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    Glenn Whipp: Jeffrey Wright wonders what's next. The Pacific Ocean, for starters

    by Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Feb 15, 2024 5 minutes
    Jeffrey Wright stars in “American Fiction.”

    LOS ANGELES — Jeffrey Wright finished shooting "American Fiction" two Septembers ago and immediately, happily transitioned to becoming what he calls his daughter Juno's "executive assistant," helping her navigate her way through college applications and all the other stresses of a high school senior year. When she went off to school in the fall, Wright thought he'd feel liberated, that he'd enjoy, as he puts it, "a new phase of freedom."

    "But I realized that I've been doing the father thing for 22 years now, and I think I'm finally good at it," Wright says, punctuating the thought with a laugh. (He also has a son, Elijah, with ex-wife Carmen Ejogo.) "Being a father has kind of been the primary thing I've been ... and now I miss it." He pauses, as he does often in conversation. Wright is a man who

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