In Variety's REPRESENT roundtable, Aldis Hodge explains why this moment feels different: “The shift that may have happened with Mr. Floyd and watching his murder was that we had to sit home and sit with it. We had to watch it”
, dedicated to the intersection of race, culture and Hollywood. And for many on the panel, the topics of racial injustice and police brutality and their personal experiences as Black men have intersected both on and off screen.decided to share his story“I was happy to be able to show people that there is no change,” he says. “Being Black in America is what it is. It doesn’t matter what show you’ve been on, doesn’t matter where you work, nothing.
He adds, “I had to take Ambien while I was shooting ‘Detroit’ because I couldn’t sleep. But you do it for a reason. That’s why we are actors, that’s why we put ourselves in that position, to feel for people.” “And then, as I got older, there are opportunities that came my way that were challenging,” he says. “When ‘Underground’ [a drama series a group of slaves fighting for their freedom via the Underground railroad] came around, and I said, ‘How do we watch five or six seasons of our pain?’ But then, when I read it, and I saw how it was distributed and I said, “Oh, there’s a difference here.’”
On the other hand, Chalk — who costarred with Smith in “Detroit” and Hodge on “Underground” — says he never to a stance against playing a thug or a slave, explaining why he wants to be part of telling those types of stories, no matter the personal discomfort. But just like the actors themselves have navigated around playing into Hollywood stereotypes, they ask that the industry’s decision makers consider their role in further perpetuating tropes that present Black people in a negative light.
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