Mahershala Ali

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... Series onstage during The 23 rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images. The cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and couldn’t have been more excited. While star David Harbour delivered an impassioned speech “fighting for the disenfranchised” viewers were focused on Winona Ryder’s ever-changing facial expressions. The actress showed a whole range of emotions, from joy to shock to confusion. PHOTOS: See How the Stars Prepped for the SAG Awards 2017. 5. Meryl Streep Helps Ryan Gosling Fix His Bow Tie. Meryl Streep adjusts Ryan Gosling's bowtie during The 23 rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Richard Heathcote/Getty ...

Mahershala Ali Wins Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role

... unique. And then there’s an opportunity to go to war about it, and to say that that person is different from me and I don’t like you, so let’s battle.”. “My mother is an ordained minister, I’m a Muslim,” he continued. “She didn’t do backflips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side. And I’m able to see her, and she’s able to see me. We love each other and the love has grown. And that stuff is minutia. It’s not that important.”. Ali also held back tears as he talked about his what he learned while working Moonlight and how his character inspired him as a man. RELATED VIDEO: Moonlight‘s Ashton Sanders Talks Youthful Red Carpet Look At SAG Awards. “I think what I’ve learned from working on Moonlight is we see what happens when you persecute people,” he said. “They fold into themselves. I was so grateful about having the opportunity to play a gentleman who saw a young man folding into himself ...

Moonlight Star Mahershala Ali Got Dumped By His First Girlfriend After 10 Minutes

... that is easy to lose, at a certain point. To work with a young actor like that, I really do believe I got more from working with him than I could really give him. And then Janelle Monae , as well—and it being her first acting experience. Maybe I was just more open on this particular gig, but I learned so much from working on Moonlight. I was invested in a way that I can’t say I’ve ever been. I want to be that invested on every project, but I would leave working on Moonlight to go work on something else—I was working on several things—and I would really miss Juan. I would miss Barry. It would kind of ache in a way that I wasn’t accustomed to. I missed being out there and staying in his skin. I definitely mourned saying goodbye to Juan. Who’s your cinematic crush. Tough question. Um, I really love Don Cheadle’s work. That brother is so good to me. A friend of mine who is extraordinarily good is Tessa Thompson. I can’t wait for her to be seen more. She’s extraordinary. I got to work with her on a play. Seeing anything Meryl Streep has done. There are so many people that I’m blown away by. Gary Oldman, that dude is a genius. Full Screen. ...

Does Versatility Make Him This Year's Alicia Vikander

... that Vikander’s odds were helped by her stellar year. Dish all the Oscar races with Hollywood insiders in our notorious forums. Both Vikander and Ali have not just quantity, but quality on their side. In addition to the film for which they received a nomination, they each had another film that drew Oscar attention. Vikander was a Golden Globe nominee for “Ex Machina” which rode a wave of positive buzz to two Oscar nominations, including a win for Best Visual Effects. In addition to “Moonlight,” Ali’s appearance in another Best Picture nominee “Hidden Figures” will assure academy members experience multiple sides of the actor. The only other actor Best Supporting Actor nominee with multiple candidates is the tirelessly working Michael Shannon. However, his bid is the sole representation for “ Nocturnal Animals ” at the Oscars which dampens his odds at winning. Shannon’s other worthy films this year, like “Loving” and “Midnight Special,” never truly took off with academy members. ...

Ernie Kent-coached Player Mahershala Ali Nominated For An Oscar

... that has come true for him he deserves, because he just works so hard and is so focused. That was probably my best team at Saint Mary’s in terms of just chemistry and buy-in, and all of those things they brought to the table. They were a great group that is still friends today and he was one of those guys who initiated that.”. In particular, Ali maintains a friendship with Silvey Dominguez, who was an assistant coach for Kent at Saint Mary’s and holds the same position at WSU. Ali, whose father appeared on Broadway, was frequently in school plays at Saint Mary’s in additoin to playing basketball. He helped stage a production of Spunk that landed him an apprenticeship at the California Shakpespeare Theater upon graduation. “He had a vision for what he wanted to do in his life, which was get to New York and be ...

Mahershala Ali Had A Pretty Bad Game Of Thrones Audition

... Went to Other Actors. "I'd gone in for this casting director before, and I felt like I had two other wonky auditions with her, but I was really prepared this time around," he said. "Totally off-book, had all my lines memorized. Had this whole thing worked out with this chair…had my stuff all worked out…". But then he went into the HBO offices and was met with two stools, where he proceeded to sit and act a little stiff. The casting director told him to loosen up, all because there was no back to his chair. "Now you know, you got to bring a chair with you next time," the Jimmy Kimmel Live host said. However, he went on to be quite a force on TV. Ali was nominated for an Emmy for his recurring work as Remy Danton on Netflix's House of Cards and joined the Marvel universe in Luke Cage as Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes. On the big screen, Ali is getting buzz for his work as Juan in Moonlight and stole hearts in Hidden Figures. Click through the gallery above to see more "what could've been" TV roles. E! Is Everywhere. This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition. E! Is Everywhere. This content is available ...

The Glow Of Moonlight

... in the movie?”. “People have noticed, yeah,” he replied. “You know, it wasn’t a conscious decision, but, you know, I didn’t know any white people who weren’t teachers until I was, like, a freshman in college. And I walked in and my roommate was white. I didn’t have any white friends. There were just no white people around. And we tried to have fidelity to the world the characters live in.”. “Moonlight,” director Barry Jenkins’ evocative tale of a young man’s coming-of-age. David Bornfriend/A 24. Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin Mc Craney both grew up in Liberty City; they know the neighborhood where the film takes place. They both attended the same elementary school, at different times. Mc Craney wrote the original script upon which Barry Jenkins based “Moonlight.”  They lived a few blocks away from each other in Liberty City, but didn’t actually meet until they started working on the movie.  While Mc Craney is gay and Jenkins is straight, they say they put a lot of themselves into the story, such as a fight scene involving the central character. “It happened ...