Even speaking about it, it’s strange, because it’s been so taboo for years.” “Because for years, you’d turn up to auditions and you could just guess, literally, the colors of the people you would be auditioning with - like, you could just assume. How do you navigate that with wanting to be part of the wider community and not just siloed away into it.” “You’re placed in a sort of place of what you know is privilege, being lighter skinned, and yet, it is anger and resentment and guilt that comes. And that’s sort of infuriating as well because you’re placed in this orbit,” Negga shared. “You’re very much aware of - not where you’ve placed yourself but where you were placed.
Working on a film that tackles colorism and identity, the women examined their own privilege as light skin Black actresses in Hollywood. Both Thompson and Negga revealed that they drew on their own experiences as multiracial, light skin Black women when making the film (Negga is of Black and Irish descent, while Thompson is of Afro-Panamanian, Mexican and European descent).
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