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‘American Fiction’ Oscar Nominee Jeffrey Wright Admits He Once Slept Through His ‘Angels in America’ Entrance
While discussing his recent 'American Fiction' role, Jeffrey Wright recalls once sleeping through an 'Angels in America' performance.
Wright noted his onscreen debut was opposite Burt Lancaster and Sidney Poitier in the 1991 miniseries “Separate but Equal” about the Brown v. Board of Education court case. “It was just a cold audition.” At the end, Timmerman told Ortiz she was going to try and bring him back to meet with director Brian DePalma. He ended up booking the part in 1993’s “Carlito’s Way,” making his film debut opposite Al Pacino and Sean Penn.
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