TALKIN‘ ’BOUT A REVOLUTIONARY
You’re still working, but you don’t feel like you’re going to work,” says Daniel Kaluuya of promoting his latest movie during the UK’s third Covid-19 lockdown. That’ll be a hard relate for many. “It’s just a strange kind of situation. But it’s cool. It’s mostly having interviews with my top half completely looking different to my bottom half...”
As well as exchanging Zoom etiquette tips, Kaluuya and Total Film are speaking in January 2021 to discuss the release of Judas And The Black Messiah, a biographical drama about the tragically short run of Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton (Kaluuya), and the informant who’ll aid the FBI against him, William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield). It’s certain to be a key player in the awards conversation this year, not least for the stars.
But don’t let that lead you to expect a stuffy, Academybaiting biopic. is electrifying viewing in the mould of Scorsese’s epic rise-and-fall crime dramas, with the added emotional urgency of subject star has recently excelled in the likes of Marvel’s and – all of which grappled with pertinent social issues without sacrificing the engagement factor.
