The actors broke down how they approached the roles of Mister and Harpo in the film.
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Friday, November 22, 2024
The actors broke down how they approached the roles of Mister and Harpo in the film.
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“Harpo makes a choice to choose a different kind of love, and that’s Sofia,” he said. “Sofia puts a smile on his face … Every time he sings her name, a smile comes on his face. He sees what could have been between my father and Shug Avery; Harpo makes a decision to stand on his manhood in a different way, and it doesn’t make him any less of a man to allow her to lead.”
Domingo called the remake a “great opportunity” to reexamine toxic masculinity and misogyny, terms that weren’t at the forefront of the zeitgeist when the original film was released in the 1980s.
“We were very careful to find these moments of nuance,” said the “Rustin” star, “of vulnerability, of accountability — and then forgiveness … or the possibility of forgiveness.”
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