Far From Scandal!
Actress, Kerry Washington graces the new cover of the Uptown magazine. In the Dec/Jan issue, Washington talks about her new role in Quinton Tarantino’s upcoming film “Django“, growing up in a multi-ethnic middle class family, and her acting journey which began when she entered The Spence School; a private high school on the upper east side. The ‘Scandal ‘ star also talks about how decides to choose a role in a film/television etc. Check out a few of her pics and and excerpts of the mag below:
On Her New Film Django:
“I’ve never seen slavery dealt with this way before in film. So often it’s a white character who’s the savior of black people,”….We should have a plethora of visions and interpretations of who we are as a nation. But she admits, “This is not necessarily the film I would make about slavery. I’m not a violent person. I often watch Tarantino movies through what he calls ‘chick-vision.’ “
[nggallery id=45]On Whether She’s Selective With Roles Based On Her Own Biases:
“If I were to say it’s okay to play a lawyer but not a maid, or it’s okay to play a professor but not a slave, that would be sort of spitting on the legacy of my grandmother, who was a maid on Park Avenue for years, or my ancestors in South Carolina, who came from slavery. What’s interesting about storytelling,” she says, “is we get to step into someone’s experience for an hour and a half in the dark, and in the process of living through that journey we learn about ourselves. That’s what it’s all about to me.”
On Her Multi-Ethnic background:
“My family’s very multiethnic,” she says. “When we get together for the holidays, it is the U.N., across the board.”
Head over to Uptown and read the full story. You can also catch Kerry Washington ABC’s hit show “Scandal” weekly every Thursday.