Ejiofor, Ashitey in Children of Men
Posted by: Rich Watson on December 20, 2006 at 10:09 pm
There’s this new movie coming out Christmas Day called Children of Men which envisions a future in which humanity is unable to produce children. The last pregnant woman is found and has to be protected before the Bad Guys get her – you know how it is. It stars Clive Owen and Julianne Moore, but it also features a couple of black actors in crucial roles.
Here are two interviews with Chiwetel Ejiofor, recently seen in Joss Whedon’s Serenity. Here he plays the leader of a radical political group. And here’s a brief interview with newcomer Clare-Hope Ashitey, who plays the last pregnant woman.
There’s quite a bit of good buzz around this film. I’ll probably see it and let you know how it is afterward.
5 Responses to "Ejiofor, Ashitey in Children of Men"
1 | Kayode Kendall
December 21st, 2006 at 9:24 am
The fate of humanity lies in the womb of a black woman! Now that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!
2 | Chris Chambers
December 21st, 2006 at 10:27 am
Chiwetel is become one of the premier actors and craftsmen out there. Too bad in America, we still want our black clownish, buffoonish, and preferably with a touch of ghettofabulocity. On in America can white people proclaim Will Smith our best dramatic black actor, and Ice T as our most “edgy.” Day-um.
In sheer emotion, I’d stack Chiwetel’s portrayal of a n anguished father in Tsunami: The Aftermath against Will’s feelgood stuff in Happyness.
(maybe Will can redeem himslef in my eyes when he does the remake of Charlton Heston’s The Omega Man (is it called I am Legend? any info on that?)
3 | Kayode Kendall
December 21st, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Since when did white people proclaim Will our best Dramatic actor. Have they gotten off Denzel’s jock already? As for Ice-T, as much as I enjoy him on Law & Order: SVU, I’ve never seen many mags praising him above other black actors, so I don’t know where you’re getting your facts from.
4 | chrischambers
December 26th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
Down Kayode. Down…that’s it…be calm. ;) I’m talking about reviews of will Smith by folks like Joel Siegel, Larry King, fans and the MANY white folks I know. Likewise with Ice T. I’ll drop a footnote next time…
5 | Mojo
Yeah. Well, it isn’t a remake of the movie, they are both from a book entitled I Am Legend. This one is actually going to be closer to the source material.
