What Naomie Harris Had To Do To Be So 'Black And Blue'
The new action movie is about a black police officer straddling two worlds. It's also the British actress' first leading role. She explains how she prepared for a deeply American story.
The new movie Black and Blue is a thriller about a woman who tries to straddle a divide between two groups of people: African Americans and the police.
The New Orleans police officer who tries to bridge these worlds is Alicia West, played by Naomie Harris. In the movie's opening scene, she's going for a run, wearing a hoodie, when cops stop her for questioning. It turns rough, but while they're searching her, they find her police badge.
Black and Blue is an action movie, but it's also set with timely social context. "[Director] Deon [Taylor] says that this movie is candy with medicine in it," Harris says.
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