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Hailee Steinfeld’s Multi-Racial ‘Sinners’ Role Had “Deeply Personal” Impact On Actress


Despite the undead nature of her latest role, Hailee Steinfeld had a profound connection her character in Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners'.

The Oscar nominee recently opened up about how she related to her multi-racial role in Ryan Coogler ‘s Sinners, which premieres April 18 in theaters, as she reflected on “all the questions … that this movie raised for me.” Steinfeld, who is part-Black and part-Filipino on her mother’s side, plays a multi-racial vampire named Mary in the 1930s southern-set horror. Michael B. Jordan stars in Sinners as twin WWI vet enforcer brothers, Smoke and Stack, who come home to start a blues club in 1930s Mississippi, but discover a supernatural evil waiting for them.

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