{"id":63401,"date":"2012-06-11T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/06\/11\/alfre-woodard-lupita-nyongo-added-to-12-years-as-a-slave\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:53:40","slug":"alfre-woodard-lupita-nyongo-added-to-12-years-as-a-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/alfre-woodard-lupita-nyongo-added-to-12-years-as-a-slave\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfre Woodard, Lupita Nyong&#8217;o added to 12 Years As A Slave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alfre Woodard, Lupita Nyong&#8217;o added to 12 Years As A Slave<\/strong>June 11, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/alfre-woodard-twelve-years-slave-brad-pitt-michael-fassbender-335870\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Alfre-Woodard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-24599\" title=\"Alfre Woodard\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 200 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Alfre-Woodard-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alfre Woodard<\/strong> will join the cast of<strong> Twelve Years a Slave<\/strong>, the New Regency film being produced by Plan B and River Road.<\/p>\n<p>The film is being directed by <strong>Steve McQueen <\/strong>(Shame, Hunger) and stars <strong>Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Fassbender<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on an autobiography written in 1853 by Solomon Northup, a free black man who became enslaved, the script tells how Northup (Ejiofor) was kidnapped and put in a slave pen, paving the way for a grueling life under numerous owners.<\/p>\n<p>Woodard will play Mistress Shaw, a former slave who has risen in the Southern caste system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Lupita-Nyongo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-24600\" title=\"Lupita Nyong'o\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 202 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Lupita-Nyongo-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lupita Nyong&#8217;o<\/strong> also is joining the cast and will play a slave who is the object of both the affections and cruelty of Master Epps (Fassbender).<\/p>\n<p>The Twelve Years cast also includes <strong>Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano, Adepero Odyue<\/strong> and <strong>Sarah Paulson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>An Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, <strong>Woodard<\/strong> recently co-starred on TV\u2019s <strong>Memphis Beat <\/strong>and <strong>Three Rivers<\/strong>. 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