When They See Us last year. Later in 2019, the 19-year-old nephew of Samira Wiley (Orange Is the New Black, The Handmaid’s Tale) went on to get cast as Malik in the NBC hit This Is Us.
Now he also appears in the Netflix anthology series Social Distance, where he shares the screen with his dad, Ayize Ma’at. Here, Blackk reveals how COVID has changed the acting game, what he learned from working with a Black female boss, and why he fights to represent us.How was it going up against your dad in Social Distance?ASANTE BLACKK: It was an experience like no other, and I’m glad that we got to share that.
Before this, my dad didn’t have any acting experience whatsoever. He and my mom run a couples counseling business, so they’re both therapists.Your.
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