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Regina King Explains How She Chooses Her Movies Roles

Regina King Explains How She Chooses Her Movies Roles

Regina King looks glamorous on the cover of S/magazine‘s Winter 2020 issue, on newsstands November 12th.

Here’s what the 48-year-old actress had to share with the mag:

On selecting movie roles: “I’m looking for great story telling where it feels honest. Even if it’s comedy, it’s rooted in truth. That’s simply what I’m looking for. It just happened that the projects that spoke to me the loudest were ones that are really steeped in social commentary and experiences, and that are reflective of the world that we’re in.”

On her role as Sister Knight on Watchmen: “I feel like Angela kind of represents all of us in a lot of regards. One of the things I feel like makes her truly a window or mirror is that, in real life, we’re wearing different masks all the time. We all kind of navigate through life [like that]…I feel like I’ve never seen a woman like her on TV. And because of that, I felt like I had this special opportunity to create someone. That was just super exciting for me.”

On her Oscar-winning role in If Beale Street Could Talk: “It’s so hard to put it in just the moment, because it was such a journey from the first time I had a conversation with Barry. Throughout the entire process, I’ve had several moments of pinching myself…It was a year-and-a-half of a moment for me. The actual moment of winning might have been a moment of exhaling.”

For more from Regina King, visit smagazine.com.

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