- Title: "Detroit" director says she would encourage Trump to see new movie
- Date: 16th August 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (AUGUST 16, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RED CARPET / SIGN READING (English): "DETROIT" ACTOR WILL POULTER SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR WILL POULTER, SAYING ABOUT EMBRACING IGNORANCE TO PLAY A RACIST COP: "I wouldn't implore anyone to embrace ignorance outside of the context of playing a racist. My experience since playing the character has been to develop my understanding and empathy for people outside my own ethnicity group but I think that's something that we all need to do in the name of bettering race relations and truly progressing. And I think for white people and speaking you know as a white male I would say that if I'm going to be a part of the solution and no longer contribute to the problem that I have to engage in that conversation when invited to." ACTOR JOHN BOYEGA POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JOHN BOYEGA, SAYING ABOUT PLAYING AN AMERICAN: "It is great playing an American. I mean that's what we do as actors we play a role that's not necessarily us. And it's our job to do that, to venture into characters and narratives that perhaps we've experienced perhaps we haven't experienced and the greatest roles can be performed by people who draw from themselves from their experience but also people who you know create a whole completely different character and travel there in terms of their craft and I will always do that regardless of what anybody says." DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHERS BIGELOW POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW SAYING ABOUT TRUMP'S COMMENTS FOLLOWING EVENTS ON CHARLOTTESVILLE: "I would encourage him to see the movie only in the hope that it might humanize perhaps something that is unimaginable for him. But, again, you know, my small platform is as a filmmaker and so I hope that I've sent a message out to the world that we have to begin to talk about the inequity." BIGELOW SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW SAYING ABOUT THE EVENTS ON CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE MOVIE: "The film is a kind of indictment against the pervasiveness of racism and obviously we see that pervasiveness occurring yet again a few days ago in Charlottesville, so it's, I think a very important dialogue to engage in." ACTRESS HANNAH MURRAY (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS HANNAH MURRAY SAYING ABOUT PLAYING AN AMERICAN: "I mean it doesn't feel like the biggest stretch. I think that the accent comes fairly easily to a lot of us. It's just kind of, to me it just feels like a kind of simple technical thing and then there's no, it doesn't make it any difficult for me to relate to the character that she's from a different country than I am so." VARIOUS OF BIGELOW AND BOYEGA POSING FOR PHOTOS
- Embargoed: 30th August 2017 21:21
- Keywords: Donald Trump Detroit racial movie Bigelow Charlottesville Kathryn Bigelow John Boyega
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / UNIDENTIFIED FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0016UEQIX9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Cast and director of new movie "Detroit" arrived in London to promote the film on Wednesday (August 16).
Following U.S president Donald Trump's latest remarks on the Chalottesville events, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow said she hopes president Trump watches her new racially charged movie.
"I would encourage him to see the movie only in the hope that it might humanize perhaps something that is unimaginable for him. But, my small platform is as a filmmaker and so I hope that I've sent a message out to the world that we have to begin to talk about the inequity", told Reuters.
Trump inflamed tension after a deadly rally by white nationalists in Virginia by insisting that counter protesters were also to blame, drawing condemnation from some Republican leaders and praise from white supremacists.
Bigelow's new film recreates the summer civil unrest by African-Americans in Detroit in 1967, and the little-known police interrogation and shootings of three young black men at the Algiers Motel.
British actor Will Poulter told Reuters he had to "embrace ignorance" to play a racist cop.
"I wouldn't implore anyone to embrace ignorance outside of the context of playing a racist. My experience since playing the character has been to develop my understanding and empathy for people outside my own ethnicity group but I think that's something that we all need to do in the name of bettering race relations and truly progressing", said the British actor.
John Boyega, Jack Reynor and Hannah Murray also attended the movie premiere.
Detroit is out in the U.K on August 25th. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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