Shabana Azmi Says Paramount Plus Series ‘Halo’ Achieved Color Blind Casting
Microsoft’s iconic video game “Halo,”
“The interesting thing about Margaret is that she’s conflicted, because she is somebody who plays by the rules of the game. She is somebody who is used to giving orders and having those orders obeyed. And here she’s all but manipulated by the scientists to break the rules, because she keeps [hearing] that this will be good for humanity and she does unscrupulous things,” Azmi told.
In all her Western roles, Azmi has played characters of South Asian origin. “Asian actors have been saying that they really were struggling for color blind casting, because they were saying why should the Caucasian be recognized as the mainstream?,” asked Azmi.
Next up for Azmi is Shekhar Kapur’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It?,” a “lovely, delicious rom-com,” as the actor describes it, which shot in the U.K. at the height of COVID over 48 days. “My character is that of Aisha, who is the head of this large Asian family,” says Azmi. “Emma Thompson, who is my British neighbor, really aspires to be part of that family because she leads a very lonely life and she would want to become family with Ayesha’s family.
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