People may not look at that as a political statement, but it's a beautiful opportunity where we get to see the writers that we get to bring in, the directors that we get to bring in.
YS: I just try and find a role that has meaning one way or another. JLM: As an actress, do you seek to take on more roles like this? While I'm fully aware that this isn't a reflection of every single person, and that we're again still just showing a fragment of the world, I think it is amazing to be a part of the movies that are coming out now that are slowly reflecting more and more of our world. And it really made this experience, I think, more authentic.Īs far as the film itself is concerned, even though we, as actors, may not be able to claim the particularities of Natasha and Daniel's story, we are in a way telling an extension of our own stories, telling an extension of what we know to be true of our families and our friends and of our communities. That's something that I was lucky enough to have on Grown-ish, but it's not very common. To be able to have a woman of color as our DP was a really exciting moment. YS: It was an amazing experience, particularly behind the camera. How did it feel to be working with the cast that was primarily people of color? JLM: In the film there are very few white actors.
And I hope it encourages the audience to broaden their global community and broaden who they view as a part of their community. It's about not only the obvious romance between Daniel and Natasha but a larger conversation about what happens when there's a lack of love, a lack of care.
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YS: Ultimately, I'd have to say the entirety of the movie is about love. JLM: What do you hope people walk away thinking or feeling after seeing the film? Given our political landscape right now, I think it is necessary to have media that does cover that because it's our reality. That's what I really appreciate about this film - that whether it be the characteristics of her pragmatism or her heritage, those are separate from this love story. For so many of my peers, their identities are not something they can separate from the rest of their lives. But just this idea of having to hold all of these truths of our political and cultural landscape is important. I know that there may be some impossible seeming aspects to this film, like falling in love in one day. YS: I feel like it's more honest to our reality. How do you feel about this topic making its way into entertainment? JLM: It's so interesting that, as you mentioned, there's this story about immigrants facing deportation, which you don't typically see in a film. But more than anything, I love the fact, that both in Nicola Yoon's book and how it's translated in the movie, there is this idea that we can talk about immigration and cultural heritage and all of these much larger, complex issues within the story of love.
YARA SHAHIDI: What I like about Natasha is just how driven she is as a woman of color character, particularly because of the circumstances she's placed in. JORDI LIPPE-MCGRAW: What drew you to this role? Shondaland got the opportunity to speak with the young star about why being a part of projects like The Sun Is Also a Star is so important and how she hopes to elevate other young people of color. It's this rare perspective that, in part, attracted Shahidi to the role. More than a sweet romance flick, the movie - which also stars Riverdale's Charles Melton as Daniel, who romances Natasha during a magical 24 hours in New York City, one day before she and her family are set to be deported - is about the experience of black immigrants in this country. Now, Shahidi's adding leading lady to her resume as she takes on the role of Natasha in the teen romantic drama, The Sun Is Also a Star. Additionally, Shahidi also teamed up with student success and scholarship platform Scholly to help recent collage grads pay off student loan debt, which recently topped out at $1.7 million. And she also partnered with the Young Women's Leadership Network (YWLN) of New York to create Yara's Club, which offers mentorship with the goal of ending poverty through education. In 2018, Shahidi founded Eighteen x 18, a creative initiative designed to inspire young people to vote. The teen then leveraged her position as a young, outspoken woman in Hollywood to lend her voice to several pressing social causes. Shahidi honed her star power on ABC's hit comedy Black-ish before eventually getting her own Freeform spinoff, Grown-ish. Yara Shahidi has become so ubiquitous in the last few years that it's easy to forget the 19-year-old has been carving out her "it girl" status for over a decade.
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