If Beale Street Could Talk is Colman Domingo’s first time acting for Barry Jenkins, but it’s his second time performing James Baldwin’s work. He adapted Baldwin’s essay Nothing Personal with Patricia McGregor into 30 pages of dialogue and performed it on stage as James Baldwin-type character in celebration of the author’s 90th birthday.
In Beale Street, Domingo plays Joseph Rivers, husband to Sharon (Regina King). He’s the patriarch of the Rivers family, but spiritually, he’s Moses to his children’s generation in Harlem; making a way where there was none. (See our interview with director Barry Jenkins about the spiritual themes in his film).
We spoke with Domingo about developing Baldwin’s work for the stage and how it prepared him for playing Joseph in the film. Domingo talks about the real blue-collar men who inspired his performance, from Joseph’s voice to his smoking habit.
In Beale Street, Domingo plays Joseph Rivers, husband to Sharon (Regina King). He’s the patriarch of the Rivers family, but spiritually, he’s Moses to his children’s generation in Harlem; making a way where there was none. (See our interview with director Barry Jenkins about the spiritual themes in his film).
We spoke with Domingo about developing Baldwin’s work for the stage and how it prepared him for playing Joseph in the film. Domingo talks about the real blue-collar men who inspired his performance, from Joseph’s voice to his smoking habit.
- 12/25/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
From the moment anyone in the industry saw Moonlight, it was clear that Barry Jenkins was going to be a force in Hollywood. Before it had Oscar buzz, before it was an awards season darling, and before it made Jenkins an Academy Award winner (not to mention before it took home Best Picture), it was just a phenomenal movie that heralded a filmmaker who had found an essential voice. Now, with Jenkins’ latest hitting screens in If Beale Street Could Talk, that voice has been unleashed again. A one of a kind writer and director, Jenkins is having a conversation with his audience that few other creative forces in the industry are having. The film, adapted from the James Baldwin novel of the same name, is a drama, while also a romance, and at the same time a look at the criminal justice system. Tish Rivers (KiKi Layne) is a...
- 12/14/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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