*“Harriet” actress Cynthia Erivo would love to explore a Black woman’s sensuality on screen, as she feels Hollywood has failed to do so.
In an interview with writer and activist Roxane Gay for The Hollywood Reporter, Enrivo discusses how she is often cast as characters who are “asexual” and would like to express more of her romantic side.
“I would like to play the role of a woman who has sexuality,” she explains. “For some reason, I don’t know whether it is specifically black women, but our roles lack sexuality. It’s like we can’t be bad**s and human and sexual at the same time.”
She added, “I just don’t understand that. One of my favorite films is Call Me by Your Name, because of how tender and sensual it is. I still haven’t seen that for a black woman. That’s what I’m looking for.”
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I interviewed Cynthia Erivo for the Oscar issue of The Hollywood Reporter, out next week. You can read our conversation here: https://t.co/KZYNnsX1a6
— roxane gay (@rgay) January 31, 2020
Asked about directors she’d like to work with in the future, the Oscar-nominee lists Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, and Barry Jenkins. She would also like to do a superhero movie.
“My body is suited to it,” she shares. “And I’d love to see what that experience is like. I think I could have a good time doing it.”
If she wins at next month’s Oscars ceremony, Enrivo will become the youngest ever star to reach EGOT status –winning at the Emmys, Grammys. Oscars, and Tonys.
“I think I’ve said ‘EGOT’ less than everybody else,” she explains. “I don’t know that it’s that I care less or that it’s not the most important thing to me. It really is and it really has been about getting good work and playing roles I feel are good for me.”
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