EXCLUSIVE: Micheal Ward, the Top Boy and Blue Story star who has been nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star award, has secured a major role in Steve McQueen’s BBC and Amazon drama Small Axe. Wa…
director McQueen. “He took the time to try and understand me as a person. That was exciting. Steve is very artistic, so when he saw me, he saw the character that he wanted. His mind is constantly working and that’s refreshing because you know you can put your trust into a director like that,” he said.
Ward was born in Jamaica and raised in Romford, east London. He said it was hard to put into words his reaction to being nominated for the 2020 BAFTA Rising Star prize alongside Awkwafina, Kaitlyn Dever, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Jack Lowden. “It’s a blessing to be recognized within the industry,” he said.danger of becoming “irrelevant, redundant and of no interest or importance”
after the event was criticized for a lack of diversity among its 2020 nominees. Ward was reluctant to be drawn into the #BaftasSoWhite debate, but said that “a lot more work could be done to shine a light on films from a BAME background.”and keep your inbox happy.
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