BTS: The Blackening
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The Blackening: Dewayne Perkins
We have another interview for you from The Blackening - this time with writer, co-producer and star, Dewayne Perkins, who played the role of Dewayne in the movie.
Dewayne Perkins is an Emmy-nominated American comedian, writer, producer and actor. Some of his other writing and producing credits include: NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Netflix's The Break with Michelle Wolf, Peacock's Saved By The Bell and the Amber Ruffin Show, for which he was nominated for an Emmy. As an actor he has appeared on Peacock's Saved By the Bell, Netflix's The Upshaws, as well as Lionsgate/MRC's The Blackening, a feature he wrote and co-produced that premiered at TIFF.
We talked about the success of this film, the deeper revolution that it is, this moment in his life, and what is the secret sauce to success.
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The Blackening: The Cast
Julie Harris Oliver got to speak with 4 of the cast members for the new film, The Blackening. If you haven’t seen it yet, grab your friends and run, don’t walk, and watch it in the theatre.
Julie sat down with Grace Byers who plays Allison in the film and who you may know from Harlem and Empire, also Jermaine Fowler who plays Clifton, and you may know from Coming 2 America, and Judas and the Black Messiah, Also Melvin Gregg, who plays King, and previously was in Nine Perfect Strangers and The United States vs Billie Holiday and finally, Antoinette Robertson who plays Lisa and who you may know from Dear White People and Diggstown.
We talked about what a special experience it was making this movie and dug into all kinds of advice for actors pursuing this craft.
Settle in and have a listen.
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