Chiwetel Ejiofor played a man who was kidnapped, enslaved, and stripped of every dignity, in 12 Years a Slave.
He played it so well the Academy couldn't ignore him.
His full name: Chiwetelu Umeadi Ejiofor. Igbo. Anambra State.
Born in London. Raised in the UK. But the blood is Nigerian.
He didn't just act in that film. He carried the weight of his people's history while performing it.
An Igbo man, the son of a Nigerian doctor, walking into the Oscars with that nomination.
His ancestors didn't die so he could fail.
Hollywood has never been the same since Chiwetel walked in.
When filming the start of ‘OBSESSION’, Curry Barker had Inde Navarette film 2 different takes — one where she was interested in Bear & one where she wasn't.
The final cut merges both so Nikki's true feelings towards Bear are ambiguous.
(Source: @CinemaBlend)