Daniel Kaluuya has refused to work with “less accomplished” white actors.

[ThrobbingHood]

Daniel Kaluuya has revealed his reason for turning down fashion campaigns working alongside white stars.

He refused to work with a brand that wanted to team him with white actors who ‘had not achieved as much’ as him in their careers.

The Nope actor, 34, who won an Oscar for his role in Jesus And The Black Messiah, also declared he wanted to make sure he was ‘representing right’ with his brand choices.

‘I said no to them. I didn’t understand it. If it’s not a (big) yeah, it’s a no,’ he said.

The Black Mirror star added to British GQ: ‘They wanted to put me against two white actors that hadn’t achieved as much as me.

‘And I was all, “I wanna be on my own. Because that’s not gonna look good.”

“I’ve done things. I just feel like I have a certain position. It’s not like, “Oh, I’m so cool.” I’m just like, “I don’t like that.”

‘It’s got to be because of what it means, because I want to be out there and make sure I’m representing right.’

He also said that ‘no one’s gonna make me feel like that’ and he is determined to not ‘shrink’ himself.

‘My mum didn’t raise me like that. Why do I shrink myself to make people feel comfortable?’, he declared.

‘I want to do some good, cool (stuff.)

‘I want to help people, and I want to bring jobs. I want everyone to grow artistically. I want to do amazing things.”

 

[Voice of Reason]

 

[RadaMillz]

 

[ThrobbingHood]

And of course CACs in the comments are mad, missing the point completely. Good on you bruv!

 

[Budda]

Him and John Boyega are built different, learnt well from Denzel, black strong with integrity.

 

[Devilinurear]

God damn. He saw what happened to majors and is taking his spot

 

[King Poetic]

fukk all that

You just don’t do it, because they using your black ass to hype up a unknown white actor to take over your spot

It’s like accomplished black musicians and they want u to team up with a justin beiber or kid rock, so they can pushed them in front of the more accomplished black musician

 

[Jean toomer]

No reason to dilute his brand. Too many black folks are just happy to be there.
fukk that.

 

[Marco Zen]

I like that nikka

 

[ThrobbingHood]

fukk all that

You just don’t do it, because they using your black ass to hype up a unknown white actor to take over your spot

It’s like accomplished black musicians and they want u to team up with a justin beiber or kid rock, so they can pushed them in front of the more accomplished black musician

I’m not even a fan of Beyonce but I remember when she collaborated with Lady Gaga for “Telephone”. They were shooting some behind the scenes for the video and they were talking about Gaga like she was on Beyoncé’s level.

Mind you, this was 2010… Gaga had only just dropped her debut album. Beyonce was over ten years and 3 solo albums deep at this point. That shyt rubbed me the wrong way.

The same way they tried to make that tall Russian bytch Sharapova, Serena’s “rival” in tennis despite not achieving even 25% of what she has.

Even the Osmonds and Jackson 5… how were they rivals? They were nowhere near them.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Him and John Boyega are built different, learnt well from Denzel, black strong with integrity.

I was thinking that while I was reading it. Even only we had more young black American actors with that sense of self worth.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Sorry, but he shouldn’t have said this. Just do it, and don’t say anything. You have to operate in silence. Play dumb like them. Now, they’re going to call him racist. He should have just said, artists who haven’t accomplished as much as me. I hope he doesn’t get blacklisted.

Black folks need to stop talking so much.

 

[Busted_Toes]

first time i seen breh was on Black Mirror, the acting was so amazing i couldn't believe it..

 

[Budda]

Sorry, but he shouldn’t have said this. Just do it, and don’t say anything. You have to operate in silence. Play dumb like them. Now, they’re going to call him racist. I hope he doesn’t get blacklisted.

Black folks need to stop talking so much.

True.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

My son going to tell his grandkids that this was Denzel.