'The Morning Show' actress, gugumbatharaw, plays a young woman named Vera who falls in love with the reclusive writer Alice in new film Summerland.
A Wrinkle in Time, written and directed by Jessica Swale.
“I’m very interested in the female gaze and working on films by women, just because of my interests in the stories and nuances of the way that the female characters are often portrayed from that point of view,” Mbatha-Raw tells ET, adding that those experiences have often been “richer” for the actress. “My first leading roles were given to me by female directors of color,” she adds.
“For me, it’s more about points of view if I’m honest,” Mbatha-Raw says. “I want to be part of something [where] the female point of view is multidimensional and fleshed out and not to serve a male character and all those things that feel antiquated these days. But also a point of view that feels like we’re getting a fresh take on a period or world we thought we knew.
She notes that people were genuinely moved by Hannah’s story and it’s been interesting to see how it’s become part of the conversation around the. “Hopefully it’s part of the healing process we’re having culturally, you know, all the cultural reckonings we’re having at the moment,” Mbatha-Raw says, adding that the moment she first learned about where things were going for her character, it would be “a very impactful storyline.
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