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Lashana Lynchhas found herself one very sweet role.
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The movie musical is based on Roald Dahl’s classic novel of the same name and is a film version of the Tony Award-winningMatilda the Musical.The story centers around a young girl, Matilda, with telekinetic gifts, who uses her powers to thwart her bullies, including her school’s principal, Miss Agatha Trunchbull.
Miss Honey is Matilda’s supportive teacher who has her own history with Trunchbull.
A rep for Lynch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Lynch — who had a breakthrough debut in 2019’s Captain Marvel — was originally scheduled to be seen on-screen last year in theJames Bondfilm,No Time to Die,before the movie’s release schedule was shuffled around numerous times amid the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.
In a November interview withHarper’s Bazaar UK,the actress spoke candidly about how she is making history as the first Black woman to take up the 007 mantle in the upcoming Bond movie, a subject that wasrumoredpreviously last year. The publication noted that Lynch is not taking over the role fromDaniel Craig— who has portrayed Bond since 2006 — but rather stars as Nomi, “the secret agent who inherits the 007 title while Bond himself is in exile.”
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“I am one Black woman — if it were another Black woman cast in the role, it would have been the same conversation, she would have got the same attacks, the same abuse,” she said. “I just have to remind myself that the conversation is happening and that I’m a part of something that will be very, very revolutionary.”
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For her role of Nomi, Lynch added toHarper’s Bazaar UKthat she had some fears about being cast aside “behind the man” in the film, but after speaking with director Cary Fukunaga, producer Barbara Broccoli and writerPhoebe Waller-Bridge, Lynch realized her ideas for the film and for her role lined up with theirs.
Wanting to portray a character with a “fresh female perspective” who was “subtly drawn, believable, perhaps even a little awkward,” as the outlet states, Lynch agreed that Nomi would be able to contribute all of that. “A character that is too slick, a cast-iron figure? That’s completely against what I stand for,” Lynch noted. “I didn’t want to waste an opportunity when it came to what Nomi might represent.”
source: people.com
