Djimon Hounsou, who has achieved wonderful initiatives in his spectacular profession trajectory, obtained candid whereas sharing the difficulties he experiences in Hollywood as a person of shade. The veteran actor shared about this when he appeared in CNN’s African Voices Changemakers.
As per Individuals journal, on the aforementioned podcast, Hounsou talked about about nonetheless being underpaid, regardless of being within the business for round 20 years. The performer shared, “I’m nonetheless struggling to make a residing.”
He additional acknowledged that he has been within the enterprise of filmmaking for over twenty years, with two Academy Awards nominations and a number of hit movies and he nonetheless experiences struggles financially. He added, “I’m undoubtedly underpaid.”
Through the dialog, Hounsou additionally opened up about his perception that he was snubbed by the Academy Awards or his function within the 1997 launched enterprise of Stephen Speilberg titled, Cinque.
The Blood Diamond actor stated that he was nominated for the Golden Globe however he was ignored by them for the Oscars as they thought that he simply got here “off the boat and the streets.” The actor shared that despite the fact that he did that with success, they didn’t really feel like he was an actor to who “they need to pay any respect.”
With regards to variety, the veteran performer believes that quite a lot of progress should be carried out within the leisure business. He acknowledged, “This conceptual concept of variety nonetheless has a protracted technique to go. Systemic racism received’t change like that anytime quickly.”
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