Colman Domingo is opening up on why a starring role in Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” appealed to him. The film, which was directed by DaCosta and co-written by Jordan Peele, is a sequel to the 1992 horror film and stars Domingo opposite Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris.
But the “conscious” decision never to depict the brutalization of its Black characters helped the “Fear The Walking Dead” actor’s, 51, decision to join the project.
RELATED: New ‘Candyman’ Trailer Takes The Horror Back To Where It All Started “[Focusing only on Black trauma] perpetuates a narrative — that’s the only way that the world sees us, as being abused and victimized,” Domingo told the New York Times.
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