{"id":74413,"date":"2016-01-21T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/01\/21\/mahershala-ali-talks-briefly-on-luke-cage-role-and-his-thoughts-on-oscars-controversy\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:33:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:33:49","slug":"mahershala-ali-talks-briefly-on-luke-cage-role-and-his-thoughts-on-oscars-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/mahershala-ali-talks-briefly-on-luke-cage-role-and-his-thoughts-on-oscars-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahershala Ali Talks Briefly On Luke Cage Role and His Thoughts On Oscars Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mahershala Ali Talks Briefly On Luke Cage Role and His Thoughts On Oscars Controversy<\/strong>Posted by Brad Balfour<\/p>\n<p>January 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mahershala-Ali-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-59785\" 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\/2014\/11\/Mahershala-Ali-3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali 3\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When actor <strong>Mahershala Ali<\/strong> joined the cast of noted playwright <strong>Lydia R. Diamond&#8217;s<\/strong> off-Broadway production <strong>Smart People<\/strong>, he added another feather in his cap after having tackled both The Hunger Games &#8211; Mockingjay 1 &amp; 2 and <strong>House of Cards<\/strong>. But his recent casting as the nefarious Harlem nightclub owner <strong>Cornell &#8220;Cottonmouth&#8221; Stokes<\/strong> he&#8217;s taken on a role that will probably garner him a big fan base by being in <strong>Luke Cage<\/strong>, the latest Netflix series based on the classic Marvel comic book.<\/p>\n<p>Recently the Smart People cast was assembled to talk with press about its upcoming limited run. In doing so, Ali offered some quick off-the-cuff remarks on what he has gotten from working on his character in Luke Cage. Said the tall 41 year-old actor about his bad guy,<strong> \u201cHe\u2019s so different from the play\u2019s character coupled with that being done on stage, it is such a different experience from working on [a television series] that I realized how different a world he came from, and from what I know.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Luke-Cage-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-77644\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 87'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Luke-Cage-logo-300x87.png\" alt=\"Luke Cage logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of &#8220;Marvel\u2019s Luke Cage.&#8221; In Luke Cage, Mike Colter, who was first introduced in the second Marvel series for Netflix, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, plays Cage, a wrongly accused man who, granted superstrength by a sabotaged experiment, escapes prison to become a superhero for hire. Stokes, a Harlem nightclub owner, will become an unexpected foe in Luke Cage\u2019s (Mike Colter) life when Stokes\u2019 criminal activities threaten Luke\u2019s world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cottonmouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-71728\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 184'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cottonmouth-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"cottonmouth\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ali also stated,<strong> &#8220;That guy is such a villain and he\u2019s from such a different world from the one I know that he\u2019s not easy to\u2026 But I felt like I was able to successfully transformed myself despite the fact that he was such a challenging character; that\u2019s all I can say now. but I was glad to do a character that was so challenging. I don\u2019t really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to what the characters can offer and what I can bring to them and then bring a being to life.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mahershala-Ali-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-59786\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Mahershala-Ali-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>As for the recent controversy swirling about the Oscars, Ali also offered his own thoughts on the lack of racial diversity: <strong>\u201cFor me it&#8217;s not a new conversation, its been the conversation. It\u2019s not new information for me. For others maybe but for me, where I might be the only Black person on the project, it\u2019s nothing new.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported but there\u2019s just not enough black projects being made. [That\u2019s the real problem.] There not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at &#8220;Precious&#8221;\u2026 In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place and that\u2019s just not happening enough.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Kenny Leon, Performances for Smart People will begin Off-Broadway on Jan. 26, 2016 at Second Stage\u2019s Tony Kiser Theatre, with an official opening night slated for Feb. 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahershala Ali Talks Briefly On Luke Cage Role and His Thoughts On Oscars ControversyPosted by Brad Balfour January 21, 2016 When actor Mahershala Ali joined the cast of noted playwright Lydia R. 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