of enjoying it, having unusually come round to meet the actors during the interval, as one of the measures to confuse potential malefactors, who might know that the theatrical convention is for admirers to visit the dressing room after the final curtain. In another security precaution, the secret service had instituted a ban on mobile phones, but Okonedo persuaded one of the understudies to keep filming until an agent stepped across the shot. Continue reading... bit.ly/1kcSHfb pin:2A123D88
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:59:00 +0000
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