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British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by Orikinla(m): 10:22am On Dec 20, 2014 |
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo is his wife Coretta Scott King in Ava DuVernay 's highly acclaimed American historical drama "Selma" based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel,Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. "Selma garnered four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director and Best Actor for Oyelowo and he has already won the 2014 African-American Film Critics Association's Breakthrough Performance Award for Best Actor, http://variety.com/exec/david-oyelowo/. "Selma" will open at the cinemas in the United States on Christmas Day 2014 and will open worldwide from January 9, 2015. Paramount Pictures will distribute Selma in the United States and Canada. Oyelowo has been praised for his huge role as MLK. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nell-minow/playing-mlk-actor-david-o_b_6341630.html Oyelowo is popular both on British TV and American films "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), "Middle of Nowhere" (2012), "Lincoln" (2012), "The Paperboy" (2012) and "The Butler" (2013). He is an impressive filmography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo first played Coretta Scott King in the "Boycott" (2001). She was in the "The Avengers" (1998), "Pride and Glory" (2008) and other major films in the UK and US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Ejogo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic Photo: David Oyelowo (as Martin Luther King Jr.) and Carmen Ejogo (as Coretta Scott King), photographed on the set of Selma at the Georgia State Capitol building, in Atlanta. http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/11/david-oyelowo-martin-luther-king-jr-selma
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Re: British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by enoqueen: 10:24am On Dec 20, 2014 |
so cool. |
Re: British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by remsonik(f): 10:59am On Dec 20, 2014 |
I will love to see this movie o. Nice and the lady looks so beautiful |
Re: British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by Kenzico(m): 11:07am On Dec 20, 2014 |
I thought Look-alikes are meant to pose as the people they are acting like. The man looks way older than d then recent pix of martin luther king jr. Check am na! |
Re: British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by pretydiva(f): 11:14am On Dec 20, 2014 |
Biuriful wifey |
Re: British Nigerian Actors Play Martin Luther King And Wife In Big Hollywood Film by Orikinla(m): 1:35pm On Dec 20, 2014 |
Kenzico: |
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