I’m going to act as if this isn’t hurting. In retrospect, Berry says it was naive to think a statue would change anything. You might get a little mad.”, Berry has been inspired by the #MeToo movement. “I’m hopeful that whatever partner comes along, they’ll support my vision and we’ll work together to bring a fully finished film to the mass public at the right time,” Berry writes. Why is she just saving women from a face cream that cracks their face off?’ But I was just the actor for hire. It’s still as inspiring today as it was in 2002 to watch presenter Russell Crowe open the envelope and read her name. “I was just continuing to forge a way out of no way.” She likens it to how Dorothy Dandridge must have felt at the 1955 Academy Awards, as the first Black actor nominated for a lead role, who then went back to being an outsider in Hollywood. In a follow-up email, she clarifies that “Bruised,” which is seeking distribution, won’t be doing virtual screenings. Berry looks shocked — for the record, she says, that wasn’t a performance.

Movies proved more welcoming. “It was ahead of its time. Mais le fait que personne d’autre n’y arrive, je me dis ''Est-ce que c’était un moment important, ou juste un moment important pour moi ?''.

Elle revient d’ailleurs avec un nouveau film qu’elle a réalisé elle-même, Bruised, dans lequel elle joue le rôle d’une combattante de MMA qui décide de relancer sa carrière. And people needed to be outed.”, It’s too early to say when she’ll direct again, but she’d like to. “He didn’t feel there. “It was very disappointing,” Berry says. Ça semblait plus grand que moi, en grande partie parce que je me disais que certaines personnes auraient dû y parvenir avant moi », a-t-elle expliqué. “I thought Cynthia [Erivo, the star of ‘Harriet’] was going to do it last year,” Berry says. In 2002, for her performance as a waitress consumed by grief in the indie drama, Berry became the first (and still only) Black woman to win the best actress Oscar. To perform some of her stunts on “John Wick,” she’d immersed herself in jujitsu, judo, taekwondo and kickboxing — and she saw herself in the character of Jackie. “I thought it was early osteoporosis.

That’s where we were then.”, Instead, she decided to portray Catwoman, thinking that it was a risk that could pay off — and change the kinds of roles offered to Black actors. A few years ago, Berry retired one of her most well-known performances, as Storm, in 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” Since then, the film’s director, Singer, has been accused of sexual assault by at least four men who say they were underage at the time (which he denies); he also was fired mid-shoot from 2018’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” for allegedly not showing up to work (which he also denies). Halle Berry Live on IG Working Out | May 23, 2020 - YouTube Spirit Day represents the world’s largest and most visible LGBTQ anti-bullying campaign, with participants wearing purple and posting purple to their social media accounts to symbolize the “spirit” color on the LGBTQ rainbow flag. It was necessary for the character.”. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Pourtant, d’après Halle Berry, ce ne sont pas les actrices noires de talent qui manquent à Hollywood. I didn’t feel it was exploitative.

“I’m hearing they’re going to send out screeners, but I’m thinking, ‘That’s piracy waiting to happen,’” Berry says before conceding that the details will be ironed out. When I work, I’m serious about that. « Je pensais que Cynthia Erivo (la star de Harriet) allait gagner l’année dernière. On the day Halle Berry shot the big fight scene for her new movie “Bruised,” in which she plays a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter, she cracked two ribs. Je pensais aussi que Ruth Negga (nommée en 2016) avait une bonne chance de gagner aussi. For Berry, directing felt like a career rebirth.

It felt so much bigger than me, mainly because I knew others should have been there before me and they weren’t.”. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC.

In association with the event, GLAAD will be releasing a new LGBTQ-inclusive children’s book, Spirit Day: A Book About Spreading Joy, illustrated by Joy Yang. For so long, our experiences have been told narratively through the guise of men.”, Berry discovered acting in the years post-college, after contemplating a career as an investigative journalist.

Je pense qu’il y avait des arguments pour que certaines de ces femmes gagnent, qu’elles auraient dû gagner. “I thought Ruth [Negga, nominated for 2016’s ‘Loving’] had a really good shot at it too. Berry met with seven candidates. Finally, her producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas (“Hustlers”) came up with an idea: Berry should direct the movie herself.

“It’s one of my biggest heartbreaks,” she says. « Ça me fend le cœur. You’re expected to turn in award-worthy performances.”, In her Academy Awards speech, Berry — through tears — said that she’d opened a door for “every nameless, faceless woman of color” watching at home. But this time, the stakes felt momentous. “I’ve been thinking of how I can reimagine it for someone like me, a Black woman in middle age — not starting life — who’s looking for a last chance, not another chance. I’ve come too far. On that 2019 action film, she remembers feeling no pain and then suddenly not being able to breathe. She convinced the movie’s creative team, but they needed a director. But at the same time, I have a lot of compassion for people who are struggling with whatever they’re struggling with, and Bryan struggles.” (Singer, through his publicist, declined to comment. A post shared by Halle Berry (@halleberry) on Sep 9, 2020 at 4:28pm PDT « Ça me fend le cœur. “I would sometimes be very angry with him,” she continues.

People Halle Berry déçue qu’Hollywood n’ait pas évolué depuis son Oscar, CINEMA L’actrice espérait ouvrir des portes pour les actrices de couleur, Publié le 10/09/20 à 16h42 Dix-huit ans plus tard, seules des actrices blanches ont remporté le trophée, année après année. “Just because I won an award doesn’t mean that, magically, the next day, there was a place for me,” she says. « Je me disais que c’était une chance pour une femme de couleur de jouer une super-héroïne. “I thought, ‘Oh, all these great scripts are going to come my way; these great directors are going to be banging on my door.’ It didn’t happen. Celebrity participants for this year include Cher, The Chicks, Halle Berry, LeAnn Rimes, JoJo, Elizabeth Berkley, Sterling K. Brown, Connie Britton, Daughtry, Ted Danson, Jazz Jennings, Gigi Gorgeous Getty, Padma Lakshmi, Ken Jeong, Peppermint, Adam Rippon, Tegan & Sara and more.

“I didn’t want to stop because I had prepared for so long,” Berry says. “I do feel at risk,” she says, referring to her diabetes.

After the success of “Die Another Day,” “Bond” producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson lobbied for Jinx to get her own spinoff, an idea that thrilled Berry.