Freida Pinto shows her passionate side and causes a stir in Showtime's 'Guerrilla'
Freida Pinto shows her passionate side and causes a stir in ‘Guerrilla’ https://t.co/5X6T6V16yo #entertainment
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about Jas Mistra, her character in Guerrilla
Pinto :
“I’ve never been able to play somebody like this - I’ve never been given the chance, This is the kind of role that actors live for, You can play characters that are good but don’t always show your range. I’ve always known that if you give me the chance, I’ll show you what I can do. I am so blessed that John saw in me the passion and the drive I have.”
“I connect with her, I felt protected by her, Jas has her passion in the right place, as well as this hunger to put everything that is within her out in the world. But she lacks strategy and direction. I come from a very authentic, but not harmful place, but I am also driven by extreme passion.”
about slamdog millionaire
Pinto :
“ ‘Slumdog’ was a film that I’m oh-so grateful for, but it also came with a stereotype, ‘Oh, she’s a sunshine girl, she never does anything wrong, she’s flawless,’ Labels associated with beauty were getting assigned to me, and that gets stifling. When that becomes the public and industry perception, that’s all you get. And God knows it gets so damn boring, particularly when you don’t resonate with those kinds of labels.
“It was so frustrating, and I knew I was capable of doing more, so I made an active decision to go slow, deciding I was not going to do work that reinforced that stereotype, that I would only work with people who could see the different me. John Ridley was definitely the first in many, many years to see that.”
about Freida Pinto
John Ridley :
“In addition to being a very talented person, Freida is also very passionate, I knew she had spent time working with activist causes and working with underprivileged children all over the world. She had a way of speaking with passion, but without anger. She’s a great actress and a great partner.”
“ ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was a phenomenal first film, and it was a role based on her emotion and her God-given good looks. For actors of color, particularly female actors of color, it can be hard to move on to the next thing. I was lucky to have a very solid role, and she was available.”
criticism of Pinto's casting and her character Jas
Pinto:
“First of all, I am completely unapologetic about playing Jas, But at the same time, I don’t want to disrespect other people’s opinions."
“However, even though this is a ‘what if?’ story, people like Marcus and Jas really existed within the core groups of activists. John really did his research, It was called a black power movement, but it was 3,000 members composed of Africans, people from the Caribbean and Asians as well. We’re talking here about what matters, which is the humanity of it all.”
Ridley :
“I’m never surprised by people’s lack of awareness of history, because there were so many things I didn’t know,’. But to say there were no Asians in the struggle is just wrong. I know that these people exist.”
“If there’s anyone who doesn’t approve of my work, they don’t need someone else’s approval to write those stories and those characters that reflect the world you want to see. All you need is encouragement. Consider yourself encouraged.”
Pinto :
“It’s starting a conversation, and really it’s a conversation that needs to happen because we’re dealing with a very sensitive subject matter, I’m glad it’s happening.”
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