Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nBritish-Nigerian actor, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,\u00a0says African actors who are aiming for Hollywood should be ready to face a lot\u00a0of rejection.<\/p>\n
According to him, 99% of the time, people of African descent are not really welcomed with open arms in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\u201cOften the characters that you would be cast as are caricatures, and then it was up to me to bring some humanity,\u00a0range and texture to those characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnybody that is thinking of getting into the acting game, it is 99 per cent rejection and one per cent victory,\u201d he told Lexis Bill on Personality Profile.<\/p>\n
READ THESE ALSO <\/strong><\/p>\nRecounting his experience, Mr\u00a0Akinnuoye-Agbaje\u00a0said\u00a0he used to\u00a0go for auditions\u00a0week after week sometimes on bicycles, put so much time into his craft, prepare and study, only to be rejected.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Deadly Voyage\u2019 actor said many people in that position keep\u00a0questioning if they are not good enough or something is actually wrong with them.<\/p>\n
He said going through that becomes tasking which is \u201creally demoralising.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr\u00a0Akinnuoye-Agbaje revealed that there were times he would star in movies and not get paid adding that \u201csometimes you\u2019d chop your hands off to be a part of that particular movie.\u201d<\/p>\n
However,\u00a0after his breakthrough, he has gone on to star in great Hollywood movies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some roles he has played include Simon Adebisi\u00a0on \u2018Oz\u2019, Nykwana Wombosi in \u2018The Bourne Identity\u2019,\u00a0Kurse\u00a0in \u2018Thor\u2019: The Dark World,\u00a0Killer Croc\u00a0in \u2018Suicide Squad\u2019,\u00a0Mr Eko\u00a0on \u2018Lost\u2019, Malko in the\u00a0fifth season\u00a0of the\u00a0HBO\u00a0series \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019 and\u00a0Dave Duerson\u00a0in the NFL biopic drama \u2018Concussion\u2019.<\/p>\n
His feature directorial debut, \u2018Farming\u2019,\u00a0wrapped production in 2017\u00a0and had its world premiere at the\u00a02018 Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
Mr Akinnuoye-Agbaje advised actors to have thick skin if they are aiming for a higher place like Hollywood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje British-Nigerian actor, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje,\u00a0says African actors who are aiming for Hollywood should be ready to face a lot\u00a0of rejection. According to him, 99% of the time, people of African descent are not really welcomed with open arms in Hollywood. \u201cOften the characters that you would be cast as are caricatures, and then it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":766705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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