The star of the horror film, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, admits she’s never had the chance to play a Senegalese character before.
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. “I desperately needed to do something where I wasn’t wearing 10 pounds of makeup, an 18-pound wig, a 400-pound suit,” she says. “I needed to do something grounded and something that really spoke to the kind of stories that I want to tell, which are stories about women and about issues that I care about.” Diop had heard about Jusu after one of thewriters told her that the director was interested in possibly working with her one day.
Seeing audience reaction to the film has been moving for Diop because of just how personal it is. “It’s my mother’s story. I love my mother, and I’ve always known that she was awesome, and I’ve not seen her depicted,” she says. As for what her mom thought upon seeing the final product? “She’s a woman of few words, but she was very proud of the film,” Diop says. “It was difficult for her because of how the film progresses, but she loved it.
Now Diop just wants to keep telling stories that have the same kind of meaning for her. “The project spoiled me because I want to keep doing stuff at this level of artistry and working with filmmakers like Nikyatu,” she says. “It’s set a new bar for me.” This story first appeared in a December stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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