U-Adele James uthetha ngokukodwa malunga nokuphoswa njengenkokeli ye-Netflix's Queen Cleopatra.
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Xa i-Netflix ibhengeze umdlalo we-docudrama entsha kraca uKumkanikazi uCleopatra, kwakukho ingqumbo evela kwabanye emva kwesigqibo somboniso sokuphosa umdlali we-Black biracial Adele James njengenkokeli.
Ukhetho lwavusa izikhalazo, abanye abantu baseYiputa bephikisana ukuba imbali yabo 'yayinyanisekile', ngelixa Urhulumente waseYiputa ikhuphe ingxelo esuka kuMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye ne-Antiquities isithi izinto zakudala kunye neengqekembe zemali zelo xesha zangqina ukuba uCleopatra wayenebala elikhanyayo elineempawu zeGreek Hellenistic'.
Ukuthetha ngokukhethekileyo IINDABA zeTV , UJames wavula malunga neembono ezivela kuluntu, evuma ukuba ufumene intukuthelo ngokubhekiselele ekukhethweni komboniso ukuphosa umdlali we-Black actress 'ukuphazamisa.'
'Ndicinga ukuba ayijongwa ngendlela engafanelekanga,' yacacisa. 'Ndicinga ukuba umsindo wabantu ulahlekile ngenxa yokuba yidrama ye-docu. Ke uyazi, kukho into ebhaliweyo kuyo. Kukho uphando lwezemfundo ukuxhasa ukhetho lokulingwa, kwaye nangona ndingowelifa lemveli lohlanga lwabaNtsundu, umama wam umhlophe, ngoko ke ndingumdlali weqonga oxubeneyo.'
UJames uqhubekile wathi: 'Ndingumdlali weqonga wezizwe ezibini ndidlala umdlali onokwenzeka, ngokusekelwe kuphando lwezemfundo, umntu wembali weentlanga ezimbini. Ke kum, iyakhathaza kwaye iyacaphukisa ngokucacileyo, kodwa ikwanciphisa lonke uthotho kwinto enye esizama ukuthetha ngayo apha kwaye ndicinga ukuba lihlazo nje. Ndiyavuya kuba umoya uyaphethuka kancinane koko.'
Funda ngokugqithisileyo:
- Umlawuli weCleopatra uthetha emva kokubuyela umva kwi-actress Black
- Ijelo lesi-4 libhengeza uxwebhu malunga nemfihlakalo yombaleki uNicholas Rossi
Nangona ebeyilindele le mpendulo kuluntu ngokubanzi, uJames, owadlala kwisepha yaseBritane iCasualty, uthe ayimtyhafisanga ekuthatheni indima yakhe.
Waqhubeka wathi: 'Ndiyawuthanda ucelomngeni! Ndiziva ndibuhlungu ukuba kufuneka ndamkele i-bat ukuba mhlawumbi kuya kubakho iimpendulo ezingalunganga kuyo. Kodwa loo nto ayizange indiyekise ukufuna ukwenza nantoni na kumsebenzi wam okanye ebomini bam.
'Ndicinga ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba abantu bamelwe ngokufanelekileyo nangokufanelekileyo kwaye zininzi iinguqulelo zeCleopatra esele zikho nabadlali beqonga abalusu. Kutheni ke ukuba umntu omtsha angamdlalisi sisitho sam solusu? Loo nto ayinakuze indiyekise ukuthatha indima!'
Umvelisi oLawulayo uJada Pinkett Smith ngaphambili uvule malunga nokukhetha kwakhe ukwenza iCleopatra emnyama, esithi: 'Asisoloko sibona okanye sive amabali malunga nokumkanikazi abaMnyama, kwaye oko bekubaluleke kakhulu kum, nakwintombi yam, kwaye nje ukuba uluntu lwam lukwazi ukuwazi loo mabali kuba kukho iitoni zawo! UCleopatra uyindlovukazi abaninzi abaziyo, kodwa kungekhona enyanisweni yakhe.'
Okwangoku, umlawuli UTina Gharav naye wathetha phandle emva kokubuyela umva ekudlaleni umdlali we-Black.
Kwiqhekeza lomntu wokuqala we Iintlobo ngeentlobo , wabhala: 'Kum, ingcamango yokuba abantu babeyifumene iphosakele kakhulu ngaphambili - ngokwembali, ukusuka eTheda Bara ukuya kuMonica Bellucci, kwaye kutshanje, kunye no-Angelina Jolie kunye noGal Gadot ekubalekeni ukumdlala - kuthetha ukuba kufuneka sifumane. ilunge ngakumbi.
'Kutheni uCleopatra engafanele abe ngudade otyumkileyo? Kwaye kutheni abanye abantu befuna ukuba uCleopatra abe mhlophe? Ukuba kufuphi kwakhe nobumhlophe kubonakala kumnika ixabiso, yaye kwamanye amaYiputa kubonakala kubalulekile.'
UKumkanikazi uCleopatra udlala okokuqala kwiNetflix ngoLwesithathu we-10 kaMeyi ka-2023. Bhalisela iNetflix ukusuka kwi-4.99 yeedola ngenyanga . INetflix nayo iyafumaneka kwi Iglasi yesibhakabhaka kwaye Virgin Media Stream .
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