ANI
18 Mar 2023, 17:03 GMT+10
Los Angeles [US], March 18 (ANI): Actor Djimon Hounsou has definitely come a long way in his life. However, his journey has not been a bed of roses.
While speaking to The Guardian, Djimon, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002 for 'In America' and then again in 2006 for 'Blood Diamond', said he "felt seriously cheated," The Hollywood Reporter reported.
"Today, we talk so much about the Oscars being so white, but I remember there was a time where I had no support at all: no support from my own people, no support from the media, from the industry itself," he confessed.
"It felt like: 'You should be happy that you've got nominated,' and that's that," he added.
Hounsou started to make his name in Hollywood when he landed a role in Steven Spielberg's 1997 film 'Amistad'. But he explained that he started to grow frustrated with the limited parts that were being offered to Black actors.
To this day, he said he's "still struggling to try to make a dollar" in the industry. He continued, "I've come up in the business with some people who are absolutely well off and have very little of my accolades. So I feel cheated, tremendously cheated, in terms of finances and in terms of the workload as well."Since his Oscar-nominated films, the majority of the roles Hounsou has played include smaller and bit parts in movies like 'Guardians of the Galaxy', 'Furious 7', 'Charlie's Angels' and a handful of projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Universe.
"I've gone to studios for meetings and they're like: 'Wow, we felt like you just got off the boat and then went back [after Amistad]. We didn't know you were here as a true actor,'" he said. "When you hear things like that, you can see that some people's vision of you, or what you represent, is very limiting. But it is what it is. It's up to me to redeem that."Hounsou is now back in theatres as a wizard in Warner Bros.' 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods'. (ANI)
Get a daily dose of Shanghai Sun news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Shanghai Sun.
More InformationBEIJING, China: The Chaoyang District Intermediary Court in Beijing has begun compensation hearings for the Chinese relatives of those who ...
Israel resumed its military operation in the Gaza Strip on Friday with heavy bombardments. As strikes continue, the United States ...
LIVINGSTON, Kentucky: CSX railroad said that a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment on November 22 ...
HELSINKI, Finland: After Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) earlier this year, hundreds of migrants from the Middle ...
CHISINAU, Moldova: Over the weekend, heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania, Moldova and Bulgaria left one person dead and ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: After a House Ethics Committee report found substantial evidence that he broke the law, New York Republican representative ...
BANGKOK, Thailand: This week, Thailand's Deputy Finance Minister Krisada Chinavicharana said after a weaker-than-expected third quarter, the country will downgrade ...
NEW DELHI, India: On November 24, the Economic Times (ET) reported that Tesla is ready to invest up to $2 ...
Bhutan has reportedly been betting on cryptocurrencies for its financial futureBhutan, a South Asian nation nested in the Himalayas, has ...
(Photo credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports) During those games when the Los Angeles Lakers flash their full potential, the notion ...
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): The Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released the Dynamic Ground Water ...
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to meet the resilient rat miners who ...