KiKi Layne, star of 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' made a 180-degree spin to star in the Netflix action film 'The Old Guard,' opposite Charlize Theron.
and the subsequent protests that spread across the world in June, she posted a video of Nile to Instagram and wrote the following.
“I know I haven’t really been on IG recently , but please know that even when I am not present on social media, I am always fighting to be present in rooms, spaces, conversations, and roles that Black women, especially dark skinned Black women, have historically been left out of. Trying to bust through doors and walls in these industries in a way that they wouldn’t be able to put the wall back up even if they tried.
When asked what “attacking the industry” means in light of the recent Black Lives Matter movement, Layne says, “I’m already super, super focused on looking for the types of things that I want to do. And if I don’t see it, then I’m creating it. As crazy as all of this has been, I’m grateful that this time … it’s allowed me to start thinking about how I create the type of work that I want to see. And not just for myself, but for other artists of color in front of and behind the camera.
It’s when you hear Layne talk like this that you understand how she—at the time, a relatively unknown actress—. Why her family never doubted the time nor the money it would take to send Layne through acting school. And why major designers and stylists all want to style her in
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