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Thandiwe Newton breaks down in tears as she 'apologizes to darker-skinned actresses'

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Thandiwe Newton has apologized to "darker-skinned actresses" in a tearful video. The star of new film God's Country, based on James Lee Burke's short story, spoke in a new interview about her own "internalized prejudice" and her fears over playing the new role.MORE: Thandiwe Newton’s stunning daughter is her double in a striking look you would never expectThe 49-year-old plays a professor who confronts two white hunters on her property.

The original character in the short story was a white man from Montanaa, and the story challenged white male masculinity.WATCH: British actress Thandiwe Newton has apologized to "darker-skinned actresses" in a tearful video"I now realize that my internalized prejudice was stopping me from feeling like I could play this role, when it's precisely that prejudice that I've received," she told AP."It doesn't matter that it's from African American women more than anyone else.

It doesn't matter. I received prejudice. Anyone who's received oppression and prejudice feels this character.""I've wanted so desperately to apologize every day to darker-skinned actresses," she continued before pausing and shedding tears."To say, 'I'm sorry that I'm the one chosen.

My mama looks like you'. It's been very painful to have women that look like my mom feel like I'm not representing them. That I'm taking from them.

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