KiKi Layne Talks Starring In Her First Action Film With ‘The Old Guard’

essence.com:

What is going on? I just take it day by day.” She brings this same mix of vulnerability and strength to her performance in The Old Guard, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.

The adaptation of the graphic novel premiered July 10 on Netflix and is currently perched at the number 1 on the streaming giant’s U.S.

charts.With this movie, Prince-Bythewood becomes the first Black woman director to helm a live-action comic book–based feature of this scale.

Layne plays Nile, a marine recruited by immortal mercenaries who are led by Charlize Theron’s Andy. They discover that, like them, Nile is invincible, and together they fight to protect humankind.