British actress, Naomi Harris who has featured in quite a number of American movies is on the cover of the latest edition of Porters Edit magazine whe
British actress, Naomi Harris who has featured in quite a number of American movies is on the cover of the latest edition of Porters Edit magazine where she opens up about sexual discrimination in the movie industry as well as her new movie with Dwayne Johnson, ‘Rampage’.
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On why she wanted to play the role of Dr. Kate Caldwell in ‘Rampage’
“The reason I wanted to do it was largely because after ‘Moonlight’, (2017’s Best Picture Oscar winner), I did get a lot of film offers, but they were all very much along the lines of my drug-addicted character, Paula. So, ‘Do you want to play the haggard mother’ or ‘Do you want to play the crack addict?’ And I read the script for Rampage and was like, ‘This is nothing like Paula! Completely the opposite’.”
On whether she has personally experienced any racial or sexual discrimination as an actress
“I haven’t really. Maybe it went over my head! Actually, when everything was blowing up, my manager did remind me about a person who asked me, post-screening, to go up to his room and have a drink. But because my manager is amazing, she immediately stepped in and said, ‘That’s not happening under any circumstances’. It was four or five years ago. But that’s the really sad thing. Hearing the stories, I feel like people weren’t protected enough especially when you’re starting in this profession in your early twenties. It’s incredibly intimidating, and then you have these hugely powerful people who, literally, with one phone call, can change your life and your career overnight. You need people around you who can guide you and make sure you’re protected. And it seems like so many women didn’t have that. I feel so grateful because I really always have had that, maybe because I’ve always worked with women. Maybe that makes a difference. I do have some men on my team, but it’s largely women.”
On cultural appropriation
“I think it’s a compliment to adopt other cultures’ and races’ ideas of what makes them look beautiful. I don’t think negatively about it at all.”
