and by people you mean Viola and Octavia themselves? Cos Viola was recently "caterwauling" about the sort of roles she gets in the industry and Octavia is paying a nurse for like the 100th time.
Yeah, they complained, but that's what actors do, to be honest. I've met too many actors who think they should be more famous or get more roles than they actually get; their ethnicity be damned.
When you're an actor, work is work, and while they may not like particular parts, they work more than most actors I know.
Oh please, lets not act like their complaints is just garden variety actors complaining. If she was white, an actress of Viola's calibre won't be settling for unnamed roles and 5 minutes in a film here and there.
Anyway, I just realised who you are and kinda regret starting this conversation. I'm out.
but are they getting the same roles offered to their white counterparts? both of them have gone to tv when we all know there's more prestige in movies.
Clare Danes, Halle Berry, Glenn Close, Matthew McConaughey among others all have done broadcast, cable and pay TV. Hell, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are on NetFlix.
People like to think film is more prestige; OK, but with studios churning out so few films, how are they all going to get work? There's so much good television and the pay is great, so why not work in TV? This isn't the 20th Century anymore in which TV is where good actors careers go to die.
As to your other comment: we should probably stop comparing to what white folks are getting. The question should be how to obtain the resources to breed more Shonda Rimes' and Larry Wilmore's who can bring these stories to the forefront. We want the same kinds of roles? Then we should write and produce them.
Preach. TV is moving much faster than film when it comes to representation. Viola and Octavia have both said it. Much less exhausting than the casting process for films and you can get just as much (if not more) acclaim.
viola and octavia would be lining up film after film if they were white, lbr. jlaw and chastain have no problems bagging a zillion good roles a year, it's not like the roles aren't out there.
Good for them!
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When you're an actor, work is work, and while they may not like particular parts, they work more than most actors I know.
Like I said, "good for them."
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Clare Danes, Halle Berry, Glenn Close, Matthew McConaughey among others all have done broadcast, cable and pay TV. Hell, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are on NetFlix.
People like to think film is more prestige; OK, but with studios churning out so few films, how are they all going to get work? There's so much good television and the pay is great, so why not work in TV? This isn't the 20th Century anymore in which TV is where good actors careers go to die.
As to your other comment: we should probably stop comparing to what white folks are getting. The question should be how to obtain the resources to breed more Shonda Rimes' and Larry Wilmore's who can bring these stories to the forefront. We want the same kinds of roles? Then we should write and produce them.
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