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Colman Domingo On ‘Rustin’ Oscar Nom, Pulling Bayard Rustin “Out Of The Shadows Of History” & What It Means For LGBTQ+ Representation
Colman Domingo received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday morning for Rustin, in the Best Actor for a Leading Role category. Anyone would be thrilled with a nomination, but Domingo says being r…
CR: David Lee/NETFLIXDavid Lee/Netflix Colman Domingo received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday morning for Rustin, in the Best Actor for a Leading Role category. Domingo says director George C. Wolfe, who he previously collaborated with on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, trusted him to embody the “spirit” of Rustin and “share the soul of a person who’s been so marginalized in history books… I knew that it was one of those rare roles that an actor receives where they can actually bring everything that they had to it – their heart, their humanity, their questions, their spirit… So, I gave everything I had.” People see me as I see myself, and being able to flex all these muscles and play all these different types of men, with very different experiences, hopefully moves the needle a bit more… I’m a strong representation for that now, and there’s many more folks coming up right behind me.”
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