‘Nope’ Star Daniel Kaluuya Discusses New Initiative For Diverse Talent, Producing ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ & Setting His Screenwriting Debut At Netflix

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EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Kaluuya is “chilling” on acting following the release of Nope, his latest collaboration with Jordan Peele.“I like the films to come out and have nothing lined up,” he told Deadline. “You’re showing a new performance, a new way, a new space that you were in at that time, so you gotta let that get out there and spread.”The London native and Oscar winner has instead moved behind the camera, as a producer, with Honk for Jesus.

Save Your Soul, the first film from his production company 59% out in theaters this weekend.Written and directed by Adamma Ebo in her feature debut, the film follows the story of Trinity Childs (Regina Hall), the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist megachurch who attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K.

Brown), rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith following a scandal that threatens their elite status.The film is shot in a satirical mockumentary style, an aesthetic choice that Kaluuya said provided the opportunity to explore his philosophical interests in the role cinema can play in the world.“You don’t really see films about black people with this tone in this sort of narrative.

Let’s discuss these relationships and issues in a digestible way,” he said.“I’m a firm believer in accessible excellence. I think a lot of excellence is inaccessible.